Built This Week

Marketing teams are about to change forever.

Instead of hiring designers, copywriters, analysts, SEO specialists, and performance marketers… companies are starting to run AI marketing agents that handle everything.

From planning campaigns to creating content, analyzing performance data, generating ads, and optimizing strategy automatically.

In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Iliya Valchanov, CEO of Juma, to explore how AI agents are transforming modern marketing workflows.

Juma is building an AI marketing super-agent that can autonomously plan, execute, and optimize marketing campaigns across ch...

Clinical trials are one of the slowest and most expensive processes in modern medicine.

It can take 10–15 years and up to $3 billion to bring a new drug to market — and many trials fail simply because they can’t enroll enough patients.

In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Dr. Chadi Nabhan, Chief Medical Officer at RyghtAI, to explore how AI-powered digital twins of clinical trial sites can dramatically improve the speed and success of clinical trials.

RyghtAI has built a platform that creates digital twins of tho...

Construction has lagged behind every major industry in technology adoption.

Manual data entry. Spreadsheets. Email-based procurement. Slow invoice approvals. Paper delivery tickets.

That’s finally changing.

In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Eldar (Field Materials AI) to break down how AI is automating procurement for commercial and civil contractors — from reading quotes and invoices to verifying pricing, matching delivery tickets, and integrating directly with ERPs.

Field Materials builds AI agents that eliminate manual data entry across the procure-to-pay cycle for electrical, mechanical, conc...

DNA is just another language.

In Episode 32 of Built This Week, we sit down with Dov Gertz, founder of Converge Bio, to explore how generative AI is transforming drug discovery.

Every human can be represented as 3.2 billion nucleotides built from four letters: A, C, G, and T. If computers run on zeros and ones, we run on biological code.

Converge Bio is training frontier foundation models on DNA, RNA, proteins, and small molecules — helping biotech and pharma companies design better drugs, faster and cheaper.

We also demo a retro-inspired “Cell Defense Aren...

Private equity due diligence used to take hundreds of hours. Now it takes seconds.

In Episode 31 of Built This Week, we sit down with August Kiles, Head of Product at Emblem, to break down how AI is transforming investment funds — from venture capital to growth equity to private equity.

Emblem is building what they call the “last platform investors will ever need” — a system that ingests entire data rooms, extracts financials, compares deals, generates reports in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and helps funds get to a “no” faster.

We also demo a portfolio scenario sim...

The biggest shift in AI isn’t a new model.
 It’s agents managing other agents.

In Episode 30 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner break down how they’re actually using the latest AI releases — including Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Codex 5.3 — to build real software inside their own workflows.

Jordan walks through a private, fully local AI system built with Claude Code that turns raw 23andMe data, blood work, medications, and personal health inputs into a unified health dashboard. The goal isn’t diagnostics — it’s creating a long-term, living record that surfaces ins...

Can you really build serious internal AI tools in a few hours — and should everyone on your team be doing it?

In Episode 29 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner break down an internal AI product they built at Ryz Labs called ScreenEval — a recruiter screen analysis and coaching tool built in under six hours using Claude Code, Supabase, and AWS.

We start with a live demo. Sam walks through how ScreenEval ingests recruiter screen transcripts, evaluates candidates, scores recruiter performance, and provides concrete coaching feedback — all without overriding human judgment. The real unlock...

Can you really hack an airplane? And if so, how do you test for it without grounding the fleet for a year?

In Episode 28 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Eero Salih, CTO of Syberian, to explore how AI is transforming cybersecurity for commercial aviation.

We start with a live demo — a flight ops cyber radar Sam built to surface real-time security risks across airline operations. Then Eero breaks down what Syberian actually does: building digital twins of aircraft systems to run risk assessments without ever touching the physical pl...

Can AI actually reduce cloud costs — or does it just create better dashboards?

In Episode 27 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are joined by Ben, CEO of Espresso AI, to break down a real production system that uses machine learning to actively optimize data warehouse compute in real time.

We walk through a live demo built specifically to expose hidden inefficiencies inside Snowflake and Databricks environments — from over-refreshing dashboards to duplicated queries and underutilized clusters. Then we go deep on how Espresso AI works under the hood: proxy-based routing, workload-aware ML models, and...

