Why Medium is HIDING from AI | E2179

We are not going to make any change unless an AI company comes to the table with money, right? Like, I didn't want to do this, not in a way that wasn't transparent to our community. And, but now that it's out, we can literally start having these conversations. And the conversations kind of don't make sense until you have a number, right? Are we saying we're going to pay every story 1p? No one's going to care, right? Is it $5 Well, some people are going to start to care. Is it the best stories that show up in AI results over and over again? Are they going to make $100 $1,000 Oh, that's going to catch people's attention. And so, know, we have to start the negotiation to where to see where it goes. This Week in Startups is brought to you by Dev Stats. Check out Dev Stats today and get 20% off plus access to their dedicated Slack channel. Just go to devstats.com/twist. Gusto. Check out the online payroll and benefits experts with software built specifically for small businesses and startups. Try Gusto today and get three months free at gusto.com/twist. And Nexos dot AI, stop shadow AI in its tracks with the unified platform for secure AI adoption and productivity. Try it with a free fourteen day trial at nexos.ai/twist. That's nexos.ai/twist. Hey, everybody. Welcome back to This Week in Startups. This is Alex. And today on the show, I have three amazing Twist 500 companies coming your way. First up, we are gonna talk to Medium CEO Tony Stubblebein. Now if you're a long term listener on the show, you know we've had Tony on before. So why now? Well, just last week, Medium, along with other companies like Yahoo and Reddit, all joined together under a new initiative called RSL or Really Simple Licensing. Think of it as the RSS for the monetization of media in the generative AI era, if you will. I'm curious about why he picked this project back and why now. Then after that, we're gonna talk to Human Native. Now this is a Twist 500 start up that I added originally to the list because they were building an awesome AI content marketplace. Essentially, publishers and AI companies would meet in the middle under the startup's auspices and find a way to make a deal. Well, turns out they're pivoting a little bit. I learned a ton in this chat about the pitfalls, you might say, and the potential in monetizing IP in the generative AI moment. Then to wrap up our show today, we're gonna talk to the CEO of Tello Trucks. Now if you recall Slate, the, Jeff Bezos backed small EV truck company, this is like that but cute and also pretty far down the road. So if you care about EVs, you care about transport, well, a teller trucks is an absolute treat, and I want one. But no more for me right now. …