Snapshot · God Mode Podcast
Mistral's open-source text-to-speech model, which matches ElevenLabs quality, can run locally on just 3 gigabytes of RAM — making high-quality AI voice fully local.
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ElevenLabs raised over $1 billion on the thesis that high-quality AI voice was extremely difficult to produce — a thesis now being challenged by open-source and Big Tech competitors.
ElevenLabs raised over $1 billion on the premise that high-quality AI voice was uniquely hard. Then Mistral dropped an open-source model that matches ElevenLabs quality and runs on 3GB of RAM. The next day, Google launched Gemini Live at 2¢/min — 75% cheaper than ElevenLabs' 8¢/min.
Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Live voice product costs 2¢ per minute, compared to ElevenLabs' 8¢ per minute — a 75% price reduction for AI voice generation.
Sam's initial MVP was coded in approximately one week using ChatGPT voice mode and copy-pasting code, with no prior technical experience.
Sam argues Discord is 10x better than email for building relationships with younger users who rarely check their inbox.
Sam's monthly operating costs include Cursor ($200), AI image generation ($100), AI video generation ($200), hosting ($100), email marketing ($80), and AI compute ($300–$500).
Sam recommends copying days of Discord chat history into ChatGPT and prompting it to list recurring pain points as a fast, free market research technique.
Bhanu and his team built approximately 50 free tools to attract search traffic, each linked back to SiteGPT.
With AI coding tools like Cursor, Bhanu can now create a new free marketing tool in less than 5 minutes by referencing existing tools.
Bhanu filters Ahrefs keyword results to show only those with a keyword difficulty below 10, making them realistic ranking targets for any decent website.
Bhanu sets a minimum search volume of 1,000 monthly searches when selecting keywords to target with free tools.
PropGPT averaged 20 downloads per day right after launching on the App Store through influencer marketing.
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