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Is AI transforming podcasts into the new talk radio or something entirely different?

​Join us at Betaworks on February 24th, where we'll discuss how AI is offering us new ways to create, discover, edit and ask questions to podcasts. Featuring insights from Kevin Smith, founder of Snipd (the leading AI podcast app), Caleb Bissinger (executive producer, co-host, The Next Big Idea ) and John Borthwick (CEO, Betaworks; user, listener, podcast fan).

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Monday
February 24, 2025
6:00 pm

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Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

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Speakers

Caleb Bissinger

VP of Content Development
The Next Big Idea Club
Biography

Caleb Bissinger is the executive producer and co-host of LinkedIn’s podcast “The Next Big Idea,” where he’s interviewed celebrated authors like David Grann, Kara Swisher, Sebastian Junger, and Erik Larson. Previously, at Wondery, he co-created the Ambie Award-winning series “Even the Rich” and produced “WeCrashed,” the acclaimed podcast that became a miniseries on Apple TV+.

Kevin Smith

Co-founder
Snipd
Biography

Kevin Smith is the co-founder and CEO at Snipd, an AI-powered podcast player built to unlock the knowledge in the podcasts you listen to.

John Borthwick

CEO
Betaworks
Biography

John has been a leader in the New York startup technology business for over three decades. He is the Founder and CEO of betaworks, a New York-based startup platform that builds, accelerates & invests in early-stage consumer technology. 

Companies built by betaworks include Giphy, Dots, bitly, Tweetdeck, and Chartbeat. Investments & accelerated companies include Twitter, Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium, Anchor, Gimlet and recently Hugging Face, RecRoom, Granola, and XMTP. 

John serves on the boards of Blade Urban Mobility, WNYC, New York Public Radio, Tech Policy Press, Data & Society, and several DAOs. John holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.

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Is AI transforming podcasts into the new talk radio or something entirely different?

​Join us at Betaworks on February 24th, where we'll discuss how AI is offering us new ways to create, discover, edit and ask questions to podcasts. Featuring insights from Kevin Smith, founder of Snipd (the leading AI podcast app), Caleb Bissinger (executive producer, co-host, The Next Big Idea ) and John Borthwick (CEO, Betaworks; user, listener, podcast fan).

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February 24, 2025
6:00 pm

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Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
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Agenda

Speakers

Caleb Bissinger

VP of Content Development
The Next Big Idea Club
Biography

Caleb Bissinger is the executive producer and co-host of LinkedIn’s podcast “The Next Big Idea,” where he’s interviewed celebrated authors like David Grann, Kara Swisher, Sebastian Junger, and Erik Larson. Previously, at Wondery, he co-created the Ambie Award-winning series “Even the Rich” and produced “WeCrashed,” the acclaimed podcast that became a miniseries on Apple TV+.

Kevin Smith

Co-founder
Snipd
Biography

Kevin Smith is the co-founder and CEO at Snipd, an AI-powered podcast player built to unlock the knowledge in the podcasts you listen to.

John Borthwick

CEO
Betaworks
Biography

John has been a leader in the New York startup technology business for over three decades. He is the Founder and CEO of betaworks, a New York-based startup platform that builds, accelerates & invests in early-stage consumer technology. 

Companies built by betaworks include Giphy, Dots, bitly, Tweetdeck, and Chartbeat. Investments & accelerated companies include Twitter, Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium, Anchor, Gimlet and recently Hugging Face, RecRoom, Granola, and XMTP. 

John serves on the boards of Blade Urban Mobility, WNYC, New York Public Radio, Tech Policy Press, Data & Society, and several DAOs. John holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.

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Is AI transforming podcasts into the new talk radio or something entirely different?

​Join us at Betaworks on February 24th, where we'll discuss how AI is offering us new ways to create, discover, edit and ask questions to podcasts. Featuring insights from Kevin Smith, founder of Snipd (the leading AI podcast app), Caleb Bissinger (executive producer, co-host, The Next Big Idea ) and John Borthwick (CEO, Betaworks; user, listener, podcast fan).

when

Monday
February 24, 2025
6:00 pm

LoCATION

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

agenda

Speakers

Caleb Bissinger

VP of Content Development
The Next Big Idea Club
Biography

Caleb Bissinger is the executive producer and co-host of LinkedIn’s podcast “The Next Big Idea,” where he’s interviewed celebrated authors like David Grann, Kara Swisher, Sebastian Junger, and Erik Larson. Previously, at Wondery, he co-created the Ambie Award-winning series “Even the Rich” and produced “WeCrashed,” the acclaimed podcast that became a miniseries on Apple TV+.

Kevin Smith

Co-founder
Snipd
Biography

Kevin Smith is the co-founder and CEO at Snipd, an AI-powered podcast player built to unlock the knowledge in the podcasts you listen to.

John Borthwick

CEO
Betaworks
Biography

John has been a leader in the New York startup technology business for over three decades. He is the Founder and CEO of betaworks, a New York-based startup platform that builds, accelerates & invests in early-stage consumer technology. 

Companies built by betaworks include Giphy, Dots, bitly, Tweetdeck, and Chartbeat. Investments & accelerated companies include Twitter, Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium, Anchor, Gimlet and recently Hugging Face, RecRoom, Granola, and XMTP. 

John serves on the boards of Blade Urban Mobility, WNYC, New York Public Radio, Tech Policy Press, Data & Society, and several DAOs. John holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.

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Is AI transforming podcasts into the new talk radio or something entirely different?

