Dec 18 2024 39 mins
This week, we sat down with Jonathan Baer, CEO and Co-Founder at Overlap. Overlap is an AI assistant that creates daily, personalized playlists of clips about anything you’re interested in
We explore navigating public opinion at Meta, why business school is good for founders, and the team of AI agents focused on making curated Overlap content. Jonathan also offers helpful advice for applying to YC (hint: new wave of consumer AI) and the value add from the accelerator.
Episode Chapters:
- Public Policy x tech - 2:13
- Starting at GSB -7:05
- Genesis for Overlap - 11:58
- Podcast market - 14:00
- LLM based clipping algorithm - 16:55
- Overlap use cases - 21:55
- Applying for YC - 26:05
- Financial element of YC - 30:31
- Quick fire round - 35:00
As always, feel free to contact us at [email protected]. We would love to hear ideas for content, guests, and overall feedback.
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Fresh out of Y Combinator’s Summer batch, Overlap is an AI-driven app that uses LLMs to curate the best moments from podcast episodes. Imagine having a smart assistant who reads through every podcast transcript, finds the best parts or parts most relevant to your search, and strings them together to form a new curated stream of content - that is what Overlap does. Podcasts are an exponentially growing source of unique information. Make use of it! Check out Overlap 2.0 on the App Store today.