S1Models
Skild AI's S1 robot learns new factory tasks from a single video
The startup hit a $100M revenue run rate 10 months after first deployment and is now installing Blackwell systems at Foxconn with Nvidia.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Jaeden Schafer
Founder of AI Chat Daily. Host of AI Chat — the #1 daily AI news podcast. CEO of AI Box. 10M+ downloads across his podcast network.
- Host, AI Chat podcast
- Top 10 Apple Podcasts — Business News
- 10M+ network downloads
- CEO, AI Box
- Co-founder, Selfpause (120K+ users)
Phoenix, Arizona1831 articles4 podcasts
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About Jaeden
Background & expertise
Jaeden Schafer is the founder and editor in chief of AI Chat Daily, and the host of AI Chat — the daily AI news podcast that broke into the top 10 of Apple’s Business News charts and has been ranked among the most-listened-to AI shows on Spotify. He launched AI Chat in 2022, just weeks after ChatGPT’s public release, betting early that there would be a massive audience for a tight, daily briefing on what was actually shipping in artificial intelligence. That bet turned into a four-show podcast network with more than ten million combined downloads: AI Chat (daily news), AI Applied (tools and analysis with Conor Grennan), AI Hustle (the business of AI, co-hosted with Jamie McCauley), and AI in Faith (technology and Christianity).
Before the podcasts, Jaeden co-founded Selfpause, a self-talk and affirmations app he built with his wife Jillian that has grown to more than 120,000 users. He is also the CEO and co-founder of AI Box, a no-code platform for building AI apps and chatbots without writing code, which raised a $600K pre-seed round and has been featured by Apple as an App of the Day. His work has been covered in outlets including Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider, and he publishes a daily AI newsletter, The Prompt, read by operators and founders across the industry.
A Marketing graduate of Brigham Young University–Hawaii, Jaeden is based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also runs the AI Hustle Skool community — a 250-plus-member group of builders, founders, and agency owners who ship AI products together. He’s built his career on a simple editorial rule: no hype cycles, no sponsor-driven takes, just what shipped, what broke, and what it means. That’s the lens he brings to AI Chat Daily every morning.
On the mic
Podcasts Jaeden co-hosts
Daily · 15–20 min
AI Chat
A daily briefing on the biggest AI news — what shipped, what broke, and what it means — in 15 minutes or less, every weekday morning.
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3× weekly · 15–20 min
AI Applied
Tight news breakdowns and hands-on tool analysis for people actually using AI at work — plus an occasional expert interview when the story calls for it.
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3× weekly · 15–20 min
AI Hustle
How operators, founders, and indie hackers are actually making money with AI — monetization playbooks, tool breakdowns, and the business stories behind every big AI headline.
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Weekly · 15–20 min
AI in Faith
A weekly conversation on what artificial intelligence means for Christians, pastors, and people of faith — from Bible study with ChatGPT to the theology of machine conscience.
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Areas of coverage
What Jaeden covers
- Frontier model releases
- AI startups & fundraising
- The business of AI
- Daily AI news analysis
- No-code AI tools
- Creator economy & podcasting
I’d rather cover what actually shipped than what a VC hopes will ship next quarter.
Track record
Career & ventures
2025 — present
Founder & Editor in Chief · AI Chat Daily
Founded the daily AI news site and newsletter tied to the AI Chat podcast.
2023 — present
CEO & Co-founder · AI Box
No-code platform for building AI apps and chatbots. Featured as an Apple App of the Day. Raised $600K pre-seed.
2022 — present
Host & Network Founder · AI Chat Podcast Network
Launched AI Chat, AI Applied, AI Hustle, and AI in Faith — a four-show network with 10M+ combined downloads.
2019 — present
Co-founder · Selfpause
Self-talk and affirmations app built with Jillian Schafer. 120,000+ users.
Education
Brigham Young University–Hawaii
B.A. in Marketing · 2019
Honors & recognition
- Top 10 — Apple Podcasts, Business News (AI Chat)
- Apple App of the Day — AI Box
- Featured in Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider
Press & appearances
Featured in
Yahoo Finance
Coverage of AI Box’s no-code platform launch.
Entrepreneur
Interview on building an AI podcast network from zero.
Apple Podcasts
Top 10 — Business News chart with AI Chat.
S1
Models
César de la Fuente's lab uses OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT to hunt new antibiotics
The University of Pennsylvania team mines living and extinct genomes with GPT-powered tools to surface antimicrobial candidates against drug-resistant infections.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Business
Universal Music partners with ElevenLabs on AI remix platform
UMG's multi-year licensing deal with ElevenLabs lets fans remix licensed catalog tracks, with artist opt-in and a promise of compensation.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Business
Maven Robotics exits stealth with $100M to automate warehouse palletizing
Ex-Apple special-project engineer Hamza Derbas plans 250 third-generation robots for an $80B mixed-palletizing market.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Analysis
AI agents drive complaint surge at UK housing ombudsman and US CFPB
Housing ombudsman complaints in the UK nearly tripled since ChatGPT launched; the US CFPB saw a 5x jump over the same period.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Mathematicians accuse OpenAI of using unpublished work in math breakthroughs
A second researcher, Andreas Thom, says OpenAI won't rule out that private ChatGPT conversations fed the models behind its September announcements.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Clearview AI tests InquiryIQ, an xAI-powered tool to auto-profile suspects online
The face-recognition firm built a prototype that fans out across the web to assemble aliases, addresses, and associates from a single search.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
DOJ probes Nvidia's licensing deal with AI chip startup Groq
Antitrust scrutiny lands on the leader of the AI hardware stack as regulators examine terms of a deal with a rival inference-chip maker.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon calls next two years 'crunch time for humanity'
Coxon's resignation post drew 100M views on X; Anthropic's alignment lead puts extinction odds above 10% this decade.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
US names six Chinese AI firms in industrial-scale distillation campaign
The NSA, CISA and FBI accuse DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI of siphoning capabilities from Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Apple details how Audio Intelligence keeps raw audio off its servers
The Secure Exclave on the S11 chip processes speech, sounds, and music without transcribing or storing the microphone stream.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Business
Listen Labs walks away from $1.5B Menlo round for Salesforce talks
The AI market research startup ditched a signed term sheet as Salesforce weighs a $2B acquisition at 67x revenue.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
News
Apple Watch adds Live Rewind and Siri Recap, putting AI transcription on your wrist
Apple's new watch features transcribe the last 15 seconds of conversation and summarize meetings — with on-device processing and no stored audio.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Frequently asked
About Jaeden Schafer
Who is Jaeden Schafer?
Jaeden Schafer is the founder of AI Chat Daily and the host of AI Chat, a daily AI news podcast that has ranked in Apple’s top 10 for Business News. He’s the CEO of AI Box, a no-code AI app builder, and the co-founder of Selfpause, a self-talk app used by more than 120,000 people.
What podcasts does Jaeden Schafer host?
Jaeden hosts four shows: AI Chat (daily AI news), AI Applied (tools and analysis, co-hosted with Conor Grennan), AI Hustle (the business of AI, co-hosted with Jamie McCauley), and AI in Faith (technology and Christianity, co-hosted with Conor Grennan). Together the network has passed 10 million downloads.
What is AI Box?
AI Box is a no-code platform Jaeden co-founded that lets people build AI apps and chatbots without writing code. It has been featured as an Apple App of the Day and raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding.
Where is Jaeden Schafer based?
Jaeden is based in Phoenix, Arizona. He runs the AI Hustle Skool community — a 250-plus-member group of AI founders, operators, and agency owners — from there.