AI for Founders with Ryan Estes

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AI for Founders is where 47,000+ founders learn to build and scale with AI. Hosted by Ryan Estes, a Denver investor, creator, and founder, the show breaks down real strategies from top operators and AI visionaries. AI-ready data, zero-dependency workflows, founder-led distribution, and the tools driving revenue for today’s fastest-growing companies. If you’re a technical or non-technical founder who wants to work smarter, scale faster, and stay competitive, this podcast is your weekly unfair advantage.

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$250K and 3 Months to Build What Used to Cost $2 Million and 18 Months
Jul 08, 2026
What It Do: The 90% Rule - Why Finishing Is the Least Fun Part of Building Anything
Jul 06, 2026
He Buys Companies, Keeps Every Employee, Then Deploys Nobel-Nominated AI
Jul 06, 2026
800,000 Lives, 210 Engineers, One Bet: Inside Collective Health's AI Push
Jun 25, 2026
What It Do: First-Time Founders Build Product. He Built a Distribution Robot.
Jun 25, 2026
AI Heart Health Assistant Trusted by 150+ Leading Organizations
Jun 22, 2026
The Self-Driving Car Of Men's Fashion
Jun 19, 2026
40,000 Models, One API Key, And A $25M Bet On Open Source
Jun 18, 2026
He Analyzed Millions of Calls. The Move That Closed Deals Was a Laugh.
Jun 17, 2026
AI Law Firm: The Logan Brown Playbook
Jun 16, 2026
America Spends $5 Trillion On Health. This Is Where It Leaks.
Jun 13, 2026
"We're AI-First!" No You're Not. Here's the Test.
Jun 12, 2026
Agent Memory Is the Next Great Moat
Jun 12, 2026
What it do!? The Jujitsu Secret That Scales Companies Without Force
Jun 08, 2026
The $18 Billion Backdoor: How One Aussie Founder Plans to Eat LinkedIn Alive
Jun 08, 2026
Stop Getting Paid for Hours. Start Getting Paid for Outcomes.
Jun 06, 2026
35x More Profitable Than Marketing | JP Grace from Endear
Jun 04, 2026
"Intensity Is a Bulldozer" The Leadership Trait Everyone Praises and Nobody Survives
Jun 02, 2026
What It Do: 6 Parameters That Separate Cinematic AI From Total Slop
Jun 01, 2026
Ship A Full App In 5 Minutes, Not 5 Weekends
May 31, 2026
"We Don't Use AI" Will Be the Flex of 2026
May 30, 2026
The Physicist Building a Compiler for the Real World | Hugo Nordell, Encube
May 29, 2026
Why Posting on LinkedIn Is Dead (And What Top Founders Do Instead)
May 28, 2026
AI Just Closed 40% of Your Tickets Without You
May 27, 2026
$1.6 Billion of Equity On-Chain. Here Is Why.
May 25, 2026
Tiny Brands Are Outranking Billion-Dollar Companies. Here Is the Hack.
May 23, 2026
The Founder Is the Bottleneck. Here's How to Clone Your Judgment.
May 22, 2026
Your Face, Voice, and Data Are Fakeable. Here's What Isn't.
May 21, 2026
Data agents you can trust in production. | Pradnesh Patil from Altimate AI
May 18, 2026
Your Vibe Code Just Handed Hackers Your Database - Punit Bhatia, Founder of Fit4Privacy
May 14, 2026
The AI EA Flex
May 13, 2026
Jazz Fusion in the Agentic Era
May 12, 2026
One Problem, Forever
May 09, 2026
Quit Code to Grow Lettuce
May 07, 2026
"Your Code Is Worthless" A Top VC Just Told Us Why | The Trillion-Dollar Founder Personality Type Nobody Talks About
May 06, 2026
Healthcare's AI Operating System | AI Won't Replace Your Doctor. Here's What It Will Do Instead.
