Hey everyone. Today's episode we are

going to cover a news item, an AI news

item that I can't stop thinking about.

One trend that you can build a business

around. One app, one AI app I'm using

that I think you should have take a look

at. I'm going to give you one startup

idea and then we're going to end this

episode with one startup framework that

I think you'll really enjoy. Let's get

right into it.

So the first news item we're going to

talk about uh what leaked. So Anthropic

is preparing new enentic task mode for

for Claude. So you can see here the

image uh there's actually a leaked

video. I'll I'll zoom in here. And

what's really cool about it is so you

have basically uh five different five

different buckets. research, analyze,

write, build, and do more. Um, so if you

click, let's say, write, you can pick

the the the format. Do you want a doc?

Do you want slides? Do you want

spreadsheet? Do you want, you know, a

stepbystep first draft, citations?

Uh, you know, if you want, if you click

analyze, you can you can actually pick

the approach that you want. So, it's

gone ahead and like productized a lot of

the stuff that we're doing anyways. Uh,

but validate, compare, forecast, you can

pick the depth. Do you want it quick? Do

you want it thorough? Um and then build,

you know, uh this is, you know, where a

lot of us are using code, cloud,

whatever you want to call it to to

actually build a lot uh software. So you

can have the output as an artifact um a

cloud artifact or or code. You can pick

the layout, you can pick the theme uh

and research, which I think is really

cool. You can pick uh where do you want

it to search from? Do you want it to

search from the internet? Do you want to

search from you know different MCPs uh

your connectors um you know so and then

you can see here help me research about

testing catalog and then you'd be able

to actually go and do it. So I think

that this is a huge leap um for uh AI in

general. This uh you know up until this

time uh you've basically created you

know output via just a text box. And I

don't know about you but I go to a chat

GBT um or a Gemini or any of these LLMs

and I find it daunting. I don't know

exactly what to put in there. So, I

think that by having some of this stuff

here, productizing some of this, uh, h,

you know, it it just m it's going to get

way better output and it it sort of

leads to this idea around you'll have

agents actually go and do these things

for you. So, this is a big piece of leak

news. This isn't out yet. Um, testing

catalog is the is the people that uh

broke the news. You can see here

Anthropics is expanding previously

discovered claude agent mode with a

multiaceted task delegation interface

positioning the Asenta as a more

autonomous tool for structured

workflows. The updated interface

introduces a toggle for switching

between classic chat and agent modes

allowing users to focus on delegating

distinct tasks rather than only having

open-ended conversations. In agent mode,

users are greeted with five core

sections. We talked about that. each

accessible from the main screen point to

specialized capability and use cases.

This is really interesting. So it says

these functions appear alongside a

progress tracker and context manager on

the right side of the interface. The

progress view will break down each

delegated task while the context manager

lists the resources Claude is using,

allowing users to monitor and

potentially adjust active inputs. The

setup could benefit Professionals,

students, and teams seeking guided

step-by-step basis on complex projects.

This is the future of of work. So, let's

just go ahead back into here. See this?

I can imagine you prompting this

interface um based on the task I want.

And then on the lefth hand side seeing

these agents actually going and doing

and checking in on them just like you

check in on uh teammates in Slack,

right? I think uh

that's what this is trying to be and if

it works then it's going to be huge. Um

so I think this is a big deal. I don't

know why more people aren't talking

about it. Um but uh if this actually

gets created uh or is this actually gets

post to production uh this is going to

be big and uh you heard it first here on

the Startup Ideas Pod. Subscribe for

more of that sort of stuff in the

future. So that's the news item. Uh

okay, let's go to a trend. Let's talk

about a trend. Uh because you know I

know that you love that. I know that you

you guys love you know different trends

and and and how to actually you know go

and build business around them. If you

have a business that's doing at least

$50,000 a month in revenue, I've got

something interesting for you. It's

called offline mode. It's a two-day

event that me and my team are putting on

at a 20,000 plus foot square foot

mansion. Yes, this is what it looks like

on January 23rd and January 24th in Fort

Lauderdale, Florida. I'll include a link

in the description if you're interested

in coming. But it's basically for people

who have a business that's kind of

cranking, but they really want to put it

in rocket ship mode. They want to create

a set of businesses that generate tons

of money, tons of cash flow, tons of

product market fit, tons of impact. Um,

but they're not just quite there yet.