Can AI actually beat prediction markets — or does the house always win?

In Episode 26 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner kick off 2026 by breaking down a real AI trading bot Jordan built for prediction markets like Kalshi, using live market data, whale detection, coordination signals, and confidence scoring.

Jordan walks through the full system — backend, frontend, live alerts, and execution logic — and shares the honest results: a 66 percent win rate that still lost money once fees and market dynamics were factored in.

The takeaway is not hype. It is reality.

T...

Car dealerships are losing inventory — and most don’t realize why.

Consumers now expect instant pricing, zero friction, and immediate engagement, yet most dealers still rely on slow callbacks, manual workflows, and outdated acquisition models. The result? Cars go straight to Carvana or CarMax.

In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Anthony Monteiro, CEO & Founder of Auto Acquire AI, to break down how AI is fundamentally changing how dealerships acquire vehicles directly from consumers.

Auto Acquire AI gives everyday car dealers — small, medium, and large — the same...

Home healthcare is breaking.

Staffing shortages, last-minute cancellations, credential checks, compliance requirements, and manual scheduling are overwhelming care teams and putting patient outcomes at risk.

In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Arya Health leadership to see how AI is already replacing hours of manual healthcare operations with real production systems.

Arya Health uses AI to instantly match patients with the right caregivers based on credentials, availability, location, eligibility scoring, and compliance rules all while remaining fully HIPAA compliant.

In the episode, we...

(Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back — and this week they’re joined by Amar Goel, CEO of BITO, the AI-powered code review agent transforming how engineering teams ship software.

Jordan kicks things off by unveiling a surprise build: a fully custom BITO Slack Bot that can run PR reviews, generate stats, crack developer jokes, write haikus, and even drop into Biddo Disco Mode. Amar reacts live and pulls back the curtain on how BITO’s deep codebase analysis works — revealing how enterprise teams are merging PRs 10× faster, reducing revert rates, and catching issues that “vibe coding” tools simply...

Episode 22: Let's do the Math!
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Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner return with one of the most mind-bending episodes yet. Joined by Carina, founder & CEO of Axiom Math, the startup is building a self-improving, formal-reasoning AI mathematician. The trio breaks down why math is the next AI frontier, how Lean formalization works, and why proving theorems is a completely different challenge than solving them.

Jordan also unveils his newest build: the LLM Math Roaster,  a tool that scores, compares, and even roasts large models on proofs, with a full leaderboard, custom problem submissions, and an API...

Built This Week – Episode #21

Not your STANDARD Market

Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back! And this week, they’re joined by a special guest: Angie Westbrook, CEO of Standard AI. Together, they explore one of the most creative builds yet: an AI-powered retail DJ that uses computer vision and custom AI-generated music to adjust a store’s soundtrack based on real-time foot traffic. Think: mood lighting meets AI beats, but for shopping.

Angie then pulls back the curtain on Standard AI’s computer-vision platform, describing how their “Google Analytics for physical s...

Built This Week – Episode #20

Episode 20: Compliance, Pomelli, and the Rise of the Robots

Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back for a landmark 20th episode of Built This Week!  This time, the duo breaks down how Ryz Labs used AI to build a full compliance and education platform, complete with video-based lessons, automated tests, and certificates: all powered by Video 3.1, React, and Supabase. They also explore Google’s new AI-powered marketing tool, which auto-generates on-brand social campaigns in seconds (seriously, it’s like having a creative team in your browser). In AI News, the hos...

Episode 19: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who Built the Smartest AI of All?

It’s a spooky special! Sam Nadler (a.k.a. Bad Bunny) and Jordan Metzner (the resident vampire) celebrate Halloween with a pair of AI-powered builds that bring equal parts fun and fright. First, they unveil Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, a poetic, Gemini-powered “talking mirror” built in Google’s new AI Studio. Then, they conjure up a “Trick-or-Treat Route Optimizer,” a playful demo that uses Maps and AI to find the best candy streets in your city.
In Tool of the Week, they...

Episode 18: TrickOrTreat!

Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build — TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost team culture, inspire side projects, and push generative video forward.

Then they spotlight Publer, the social media syndication tool that keeps their content engine running across platforms, and how it helps...

