Plaud on This Week in Startups

This Week in StartupsJune 8, 2026

The AI Tutor That Makes Kids Actually Think | E2298

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Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis
June 8, 2026
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And before I do anything, I like to just take my applaud. I turn it on. Boom. I press it. A little haptic. Now I'm recording everything I say, and I can take notes. I can say, hey. Action item. Catch up with Lon about the launch of this new this weekend show we're doing. Let's make a strategy session, blah blah blah blah blah, a, b, c, d. I do that when I'm rucking. It's like a hike with weights, or I'm skiing around, the mountains, And it's just been amazing, even when I'm in the airport. This product, Plaud, has got millions of users now. It is the perfect product. When you get home and you're on your desk, you just plug it in, it syncs, and now you've got all your notes. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. It'll make a mind map for you, a template, all the great ways to just summarize information and then use it and never lose one of your great ideas or one of your to do list items, and you never have to take your phone out of your pocket. That's the best part. You're just ambiently, recording stuff. And you know me. I was like, hey. I don't know if I want this stuff in my life. You know what? Everybody's doing it. Everybody's recording everything. Everybody's making summaries out of everything. So the horse has left the barn. This technology's here. Everybody's using it. So I have to adopt and adapt. And I've adopt adopted Plaud. If you would like to get on the Plaud train with me, hey. Very simple. Go to plaud.ai/twist, plaud.ai/twist, and you'll get, 10% off.

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This Week in Startups
The AI Tutor That Makes Kids Actually Think | E2298
Host: Jason Calacanis
Publisher: Jason Calacanis