Full Stack Founders

Nikky Kho runs AI Startup House, a founder residence in Manhattan and Austin that is free and takes no equity. Before that he built a global events business, and he has a ladder for where people actually are with AI: Level 1 is a chat window, Level 3 is agents running unattended, and he thinks 99% of self-described AI users never leave the first rung. We got into the four levels, why delegation is a time problem rather than a skills problem, the five reasons founders exit a business (the most common one is not money), and what he asks people to do before he lets them in: sell to 40 strangers something that does not exist yet. I also told him what I am seeing from the other side. My call volume from seven-figure owners whose businesses started falling out the bottom has gone up sharply in the last six to twelve months. Start here: https://bledsoe.life/start CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 0:44 Why I went looking for an incubator 1:42 A free startup house that takes no equity 5:01 The first time he saw ChatGPT 12:57 When do you actually need to hire an engineer 14:49 Delegation is a time problem, not a skills problem 15:58 The four levels of AI use 18:10 Why bought education goes obsolete in a month 21:05 The five Ds of exiting a business 25:36 Money is trust 31:38 Building an AI legal tool for people who cannot afford one 37:23 What it costs, and who gets in free 43:51 The 13-year-old running an AI agency 46:52 There is no better way to learn than to teach 48:18 How to apply: three tasks 50:26 Sell it before you build it 53:14 Seven-figure businesses falling out the bottom Nikky Kho is the founder of AI Startup House and CEO of Real AI Dynamics. https://aistartuphouse.com https://nikkykho.com #AI #founders #startups #aiagents

Pedro Jerez has written the copy behind nine figures of revenue and led growth at multiple eight figure companies, the largest of them from zero to $60M in three years. A little over a year ago he watched one video late at night and started vibe coding a landing page. He is now building AI native software. He is also the reason I started. I walked out of his house and did not sleep for two weeks. This is the whole conversation: how he decides what to build, the one question he uses to position anything, the memory architecture he had to invent so his agents stopped breaking his code, and the honest version of confidence he runs on, which is not "I can do this" but "I can learn this in time not to look stupid." Start here: https://bledsoe.life/start 0:00 Cold open 0:46 Who Pedro is, and why Mike wanted him on 6:06 One video, late at night, and the intimidation was gone 9:11 You don't know what you don't know until you're in the game 12:01 Don't tell the agent to fix the bug 17:56 Before AI the idea had to shrink. Now it expands 22:08 There is nothing in your way except you 24:40 I believed I could learn it in time not to look stupid 26:40 Elon read a book about rockets 31:06 He walked away from a million dollar run rate 37:33 Loving a product and using it daily are different businesses 43:15 Two friends broke his product in 15 seconds 44:06 Positioning and product-market fit are not the same question 45:56 5-Hour Energy named a moment nobody had named 47:53 Right product, right time. That's the whole test 53:39 Ted: speed scores once, routes score every time 55:33 The memory architecture ladder 62:13 The dependency map, and keeping it current 65:31 A buyer will look at this before they buy you 66:48 Planning versus execution, and his actual ratio 73:10 Ted: when do you know you've painted your last stroke? 75:52 Five months of work on the first seven days 77:40 There is no world where you can be behind Pedro is building Cochi. Waitlist at https://cochi.coach Instagram and LinkedIn: @pedroajerez #aibuilders #positioning #productmarketfit #founders

He was selling $70,000 websites. Then AI made "a great website" something anyone could produce in an afternoon, and Dima Kozlov had a choice: defend the model or kill it himself. He killed it. This is the whole arc: what he rebuilt the business into, what an afternoon with AI now replaces, why he stopped taking retainers, and the AI sales coach that caught a five figure deal everyone had written off. Full Stack Founders is where operators rebuild their businesses around AI they own instead of renting someone else's. New episodes every Monday. Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/i9xPoe-nQI0 Start here: https://bledsoe.life/start Dmitriy "Dima" Kozlov builds iconic brands at Influex: https://influex.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/influexbrands and https://instagram.com/forwordceo 0:00 The model is dying. He killed it first 0:33 What his agency sold before AI 5:54 Cannibalize yourself before AI does it 8:39 The vision predates the tools 13:34 An afternoon vs six months of analysis 17:14 Coach, course, or an AI you own? 26:29 Why he stopped taking retainers 30:45 AI plus 19 years beats AI alone 40:14 The AI sales coach and the five figure save 47:00 Nobody knows what to believe anymore 51:56 Writing in your voice, not the model's 56:57 Retraining it on your raw input 1:01:57 The competition is getting thicker 1:08:09 AI has the skills. You need the taste

