Episode · This Week in Startups · 2025-09-29
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Today's show: Friend's new AI pendant just wants to be your new pal. So why do New Yorkers hate them?
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Angel
“I wrote a book called Angel. It's super honest about how hard this is. If you're going to do it, you need to put in 20 hours a week for call it three, four, five years.”
Plugged Angel
“But I we we tell them in the angel university course, which is based on the book Angel, and like the book is like 10 bucks or 20 bucks. So, like it's the greatest deal in the world.”