Episode 18: TrickorTreat!

This week on Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build, TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost team culture, inspire side projects, and push generative video forward. Then they spotlight Publer, the social media syndication tool that keeps their content engine running across platfo...

Episode 16: AI Agents Reinvent Construction

This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler sit down with Tristan Wilson, CEO of Edgevanta, an AI startup that brings automation to one of the world’s most traditional industries: construction. From parsing 1,200-page bid packages to predicting pricing with AI agents, Edgevanta is helping estimators work faster, smarter, and more profitably. Then, the hosts dive into the week’s biggest AI news: Nvidia’s $2B investment into Elon Musk’s xAI, OpenAI’s projected $1 trillion infrastructure spend, and how AI adoption is accelerating across industries, from consulting...

Episode 15: Sora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data Tool

This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler debut Tix LAX, a new platform that visualizes parking tickets across Los Angeles using city APIs, from officer leaderboards to the surprising car colors that rarely get ticketed. Then, they dive into Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video model that lets you insert yourself directly into AI-generated clips, whether skydiving, cooking sushi, or working on an oil rig. In the AI news rundown: OpenAI reaches a staggering $500 billion valuation, Apple shifts focus from Vision Pr...

This week on Built This Week, we team up with Hooman (CEO, Collective) to build—and ship—new tools for solopreneurs. Jordan demos a cash-flow forecaster, insurance compliance checks, lending readiness, and AI business insights…plus a just-for-fun “Make It Rain” mode and mini-game. Then we go deep on Collective’s roadmap and the future of the one-person business.

What we built
-Cash-Flow Forecasting from your P&L + balance sheet (with sliders for revenue, expenses, and owner salary)
-Insurance Compliance review (flags lapses like workers’ comp and gaps like cyber)
-Lending Readiness & Risk report (eligibility +...

This week on Built This Week, we go full builder mode.

Jordan uses Claude to create a live 3D simulation of a liver, showing exactly how statins like Crestor crush cholesterol inside your body. Then Sam takes the mic — and the printer — and 3D prints Built This Week keychains, proving you can literally print your podcast at home.

Finally, we break down the biggest AI + tech headlines:

If you want AI, hardware, and star...

This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler bring a mix of practical, playful, and breaking AI news.

First, Jordan demos Ryz Chef, a tool that turns your grocery receipts (Amazon, Instacart, even fridge photos) into 11 Mediterranean-inspired recipes — complete with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert options. Then Sam shares how he and his daughter are using AI-generated imagery to launch a small e-commerce project selling 3D-printed hoodie charms, combining entrepreneurship, creativity, and social good. Finally, the hosts break down the biggest AI news: Replit’s $250M raise at a $3B valuation, Oracle’s AI-fueled surge...

Episode 11: Coding the Beat: Strudel, Claude Dashboards & OpenAI’s $1B Play

This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler dive into the intersection of AI, music, and enterprise tools. Jordan shows off a new project built on Strudel, a live-coding JavaScript music library, turning it into an AI-powered DJ + Ableton-style mixer that generates new beats on the fly. Then, the hosts spotlight a daily use case of Claude that creates instant CFO-style dashboards from raw spreadsheets or PDFs, beating out other LLMs for speed and clarity. Finally, they break down OpenAI’s $1.1B acquisition of S...

Episode 10: Future in Focus: AI Tools & Big Tech

This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil the AI image platform they’ve been building from scratch at Ryz Labs, powered by Gemini’s new “nano-banana” update and other AI models. Designed to deliver faster, cleaner, and more customizable visuals, it pushes image generation beyond today’s mainstream tools. Then, they put Gamma under the spotlight, a presentation app that reimagines how decks and docs are created with AI at the core. In the AI news rundown: Google’s Gemini image model gets a “bananas”...

Episode 9: Hiring Tools, Built from Scratch

This week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil Ryz ATS, a fully functioning applicant tracking system built in-house using Claude AI. From job templates and smart matching to drag-and-drop pipelines and sourcing CRM, this tool streamlines the entire hiring process with AI as a co-pilot. Then, they explore Envato’s new AI image generation features, built for non-designers and creators alike. In the AI news rundown: xAI leaks Grok chats into Google search results, Meta re-orgs its AI division under Scale AI’s founder, and OpenAI brings back the ChatGPT model pick...

