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Jun 16, 2025 · 29m · startup-ideas

Perplexity's new AI agents are INSANE

Greg Isenberg · 25m spoken
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Greg Isenberg tests Perplexity Labs' autonomous AI agent features across diverse business functions, including creative direction, B2B sales prospecting, viral social media planning, and equity research. He demonstrates how startup founders and creators can use these agentic workflows to build interactive software artifacts and scale operations efficiently.

How this conversation actually went

Every chapter scored 0–10 on four independent dynamics. Hover any point for the reasoning behind the score. Greg holds 100% of the talking time here. How this is scored →

Greg as informed peer 0.0 Guest teaching 0.0 Guest disagreement 0.0 Greg pushing back 0.0
05100:0010:0020:001:18–5:58 · Greg as informed peer 0/10 Testing Perplexity Labs as a Film Director and Creative Agency Monologue segment where Greg Isenberg walks through generating a short-film advertisement storyboard using Perplexity Labs. With no guest present, all interactive scores are zero.5:59–11:18 · Greg as informed peer 0/10 The Era of the Idea Guy and Ideabrowser.com Overview Solo presentation covering ideabrowser.com and testing Perplexity's capability to generate enterprise executive leads and contact dashboards.11:19–19:52 · Greg as informed peer 0/10 Reverse-Engineering Dan Koe: The 90-Day Viral Social Media Blueprint Solo breakdown of Dan Koe's content frameworks and viral social media playbooks generated via AI agents.19:52–24:14 · Greg as informed peer 0/10 Financial Analyst Agent: Warren Buffett AI Value Investing Strategy Monologue reviewing the AI financial analyst prompt modeling Warren Buffett's value investing criteria for tech companies.24:16–28:08 · Greg as informed peer 0/10 Evaluating the Interactive Y Combinator Founder Lead Dashboard Solo demonstration of the interactive Y Combinator lead scraper and personalized cold outreach email dashboard.1:18–5:58 · Guest teaching 0/10 Testing Perplexity Labs as a Film Director and Creative Agency Monologue segment where Greg Isenberg walks through generating a short-film advertisement storyboard using Perplexity Labs. With no guest present, all interactive scores are zero.5:59–11:18 · Guest teaching 0/10 The Era of the Idea Guy and Ideabrowser.com Overview Solo presentation covering ideabrowser.com and testing Perplexity's capability to generate enterprise executive leads and contact dashboards.11:19–19:52 · Guest teaching 0/10 Reverse-Engineering Dan Koe: The 90-Day Viral Social Media Blueprint Solo breakdown of Dan Koe's content frameworks and viral social media playbooks generated via AI agents.19:52–24:14 · Guest teaching 0/10 Financial Analyst Agent: Warren Buffett AI Value Investing Strategy Monologue reviewing the AI financial analyst prompt modeling Warren Buffett's value investing criteria for tech companies.24:16–28:08 · Guest teaching 0/10 Evaluating the Interactive Y Combinator Founder Lead Dashboard Solo demonstration of the interactive Y Combinator lead scraper and personalized cold outreach email dashboard.1:18–5:58 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Testing Perplexity Labs as a Film Director and Creative Agency Monologue segment where Greg Isenberg walks through generating a short-film advertisement storyboard using Perplexity Labs. With no guest present, all interactive scores are zero.5:59–11:18 · Guest disagreement 0/10 The Era of the Idea Guy and Ideabrowser.com Overview Solo presentation covering ideabrowser.com and testing Perplexity's capability to generate enterprise executive leads and contact dashboards.11:19–19:52 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Reverse-Engineering Dan Koe: The 90-Day Viral Social Media Blueprint Solo breakdown of Dan Koe's content frameworks and viral social media playbooks generated via AI agents.19:52–24:14 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Financial Analyst Agent: Warren Buffett AI Value Investing Strategy Monologue reviewing the AI financial analyst prompt modeling Warren Buffett's value investing criteria for tech companies.24:16–28:08 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Evaluating the Interactive Y Combinator Founder Lead Dashboard Solo demonstration of the interactive Y Combinator lead scraper and personalized cold outreach email dashboard.1:18–5:58 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Testing Perplexity Labs as a Film Director and Creative Agency Monologue segment where Greg Isenberg walks through generating a short-film advertisement storyboard using Perplexity Labs. With no guest present, all interactive scores are zero.5:59–11:18 · Greg pushing back 0/10 The Era of the Idea Guy and Ideabrowser.com Overview Solo presentation covering ideabrowser.com and testing Perplexity's capability to generate enterprise executive leads and contact dashboards.11:19–19:52 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Reverse-Engineering Dan Koe: The 90-Day Viral Social Media Blueprint Solo breakdown of Dan Koe's content frameworks and viral social media playbooks generated via AI agents.19:52–24:14 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Financial Analyst Agent: Warren Buffett AI Value Investing Strategy Monologue reviewing the AI financial analyst prompt modeling Warren Buffett's value investing criteria for tech companies.24:16–28:08 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Evaluating the Interactive Y Combinator Founder Lead Dashboard Solo demonstration of the interactive Y Combinator lead scraper and personalized cold outreach email dashboard.