"You're absolutely right, Karen." That's the line ChatGPT used to help two people file for divorce. And it's the same line your AI is feeding you every time you ask it a hard question. Kevin Orosz is a high-performance co-host, retreat facilitator, founder of Mystic Misfit, and host of the KO Show. He's running an AI agency in Austin with his partner Nathaniel, has a master's-level psychology background, and just spent the last 90 days going from "anti-AI language guy" to a top 1% power user with a 2,000-document Obsidian knowledge vault and three named agents that adversarially stress-test his ideas. In this conversation, Kevin, Mike, and Ted go deep on the AI psychosis crisis spreading through Reddit threads and dinner tables, why the simple act of positive reinforcement is the human need being outsourced, the operator-grade fix (your agents' base stance should be adversarial), why the moat is no longer speed — it's proprietary data — and why local + Chinese open-source models are the sleeper play once the subsidized compute window closes on June 22. Plus: the Fable 5 launch reaction, the single mom doing $10K MRR with agents from home, the Tony Stark / Jarvis archetype for your AI stack, Kevin's restart-the-build-three-times story, and the biohacking research on why no-tech-at-meals is now table stakes for masculine and marital health. If you're an operator-founder running $500K to $5M, in the AI shift, and starting to feel the FOMO — this one's for you. Key insights from this episode: ▸ AI Psychosis is real: the Reddit Karen / divorce story decoded ▸ The simple act of positive reinforcement is a base human need (and it's being outsourced) ▸ The operator-grade fix: make your agents' base stance adversarial ▸ The moat is no longer speed — it's proprietary data ▸ Why $200/month Claude is heavily subsidized compute (and what happens June 22) ▸ The Tony Stark / Jarvis archetype for your AI stack ▸ The Chinese open-source models nobody is talking about "Not quite my tempo": the Whiplash reframe for AI sycophancy ▸ The biohacking research on no-tech-at-meals and eye contact Chapters: 00:00 "You're absolutely right, Karen." 01:07 Welcome & Meet Kevin Orosz 02:03 What Happens When AI Replaces Your Job? 05:24 Are AI Job Loss Fears Overblown? 08:20 The AI Investment Boom & Trillion-Dollar Race 11:17 Why Entrepreneurs Will Benefit Most from AI 14:37 The Biggest Opportunity for Small Businesses 18:07 AI in Law, Medicine & Regulated Industries 20:20 The New Moat: Proprietary Data 23:10 Why Building Apps Has Never Been Easier 28:22 Speed vs Distribution: What Really Wins 32:50 Personal Branding Is More Valuable Than Ever 35:40 AI FOMO: Keeping Up With Rapid Innovation 39:05 Kevin's Journey from AI Skeptic to Power User 43:12 Why Most People Barely Use AI's Real Power 47:10 Building AI Agents & Knowledge Systems 54:35 AI as a Mirror for Self-Improvement 59:48 Should AI Make Decisions for You? 1:05:30 AI Psychosis & Losing Touch With Reality 1:10:45 Why Human Connection Matters More Than Ever 1:15:20 AI Relationships, Loneliness & Society's Future 1:19:55 Final Thoughts on the AI Revolution Connect with Kevin Orosz : Website: imiloainstitute.com Instagram: @kevinjorosz LinkedIn: @kevinorosz Facebook: @kevinoroszlan YouTube: @KevinOroszSpeaks YouTube: @thefullstackfounders Apple Podcasts: full stack founders Spotify: full stack founders Follow Ted: Website: www.themodernmanpodcast.com X: @TheModernMan8 YouTube: The Modern Man Podcast Instagram: @themodernmanpodcast Facebook: @TheModernManShow Linktree: https://themodernmanpodcast.com/linktree Follow Mike: Websitebledsoe.life YouTube:@MikeBledsoe Instagram: @mike_bledsoe Newsletter: writing