May 05, 2026
Is AI Slop Killing SEO? | From Zero to Indexed in Two Weeks: The Real SEO Timeline
May 03, 2026
Your Next Co-Founder Should Be AI
Apr 29, 2026
Stop Doing Your Own HR
Apr 28, 2026
Synthetic Relationships, FTW
Apr 28, 2026
The Real IP Is How You Think
Apr 27, 2026
The Asset Class Quietly Making Millionaires
Apr 19, 2026
The Searchable Life: When Memories Get a Database
Apr 17, 2026
The Truth About Lying to Your Doctor
Apr 16, 2026
Fix the Thing 70% of Americans Are Ignoring
Apr 16, 2026
Legal AI: Why Lawyers Are Finally Free to Think
Apr 15, 2026
Neuro Spiritual Sovereignty - 10 Years and Zero Shortcuts
Apr 13, 2026
Podcast DJ: The Cliff Notes for Your Podcast Queue
Apr 12, 2026
Peptides, and the Future of Human Performance
Apr 11, 2026
IRL Events Are the New Moat
Apr 10, 2026
The Behavioral Health Crisis Is a Data Problem
Apr 08, 2026
The AI Analyst That Never Sleeps: Burak Karakan of Bruin
Apr 03, 2026
Delightful Procurement: The CFO That Never Sleeps - Alex Yakubovich from Levelpath
Apr 02, 2026
Your API Keys Are Killing Your Productivity: Mitchell Jones of Lava.so
Apr 01, 2026
The New SEO Is Happening Without You
Mar 31, 2026
Enterprise AI for $20 a Month
Mar 31, 2026
The B2G Playbook Nobody Talks About (And It's Printing Money)
Mar 28, 2026
Do you know where your AI agents are?
Mar 27, 2026
AI booked 650 meetings, and almost got a date
Mar 25, 2026
Built a $50M+ AI Support Empire by Owning the Edges
Mar 25, 2026
From idea to iPhone app
Mar 24, 2026
When IQ becomes a commodity
Mar 23, 2026
The soft skill crisis costing healthcare billions
Mar 17, 2026
Medical tourism is a $100B industry
Mar 16, 2026
AI didn't take your job. It froze the hiring line. Here's what that means.
Mar 16, 2026
Will VC destroy your startup?
Mar 12, 2026
Searchable personal memory, now
Mar 11, 2026
Speed is killing AI startups
Mar 06, 2026
The uncanny valley is real
Mar 05, 2026
Social media is killing your memories
Mar 02, 2026
Congrats on the revenue. Sorry about your money.
Feb 28, 2026
She exited in 18 months, then walked away to find stillness
Feb 27, 2026
AI is quietly stealing your life’s work
Feb 24, 2026
Stop building. Do this first.
Feb 19, 2026
Most founders pick the wrong tools
Feb 18, 2026
The Algorithm lied to you about music
Feb 12, 2026
Are you building a team of AI passengers coasting toward irrelevance?
Feb 07, 2026
Everyone is building AI wrong
Feb 06, 2026
AI music to heal relationships
Feb 05, 2026
He built a $1M SaaS alone
Jan 27, 2026
I already know you hate taxes
Jan 24, 2026
Doctors aren’t the problem
Jan 22, 2026
Why your ‘Great Idea’ Is quietly killing your startup
Jan 21, 2026
Built a $2M SaaS for contractors from his Mom's room
Jan 10, 2026
Hours are worthless. Replace them with this.
Jan 09, 2026
Stop designing screens. Start designing patterns.
Jan 05, 2026
“Just Use AI” Is the most dangerous advice in tech
Jan 03, 2026
Reality check every founder needs in 2026
Dec 30, 2025
Most AI prototypes die before launch
Dec 29, 2025
Never lose flow again
Dec 23, 2025
The Hidden Leadership Gap
Dec 16, 2025
AI That Turns Ideas Into Real Companies
Dec 15, 2025
AI Can Predict Disease Years Early
Dec 14, 2025
World’s Smartest Podcast App
Dec 12, 2025
Vibe Coders Rejoice
Dec 11, 2025
10 Million Americans’ Healthcare Behind the Scenes
Dec 10, 2025
Your Onboarding Is Broken
Dec 09, 2025
Millennials Will Inherit Trillions
Dec 08, 2025
AI That Predicts the Future
Dec 07, 2025
How Do I Protect My Idea?
