Dan Shipper

Dan is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, AI & I.

Oct 30, 2024

How Union Square Ventures Built an AI Brain for Venture Capital

Inside Matt Cynamon’s suite of custom AI tools for the tier-A firm

Oct 17, 2020

#36 - What can businesses learn from Phytoplankton?

After reflecting on their expectations for the (extremely successful) Almanack launch, Nathan takes Dan through his new investigation of the

Aug 19, 2020

#21 - What’s the right kind of bad?

In a follow-up to their conversation with executive coach Brian Wang last episode, Dan and Nathan discuss addressing small pain points — bot

Nov 19, 2020

#45 - Fleets, Reels, and Shop usher us into a period of turbulence

Dan and Nathan ponder the latest features shipped by Twitter and Instagram, and the reactions to both. At what point do compelling experienc

Feb 26, 2025

He Built an AI Audience Simulator. It’s the Future of Customer Research.

Prompt engineer Michael Taylor created a tool that simulates real audience feedback—without the risk

Aug 5, 2019

Why Ceasar Bautista Wrote His Own Personal Encyclopedia

Since 2013, Ceasar Bautista has been writing his own personal encyclopedia.Let me repeat that: for the last 6 years, he has been writing an

Oct 16, 2020

#35 - Tricking Nat Eliason into joining the Bundle

Nat Eliason talks to Dan and Nathan about Almanack, his brand-new Bundle newsletter exploring everything it takes for you to live a life tha

Jun 7, 2020

#0: The story of how we met (start here!)

Two friends start a business together. What could go wrong? Click here to read the transcript for this episode.

Jan 22, 2025

The Venture Capitalist Who Finds the Best AI Products—Before They Win

Spark Capital’s Nabeel Hyatt on the Japanese toilet theory of investing

Jan 4, 2021

We’re taking a (very short) break

Hey Talk Therapy listeners! We hope your holidays were restful, and that you’re having a productive start to this year.  We’re pausing Talk

Sep 30, 2020

#31 - Talk Therapy is a mission focused podcast

Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha

Jun 15, 2020

#4 - Adding Tiago Forte to the Bundle

Dan and Nathan discuss adding Tiago Forte to the Everything bundle, and take bets on how the launch will go. Click here to read the transcri

Oct 3, 2020

#32 - Are we prioritizing correctly?

Dan talks with Nathan about his latest article, Intangible Returns, and they reflect on their own prioritization strategies as a company. W

Jul 22, 2020

#14 - Focus pocus

As the Everything bundle grows, Nathan’s focus seems to have disappeared. Dan helps him troubleshoot, and by the end of the episode, we deci

Jul 26, 2024

How I Built Spiral

Paying-subscriber benefit: My chat with Claude to write the code for our new prompt builder

Jul 10, 2020

#11 - Two entrepreneurs and a journalist walk into a podcast

Today, Dan and Nathan welcome guest Alex Kantrowitz to Talk Therapy! (This is a special episode that’s twice as long as usual!) Alex left hi

Jun 11, 2020

#2 - Work/Life Harmony

Dan and Nathan discuss balancing meetings with getting writing done. They also discuss balancing living a happy life with trying to put out

Nov 27, 2024

How We Incubate and Launch New Products With AI

What happens when you mix media, software, and AI—and how it’s going so far

Nov 12, 2020

#43 - The Power of Constraints

Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t

Mar 29, 2024

Hypothetical Journal Entries Written by AI

How would I feel if I raised money for Every?

Aug 28, 2024

The Browser Company Is Building a Brand That Drives Viral Growth

Head of storytelling Nashilu Mouen-Makoua on how to tell memorable stories

Feb 17, 2023

Workshop: Learn to Write With AI

ChatGPT, GPT-3, and Lex as powerful tools in the writing process

Feb 12, 2023

Bonus: Chatbot Sample Code and Metrics Updates

For paying subscribers only

Nov 1, 2020

#40 - Engagement is the ice cream, polarization is the vegetables

Taking a hard look at Substack’s top ten after yet another chaotic week for media (and for everything else), Dan and Nathan dig into the Pub