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17 November 2025
#2286 Pepper: AI + people = > $10 million
Pepper is creating content for clients like Shopify, Adobe and Instacart. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of posts & videos. And this is content that leads to sales. In this interview, founder Anirudh Singla tell us how they do it by using AI and humans.Anirudh Singla is the founder and CEO of Pepper, a global content marketing platform that blends AI and human creativity to produce...
11 November 2025
#2285 AEO: How to make ChatGPT promote you
Ethan Smith runs Graphite, the SEO & AEO company that helps brands like Webflow show up on Google’s page one and ChatGPT’s first answer.This is how he does itEthan Smith is the founder and CEO of Graphite, a growth and SEO firm that’s now pioneering Answer Engine Optimization—helping brands rank inside AI-generated responses.More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreintRate this interview...
05 November 2025
#2284 Why is Morning Brew’s founder selling “AI Transformation”?
Coming into this interview I wasn’t even sure what “AI Transformation” was, let alone why so many companies pay for it.Here’s the deal: Tenex, the company founded by Alex Lieberman & Arman Hezarkhani, goes into companies hunting for ways to save or making them money using AI. Once they find that, it becomes a no brainer for companies to hire them to build it.But Tenex does more than AI...
30 October 2025
#2283 How Dan Shipper uses AI to build artisanal AI apps
“Why did you launch yet another voice dictation app?” I asked Dan Shipper, founder of Every.I thought he’d tell me that there was some kind of research that showed people needed another one.Nah.It came down to his team’s taste and personal preference. They just wanted something different. So a single creator on the team built it.AI makes it easier for more people to create apps. So what’s the...
24 October 2025
#2282 Neil Patel’s insanely powerful AI sales machine
I’ve been talking with founders who used AI to build companies, but aren’t getting enough customers. I found the perfect person to show them how to grow.Neil Patel has been on the cutting edge of AI marketing. He’s going to show us what’s working for his customers and his company.At the end of the conversation, you’ll see the exact process his company, NP Digital, is using AI to scrape yellow...
17 October 2025
#2281 Garry Tan: Y Combinator Startups Growing 5X Faster – Here’s What Changed
AI changed everything. During their time at Y Combinator, startups typically grew revenue weekly by 2-4%. Now? 10-20%! PER WEEK. YC President Garry Tan told me the reason is simple: AI transformed software from a “nice to have” into an urgent necessity.“Before it was like, ‘Yeah, I know I need to replace my software.’…Today it’s becoming, ‘Oh. I see a demo. It’s really impressive… I need it right...
15 September 2025
#2280 Read.ai is adding 50k users per day
How can Read.ai keep growing when 1) there are loads of meeting note taking apps, and 2) platforms like Zoom keep adding note-taking features?That’s what I asked its founder David ShimDavid Shim is the founder and CEO of Read.ai, the fastest-growing AI meeting assistant with millions of users worldwide. Previously, he was CEO of Foursquare following its acquisition of his location analytics...
10 September 2025
#2279 How are there so many AI agencies?
I keep seeing AI agencies pop up everywhere, offering to AI-ify businesses.But what are they AI’ing? How are they doing it? Seems too general and unfocused to work. Still, they do.I wanted to understand how, so I interviewed Rob Howard, who teaches agency owners how to sell and deliver AI services.Rob Howard is the founder of Howard Development & Consulting (HDC.net) and the creator of...
03 September 2025
#2278 How to build a $15M/year AI company.
Pavel Doležal built Keboola to $15 million per year.How he did it:1. Start with consulting, so clients tell you what they need2. Build software that makes companies’ chaotic data accessible. NO agents yet.3. Create agents that take action. That’s the hardest part.At the end of this interview, Pavel tells you how YOU should start an AI company and about the three successful companies that followed...
09 July 2025
#2277 My Body Tutor: Remote Coaching as a Service
Ever wish someone would text you every day to make sure you stuck to your goals?That’s exactly what Adam Gilbert built — first for fitness, now for business.He’s the founder of My Body Tutor and DoneDaily, two remote coaching services powered by daily accountability. I invited him to share how he turned simple check-ins into a multi-million dollar company.Adam Gilbert was a personal trainer who...