Dan talks with Taylor Pearson about a new wave of “agentic AI” tools like Claude Code — and how founders are using them to tackle projects that used to take days or weeks. From analyzing financials to running workflows and speeding up big internal projects, these tools can act more like a business collaborator than a chatbot. They also walk through how to take the first step if you want to start experimenting.
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CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) AI “Superpowers” for Founders
(00:00:43) A New Wave of AI Tools
(00:00:57) Sponsor: Bento
(00:02:32) The First Time Taylor Tried Claude Code
(00:04:21) The $10K Projects Sitting on Your To-Do List
(00:05:13) Real Ways Founders Are Using AI Agents
(00:05:32) AI as the Operating System for Your Business
(00:13:07) The Breakthrough: AI That Reads and Writes Your Files
(00:20:44) The New AI Arbitrage
(00:25:16) What AI Is Weirdly Good (and Bad) At
(00:27:36) Why It’s an Exciting Time to Be a Founder Again
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Ian@tropicalmba.com
Past guests on TMBA include Cal Newport, David Heinemeier Hannson, Seth Godin, Ricardo Semler, Noah Kagan, Rob Walling, Jay Clouse, Einar Vollset, Sam Dogan, Gino Wickam, James Clear, Jodie Cook, Mark Webster, Steph Smith, Taylor Pearson, Justin Tan, Matt Gartland, Ayman Al-Abdullah, Lucy Bella.
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