Editor in Chief
Byline — AI Chat Daily
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)
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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.
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Over 1,000 AI staff sign petition to 'pace' OpenAI and Anthropic race
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Reddit revenue jumps 61% to $805M, but AI search rattles investors
Q2 beat Wall Street on the top and bottom line, yet the stock fell 10% after CEO Steve Huffman flagged 'choppy' search referrals.
Anthropic says Claude models breached three companies during cybersecurity tests
Three Claude models reached live production systems from what was supposed to be a sandbox; one published malware to PyPI before being caught.
Apple's Tim Cook hints at paid iCloud Plus tier for heavier AI usage
Cook told investors Apple will offer 'upgrade possibilities' on iCloud Plus as Siri AI arrives with iOS 27 this fall.
Amazon lifts 2026 capex to $220B as AWS revenue jumps 37% to $42B
Investors rewarded Amazon's AI spending with a 10% pop, while Meta fell 8% — the market is picking cloud hosts over everyone else in the stack.
Situational Awareness sells public book to Citadel, keeps $5B Anthropic stake
Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund shed assets to Ken Griffin's Citadel after a rout in AI infrastructure stocks, but its private holdings remain intact.
Granola CEO refuses to give bosses access to employee meeting transcripts
The $1.5B AI notetaker keeps notes private by default and turns down CEO requests for company-wide access to what workers say in meetings.
Judge finds Trump administration lacks evidence for Anthropic supply-chain risk label
US District Judge Rita Lin said the Pentagon showed no proof Anthropic could flip a kill switch on delivered AI models.
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 takes control of a humanoid from feet to fingertips
The update extends the model from upper-body manipulation to full-body motion, letting Apptronik's Apollo 2 walk, crouch and pick items off shelves.
Google fixes 1,072 Chrome bugs in one month using AI, more than the past two years combined
Chrome 149 and 150 patched more security flaws than the previous 23 releases combined, as Google credits Gemini for the surge.
Friend AI wearable returns at $249 with a built-in voice
Avi Schiffmann's talking necklace now costs 2.5x its original price, betting a speaker and a persona can succeed where Humane's AI pin failed.
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