😸 Our interview with Amjad Masad

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Happy Sunday! We've got a special edition of the Roundup this week, featuring some amazing new launches from OpenAI, Meta, and Google, our exclusive interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, and the latest on the Hawk Tuah memecoin drama. Let's dive in.

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	OpenAI o1 API — OpenAI's most advanced model, o1 API to third-party devs The full o1 model is now available to developers through OpenAI’s API, designed to excel at complex, multi-step reasoning tasks. Compared to the earlier o1-preview version, this release improves accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility.	▲ 437
	Tempo Labs — Visual Editor for React, powered by AI Tempo is a Visual Editor for React, which gives PMs, designers, and engineers the ability to collaborate visually on code. It offers the familiar UX of a design tool but functions like an IDE under the hood.	▲ 866
	Google Veo 2 — Google's state-of-the-art video generation model Google introduces Veo 2, a cutting-edge video generation model creating realistic clips from text or images. At first glance, its true-to-life biomechanical renderings blow competitors out of the water.	▲ 214
	Meta Video Seal — A state-of-the-art, open-source model for video watermarking Meta Video Seal is an open-source tool embedding invisible, durable watermarks in videos to ensure authenticity. Unlike others, it withstands compression and edits like blurring or cropping to verify origins seamlessly and combat deepfakes.	▲ 131
	Gemini Code Assist — Google's AI-powered code assistance for faster development Gemini Code Assist speeds up development with AI-driven code completion, generation, & natural language chat. It works in IDEs like VS Code & JetBrains, supports 20+ languages, customizes with private codebases, & ensures enterprise-grade security and privacy.	▲ 170
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OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH REPLIT CEO AMJAD MASAD

The Personal Software Revolution

"Now you can create software for n=1. I think that’s a really profound new thing." — Replit CEO Amjad Masad

This past October, Product Hunt Head of Content Sanjana Friedman sat down with Replit CEO Amjad Masad at Replit’s office in Foster City to discuss Replit Agent — an AI system that can create and deploy web applications given natural language prompts — the "personal software revolution," and AGI and its implications for society at large. Don't miss this deep-dive interview, available exclusively on our site.

Building in the age of AI: Startup lessons for early-stage growth

In an era where AI is reshaping how businesses operate, the journey of building an early-stage startup has never been more dynamic—or complex. How do founders navigate finding product-market fit, delegation, and scaling, all while adapting to technological innovations?

Join on January 14 at 3 pm PT for a fireside chat with Christina Cacioppo, CEO and Co-founder of Vanta, and Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup and Founder of LTSE, as they explore the journey of the modern startup founder.

Eric and Christina will discuss:

Learnings from their own experiences

How the principles of “founder mode” and lean methodology intersect

The ways that today’s AI-driven landscape shapes early-stage growth and startup success

Register here

OVERHEARD IN THE COMMUNITY

Crypto Chaos: Tawk Tuah the Judge

The $HAWK fallout continues, with investors filing a lawsuit alleging the project was an unregistered securities play that cost them over $151K. While the suit targets Tuah The Moon Foundation and others, Hailey Welch—the influencer who promoted $HAWK to millions—hasn’t been named, though her sudden social media silence has raised eyebrows.

Blockchain analysts have flagged potential insider trading, noting team-linked wallets that sold during the peak. Welch and her team deny any wrongdoing, blaming the crash on launch-day chaos rather than deliberate foul play. Still, her disappearance from the spotlight hasn’t exactly quelled investor doubts.

Our take: Memecoins thrive on FOMO-fueled hype, but crashes like this are becoming the rule, not the exception. This $HAWK drama is just another chapter in a very familiar playbook. Stop falling for this.

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