One of those 12-month, $25,000 agency engagements Nathaniel used to run — he could now do in a casual weekend. That put him out of a job. Then he built the Command Center that replaced the job. Nathaniel Solace is a coach and business systems strategist, a 16-year entrepreneur, and Kevin Orosz's agency partner in Austin. In this conversation he walks Mike and Ted through the exact architecture he built to run his AI-native agency solo: three named agents (Claude as the main catch-all, Grid as the wiki/backend manager, Tenor as the final-10% finisher), a project-based Employees folder that assigns one agent per business or course (not per skill), and a Skills-vs-Systems distinction where a system is just a group of skills strung together (Zoom-to-Email Wisdom Clipper). Plus: the GTD-based Now/Next/Later file architecture, the Felix Kraft memory system he adapted for open-Claude, the Karpathy repo Mike pointed at his own system to catch what was missing, the six-thousand-of-22,000 GoHighLevel subscribers Mike found weren't getting emails on a live client call, the $200 Claude plan that's really $14,000 in subsidized compute, and why Nathaniel is racing the June 22 Fable cutoff to have his stack ready to run without Anthropic. Also: the Jarvis-tier client experience delivered by Telegram bot, why every founder now needs an AI integrator (human or agent), why the businesses have gotten boring (Minority Report for BizOps, predictive fire-putting-out), and Nathaniel's mesh network project with Hakeem/Above Phone to keep private local LLM access on when the grid goes off. If you're an operator-founder running $500K to $5M and you can feel that the org chart you were about to hire against is already obsolete — this one's for you. Key insights from this episode: ➔ 12 months of work in 12 hours: the ratio that broke Nathaniel's business model ➔ 1:100,000 to 1:1M — the actual speed/efficiency compression Claude mapped ➔ Your $200 Claude plan is actually $14,000 in subsidized compute (and Fable ends June 22) ➔ The Command Center Architecture: Claude + Grid (backend) + Tenor (final 10%) + Employees folder ➔ Skills vs. Systems: why a system is just a group of skills strung together ➔ Why every business owner now needs an AI Integrator (human or agent) ➔ Minority Report for BizOps: predictive fire-putting-out on a $50K/month business ➔ The $10K rig that gives you private, local, energy-independent LLM access ➔ "Treat Claude like your autistic best friend" (the literal-interpretation reframe) ➔ Ready-aim-ready-aim-ready-aim, THEN fire (the AI-era update to Ready-Fire-Aim) Chapters: 000:00 AI That Replaces Teams 00:53 AI Killed Doomscrolling 05:37 The AI Burnout Trap 08:09 Managing 65 Projects 12:12 Building Better AI Systems 14:24 AI Memory That Works 24:36 Your AI Source of Truth 26:53 Weekly AI Reviews 30:46 12 Months of Work in 12 Hours 36:22 Most People Don't Want AI 44:30 The Real ROI of AI 47:15 Business Problems Aren't Business Problems 49:30 AI Predicts Problems Early 52:20 Replacing Business Software 56:22 Your $200 Plan Costs $14K 01:01:41 Building Private AI 01:04:13 The Future of Small Teams 01:12:23 Train AI With Transcripts 01:14:34 The Biggest AI Mistakes 01:18:01 Plan More, Build Faster 01:24:04 Where to Find Nathaniel 01:24:47 AI Can Save Humanity 01:29:34 Final Thoughts Connect with Nathaniel Solace : Website: https://nathanielsolace.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathaniel_solace LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-solace-b8792261 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/nathanielsolacefans/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NathanielSolace Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6laivDpTznxxa7jglWi5Lw?si=16d6aee273e84cbf YouTube: @thefullstackfounders Apple Podcasts: full stack founders Spotify: full stack founders Follow Ted: Website: www.themodernmanpodcast.com X: @TheModernMan8 YouTube: The Modern Man Podcast Instagram: @themodernmanpodcast Facebook: @TheModernManShow Linktree: https://themodernmanpodcast.com/linktree Follow Mike: Website: bledsoe.life YouTube:@MikeBledsoe Instagram: @mike_bledsoe Newsletter: writing #fullstackpodcast #fullstackfounders #commandcenter #aiintegrator #operatorfounder #claudecode #fable5 #nathanielsolace #mikebledsoe #tedphaeton #aiagents #localllm