I got rejected from YC (4x)…. now my side hustle is worth $1.16B

Episode 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Replit origin story
(9:27) Replit's 10-year overnight success
(12:27) Rejected 4x by YC
(17:28) Personal essays from Paul Graham
(20:17) "i hacked into my university to change my grades"
(25:55) Rickrolling into YC
(35:25) Shaan builds a food tracking app in 30 seconds
(43:19) Magic School: An AI application for educators 4M users in 1 year
(47:31) Amjad on Agents
(49:53) Building moats in a goldrush
(54:53) Replit is Shopify for software creators
(1:05:11) The most gangster story in Silicon Valley

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Links:
• Amjad essays – https://amasad.me/
• Replit – https://replit.com/
• Codeacademy – https://www.codecademy.com/
• Do What Makes The Best Story – https://amasad.me/story
• Magic School AI – https://www.magicschool.ai/
• 11x AI – https://www.11x.ai/
• Synthesis Tutor – https://www.synthesis.com/tutor
• The Sovereign Individual – https://tinyurl.com/4w6ns7b2
• 7 Powers – https://tinyurl.com/382ch557

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, u0026 Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton – https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp – https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That – https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey – https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List – http://samslist.co/

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