Today’s show: Grammarly is acquiring the beloved email app Superhuman! In today’s extremely timely episode, @alex sits down with Grammarly CEO Shishir Mehrotra and Superhuman founder Rahul Vohra to unpack why they’re merging, how they plan to combine apps and AI agents, and what it means for the future of email and work. PLUS they reveal how Grammarly’s 40M+ daily users already rely on email—and why this deal is the key to building the ultimate communication assistant. Don’t miss this deep dive into one of the most exciting AI acquisitions yet! #AI #Startups #Productivity #Grammarly #Superhuman #VentureCapital #MergersAndAcquisitions Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction to the future of robotics and AI regulation (1:11) Introduction of hosts and overview of today's topics (4:19) Cloudflare's new pay per crawl product (09:37) Northwest Registered Agent. Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit http://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today! (10:41) Polymarket segment on Apple's acquisition prospects (14:29) Grammarly and Superhuman CEOs interviews (19:42) Retool - Visit https://www.retool.com/twist and try it out today. (24:09) AI in productivity tools and email agents discussion (29:23) AWS Activate - AWS Activate helps startups bring their ideas to life. Apply to AWS Activate today to learn more. Visit (https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits?trk=08f8a5fb-46e6-44ac-9bab-b85518fa7a2e&sc_channel=display+ads) (30:46) Grammarly's AI platform and the acquisition of Superhuman (41:16) Introduction of Manu Sharma from Labelbox (41:47) The role of data labeling in AI and Labelbox's data factory (53:44) Labelbox's market position and capital efficiency post-ChatGPT (1:03:00) Advances in humanoid robotics with Jeff Cardenas from Apptronik (1:07:09) Market readiness and capabilities of Apollo 2 robots (1:13:27) Humanoid robotics: Google DeepMind partnership and international competition (1:20:54) US federal support for R&D in robotics (1:22:10) The evolution of humanoid robotics and Apptronik's growth in Austin Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: (https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com/) Check out the TWIST500: (https://twist500.com) Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm/) Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis/) Thank you to our partners: (09:37) Northwest Registered Agent. Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit (http://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist) today! (19:42) Retool - Visit https://www.retool.com/twist and try it out today. (29:23) AWS Activate - AWS Activate helps startups bring their ideas to life. Apply to AWS Activate today to learn more. Visit (https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits?trk=08f8a5fb-46e6-44ac-9bab-b85518fa7a2e&sc_channel=display+ads) All rights for the video shared and linked below belong to the original copyright holder, and we are using the footage under the principle of fair use. Listen here: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups-audio/id315114957 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ULQ0ewYf5zmsDgBchlkr9 Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes315114957/this-week-in-startups-audio More from us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/twistartups Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups Official site: https://thisweekinstartups.com Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to TWiST Clips for all the best moments: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7tJlcUA6PzVHEMo-X7ddg?sub_confirmation=1 #startups #entrepreneurship #investing #angelinvesting #tech #news #business