A podcast for builders by builders in North Carolina. We explore the startup journey and stories with NC founders, from the idea to the exit and everything in between. NC Tweener Talks is hosted by Scot Wingo, presented and produced by NC Tweener Fund, with creative assets and design support from Walk West.
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Nick Genty, Co-Founder & CEO of AgEye: From a Storefront Full of Robots to a Deal in Qatar
Aug 13, 202649mEp. 108
Nick Genty, co-founder and CEO of AgEye Technologies, joins me to talk about building robotics and AI software for indoor farms right here in North Carolina. The conversation traces Nick's path from state government IT w
[REDACTED] Episode 8: We Hired an AI Sales Rep and Became Its Manager
Aug 12, 202643mEp. 107
Today, on Episode 8 of Redacted, we use this episode to show exactly what running a company with AI looks like day-to-day. Taylor walks through the agent system now handling Offline's lead generation and CRM cleanup, inc
[REDACTED] Episode 7: How a Marketer with One Broken Assembly Class Built a Lead-Gen Tool Solo
Jul 29, 202643mEp. 105
Ben Pope, who leads the new AI Solutions business unit at Levitate, joins Redacted as its very first guest. Ben spent five years on Levitate's marketing team as the company grew from six million to roughly fifty million
Natrx: The Company Growing Coral Reefs Out of Concrete
Jul 23, 202642mEp. 104
Tad Schwendler, COO of Natrx, joins Scot Wingo to talk about manufacturing concrete structures that work with nature instead of against it. Natrx, a North Carolina company and Tweener Fund portfolio company, has develope
[REDACTED] Episode 6: The 8-Stage "AI-ification Engine" Behind Every Automation Shipped
Jul 15, 202650mEp. 103
David Shaner and Taylor Cotner spend this episode of Redacted screen-sharing everything they've built since the last one, and it centers on a framework David calls the AI-ification engine, an eight-stage method for turni
The Unlocked Door: Ryan Eade on What OpenClaw Users Need to Secure Right Now
Jul 14, 202621mEp. 102
Ryan Eade, Chief Product and Technology Officer at PtEverywhere, gave this talk at the June 10th TweenerClaw meetup, and it covers something most practitioners skip: how to actually keep your OpenClaw instance secure. Ry
Robbie Allen @ Tweener Claw: "3 to 5 of My Agents Fail Every Day: Here's What I've Learned"
Jul 7, 202624mEp. 98
In this episode of Tweener Claw, Robbie Allen, the Founder and Managing Director of Automated Consulting Group and General Partner at NC Tweener Fund, shares a live talk from the June 10th Tweener Club meetup in Research
[REDACTED] Episode 5: The Rage Log: AI-Powered Lead Gen, a Living Landing Page, and the Trick That Stops Claude From Making the Same Mistake Twice
Jul 1, 202648mEp. 101
Redacted Episode 5 goes inside Offline, and what it actually looks like to wire AI into sales, marketing, and project management without a big engineering team behind you. Co-founders David Shaner and Taylor Cotner each
The Open Claw Wave 2: 300K Stars, 1,400 Malicious Skills, and a Fork from Every Tech Giant
Jun 30, 202619mEp. 97
A live recording of my talk at the June 10th NC Tweener Fund Open Claw meetup in Research Triangle Park. The second gathering of our local AI agent community. A lot has changed since April. Here's what I cover: - Open Cl
Jesse Lipson, CEO & Founder of Levitate: Building AI Features Won't Save You but Here's What Will
Jun 25, 202625mEp. 100
Jess Lipson, founder and CEO of Levitate, joins host Scot Wingo for a focused, framework-driven conversation on how SaaS founders should think about their businesses in the age of AI. Jess has been building SaaS since be
FLASH: Validic (NC Tweener!) acquired by ChartSpan - Live Interview with Drew Schiller, CEO, Validic
Jun 22, 202616mEp. 99
Details->https://www.tweenertimes.com/p/breaking-validic-acquired-by-chartspan We couldn’t share posts like this without our amazing sponsors: Platinum: NC IDEA: https://ncidea.org Gold Sponsors: - Balentine: https://www
Rob Walter, Founder & CEO of RevBo: "Nobody Has It Right; The GTM Playbook Is Still Being Written"
Jun 18, 202652mEp. 96
Rob Walter breaks down the AI-native GTM playbook: intent data, ABM-only outreach, the first sales hire trapdoor, and why "a human always writes the message." Stick around for the highlights below. 👇 Highlights "Nobody
[REDACTED] Episode 4: We Stopped Using Claude Code Mid-Build. Here's What We Built Instead
Jun 17, 202641mEp. 95
Redacted is the show that doesn't clean things up before hitting record. Episode 4 is a double build session: Taylor Cotner walks through the multi-agent HubSpot cleanup pipeline he's been iterating on for weeks, now run
Mark Rosenberg, CEO & Founder of Hip eCommerce: "It's Like Sims, But With Real Money"
Jun 11, 202655mEp. 94
This episode is a rare look at a founder who’s further down the AI path than almost anyone, sharing both the practical playbook and the wilder edges of what’s now possible. Stick around for the highlights below. 👇 Highl
Moneyball for Main Street: The Fund That Bets on Singles, Not Home Runs
Jun 4, 202655mEp. 930
Most of us know Asheville as beer city, foodtopia, a playground for retirees and 14 million visitors a year. Jeffrey opens by updating that picture. Eighteen months out from Hurricane Helene, which hit on a Friday in lat
[REDACTED]: Episode 3: A Sentient HubSpot for $2 a Brand
Jun 3, 202644mEp. 920
In episode 3 of [REDACTED], we (David and Taylor) run a live demo of an agentic CRM-cleanup pipeline (and finds out, on air, what it costs). We also walk through a landing page workflow that compresses what used to take
Akash Ganapathi and Austin Kelleher, co-founders of Opine: Pivot the Plan, Not the Mission
May 21, 20261h 2mEp. 910
This is a slightly different Tweener Talks. Akash and Austin are reflective founders. They think in frameworks, they read widely, and they’ve clearly spent a lot of time pulling patterns out of past wins and failures. So
[Redacted] an NC Tweener Times Podcast: The AI Workflow Graveyard: CRMs, Agents, and... Tamagotchis?
May 20, 202638mEp. 900
In episode 2 of Redacted, David and Taylor get into the messy middle of building with AI inside a real business. After compressing Offline from a 34-person team to a much smaller operating crew, AI stopped being a fun ex
Marc Minor, Higharc: Built an AI Company for Homebuilding BEFORE the AI Boom
May 14, 202649mEp. 890
After Tweener Madness, we’re back to regular programming with a special conversation featuring Marc Minor, CEO & Co-Founder of Higharc. In this episode, Marc talks about the long road to building fundamental technology,
🦞 OpenClaw Talk Round 3: The 22-Agent Army: How Robbie Allen Runs a Company Like a System 🦞
May 12, 202617mEp. 870
On April 9th we hosted the Triangle’s first OpenClaw meetup (more info here). This week we’re featuring our final talk with Robbie Allen! Robbie 20+ years building AI products. He ran engineering teams at Cisco, was CEO
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