What No One Tells You About ChatGPT Agents | The AI Podcast

Nick and Jack dive deep into the creator economy, AI innovation, and the chaos of modern business. From losing $300K over a bad internet setup, to why AI companions might be the next trillion-dollar shift — this is the future of media, automation, and making money online.

00:00 Intro 
01:06 Personal Branding & Niche Personality Signals  
02:39 Audience Resonance & Throwaway Comments That Stick  
04:00 Transactional vs Relational Content Models  
05:16 ChatGPT Agents: Real Use Cases & First Impressions  
07:10 Agent Hype vs Actual Capabilities  
08:50 Can AI Agents Really Book Flights Yet?  
10:06 What AI Can Do vs What You’ll Let It Do  
11:34 The Paperclip Budget Problem & Autonomous Agents  
12:56 Market Inefficiencies & AI Trading Dreams  
15:07 Investing in Yourself vs Learning to Trade  
17:00 The Real ROI of Skill Building  
18:11 Action is the Only Differentiator  
19:24 New SaaS Build Preview: Alpha, Beta, Launch  
21:10 Voice-Powered Apps, Smart UI & Dictation UX  
22:45 Product Vision, Team Dynamics & MVP Strategy  
24:01 VC Incentives vs Customer Needs  
25:39 Perplexity AI, Billion Dollar Valuations & Market Narrative  
27:08 Selling Investors vs Selling Users  
28:26 Is SaaS Still Worth Building in 2025?  
29:46 The Realities of Startup Risk & Exit Paths  
31:00 Automation Is Still the 80/20  
32:05 The Meme Economy of AI Tools  
33:20 Agent Hype Cycle: Spike → Burnout → Reframe  
35:10 Mainstream Signal: When Podcasts Mention Agents  
36:32 The Concept Lifecycle of “AI Automation”  
38:13 Why New Terms = New Attention  
39:46 Betting on Concepts at the Right Time  
41:01 The Rise and Fall of Make.com’s Momentum  
42:38 The No-Code Bubble and Its Next Phase  
44:10 The “Goldilocks Zone” for AI Builders  
45:00 Why Long-Term Trust Beats Clickbait Trends  
46:05 Renaming AI Agents for the Next Cycle  
47:00 Positioning for the Decade of AI  
47:45 Wrap-Up & $100M Investment Watch