Sam Nadler (00:24):
Hey everyone, and welcome to Built This Week, the podcast where we share what we’re building, how we’re building it, and what it means for the world of AI and startups. I’m Sam Nadler, co-founder at Ryz Labs, and I’m joined each and every week by my friend, business partner and co-host Jordan.
Jordan Metzner (00:52):
Hey, Sam. Super excited. Another huge week. Summertime and episode ten. Lots going on. So much progress. So excited to talk about it.
Sam Nadler (01:05):
The docket for this week: the tool we built in the last week using the latest image generation models, a bit of AI news, then we’ll cover a new AI tool.
Sam Nadler (01:40):
Before you demonstrate the tool, I would love a little context. The foundation for this internal tool we built was launched yesterday. Give us a little bit of background on the market and the idea behind it.
Jordan Metzner (01:57):
Everybody’s trying to replace Photoshop with AI. But continuity is incredibly difficult—making edits to an image while keeping the same person consistent. With new models like Google’s nano-banana, this is starting to get easier.
Jordan Metzner (03:04):
I built a small chatbot-based image editing tool. It could be valuable to small businesses, especially e-commerce, who constantly need product shots and headshots.
Jordan Metzner (03:38):
I took a quick screenshot of myself before recording. Give me a style and we can change it up live.
Sam Nadler (03:58):
Let’s try a Nashville cowboy hat look—brown hat, ranch setting.
Jordan Metzner (04:19):
I wrote that out: brown hat, clothes updated, ranch in Tennessee. Here’s the outcome.
Sam Nadler (05:00):
The interesting part is the lighting. The hat casts a shadow that looks fairly natural.
Jordan Metzner (05:22):
Let’s switch to a Western shirt, add hot pink accents and a bolo tie, then even try an animated version.
Jordan Metzner (06:49):
For a business example, have me holding a green-glass beer bottle for product placement.
Sam Nadler (07:30):
Just for context—you built this from yesterday to today?
Jordan Metzner (07:38):
Yes. We like to move fast and give our teams quick access. It’s just a prototype, showing some of the potential of continuity models.
Jordan Metzner (08:15):
This can also be risky. It raises the question of whether an image is real or fake. Today it looks artificial; tomorrow maybe not.
Sam Nadler (08:49):
So what’s the hype around Google’s nano-banana model—is it all about continuity?
Jordan Metzner (09:10):
They show examples like merging a person and a dog on a basketball court. This could unlock use cases in interior design or e-commerce.
Jordan Metzner (10:07):
We haven’t yet seen a model better than Google’s VEO-3. Open source and players like Runway are pushing hard. Video may be even more important, especially for social ads.
Jordan Metzner (11:10):
Anthropic is getting into browser agents, similar to Perplexity and OpenAI. Agents could handle tasks like opening tabs, comparing flights, and booking trips directly in the browser.
Sam Nadler (12:43):
I searched for a hotel with specific criteria and AI compiled options. Pretty close to what I needed.
Jordan Metzner (13:29):
Will Smith’s tour video appears to use a fake AI crowd—deformed faces in the audience. This may be the beginning of artists using AI to influence perception.
Jordan Metzner (15:17):
Gamma is a tool to accelerate presentation and website building with AI. It gives solid design right out of the gate.
Sam Nadler (16:31):
Let’s generate a quick three-card deck about the podcast—what it is, tools we build, tools we use, AI news, and that we’re open to sponsors.
Jordan Metzner (17:12):
It fills in titles and bullets, lets you edit inline, swap themes, and even generate AI images. Great for one-pagers too.
Sam Nadler (18:18):
In about five minutes you can get to a usable deck. What used to take hours is cut to an hour or less.
Jordan Metzner (20:34):
It’s surprising that Google, OpenAI, or Anthropic haven’t nailed AI slide creation yet. For now, Gamma seems to be the market leader.
Sam Nadler (22:46):
We covered our tool, Gamma, and AI news. Any final thoughts before wrapping?
Jordan Metzner (23:09):
We’re heading into Labor Day. The AI space hasn’t slowed at all this summer—lots of launches and more announcements expected in the fall.
Sam Nadler (23:28):
Thanks for listening. Don’t forget to like and subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or at builtthisweek.com.
Jordan Metzner (23:47):
Thanks, Sam. Happy Labor Day.
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