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Built This Week

Jordan Metzner, Samuel Nadler

Built This Week is a weekly podcast where real builders share what they"re shipping, the AI tools they"re trying, and the tech news that actually matters. Hosted by Sam and Jordan from Ryz Labs, the show offers a raw, inside look at building products in the AI era—no fluff, no performative hype, just honest takes and practical insights from the front lines.

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All Episodes

29:45

We Built an AI Trading Bot for Prediction Markets —...

Built This Week ·

2026/01/09

Can AI actually beat prediction markets — or does the house always win?In Episode 26 of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner kick off 2026 by breaking down a real AI trading bot Jordan built for prediction markets like Kalshi, using live market data, whale detection, coordination signals, and confidence scoring.Jordan walks through the full system — backend, frontend, live alerts, and execution logic — and shares the honest results: a 66 percent win rate that still lost money once

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27:50

Car Dealers Are Losing Inventory — AI Is the Only Fix

Built This Week ·

2025/12/19

Car dealerships are losing inventory — and most don’t realize why.Consumers now expect instant pricing, zero friction, and immediate engagement, yet most dealers still rely on slow callbacks, manual workflows, and outdated acquisition models. The result? Cars go straight to Carvana or CarMax.In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Anthony Monteiro, CEO & Founder of Auto Acquire AI, to break down how AI is fundamentally changing how dealerships

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40:07

This AI Fills Healthcare Shifts in Minutes

Built This Week ·

2025/12/12

Home healthcare is breaking.Staffing shortages, last-minute cancellations, credential checks, compliance requirements, and manual scheduling are overwhelming care teams and putting patient outcomes at risk.In this episode of Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner sit down with Arya Health leadership to see how AI is already replacing hours of manual healthcare operations with real production systems.Arya Health uses AI to instantly match patients with the right caregivers based on

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33:29

OpenAI Code Red? The New AI Reviewer Changing Everything

Built This Week ·

2025/12/05

(Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back — and this week they’re joined by Amar Goel, CEO of BITO, the AI-powered code review agent transforming how engineering teams ship software.Jordan kicks things off by unveiling a surprise build: a fully custom BITO Slack Bot that can run PR reviews, generate stats, crack developer jokes, write haikus, and even drop into Biddo Disco Mode. Amar reacts live and pulls back the curtain on how BITO’s deep codebase analysis works — revealing how enterprise

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26:08

Let's do the Math!

Built This Week ·

2025/11/21

Episode 22: Let's do the Math!—Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner return with one of the most mind-bending episodes yet. Joined by Carina, founder & CEO of Axiom Math, the startup is building a self-improving, formal-reasoning AI mathematician. The trio breaks down why math is the next AI frontier, how Lean formalization works, and why proving theorems is a completely different challenge than solving them.Jordan also unveils his newest build: the LLM Math Roaster, a tool that scores,

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31:24

Not your STANDARD Market

Built This Week ·

2025/11/14

Built This Week – Episode #21Not your STANDARD MarketSam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back! And this week, they’re joined by a special guest: Angie Westbrook, CEO of Standard AI. Together, they explore one of the most creative builds yet: an AI-powered retail DJ that uses computer vision and custom AI-generated music to adjust a store’s soundtrack based on real-time foot traffic. Think: mood lighting meets AI beats, but for shopping.Angie then pulls back the curtain on Standard AI’s

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26:14

Compliance, Pomelli, and the Rise of the Robots

Built This Week ·

2025/11/07

Built This Week – Episode #20Episode 20: Compliance, Pomelli, and the Rise of the RobotsSam Nadler and Jordan Metzner are back for a landmark 20th episode of Built This Week! This time, the duo breaks down how Ryz Labs used AI to build a full compliance and education platform, complete with video-based lessons, automated tests, and certificates: all powered by Video 3.1, React, and Supabase. They also explore Google’s new AI-powered marketing tool, which auto-generates on-brand social

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23:07

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who Built the Smartest AI...

Built This Week ·

2025/10/31

Episode 19: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who Built the Smartest AI of All?It’s a spooky special! Sam Nadler (a.k.a. Bad Bunny) and Jordan Metzner (the resident vampire) celebrate Halloween with a pair of AI-powered builds that bring equal parts fun and fright. First, they unveil Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, a poetic, Gemini-powered “talking mirror” built in Google’s new AI Studio. Then, they conjure up a “Trick-or-Treat Route Optimizer,” a playful demo that uses Maps and AI to find the best

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30:29

TrickOrTreat!

