Category: 2025 Startup Challenge
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My new startup Poison Pill is starting a bigger conversation
It’s been a big week – Music Radar and Music Ally both covered Poison Pill and the mission behind it: protecting independent musicians from unlicensed AI training. As I told Music Ally, “Musicians’ and rights holders’ content has been scraped relentlessly by generative AI companies, using their music without permission to train and profit from…
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How I built an LLM‑assisted pipeline that removes ~95% of podcast ads -> PodcastAdBlock.app
I’ve been listening to podcasts for over 15 years. Back then, ads were host-read and usually relevant. Now? Many shows cram in 15+ minutes of loud, intrusive ads per hour. So, I built a system to cut most ads from the podcasts I listen to. It outputs an updated feed I can use in my…
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2025: The Year of Solving Startup Problems
In 2025 I’m releasing six new startup projects focussed on solving unique problems using the knowledge I gained from my AI degree. After graduating last September I’ve been working on some MVPs I’ll evaluate and share throughout the year. This first small project solves a bug bear of mine, when you’re told by a company…