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Suhail Doshi, a YC alumni who previously founded Mixpanel and Mighty, has created a state-of-the-art (SOTA) AI image diffusion model with Playground. The app allows you to talk to it like a graphic designer and helps you create imagery and text for a wide variety of use cases. In this episode of Lightcone, Suhail sits down with the hosts to talk about his experience building Playground with his team, and what it takes to make a SOTA model.

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0:00 Intro
1:07 What is Playground?
1:47 What Garry was able to make using Playground
7:04 The focus on text accuracy
10:44 Building a marketplace for Playground
16:00 Prompts are like HTML for graphics
22:25 Creating new design professions
26:13 Using tailwinds of what is happening in language
30:06 Problems with aesthetics evals
32:42 The commercial applications
33:54 When the users you get are not the users you want
40:30 Reflections on going through YC twice
48:30 Running a research lab/startup hybrid vs a pure startup
53:35 What it takes to make a state-of-the-art model
55:09 Outro

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Thanks to a recent talk by Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and a follow up essay by Paul Graham (https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html), the concept of "founder mode" is everywhere. But what does it mean and who does it really apply to? In this episode, Dalton and Michael break through the noise to find out what lessons can be learned from going all in on "founder mode."

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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Founder Mode Origin
02:03 - The Core Message
02:57 - Late-Stage Founders
04:35 - Management Layers
05:39 - Bureaucracy
08:46 - Great Managers
09:49 - Investors vs Founders
10:40 - Viral Ideas
12:11 - The Blame Game

You can achieve anything you want with this powerful identity shifting technique. Use this personal development tool to change your state, master your mind, and influence yourself and others in more impactful and positive ways. You are the author of your own life - use this daily habit often so you can achieve your goals and leave your legacy.

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Daily Habits for Almost Limitless Energy - https://youtu.be/N00EDWWiIUA
Overcome Fear & Anxiety - https://youtu.be/Q2sixA1vPKk

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Anthony Robbins is the chairman of a holding company comprising more than 110 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion a year. He has been named in the top 50 of Worth Magazine’s 100 most powerful people in global finance for three consecutive years, honored by Accenture as one of the "Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World''; by Harvard Business Press as one of the "Top 200 Business Gurus"; and by American Express as one of the "Top Six Business Leaders in the World" to coach its entrepreneurial clients. Fortune’s recent cover article named him the “CEO Whisperer.”

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