Built This Week ·

2025/10/24

Episode 18: TrickOrTreat!Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build — TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost team culture, inspire side projects, and push generative video forward.Then they spotlight Publer,

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29:17

Sora API, AI Automations, and Apple’s M5 Chip

Built This Week ·

2025/10/17

Episode 17: Sora API, AI Automations, and Apple’s M5 ChipThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil a brand-new internal tool built using the Sora 2 API, letting teams generate custom AI videos on demand. They compare OpenAI’s Sora to Google’s new Veo 3.1 model — with some hilarious results featuring capybaras hosting the podcast. Then, they dive into N8N, an AI automation platform now powering Ryz Labs’ outbound workflows using Perplexity and Claude for research and

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27:56

AI Agents Reinvent Construction

Built This Week ·

2025/10/10

Episode 16: AI Agents Reinvent ConstructionThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler sit down with Tristan Wilson, CEO of Edgevanta, an AI startup that brings automation to one of the world’s most traditional industries: construction. From parsing 1,200-page bid packages to predicting pricing with AI agents, Edgevanta is helping estimators work faster, smarter, and more profitably. Then, the hosts dive into the week’s biggest AI news: Nvidia’s $2B investment into Elon

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27:02

Sora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data Tool

Built This Week ·

2025/10/03

Episode 15: Sora 2 Took Over AI Video + Our New Parking Data ToolThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler debut Tix LAX, a new platform that visualizes parking tickets across Los Angeles using city APIs, from officer leaderboards to the surprising car colors that rarely get ticketed. Then, they dive into Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video model that lets you insert yourself directly into AI-generated clips, whether skydiving, cooking sushi, or working on an oil rig. In the AI

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38:38

Inside the $1.4 Trillion Solopreneur Market + the...

Built This Week ·

2025/09/26

This week on Built This Week, we team up with Hooman (CEO, Collective) to build—and ship—new tools for solopreneurs. Jordan demos a cash-flow forecaster, insurance compliance checks, lending readiness, and AI business insights…plus a just-for-fun “Make It Rain” mode and mini-game. Then we go deep on Collective’s roadmap and the future of the one-person business.What we built-Cash-Flow Forecasting from your P&L + balance sheet (with sliders for revenue, expenses, and owner

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20:08

AI Built My Liver + We 3D Printed Our Podcast (Reddit...

Built This Week ·

2025/09/19

This week on Built This Week, we go full builder mode.Jordan uses Claude to create a live 3D simulation of a liver, showing exactly how statins like Crestor crush cholesterol inside your body. Then Sam takes the mic — and the printer — and 3D prints Built This Week keychains, proving you can literally print your podcast at home.Finally, we break down the biggest AI + tech headlines:Reddit doubling down with GoogleGroq raising $750M at a $7B valuationLyft teaming up with Waymo to launch

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19:16

Recipes from Receipts: AI Cooking, Kidpreneur E-Com &...

Built This Week ·

2025/09/12

This week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler bring a mix of practical, playful, and breaking AI news.First, Jordan demos Ryz Chef, a tool that turns your grocery receipts (Amazon, Instacart, even fridge photos) into 11 Mediterranean-inspired recipes — complete with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert options. Then Sam shares how he and his daughter are using AI-generated imagery to launch a small e-commerce project selling 3D-printed hoodie charms, combining

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23:57

Coding the Beat: Strudel, Claude Dashboards &...

Built This Week ·

2025/09/05

Episode 11: Coding the Beat: Strudel, Claude Dashboards & OpenAI’s $1B PlayThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler dive into the intersection of AI, music, and enterprise tools. Jordan shows off a new project built on Strudel, a live-coding JavaScript music library, turning it into an AI-powered DJ + Ableton-style mixer that generates new beats on the fly. Then, the hosts spotlight a daily use case of Claude that creates instant CFO-style dashboards from raw

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24:04

Future in Focus: AI Tools & Big Tech

Built This Week ·

2025/08/29

Episode 10: Future in Focus: AI Tools & Big TechThis week on Built This Week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil the AI image platform they’ve been building from scratch at Ryz Labs, powered by Gemini’s new “nano-banana” update and other AI models. Designed to deliver faster, cleaner, and more customizable visuals, it pushes image generation beyond today’s mainstream tools. Then, they put Gamma under the spotlight, a presentation app that reimagines how decks and docs are created with

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22:23

Hiring Tools, Built from Scratch

Built This Week ·

2025/08/22

Episode 9: Hiring Tools, Built from ScratchThis week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler unveil Ryz ATS, a fully functioning applicant tracking system built in-house using Claude AI. From job templates and smart matching to drag-and-drop pipelines and sourcing CRM, this tool streamlines the entire hiring process with AI as a co-pilot. Then, they explore Envato’s new AI image generation features, built for non-designers and creators alike. In the AI news rundown: xAI leaks Grok chats into Google

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32:14

Can Public Make You a Better Investor?

Built This Week ·

2025/08/15

Episode 8: Can Public Make You a Better Investor?This week, Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler go deep on Public.com, the modern investing platform opening its trading infrastructure to developers. They demo a new tool built live on Public’s API, explore the real potential of programmable investing, and sit down with Emily Kurtz (Head of Product at Public) and Jake Trefethen (Director of AI) to unpack what’s coming next. Plus, in the news: Shopify now wants PMs who code, GPT-5 Pro hints at

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23:29

How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote Work

Built This Week ·

2025/08/08

Episode 7: How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote WorkJordan Metzner and Sam Nadler share a simple but powerful internal tool: a Slack-integrated daily check-in system that’s helped their remote team stay accountable, async, and aligned. It’s lightweight, fast, and has changed how their team shares progress. Then they revisit Clay, a thoughtfully designed relationship management tool that helps founders and operators stay in touch without the CRM bloat. In the news, they break down the latest on

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