Jordan and Sam's company, Ryz Labs, needed annual compliance training for some of its entities, so instead of buying a platform we built one. Jordan demoed it in Episode 20 (November 7, 2025): a training hub, 10-question exams built around AI-generated scenario videos, a certificate builder and user management. We didn't give an exact build time. Sam said it took "a little bit longer than, you know, a day or so," unlike the throwaway tools from earlier episodes.
Most people have sat through compliance training: sexual harassment prevention, anti-phishing, password safety. In large companies it's legally required. Jordan's complaint about the existing products is that they feel like 1990s videos of awkward workplace scenes followed by a quiz.
They're also expensive. At 07:19 Jordan said these platforms are priced per user, usually "anywhere from, like, 10 to a $100 a user a month." Search Google for sexual harassment training software and you get pages of sponsored ads. We had two choices, buy or build, and AI made building cheap.
Now, you have to understand this video was created 100% with AI using Veo 3.1 fast, I believe.
— Jordan Metzner, Episode 20
On air, Jordan played the break-room flirting scenario and Sam answered it: politely set boundaries and report if the behavior continues. Correct.
At recording it was about to launch internally. It plugs into the rest of our stack, runs on a small back end we host, and Jordan put the cost at essentially zero besides development time. The videos were the part that needed iteration:
And, yes, it did require a few passes to get the content right. I would say 60 to 70% of the content was right right off the bat.
— Sam Nadler, Episode 20
Plan for several passes on generated video; a third or more of the first batch wasn't usable. The bigger lesson is about build versus buy:
And I think, you know, this is part of this new world of AI kind of build versus buy where this case, you know, the cost to build was pretty low and the cost to buy is high, you know, and we're gonna be able to retain control of the software and the product over the long term and continue to make it better for our particular use case.
— Jordan Metzner, Episode 20
Sam's suggestion for anyone copying this: the same setup works for employee orientation, with short videos about life at the company and a certificate at the end. Later in the same episode we tried Pomelli for social content, and if you're choosing a video model, see our Sora vs Google Veo comparison.
Yes. We used AI for three things: organizing the curriculum (which tests, which questions), building the platform itself, and generating every scenario video with Veo 3.1 Fast. It runs on Supabase with a Vite + React front end.
Jordan said off-the-shelf platforms usually charge anywhere from $10 to $100 per user per month. Ours cost essentially nothing beyond development time, plus a small back end to host.
Every scenario video in our platform was generated with Veo 3.1 Fast. Sam said it took a few passes, and about 60 to 70% of the content was right the first time.
For us, building won: the cost to build was low, the cost to buy was high, and we keep control of the product. Sam pointed out the same pattern could power an onboarding or orientation platform.
