Codeium’s Vision for AI-Driven Development with Varun Mohan | E2064
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Todays show:Jason & Alex chat with Varun Mohan, founder & CEO of Codeium, the revolutionary AI-powered coding platform backed by Kleiner Perkins & Founders Fund. Varun shares insights on pivoting to greatness, scaling enterprise solutions, and launching Codeium's new IDE, Windsurf.
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(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show (0:30) Failure examples and Star Wars character confusion (1:38) Introduction to the episode, guests, and Perplexity AI (4:36) Varun Mohan and Codium's journey in AI and IDE development (11:01) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (12:29) The challenge of moderate success and building 10x better experiences (19:48) LinkedIn Ads - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at http://www.linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups (21:21) Alex Wilhelm's Cascade demo and Codium's capabilities (24:49) Codium's pricing and the future of no code development (31:45) PrizePicks - Run your game. Download the app today and use code TWIST to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! (33:31) Satya Nadella on SaaS's future and AI replacing agents (36:00) AI's impact on developer jobs, salaries, and remote work (41:27) Elite developers, hiring strategies, and in-person vs. remote work (46:03) Twist 500, upcoming events, and what VCs seek in startups (53:02) Hyper competition in AI services and niche market strategies (58:26) Audience Q&A and closing remarks
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| 0:00.0 | But that is what a Visi is thinking. |
| 0:01.5 | You're worthless and weak to their goal of having a three, four, five X fun. |
| 0:06.9 | They need a lunatic who can get two other lunatics or at least two other samurai to go out on a crazy mission. |
| 0:13.4 | This is elite Jedi stuff. |
| 0:15.4 | Is everybody a Jedi? |
| 0:16.6 | It's an elite pursuit. |
| 0:18.0 | It is not for everybody. |
| 0:19.3 | Everybody can try to be a Jedi. Most people |
| 0:22.3 | cannot go and fight a Sith Lord, because you will get your arm cut off. And even the best Jedi, |
| 0:28.0 | the most powerful ones, have lost limbs. Luke's Guyworker, Anakin, there's a long list of lost |
| 0:33.7 | limbs in Jedi land. It's a brutal pursuit, even if you are elite. |
| 0:38.0 | Anakin's not, Luke? I thought... |
| 0:40.3 | God. You, you Star Trek people make me crazy. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm not. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm not... |
| 0:45.3 | Antiquin is Darth Vader. |
| 0:46.3 | Spoiler alert. |
| 0:47.3 | Luke is his son. |
| 0:48.3 | Sorry, I haven't seen the George JAR of Binks movie since high school. |
| 0:51.3 | This weekend startups is brought to you by Squarespace. |
| 0:57.7 | Turn your idea into a new website. |
| 1:00.7 | Go to squarespace.com slash twist for a free trial. |
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