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[NEW ECONOMIES @NEWECONOMIESVC]

AI MICRODRAMAS!

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

AI microdramas have been booming in China for a while.

Now they're starting to capture global attention.

@venturetwins joins @NEWECONOMIESVC to discuss the biggest shifts happening across generative media and the consumer landscape.

In this episode, we cover:

1. The rise of microdramas.

2. Whether we've reached an inflection point for generative media.

3. Why consumers increasingly care less about how content was made.

4. Whether creators should disclose AI generated content, and how that may evolve over time.

5. How generative media will impact studios and creative talent: replacement or augmentation?

6. Why AI "slop" is such a problem today and whether it will ever improve.

7. Why creators should be using AI agents to increase efficiency.

Plus, much more!

Thanks so much for coming on the show @venturetwins @a16z.

Links to episode 👇

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

AI microdramas have been booming in China for a while.

Now they're starting to capture global attention.

@venturetwins joins @NEWECONOMIESVC to discuss the biggest shifts happening across generative media and the consumer landscape.

In this episode, we cover:

1. The rise of microdramas.

2. Whether we've reached an inflection point for generative media.

3. Why consumers increasingly care less about how content was made.

4. Whether creators should disclose AI generated content, and how that may evolve over time.

5. How generative media will impact studios and creative talent: replacement or augmentation?

6. Why AI "slop" is such a problem today and whether it will ever improve.

7. Why creators should be using AI agents to increase efficiency.

Plus, much more!

Thanks so much for coming on the show @venturetwins @a16z.

Links to episode 👇

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

A one-man company got so much noise around it that a public company's execs got nervous.

@Wix's move: don't pitch an acquisition. Get to know the founder first, then offer to remove the stuff he never wanted to build anyway.

5 employees → several hundred.

@marktluszcz @MaorShlomo

[NEW ECONOMIES @NEWECONOMIESVC]

A must listen!! Incredible story!

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

The @base44 story is a totally wild one

@MaorShlomo founded the company in 2025. Grew it to $1M ARR in a matter of weeks before being acquired by @Wix for $80M - just months after launch.

Maor and Wix's Chairman, @marktluszcz join @NEWECONOMIESVC to share the latest trends happening across the vibe coding ecosystem, including:

1. The wild story of Base44 being acquired by Wix

2. The current state of vibe coding and what comes next

3. Why it's essential for companies to be building their own AI models and owning the stack

4. The next challenge for builders is not which tool to build on, it's what to build and how to build on taste

5. Why Base44 launched their own AI model (Base 1)

6. How AI models are being updated

7. The biggest challenges for builders today and what is still missing from the suite of offerings

8. Tech predictions

and much more...

Thank you @marktluszcz and @MaorShlomo for coming on the show.

This is a must watch! Available everywhere you listen to podcasts.

(Links below)

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

The @base44 story is a totally wild one

@MaorShlomo founded the company in 2025. Grew it to $1M ARR in a matter of weeks before being acquired by @Wix for $80M - just months after launch.

Maor and Wix's Chairman, @marktluszcz join @NEWECONOMIESVC to share the latest trends happening across the vibe coding ecosystem, including:

1. The wild story of Base44 being acquired by Wix

2. The current state of vibe coding and what comes next

3. Why it's essential for companies to be building their own AI models and owning the stack

4. The next challenge for builders is not which tool to build on, it's what to build and how to build on taste

5. Why Base44 launched their own AI model (Base 1)

6. How AI models are being updated

7. The biggest challenges for builders today and what is still missing from the suite of offerings

8. Tech predictions

and much more...

Thank you @marktluszcz and @MaorShlomo for coming on the show.

This is a must watch! Available everywhere you listen to podcasts.

(Links below)

[NEW ECONOMIES @NEWECONOMIESVC]

A must watch!!

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

99% of US are underutilizing AI

LinkedIn founder @reidhoffman joins my podcast show, NEW ECONOMIES to help us understand:

What is the current state of AI, how should we be utilizing it and where is AI going next: everything one could possibly want to know to stay ahead of others.

In our latest podcast episode, we also cover 👇

1. Reid's learnings from working with Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft

2. Characteristics between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei who Reid knows well

3. The impact AI does for healthcare

4. Is Silicon Valley still the best place to launch a company?

5. Why Agent Managers Are Next

6. Should Startups Partner with AI Models?

7. Is Distribution The New Moat for Startups?

8. The IPO Gold Rush

9. It’s Not Just Anthropic or OpenAI who will win

10. Ollie Joins As Reid’s Chief of Staff: A day in the life with Reid

Plus much more.

If you watch or listen to any podcast this week, this episode will be worth your time!

Thank you @reidhoffman for sharing your amazing insights!

Available everywhere you listen to podcasts!

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

99% of US are underutilizing AI

LinkedIn founder @reidhoffman joins my podcast show, NEW ECONOMIES to help us understand:

What is the current state of AI, how should we be utilizing it and where is AI going next: everything one could possibly want to know to stay ahead of others.

In our latest podcast episode, we also cover 👇

1. Reid's learnings from working with Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft

2. Characteristics between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei who Reid knows well

3. The impact AI does for healthcare

4. Is Silicon Valley still the best place to launch a company?

5. Why Agent Managers Are Next

6. Should Startups Partner with AI Models?

7. Is Distribution The New Moat for Startups?

8. The IPO Gold Rush

9. It’s Not Just Anthropic or OpenAI who will win

10. Ollie Joins As Reid’s Chief of Staff: A day in the life with Reid

Plus much more.

If you watch or listen to any podcast this week, this episode will be worth your time!

Thank you @reidhoffman for sharing your amazing insights!

Available everywhere you listen to podcasts!

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

We have all most likely used Eventbrite at some stage

I just met @juliahartz and @kevinhartz, co-founders of @eventbrite, who share the incredible story of how the startup went from zero to public company and survived the ultimate test of any founder:

Going through COVID when all events and revenue stopped overnight.

This is one incredible story, completely raw, filled with love and with one ultimate takeaway: you've just got to do it.

These are my lessons from this episode 👇
1. Solve real problems, not trends.
2. Curiosity beats assumptions.
3. Complementary founders build stronger companies.
4. Follow customers, not categories.
5. Simplicity wins.
6. Speed matters most in a crisis.
7. Adapt before you're forced to.
8. Technology should bring people together.
9. Great businesses evolve with every challenge.
10. Entrepreneurship is an identity, not a destination.

Available everywhere you listen to podcasts
(links in the comments)

Thank you Julia & Kevin for sharing your story ❤️

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

"The kid is not optional."

That's what @aeyakovenko7's wife told him before he dropped everything to build a startup.
Here's the brutal math behind that decision (and why she was right) 👇

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

.@bgurley's #1 Lesson for Building Billion-Dollar Companies

Incredibly high expectations.

@niravtolia shares his lessons from the greatest OG.

Available everywhere you listen to podcasts.

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

This company is reinventing access to venture capital.

@BenMillerise co-founder & CEO at @fundrise shares what investing looks like when we have thousands of the most promising startups around us...

(who are going to change the way we live and work forever).

On NEW ECONOMIES, @BenMillerise shares:

1. Why @fundrise expanded from real estate into venture.

2. Building with conviction instead of institutional consensus.

3. Why waiting can outperform deploying capital on schedule.

4. How AI is changing software, venture, and capital formation.

5. Why the next big opportunities may come from biology, materials, energy, and longevity.

6. What comes next, and much more....

Available everywhere you listen to podcasts.

(links below).