Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
What was said
even a company like Kavak, where they sell used cars in Mexico. They've got this concept of a Jedi Academy where they're teaching everybody at the company, including the mechanics, how to use the new tools and technologies.
“even a company like Kavak, where they sell used cars in Mexico. They've got this concept of a Jedi Academy where they're teaching everybody at the company, including the mechanics, how to use the new tools and technologies.”
Anish AcharyaLenny's Podcast: Product | Career | GrowthView
“And kind of at the end of the six-week course, they ship a cutting-edge in-production agent.”
Anish AcharyaLenny's Podcast: Product | Career | GrowthView
What this signalsWhat leaders say on podcasts often shows their current priorities.
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Company
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signal_nameValue in the APIassociationValue in the APIGET /v1/signals/6a6f1dbd-c82b-5edc-b77b-acfa28e11760 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for kavak.com.
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"signal_subtype": "aiInvestment",
"detected_at": "2026-09-07T04:03:48+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "Kavak",
"domain": "kavak.com"
},
"data": {
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"quotes": [
"even a company like Kavak, where they sell used cars in Mexico. They've got this concept of a Jedi Academy where they're teaching everybody at the company, including the mechanics, how to use the new tools and technologies.",
"And kind of at the end of the six-week course, they ship a cutting-edge in-production agent."
],
"timing": "in_progress",
"speaker": "Anish Acharya",
"evidence": "even a company like Kavak, where they sell used cars in Mexico. They've got this concept of a Jedi Academy where they're teaching everybody at the company, including the mechanics, how to use the new tools and technologies.",
"headline": "Kavak · aiInvestment · in_progress (2026-09)",
"episode_id": "60040425254",
"event_date": "2026-09",
"episode_url": "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/why-companies-are-becoming-a-series",
"podcast_name": "Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth",
"published_at": "2026-09-06",
"episode_title": "Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)",
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}
}
curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/6a6f1dbd-c82b-5edc-b77b-acfa28e11760 \
-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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