It's also about, you know, making your

business AI first. How you can actually,

you know, build not just one product,

but multiple products. and you're going

to leave with, you know, tactical uh

answers to your questions. So, um if

that's you and this sounds interesting,

uh I'll see you there. So, I don't know

about you, but I've heard this thing uh

recently over the last few weeks, um Hi

Rocks. So, Hy Rocks, which is a global

indoor fitness competition combining 8

km of running split into 1 km segments

with eight different functional workout

stations alternating between running and

strength endurance challenges designed

as a sport for everybody for fitness

levels from novice elite athletes. It's

basically like the new CrossFit. Um, and

I keep hearing about it. keep hearing

about it and uh because of that you know

if if I hear about something or I see it

on Tik Tok you know that the first place

I go to is idea browser so uh let's go

ahead and check the search data on it

and see you know it you know is there an

opportunity to actually build a business

around around this trend so uh usually

what I do is you know I go to my

dashboard I'll click uh my trends here I

click research a trend And uh and then

you have the ability to do quick check

or deep discover. So you know I'm just

going to do a quick check 15 seconds. So

this is actually going to tell us what

you know what is the search volume, what

is the CPC. So you know came came back

already and this is what you love to

see. So uh you have low competition.

Um I just changed the search data to all

time. Look at this. Basically no one was

searching it a few years ago and now

it's absolutely blown up. 5,525%

growth in the last five years. Cheap

CPC, low competition. So, you know that

there, you know, there's a business uh

to be created here. Maybe there's a

mobile app business and we can talk more

about that. Um, usually when I I you

know, I do a quick search and I'm I'm

I'm more interested then I'll do a deep

research uh which just basically goes um

and just goes and gets more deep uh deep

insights. this takes longer. Um but you

know it gives you this sort of report

around it and uh but the point here is

there's something here. There is

something here. Um, so if you want to

create a mobile app, um, you know, maybe

it it get, you know, allows you to track

your Hierro your Hy Rocks, uh, workouts,

maybe it's recommendations on products,

maybe it's your Hierrox, you know, buddy

that every day checks in with you and

and and gives you and and tells you

something to do or compares you. So

there's a lot of opportunity to, you

know, just when I, like I said, when I

see something like this and I see this

amount of growth with low competition,

it's a gift. Um, so it's it's a gift for

not just um not just

uh me. I'm giving it to you and I hope

you do something with it. And you know,

you know, let me know in the comment

section if you've heard of High Rocks

before. I've only actually started

hearing about it for the last few weeks.

So, um I don't know if I'm late to the

party, but here we go.

Uh the next thing I wanted to talk about

is, you know, I'm actually going to give

you two apps that I've been using. One's

kind of a, you know, an app you might

have heard of, but you haven't played

with recently. Um and one's maybe that

you haven't heard of. So, one app is um

Korea. So, this is probably something

that you haven't um used.

I just started using it over the last

little bit, so I I wouldn't say I'm a

pro with it, but it is one of those

creative AI tools that brings in, you

know, V3 and and Topaz and all these

different uh you know, video 3D creative

models in in one subscription. Uh I've

done a review on Glyph uh before um

which is a similar sort of idea. Um, but

I I want to play with this a little bit

more. Um, and just see how it does. Um,

because I've been hearing that it's it's

absolutely amazing. And, you know, just

like seeing on, you know, on the

website, it looks it looks really good.