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Sharpest disagreement ▶ 1:18 Monologue format - no guest combativeness

This is a solo screen recording demonstration without a guest dialogue partner.

 Hardest push from Greg ▶ 1:18 Monologue format - no host pushback

The episode consists entirely of a solo software walkthrough without two-party pushback.

 Biggest teaching moment ▶ 1:18 Monologue format - no guest schooling

No guest is present to correct or educate the host.

 Greg holds their own ▶ 1:18 Monologue format - no interpersonal pushback

The host presents his own findings and prompts without a conversational opponent.
the scores for every segment, with the reasoning behind each
ChapterTopicGreg as informed peerGuest teachingGuest disagreementGreg pushing backWhy
Testing Perplexity Labs as a Film Director and Creative Agency 0000 Monologue segment where Greg Isenberg walks through generating a short-film advertisement storyboard using Perplexity Labs. With no guest present, all interactive scores are zero.
The Era of the Idea Guy and Ideabrowser.com Overview 0000 Solo presentation covering ideabrowser.com and testing Perplexity's capability to generate enterprise executive leads and contact dashboards.
Reverse-Engineering Dan Koe: The 90-Day Viral Social Media Blueprint 0000 Solo breakdown of Dan Koe's content frameworks and viral social media playbooks generated via AI agents.
Financial Analyst Agent: Warren Buffett AI Value Investing Strategy 0000 Monologue reviewing the AI financial analyst prompt modeling Warren Buffett's value investing criteria for tech companies.
Evaluating the Interactive Y Combinator Founder Lead Dashboard 0000 Solo demonstration of the interactive Y Combinator lead scraper and personalized cold outreach email dashboard.

Statements from this episode (7)

Opinion
Isenberg: Perplexity Labs storyboard generation is 'absolute fire'
“I'm reading this, I'm seeing the storyboards, I'm like, this is absolute fire. And I actually am, I'm literally in disbelief on this. Like I thought that I was going to do, by the way, I thought I was going to do this episode on Perplexity Labs and be like, it…”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 3:45
Opinion
Isenberg: Tech has entered Sam Altman's 'era of the idea guy'
“Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, just said that it is the era of the idea guy, and he is not wrong.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 5:59
Insight
Isenberg: Social media growth is fundamentally a game of formats
“Social is a game of formats. So, you know, there must be a way to use his formats in another niche.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 12:11
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Isenberg: Perplexity Labs generated a Warren Buffett AI report in five minutes
“This did, it was able to create this in under five minutes.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 22:27
Opinion
Isenberg: Perplexity Labs Is a Financial Analyst in Your Pocket
“Like, this is a analyst, financial analyst in your pocket.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 24:04
Opinion
Isenberg: Perplexity Labs makes automated AI lead dashboards uniquely easy
“Like, no one is doing this. Like, yes, I can use other platforms to try to do this, but this is really easy to do.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 27:43
Opinion
Isenberg: Perplexity Labs presents arbitrage opportunities by outperforming Manus
“And I think there's probably some arbitrage opportunities because there's probably some things that this is doing better than, you know, Manus and other things.”
Greg Isenberg Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 28:35
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