Naval Ravikant
7 things Naval uses or recommends, from 5 episodes.
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Uses and recommends it · talked about in 3 episodes
"I'll throw Codex Claude and Gemini at the same problem over and over and just waste tokens to save time. And I think no matter how expensive these models might seem, they're still way cheaper than a human. So I would say just waste tokens, save time."
Uses and recommends it · talked about in 2 episodes
"And then Grok is the one I can count on to tell me the truth. It's like the least neutered, least nerfed. It's got access to X, so it's very good at news. And it's very good at technical problems."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"Around December of 2025, the coding agents in AI hit an inflection point with the release of Claude Opus 4.5... this is an agent that stays on track, can build apps, solve thorny problems, and really feels like having a junior programmer at your disposal who's fast, essentially free, and ready to please."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"You can always just switch to GLM 5.2 and it'll just do it. Have the time of your life. Go ask it any question about race, gender, immigration, mental health, doctor advice, legal advice."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"Chat GPT is still the OG. It's sort of very good all around... it works with your agents, Chat GPT, and Claude."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"I've also used Codex for some of the thornier bug solving and deep problems... I've been completely missing on X because I'm buried in Claude and Codex."
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- Gemini Uses and recommends it 3 episodes "I'll throw Codex Claude and Gemini at the same problem over and over and just waste tokens to save time. And I think no matter how expensive these models might seem, they're still way cheaper than a human. So I would say just waste tokens, save time." +61 others
- Grok Uses and recommends it 2 episodes "And then Grok is the one I can count on to tell me the truth. It's like the least neutered, least nerfed. It's got access to X, so it's very good at news. And it's very good at technical problems." +33 others
- Claude Uses and recommends it "Around December of 2025, the coding agents in AI hit an inflection point with the release of Claude Opus 4.5... this is an agent that stays on track, can build apps, solve thorny problems, and really feels like having a junior programmer at your disposal who's fast, essentially free, and ready to please." +211 others
- GLM Uses and recommends it "You can always just switch to GLM 5.2 and it'll just do it. Have the time of your life. Go ask it any question about race, gender, immigration, mental health, doctor advice, legal advice." +8 others
- ChatGPT Uses and recommends it "Chat GPT is still the OG. It's sort of very good all around... it works with your agents, Chat GPT, and Claude." +140 others
- Codex Uses and recommends it "I've also used Codex for some of the thornier bug solving and deep problems... I've been completely missing on X because I'm buried in Claude and Codex." +87 others
- Influence Recommends it "I read Robert Cialdini's Influence, his original book on persuasion. You can skip the second one. Like most sequels, it's just not needed." +3 others