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Building Snipd: The AI Podcast App for Learning

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Building Snipd: The AI Podcast App for Learning

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

2025/03/14
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

2025/03/14
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Highlights

This podcast delves into the innovative Snipd app, which is revolutionizing how users interact with podcasts through AI-powered features. The host discusses its development journey with Kevin Ben-Smith, exploring the challenges and opportunities of integrating advanced AI technologies in a consumer app.
00:03
Snipd app is frequently used by professionals
01:06
Conversations with non-AI friends can quickly feel like science fiction
01:31
Zurich's AI ecosystem is growing significantly despite lacking similar events.
03:34
Zurich attracts major tech companies alongside banking giants.
04:08
Snipd focuses on AI-enhanced learning through podcasts
08:20
Manually create short episodes by clipping audio and adding intros/outros.
12:02
Influential ETH Zurich course sparked interest in machine learning
13:52
Joined a Zurich startup to build an AI team focusing on machine learning solutions for banks.
15:11
Snipd was initially created to search within podcasts using natural language.
23:14
Snipd's AI distinguishes between guest appearances and mere mentions of personalities.
29:05
Satisfaction with Flutter's performance despite common doubts.
31:04
Snipd processes over a million podcasts with automation and LLMs.
34:33
Balancing model quality with cost is essential for scalable content processing
41:26
Current costs of using LLMs for processing entire podcasts are high but will reduce enabling more personalization
55:17
People might not be utilizing 'intelligence on demand' enough in daily lives.
1:09:36
Integrating AI chat features into Snipd for interactive content
1:14:57
Snipd allows busy professionals to easily create their own podcasts.

Chapters

Takeaways from AI Engineer NYC
00:00
Kevin's AI summit experience
01:01
Zurich and AI
01:31
SigLIP authors join OpenAI
03:25
The Snipd origin story
04:06
Introduction to machine learning
05:24
Snipd and user knowledge extraction
09:28
App's tech stack, Flutter, Python
13:48
How speakers are identified
15:11
The concept of 'backgroundable' video
18:29
Voice cloning technology
29:05
Using AI agents
31:03
Snipd's future is multi-modal AI
34:32
Snipd and existing user behaviour
36:37
The app, summary, and timestamps
42:10
The future of AI and podcasting
55:25
Voice AI
1:14:55

Transcript

swyx: Hey, I'm here in New York with Kevin Ben-Smith of Snipd. Kevin Ben-Smith: Welcome, Hi. Hi. Amazing to be here. swyx: This is our first ever, I think, outdoors podcast recording. Kevin Ben-Smith: It's quite a location. For the first time, I would s...