A weekly podcast about tech hosted by two former TechCrunch editors turned startup operators, Darrell Etherington and Greg Kumparak. It's a fun, casual chat about the latest and greatest in AI, apps, gadgets, gaming and software featuring the occasional guest from the industry and the tech media landscape. Come hear about the latest and greatest from two longtime tech fanatics with experience at YC, Apple and Shopify in addition to their combined decades of time writing about startups, venture and hardware.
Artifactor
Claim This Podcastby Darrell Etherington and Greg Kumparak
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A weekly podcast about tech hosted by two former TechCrunch editors turned startup operators, Darrell Etherington and Greg Kumparak. It's a fun, casual chat about the latest and greatest in AI, apps, gadgets, gaming and software featuring the occasional guest from the industry and the tech media landscape. Come hear about the latest and greatest from two longtime tech fanatics with experience at YC, Apple and Shopify in addition to their combined decades of time writing about startups, venture and hardware.
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Recent Episodes
September 15, 2025
iPhone Air vs 17 Pro: Which Should You Buy? (Plus Labubu!)
<p>Labubu unboxing meets Apple event analysis! Darrell and Greg break down Apple's September announcements including AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch updates, and the complete iPhone 17 lineup. They dive deep into the new ultra-thin iPhone Air, debate Pro model features, discuss color choices, and explore why this event showcased Apple's hardware engineering prowess. Plus Darrell's phone upgrade decision and thoughts on the missing AI features. And a Labubu unboxing.</p>
September 9, 2025
The Hiring Paradox: OpenAI's Job Platform and the Future of Work
<p>In this episode, Darrell and Greg dive into OpenAI's latest headline grab - a LinkedIn-style hiring platform complete with AI certifications that's coming next year. They explore the weird irony of the company that's supposedly destroying jobs now helping people find them, plus discuss whether AI-powered hiring could actually be more fair than current brutal filtering systems. The conversation meanders through Waymo's rapid expansion, concerns about AI seeming too conscious for our own good, and wraps up with a twisted version of "Two Truths and AI" where Ray successfully spots the one real startup among AI-generated fakes while hopped up on antihistamines. Plus: using ChatGPT as a live sports commentator for Pokémon battles.</p>
September 2, 2025
Nano Banana Takes Over: Google's AI Image Revolution
<p>In this episode, Darrell and Greg dive deep into Google's impressive new AI image generation tool, Nano Banana (officially Gemini 2.5 Flash Image), which has been making waves for its ability to maintain subject consistency and perform sophisticated edits. Darrell demonstrates the technology's power by sharing an AI-generated red carpet photo of himself that completely fooled Greg, while also showcasing examples of film emulation, colorization, and creative compositing that rival professional photo editing software. We also preview the upcoming iPhone 17 event on September 9th, discussing the rumored iPhone 17 Air and new Apple Watch features, before ending on a sobering note about the rise of AI-generated "streeter interview" content and its potential implications for the future of social media algorithms and human creativity.</p>
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