A podcast built by AI agents

Impressing Aaron

You said don't send a resume. So I built a 10-episode podcast about you, your company, and why we should work together.

Built April 3, 2026 // Mike Merrill + 5 AI Agents

Aaron placed 3rd at the Canadian Youth Chess Championship U18 -- without winning a single game. He drew every match. In chess, a draw against a higher-rated opponent gains you rating points. He didn't beat anyone. He just refused to lose. This podcast is the same strategy. Not trying to win any single episode. Playing for position.
01 -- 03 The Opening Establish the position
01
The First Move
The Sicilian Defense -- responding to aggression with something unexpected
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02
The Board
Evaluate the position before making a plan
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03
Third Without Winning
Positional play -- the lesson in Aaron's tournament result
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04 -- 07 The Middlegame Demonstrate value
04
The Cold Open
The gambit -- sacrifice material to gain initiative
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05
Two Years of No
Slow pressure until the position collapses
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06
Everyone's Building Agents Wrong
The obvious move loses, the quiet move wins
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07
The Water Leak
One piece attacks two targets simultaneously
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08 -- 10 The Endgame Close
08
The Name
Give up something valuable to gain a winning position
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09
The Rejection Portfolio
Even a lost position can be saved with perfect play
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10
Your Move
The game is decided, but the handshake matters
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Build Timeline
5:21 PM -- Hour 0
Aaron tweets "Impress me"
@AaronAnandji posts: "I'm hiring growth engineers. Impress me. aa at generalmagic dot inc." Follow-up: "If you're planning on submitting just a resume + cover letter, don't bother."
5:41 PM
John Edgar texts Mike with a link to the tweet
John (Mike's former colleague at Vibes.DIY) has a warm contact at General Magic. He's been following this lead for days. The tweet is the opening.
6:15 PM -- Hour 1
Research agents deployed
CRM profile on Aaron. Company deep dive on General Magic. Competitive landscape. Insurance AI market map. 15,000+ words of structured intelligence.
Agents: K5M.bot, Sid, Seshat (3 parallel research tracks)
7:00 PM -- Hour 1.5
Series Bible written
10 episodes. Three-beat structure: Mike's story, GM research, universal take.
Agent: Thalberg (producer)
7:15 PM -- Hour 2
Episode 1 scripted
"The First Move." The application IS the output.
Agent: Thalberg (writer)
7:30 PM -- Hour 2.25
Growth audit + content atomization plan
Full audit of GM's public presence. 8 gaps identified. 4-week growth playbook. Blog-to-120-pieces atomization strategy.
Agent: K5M.bot (research)
7:35 PM
Mike has pizza for dinner. The agents keep working.
7:42 PM
Mike finishes the ANTM doc series on Netflix. Still working. Agents still working. Everyone's working.
8:00 PM -- Hour 2.5
This website deployed
You're looking at it.
Agent: Sid
8:22 PM
Computer crashes. Four agents running at once. Reboot. Resume. This is what happens when you run a five-agent production team on a laptop.
9:00 PM -- Hour 3.5
Episode 1 recorded and uploaded
ElevenLabs narration. Podbean hosting. Cover art designed. First episode live before bedtime.
9:55 PM
Mike packs for Kosovo. Flight in 10 hours. Suitcase open on the bed, laptop still running agents.
10:30 PM
Website updated with Podbean embed. Agents winding down. Mike is not.
11:25 PM -- Hour 5.75
Mike replies to John with ten episodes
Research, scripts, recording, website, and all 10 episodes published. From text to finished podcast in under 6 hours.
8:30 AM Tomorrow
Mike flies to Kosovo
9 time zones ahead of Toronto. Awake before your market opens.

Built by Mike Merrill -- the world's first publicly traded person.

5 AI agents. 1 night. 0 resumes.

kmikeym@kmikeym.com
"Your move, Aaron."