I'm not affiliated with these people at

all. Um,

you'll know when I'm affiliated with

something. Um, but I just think that

like on the website it looks really

cool. um you know, can it actually do

the output here that as as good as it

say? I don't know. Um but I wanted to

put that on your radar or as a tool that

I'm checking out right now.

The uh other uh product I wanted to talk

about is and you've you've probably

heard of it. It's Google Notebook LM,

but there's a feature that you probably

haven't l looked at, which is um the

slides feature. So they've added a um

new feature for infographics and slide

deck. So what can you do? So how do you

use this? You basically you know put in

a source

can be a like it could actually be an

image. Um it could be a blog post. It

could be a transcript on YouTube, right?

Um, you can go and use perplexity

comment transcript a YouTube, you know,

video and put it in here or just put the

YouTube video right here. Um, you can

upload things from Google Drive. Um, and

then you can do fast research and deep

research. But the cool thing here is you

can actually generate a slide deck and

it looks pretty good. So, I actually did

a whole um episode on how uh you can 10x

prompt better using tools like um Claude

and stuff like that. And I just find

like these these on the right hand side

like these are really beautiful designed

uh slides. Um I think it's clear. I

think it's you know the hierarchy is

really nice. Um, so I think a lot of

people know notebook LM for uh just like

you know you put in a source and you get

a podcast out of it. But using it as a

AI slide designer is super super

underrated and uh I want to tell you

about it. I want to tell you about it

and uh I'm I'm really enjoying that. So

those are the two apps. Well, one app

that you probably haven't heard of and

one app that's a bon a feature you

probably haven't heard of, but an app

that you've probably heard of. Um, the

next uh section is I wanted to give you

a startup idea to get your creative

juices flowing. So, uh I saw this uh

startup idea which I actually funded in

2011.

I funded an app that did this and it

didn't work out but I think the timing

was wrong and now the timing is right.

So, someone please steal this idea. So,

a digital concierge platform that

automates guest communication for

hotels. Hotel managers waste hours

answering repetitive guest questions

like, "What's the Wi-Fi password? When

is breakfast served? Where should we eat

nearby?" Guest Guide creates interactive

digital guides to handle 90% of guest

inquiries automatically. Guests scan a

QR code uh at check-in to access

everything they need. Walkthrough

videos, local recommendations, amenity

instructions, emergency contacts. So you

basically charge hotels $29 to $79 per

property based on features. Uh and then

you do affiliate, you know, partnerships

with local businesses. Um I think this

is an interesting business. I think

hotel messaging like being the uh also

creating like a um AI concierge for

hotels is a huge opportunity. And when

you look at hotel messaging, look at

that volume, right? It's absolutely uh

absolutely crushed it. So I just think

that there's an opportunity to use AI AI

use QR codes uh to help guests in their

stay. Um

and uh there are people who are doing

you know versions of this. Uh I saw that

there was a company that Valoft funded.

Valoft is a conglomerate.

um I forget the name of the

um

company

but Sadi. Yeah. So that you know Sadi is

a company that you know convert your

missed calls into bookings. Sadi is the

market leading AI host built for

hospitality answering every call taking

reservation orders. So this feels like

more around like the sales side. Um,

but I do think that there's an

opportunity to do something more on like

the guest experience side. Um, and

that's why I do like that idea. Um, it

gives you uh, you know, it gives you

some ideas around how you can structure

the offer. I always click I always try

to this always gives me ideas. So, you

can create a lead magnet which is like

an interactive digital welcome guide

template. Your front-end offer could be

something like a basic digital guide

subscription. Um, a pro offer with video

tutorials, you know, then you do your

local and affiliate offers. Um, and then

you do your enterprise plan with custom

integrations. So, that's your back-end

offer. Um,

I always try to structure my businesses

with a value ladder. Why value ladders

work? Builds trust incrementally and

maximizes customer lifetime value. Helps

segment your audience and creates

predictable revenue. So, uh, whatever it

is you're creating or building, uh, I do

think that a value ladder is worth it

your time. Um, and there's something

here in the AI hotel uh, space. And by

the way, this is a free idea. You can

grab it. Um, on idea browser, we're

doing 24 days of startup ideas. So, you

know, usually, you know, sometimes we

charge for for for ideas. These are 24

free ones that you can keep forever. So,

I'll include link in a link of where to

get that uh and where to get your free

ideas um in the description.