Dec 06, 2025
AI Friends That Actually Call You (And They Remember Everything)
Dec 02, 2025
The Offshore Kingdom: How Penbrothers Builds Teams That Scale
Dec 01, 2025
The $1.5 Trillion AI Problem Nobody Talks About - Until Now
Nov 30, 2025
Your company Is sitting on a data gold mine
Nov 29, 2025
The $40,000 Desk: Why Offices Will Never Be the Same Again
Nov 28, 2025
He Built 10 AI Companies in 12 Months - With Teams of Five
Nov 26, 2025
Agentic AI, Deepfakes and the End of Passwords
Nov 18, 2025
Turn Illiquid Equity Into Real Wealth
Nov 12, 2025
Building A Restaurant AI Startup From Zero To 1,000 Customers In A Year
Nov 07, 2025
AI Is Rewiring Pregnancy Care: Babyscripts CEO on RPM, Risk, and Real Outcomes
Oct 31, 2025
AI storytelling for families
Oct 29, 2025
Reddit SEO for AI Search: How to Win ChatGPT Recommendations
Oct 28, 2025
Plugging AI Into Production: How MyOp Lets Non-Developers Ship UI Safely
Oct 27, 2025
Early warning for neurology and mental health with voice AI
Oct 21, 2025
Building a Gen Z Art Platform without the Algorithm Trap: Devika Sarin of Soal
Oct 18, 2025
Founder’s guide to 10x visibility
Oct 16, 2025
AI Comment Moderation, Brand Safety, and Viral Conversions: Stanify.ai’s Playbook
Oct 14, 2025
Drew Falkman builds products at the speed of thought
Oct 14, 2025
Building an AI Chief of Staff: Ambient by Lawrence Coburn
Oct 10, 2025
Inside the $50M mission to fix clinical evidence
Oct 08, 2025
Build Remote Operations that Work: Isaac Kassab (Pearl Talent)
Oct 07, 2025
From Farm to Mac App Store: How Heberti Built Pinery for Authors
Oct 02, 2025
Newsletters outsell social: Eunice Tan on building kawara.ai
Oct 01, 2025
Somatic leadership for founders: Owen Marcus on stress, presence, and performance
Sep 30, 2025
Cold email, LinkedIn, and the $2M lead gen playbook
Sep 29, 2025
Future of Payments: AI Agents, Micropayments, and Embedded Finance
Sep 25, 2025
Before You Shake Hands, read this. Elle George on partnership alignment
Sep 22, 2025
Building virtual power plants with AI and blockchain
Sep 18, 2025
Secure First, Scale Fast: ProArch CTO/CISO on AI That Won’t Break Compliance
Sep 17, 2025
Future of privacy-first computer vision in security tech
Sep 12, 2025
How SmartLab builds STEM Identity: hands-on ecosystems for future-ready students
Sep 08, 2025
Zero to $6M ARR with AI SDRs
Sep 05, 2025
Swan AI hit $1M ARR in 9 weeks with just 3 founders
Sep 03, 2025
Outcome pricing vs Usage pricing vs Seats
Sep 02, 2025
Building the Next-Gen Retail Investing Platform: Tradesk
Aug 27, 2025
Bootstrapped Icons8 into millions of users
Aug 25, 2025
Vibe coding a movie trailer in 20 minutes
Aug 23, 2025
AI in Enterprise: Security, governance, and robots
Aug 22, 2025
Floot helps non-coders build full-stack apps with AI
Aug 21, 2025
Create a defensible niche in AI SaaS
Aug 18, 2025
Agents that heal themselves. Alexander De Ridder on resilient AI
Aug 13, 2025
Ghosted to hired: Katie’s vision for ethical, profitable recruiting
Aug 08, 2025
Screaming baby to 300M downloads: The Dwellspring story
Aug 06, 2025
Ray Jang found product-market fit on a mountain top
Aug 04, 2025
Boutique catering booking app with AI in 30 minutes
Aug 02, 2025
Golf fashion; betting big with Rico Leon
Jul 31, 2025
Ukraine to AI voice agents: Eva Karnaukh’s founder journey
Jul 30, 2025
What 50 founders taught me about innovation
Jul 25, 2025
Shorts: AI taxis, fake vacations & GenAI disaster flicks
Jul 21, 2025
Is your SEO ready for AI? Jenna Hannon says probably not
Jul 21, 2025
Can this AI replace Amazon for smart shoppers?
