You love podcasts. You're always hearing something worth remembering. And then... you forget it. Sound familiar? Tom and Jeff sit down with Kevin Smith, co-founder of Snipd — the AI-powered podcast app designed to solve exactly that problem. Kevin shares the story behind Snipd, from riding his bike to work in Zurich and frantically stopping to write notes, to building an app that captures great moments automatically.

Want to try the app? Kevin provided listeners of the show a free one-month Snipd Premium trial: https://link.snipd.com/Cx7S/basicaf

Topics covered:

  • How Kevin went from quantitative finance to AI engineering — and why machine learning grabbed him the way it did
  • The origin story of Snipd: a personal frustration turned into a full-featured podcast app
  • How the core "snipping" feature works — tap your headphones, and the AI saves the audio clip, transcript, and a generated note automatically
  • The new Snipd DJ feature (currently in beta), which distills long episodes down to the 20–25% most relevant moments — with an AI "moderator" to guide you through them
  • How Snipd connects with apps like Readwise for a personal knowledge management workflow
  • The "chat with episode" feature, auto-generated chapters, book mentions, and speaker identification
  • Why Snipd is unapologetically built for knowledge-rich podcasts — and why that focus is a strength
  • Listener offer: Kevin is providing a free one-month trial of Snipd Premium — link in the show notes!

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