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Hermes Agent has won. Here's why
14 April 2026

Hermes Agent has won. Here's why

Check out www.ToolUsePodcast.comHermes Agent has emerged as the open source AI agent that people are choosing. In this episode, we go beyond the hype to understand why. Through conversations with a co-founder of Nous Research, AI engineering veterans, and non-technical builders, we explore what Hermes can actually do today, where it falls short, and why the choice of which agent you use matters...
How To Make Your Websites Fully Autonomous (ft rtrvr)
17 March 2026

How To Make Your Websites Fully Autonomous (ft rtrvr)

Check out www.ToolUsePodcast.comAre AI web browsers falling short of the hype? Enter Rover, a revolutionary open-source AI agent that unlocks full autonomous workflows directly on your website with just a single script tag. In this episode, Arjun and Bhavani from rtrvr return to dive deep into how Rover uses a unique DOM-only approach to navigate, click, and type with subsecond latency. This...
How To Make Your A.I. Product Go Viral (ft Mano Tsiris)
10 March 2026

How To Make Your A.I. Product Go Viral (ft Mano Tsiris)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXIn 2026, building an AI product is easier than ever, but getting traction and finding customers is the real challenge. In episode 82 of Tool Use, we sit down with Mano Tsiris, a serial exited founder and head of growth at Optimal AI, to break down the ultimate go-to-market strategy for technical founders and builders. Discover how to...
How To Build a Hybrid AI System with Any-LLM (ft Nathan Brake)
03 March 2026

How To Build a Hybrid AI System with Any-LLM (ft Nathan Brake)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXAre you looking to optimize your AI applications with the best open source Large Language Models? This week, we explore open source AI, rapid model switching, and local self-hosting with Nathan Break, a Machine Learning Engineer at Mozilla AI and the creator of Any-LLM. Any-LLM is an open-source Python SDK that allows developers to...
AI Sovereignty - Control Your Entire AI architecture (ft Max McCrea)
24 February 2026

AI Sovereignty - Control Your Entire AI architecture (ft Max McCrea)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXAre you putting your business at risk by relying on big AI companies? In this episode of the Tool Use podcast, we dive deep into Sovereign AI with Max McCrea, founder of Greyhaven. We explore how businesses can maintain control of their private data while still benefiting from AI. Max breaks down the importance of self-hosting and building...
Do You Need A Vector Database in 2026? (ft Arjun Patel)
17 February 2026

Do You Need A Vector Database in 2026? (ft Arjun Patel)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXVector databases can be an important component for building reliable AI agents and scalable semantic search applications. In this episode, Arjun Patel from Pinecone breaks down how to optimize your RAG pipeline, choose the right embedding models (sparse vs. dense), and implement effective chunking strategies for better data retrieval. We...
Fine-Tune Your Own A.I. Video Model (ft. Greg Schoeninger)
10 February 2026

Fine-Tune Your Own A.I. Video Model (ft. Greg Schoeninger)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXUnlock the power of AI fine-tuning for image and video models with Greg Schoeninger, CEO of Oxen.ai. In this episode, we explore how to move beyond simple prompt engineering to training custom open-source models for as little as $1. Discover the technical strategies for building high-quality datasets, the trade-offs between LoRAs and full...
From Marketer to Growth Engineer Using AI (ft Justin Borge)
03 February 2026

From Marketer to Growth Engineer Using AI (ft Justin Borge)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXUnlock the ability to build AI tools without coding experience as Justin Borge joins Tool Use to demonstrate how he built Helios, a personal management system, using only LLMs like Gemini and Claude. Justin breaks down his transition from marketer to growth engineer, sharing his exact workflows for using JSON documentation to give AI a...
Ryan Carson Explains The Ralph Wiggum Loop
27 January 2026

Ryan Carson Explains The Ralph Wiggum Loop

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXDiscover the power of the Ralph Wiggum Loop with Ryan Carson as we explore the future of AI coding agents, autonomous workflows, and building one-person companies. In this episode, we break down how to implement Jeff Huntley’s simplified bash script loop using tools like Claude Code and Amp to ship features faster than ever. Ryan shares his...
Advanced Claude Code Part 2 (ft Eric Buess)
20 January 2026

Advanced Claude Code Part 2 (ft Eric Buess)

Join the Tool Use Discord: https://discord.gg/PnEGyXpjaXClaude Code is evolving from a terminal-based developer tool into the Everything Agent that manages your entire life. In this episode, Eric Buess returns to show us how he built a hands-free, voice-controlled AI system that handles everything from school emails and calendar scheduling to monitoring family text messages. We dive deep into...