The last thing I want to talk about is a

framework. You know, I love I love a

good framework. Um and this one is I'm

calling the thousand people framework.

It's how do you you know, how do you

find a small market and create a clear

solution for it? Um, so you know, I

think that we all want to build big

things. We all want to make, you know,

millions of dollars, create huge amount

of impact, but it's just so helpful to

actually get to know and dial into the

thousand people who are the same. So,

whatever it is you're building, think

about who are the thousand people uh who

is your ICP. And when I say ICP, ideal

customer uh profile, I don't mean the

millions of people that could buy your

thing. who are the people who are most

likely to buy your product and you know

what is you know try to picture them and

you know one thing that I like to do is

I'll go to a Gemini chat GPT whatever

and I'll be like you know create

personas for these people you know what

do they do on a daily basis you know

what is their job how much money do they

make um what do they like about their

job what do they hate about their job

really get to know these people then ask

what will they pay 50 to $100 for every

year. And you know, some people here are

built, you know, for the thousand

people, maybe it's more than $100 a

year. Um maybe it's they're selling

enterprise and it's a million dollars a

year. But whatever it is, like what will

they pay some amount of money for every

year? Uh keyword every year. And then

and then ask yourself, well, how do I

reach all those thousand people? How how

do I reach all those thousand people?

And come up with ideas for that. And

this is like a prompt for you to get

really clear about who these people are,

what are their most painful problems

that they have, and how you can reach

them. And I think as we're getting into

2026, it's important to actually dial

into this. The clarity is the most

important. Um, the clarity is what's

going to help you actually increase the

probability of success in whatever

business you're going to create. Um,

it's not the best product. It's not the

best marketing. It's ultimately the

clarity. The clarity is going to drive

everything, right? Uh yes, it actually,

you know, it will actually end up

creating the best marketing and the best

product out of it cuz if you have good

clarity, you will be able to do it. But

it all starts, my point, I guess, is it

all starts with clarity in the thousand

people framework. It's going to help

you. And you can use this uh with your

co-founder and do this as an exercise

with your co-founder. You can do this uh

with chat GPT or an LLM as your partner

and try to figure this out. Um or and or

you can also just speak to your target

audience. But you know, a lot of people

are busy and they don't have time to

just answer surveys and stuff like that.

So, uh I don't know if you'll be able to

speak to all a thousand, but kudos if

you can. So, thousand people framework.

Uh

hope you hope you enjoyed that one. So,

that's the episode. That's the episode.

I thought um this is the second time uh

I've done this sort of episode where,

you know, give you a news item like the

anthropic leak that I think that a lot

of people don't know about. I'll give

you a uh trend that I think is

underrated and there's an opportunity to

build businesses with. I'll give you uh

an app that I'm using that I think is

interesting and underrated. I'll give

you a startup idea that I want you to

steal and go build something from it or

at least like get your creative juices

flowing there. And then I'll give you a

framework so you have the foundation for

actually building out these ideas. This

is the Startup Ideas podcast in a

nutshell. My goal with it is to increase

the probability of your success in

whatever it is you're doing. Either if

you're working at a a startup, you're

working at a big company, or you want to

build something of your own one day or

doing it right now. And uh that's what

I'm here for. I'm uh I'm rooting for

you. If you like this format and you

want me to do more of it, please let me

know. I read every single comment. I

appreciate every single like. And if you

want more of it, you know where to

subscribe. Um and well, I guess we can

end it here. You can get you can get

back to building and I'll get back to

building, too. Catch you later. Thanks,

everyone.