Jul 18, 2025
Skincare that knows you better than you do
Jul 17, 2025
From blind vision to billion-dollar AI: Alberto Rizzoli’s startup journey
Jul 15, 2025
A psychographic agent turned a student app into a scalable SaaS
Jul 10, 2025
Unlocking human and machine consciousness with Steven Schrembeck
Jul 08, 2025
Amazon jungle to startup CEO: Zack Holland’s story
Jul 07, 2025
Crono vs. Clay vs. Apollo
Jul 01, 2025
How Brett Beck built Bellabooty: from gym floor to global product
Jun 30, 2025
AI Interviews, Global payroll, No borders
Jun 26, 2025
From China to AI: Ryan Shuken on startup lessons and innovation
Jun 23, 2025
How to use Hollywood storytelling to build blockbuster brands with Greg Logan
Jun 18, 2025
Extended reality will unlock the next era of innovation
Jun 11, 2025
Elon, ChuckGPT, and the Future of Work According to Andrew Amann
Jun 09, 2025
This confidential AI will save your team from meltdowns
Jun 05, 2025
The future of workflow orchestration: AI agents and enterprise SaaS
Jun 04, 2025
From pro snowboarder to AI CEO: Nicole Donnelly’s founder story
Jun 02, 2025
Building an AI-native company with Benjamin Johnson of Particle41
May 31, 2025
Nametag fights deepfakes with mobile-first identity tech
May 29, 2025
The MMA ring for cybersecurity: inside Hackerverse's product showdowns
May 27, 2025
Revolutionizing browsing: inside Strawberry's AI-Powered workflow with Charles Maddock
May 17, 2025
Beyond human intelligence: AI and the spectrum of consciousness
May 14, 2025
The AI security blueprint every founder needs in 2025 - Alex from Testsavant
May 12, 2025
Building AI that makes you more human with Dave Sifry
May 06, 2025
Go-to-network is the new go-to-market with David Connors, CEO of The Swarm
May 03, 2025
Dayo: Get paid to log off with Corey Scholibo
Apr 29, 2025
Redefining spreadsheets with AI: David Kircos of Quadratic
Apr 27, 2025
How Omneky is rewriting the future of advertising with Hikari Senju
Apr 25, 2025
Vibe Coding in Real Time: Building a Podcast Follow-Up App
Apr 23, 2025
Scaling Content Creation for E-Commerce: Liz Giorgi on Building soona and Embracing AI
Apr 22, 2025
Build an audience you actually own
Apr 20, 2025
Building Voice AI with Nikhil Gupta of Vapi.ai
Apr 18, 2025
Building AI Tools with Guardrails (Part 2 w/ Peter Holcomb)
Apr 17, 2025
This ai expert says privacy in America is already dead
Apr 14, 2025
Vibe policy is real and it’s running the tariffs
Apr 06, 2025
We built an AI wellness app in 10 minutes
Apr 04, 2025
AI, neuralink, and the soul of Twos - a notes app
Apr 03, 2025
Turn your podcast from obscure to viral: here's the blueprint
Mar 31, 2025
Founders, STOP giving bad feedback; use this AI tool instead
Mar 28, 2025
This DM trick just killed 'link in bio' forever
Mar 26, 2025
The launch strategy that put this podcast in the Top 5% overnight
Mar 21, 2025
Why 18,000 creators are obsessed with HipClip.ai
Mar 19, 2025
Why neuralink telepathy might not be the scariest ai threat
Mar 18, 2025
This new AI inbox hack reignited my dead leads, and it’s freakishly easy
Mar 17, 2025
Are robots really taking over our kitchens?
Mar 11, 2025
What it do: We vibe coding
Mar 07, 2025
The AI Hype Machine Is Crashing: Time to Panic?
Mar 06, 2025
The Dark Side of AI: When ChatGPT Takes You for a Ride
Feb 24, 2025
How a failed music career made me a better entrepreneur
Feb 14, 2025
Why your job is next on ai’s hit list
Feb 11, 2025
Task Lists vs. Total Enlightenment: The Temptation to Skip All the Steps
Feb 10, 2025
Deepseek’s ai breakthrough
Feb 03, 2025
From $2M to More: What it Do - Vision for Growth
Jan 24, 2025
Is OpenAI’s $200 Operator the Ultimate Life Hack?
Jan 23, 2025
If You're in Your Head, You're Dead: Finding Peace with Metta Meditation
Jan 22, 2025