AI-Powered Coding & Space Tugboats? Inside the Future of Software & Satellites! | E2099

Today’s show: Alex interviews two incredible founders from the TWIST 500! First, Replit CEO Amjad Masad breaks down how AI-powered coding is changing software development and what the future of agents looks like. Then, Starfish Space co-founder Austin Link explains how they’re building a satellite towing service to extend missions and clean up orbit. Two deep dives into the future of tech and space.

Speakers

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Alex Wilhelm

Host • 31%

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Amjad Masad

Guest • 34%

Jason Calacanis

Host • 7%

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Austin Link

Guest • 26%

Partners

Chapters

0:00	Introduction to the episode
0:14	Sponsor: VAPI
0:31	Sponsor: LinkedIn jobs
0:43	Sponsor: Northwest registered agent
0:53	Discussing Replit's capabilities and introduction of CEO Amjad Masad
4:17	Replit's evolution and turning down a billion-dollar acquisition offer
11:42	Impact of LLMs and AI agents
17:13	Choosing Anthropic's Claude for Replit
21:29	Anthropic success and closed source AI implications
24:37	Replit market response and economics of AI models
28:14	Future of Replit's AI tools and plans
35:12	Introduction to Starfish Space and its mission
38:50	Core missions and challenges of the Otter satellite
47:29	First official mission with Otter and key partnerships
50:57	Economics and ownership of satellite services
53:11	Key components of the Otter project
57:19	Startups in the space economy and comparison with Orbit Fab
59:08	Starfish Space hiring push and final thoughts

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