Episode 8: Can Public Make You a Better Investor?

This week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler go deep on Public.com, the modern investing platform opening its trading infrastructure to developers. They demo a new tool built live on Public’s API, explore the real potential of programmable investing, and sit down with Emily Kurtz (Head of Product at Public) and Jake Trefethen (Director of AI) to unpack what’s coming next. Plus, in the news: Shopify now wants PMs who code, GPT-5 Pro hints at research-grade intelligence, and OpenAI’s model picker is back, and messier than e...

Episode 7: How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote Work

Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler share a simple but powerful internal tool: a Slack-integrated daily check-in system that’s helped their remote team stay accountable, async, and aligned. It’s lightweight, fast, and has changed how their team shares progress. Then they revisit Clay, a thoughtfully designed relationship management tool that helps founders and operators stay in touch without the CRM bloat. In the news, they break down the latest on GPT-5 Pro, OpenAI’s rumored “research-grade” AI, and what the new product tiers might mean for the future of AI.

Episode 6: From Avatar to AI Hire: Building NTRVSTA

Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler dive into NTRVSTA, a new AI-powered interview automation platform Jordan built to help teams move faster and smarter in the hiring process. The tool uses avatars to conduct adaptive, friendly interviews 24/7 across technical and non-technical roles. They break down how it works, why it saves time, and what they’ve learned from early users. Plus, in the news: Microsoft hits a $4 trillion valuation, Figma’s IPO surges over 250%.

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 Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:17) Why we built NTRVSTA — solving interview...

Episode 5: Reinventing Company Culture, in Code

Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler reveal Mate: a custom-built social platform designed to bring remote teams closer through clubs, shared interests, and personality-rich profiles. Then they spotlight Clay, a sleek relationship management tool that helps founders and teams stay in touch with the people who matter, minus the CRM bloat. Finally, in the news: OpenAI signs a $30B cloud deal with Oracle, Trump issues an executive order banning “woke AI,” and Google reports its AI Overviews now reach 2 billion users monthly, with 100 million using AI Mode in the U.S. a...

Episode 4: Hiring in Half the Time: Meet Ryz Score 
Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler reveal Ryz Score, an internal tool they built to help recruiters stop wasting hours on bad resumes. It uses AI to rank candidates and streamline hiring decisions. For the Tool of the Week, they explore surprising ways people are using ChatGPT: from health tracking and meal planning to full-on life automation. And in the news, they break down Grok’s new 3D AI avatars, OpenAI’s plan to monetize in-chat shopping, and Claude’s expansion into finance with its first industry-specific platform.
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 Show Notes...

Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil a tool Jordan secretly built — a mini CRM that scrapes podcast emails via RSS and auto-generates personalized, AI-written outreach using Gmail. Then they demo their favorite AI tool for creative expression: Suno, the text-to-song app that powers everything from Built This Week’s theme music to cookie-sale jingles and classical-to-trap remixes. Finally, they discuss the rise of the AI band Velvet Sundown and how AI might reshape education after OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic partner with America’s largest teacher union.

This week on Built This Week Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil the AI engine they built to write and publish SEO content across 15 Webflow sites with zero human effort

They break down how they trained each site to sound like a real brand, how the tool runs daily without lifting a finger, and why it's already driving global traffic and leads from search engines and LLMs like Perplexity. They also dive into their new favorite productivity tool Granola and unpack Meta’s talent raid on OpenAI

In this episode
• How they built a self...

In the debut episode of Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler walk through how they built Ryz Labs Video Studio — a new internal tool for generating marketing-ready videos using top AI models like Veo 3 and Seed Dance.

They explain how they shipped the first version in just three days using Replit, Replicate, and GPT-4, and how their team used it to produce two full commercials in under 48 hours — without touching a camera.

In this episode:

Welcome to Built This Week — the podcast where we dive into the startups, tools, and wild ideas built in the past 7 days.

Hosted by founders Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler, each episode features three fast-paced segments:

This show is fast, fun, and raw — whether you’re building, investing, or just curious about what’s next in tech.

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