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5 min read🎙️ The Speakers & Context
- The Format: Host-led roundtable discussion with internal team demos and security guest.
- The Key Players:
- Host: Jason Calacanis, founder of Launch VC and This Week in Startups podcast; credible as a seed investor processing 500+ weekly apps and scaling AI in operations.
- Team: Lucas Durand (investment/program lead, 1.5 years at Launch) and Oliver Corzin (podcast producer, ~1 year); hands-on builders of OpenClaw workflows.
- Guests: Lon Harris (editorial director, 20-year collaborator); Raul (CEO Reverent Labs, ex-Microsoft Ventures GM, AI security expert).
- The Vibe: Enthusiastic and demo-heavy early on, shifting to alarmed caution on security; optimistic about productivity but contrarian on job myths.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Lucas Durand & Oliver Corzin**
- 2 (02:34) **OpenClaw Persona & Initial Integrations**
- 3 (07:52) **Guest Booking Workflow Automation**
- 4 (14:25) **Memory Systems & Task Persistence**
- 5 (19:02) **Daily Operations & Time Savings**
- 6 (23:25) **Docket & Guest Research Automation**
- 7 (31:55) **Replicant Scaling & Knowledge Sharing**
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Show Notes
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Today’s show:Â
On Today’s action packed episode of This Week in Startups, our team is going full AI!
Jason is joined by Oliver Korzen and Lukas Durand from the LAUNCH team, alongside Rahul Sood, founder/CEO of Irrevernt Labs and founder of Voodoo PC.
With the rise of Clawdbot/Moltbot, the question on everyone’s mind is how fast, how much and how safe! Lukas and Oliver show off the ways that This Week in Startups are automating the hours of research and administrative tasks that take up our days and the what this means for running a podcast and venture firm.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Why we’re so obsessed with OpenClaw (Clawdbot)
(00:47) LAUNCH’s own Lukas Durand has joined the pod for the first time… Here’s how he and Jason met…
(02:26) Oliver is also here… check out his new series, This Week in AI
(03:11)How LAUNCH has its OpenClaw bot set up (without all the details!!!)
(06:03) The first few services that LAUNCH authenticated with our OpenClaw… And why!
(6:59) How OpenClaw is helping Oliver to book the show
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(14:08) Why OpenClaw sometimes struggles with context and memory, and how to work around it
(16:03) Understanding how to set up “cron jobs”
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(22:23) How OpenClaw works as our virtual podcast producer, and how much time we’ll save
(24:40) Can OpenClaw also help us prep the podcast agenda (aka THE DOCKET)?
(28:32) Lon chimes in to talk about how Claude helped him prep Jason’s Davos interviews
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(32:28) How many “Replicants” or AI agents does one company really need?
(36:09) Why Jason asked his OpenClaw bots to self-report on what they’re learning More from this podcast