​Join us at Betaworks on February 24th, where we'll discuss how AI is offering us new ways to create, discover, edit and ask questions to podcasts. Featuring insights from Kevin Smith, founder of Snipd (the leading AI podcast app), Caleb Bissinger (executive producer, co-host, The Next Big Idea ) and John Borthwick (CEO, Betaworks; user, listener, podcast fan).

speakers

Caleb Bissinger

VP of Content Development
The Next Big Idea Club
Biography

Caleb Bissinger is the executive producer and co-host of LinkedIn’s podcast “The Next Big Idea,” where he’s interviewed celebrated authors like David Grann, Kara Swisher, Sebastian Junger, and Erik Larson. Previously, at Wondery, he co-created the Ambie Award-winning series “Even the Rich” and produced “WeCrashed,” the acclaimed podcast that became a miniseries on Apple TV+.

Kevin Smith

Co-founder
Snipd
Biography

Kevin Smith is the co-founder and CEO at Snipd, an AI-powered podcast player built to unlock the knowledge in the podcasts you listen to.

John Borthwick

CEO
Betaworks
Biography

John has been a leader in the New York startup technology business for over three decades. He is the Founder and CEO of betaworks, a New York-based startup platform that builds, accelerates & invests in early-stage consumer technology. 

Companies built by betaworks include Giphy, Dots, bitly, Tweetdeck, and Chartbeat. Investments & accelerated companies include Twitter, Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium, Anchor, Gimlet and recently Hugging Face, RecRoom, Granola, and XMTP. 

John serves on the boards of Blade Urban Mobility, WNYC, New York Public Radio, Tech Policy Press, Data & Society, and several DAOs. John holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.

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WHEN

Monday, February 24, 2025
6:00 pm

WHERE

Betaworks
29 Little West 12th Street
New York, NY 10014

Agenda

Tools
For
Thinking

How New Technologies are Changing How We Create, Share, and Build Knowledge

When

February 24, 2025
6:00 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
or livestream
Proof of Full Vaccination Required

RENDER is Over, but Camp is just beginning

We had some great speakers and participants turn out for Render, and we all got to participate in very interesting conversations. You can find recordings of all of our sessions below. If you're working on a Tool for Thinking and want to participate in our upcoming accelerator program, you can learn more here.

Building Bicycles for the Mind

Is AI transforming podcasts into the new talk radio or something entirely different?

​Join us at Betaworks on February 24th, where we'll discuss how AI is offering us new ways to create, discover, edit and ask questions to podcasts. Featuring insights from Kevin Smith, founder of Snipd (the leading AI podcast app), Caleb Bissinger (executive producer, co-host, The Next Big Idea ) and John Borthwick (CEO, Betaworks; user, listener, podcast fan).

Speakers

Howard

Rheingold

Author
Tools for Thought
@hrheingold

Caleb

Bissinger

VP of Content Development
The Next Big Idea Club

Kevin

Smith

Co-founder
Snipd
@KevinBenSmith

John

Borthwick

CEO
Betaworks
@Borthwick

Schedule

11:30 AM
Doors Open
12:00 PM
Welcome
with MC
12:10 PM – 12:20 PM
How Do We Define Tools for Thinking and Why Do They Matter?
Join Jerry Michalski and John Borthwick as they talk about their interest in tools for thinking, and what excites them the most about the future of the category.
12:20 PM – 12:50 PM
Inflection Points for Tools for Thinking
What are the key inflection points that will supercharge Tools for Thinking in the near future? How will new technologies, user metaphors, and funding models change how people build these tools? John Borthwick will be discussing how the landscape is changing with the co-founders of Readwise, Daniel Doyon & Tristan Homsi.
12:50 PM – 1:00 PM
Q+A
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Demo: Protocol Design for Tools for Thinking
Gordon Brander will be presenting a brief demo on Subconscious and the Noosphere, products he and his team are working on to allow Tools for Thinking to become interoperable and better connected.
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
The History and Future of Software as Tools for Thinking
Some of the earliest examples of software explored by pioneers like Doug Engelbart, JCR Licklider, Alan Turing, and others were at their core technologies that help magnify, inspect, and spread our ideas. Jerry Michalski will be sitting down (virtually) with Howard Rheingold, author of Tools for Thought, to explore the history and future of "mind-amplifying technology".
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Q+A
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tools for Thinking Product Demos
We’ll hear from builders and thinkers deep in the space and get to take a look at what they’re working on. We’ll be checking out Plexus, Re:Collect, Jerry’s Brain, Subconscious and more. 
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Leveraging AI and ML in Building New Tools for Thinking
Alice Albrecht and Linus Lee will be sitting down with Chris Pedregal to discuss their work in leveraging AI and Machine Learning for creating new kinds of tools for thinking.
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Q+A
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Idea Dimensionality and Representing Semantic Meaning
How do ideas - and the human brains that make and hold them - interact?  Get prepared for meta! Esther Dyson and Jerry Michalski, will discuss the idea of how people work together to shape, compare, intertwine and ultimately produce multi-faceted ideas and multi-dimensional idea spaces.  As David Waltz (Thinking Machines) once said, “Words are not in themselves carriers of meaning, but merely pointers to shared understanding.” Watch and lob questions as the two of them try to build and share the idea of how better ideas can be developed through collaboration.
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Q+A
5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Closing and Happy Hour

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

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  • Official vaccine card with at least 2 weeks having passed since the date of the last required dose (1 dose for J&J/AstraZeneca, 2 for Pfizer/Moderna)
  • An active digital pass such as the NY State Excelsior Pass or the CLEAR app
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