# runway series (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover runway series. Page: Feed: --- ## [\[Everyday Money #4\] The $0 CAC consumer finance product: is it possible?](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Everyday-Money-4-The-0-CAC-consumer-finance-product-is-it-possible-e3mmpgh) _2026-08-25 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Everyday Money #4" : -- For a long time, consumer finance has rested on a familiar assumption: growth costs money, and user acquisition is usually one of the biggest line items. If a company wants to scale, it tends to pay for that growth through ads, incentives, referrals, or distribution deals. That is why the idea of a $0 CAC consumer finance product is so compelling. The closest… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/123478993/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-29%2F428830079-44100-2-da8ea3c3b087e.m4a) ## [\[Agent Dispatch #3\] When B2B tax settlement becomes autonomous](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Agent-Dispatch-3-When-B2B-tax-settlement-becomes-autonomous-e3mlb0p) _2026-08-18 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Agent Dispatch #3" : -- Tax settlement is one of those parts of the economy that most people never think about, but every business feels it. It is usually slow, operationally heavy, and buried inside systems that were not designed for real-time movement. That is starting to change. When B2B tax settlement becomes autonomous, the entire workflow shifts from manual coordination to… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/123431385/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-28%2F428766669-44100-2-c0d5d5705dcff.m4a) ## [\[Agent Dispatch #2\] How agentic indexes change portfolio management](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Agent-Dispatch-2-How-agentic-indexes-change-portfolio-management-e3mlc5c) _2026-08-11 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Agent Dispatch #2" : -- Portfolio management has always been about making sense of complexity. You take a large universe of assets, filter for relevance, monitor risk, and try to stay aligned with a goal. That process has traditionally required a lot of manual judgment, a lot of research, and a lot of ongoing maintenance. Agentic indexes change that structure. At a basic level, an index… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/123432556/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-28%2F428766965-44100-2-1c22b3f96197c.m4a) ## [\[Everyday Money #3\] What "financial intuition" means in product design](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Everyday-Money-3-What-financial-intuition-means-in-product-design-e3kjlat) _2026-08-04 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Everyday Money #3" : -- There is a quality that the best financial products have that is hard to name but easy to feel. You open the app, and it already seems to understand what you need. The information is in the right place. The action you want to take is one step away. Nothing feels out of order. That quality is what I would call financial intuition in product design. It is not about… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121279261/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F425874361-44100-2-3576c049c7925.m4a) ## [\[Rails Report #4\] ERC-8004 and modular agentic verification, explained simply](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Rails-Report-4-ERC-8004-and-modular-agentic-verification--explained-simply-e3kgjg0) _2026-07-28 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Rails Report #4" : -- When people talk about AI agents, they usually focus on what the agent can do. Can it plan? Can it execute? Can it make decisions? Can it complete a task end to end? But once agents start interacting with real-world systems, another question becomes just as important: how do we know what, or who, we are trusting? That is where modular verification matters. ERC-… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121179072/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425739994-44100-2-8edcc70508376.m4a) ## [\[Rails Report #3\] Why stablecoins win where crypto UX loses](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Rails-Report-3-Why-stablecoins-win-where-crypto-UX-loses-e3kghvb) _2026-07-21 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Rails Report #3" : -- Stablecoins win where crypto UX loses, because they solve a problem users actually care about: moving value without making them think about the machinery underneath. That sounds simple, but it is the core issue. A lot of crypto products have been built around interesting technology first, and usable experience second... The result is often a system that works for… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121177515/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425738057-44100-2-575a6056e4d7.m4a) ## [\[Everyday Money #2\] The spending pattern shift between Gen Z and Millennials: what it means for product](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Everyday-Money-2-The-spending-pattern-shift-between-Gen-Z-and-Millennials-what-it-means-for-product-e3kge3c) _2026-07-14 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Everyday Money #2" : -- One of the most useful things a fintech builder can understand is not just what people spend money on, but how their spending behavior changes across generations. Gen Z and Millennials both grew up with digital products, but they do not behave the same way. Their expectations around money, trust, convenience, and identity are different in ways that matter a lot… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121173548/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425733010-44100-2-42dc4ee67633f.m4a) ## [\[Everyday Money #1\] The psychology of the "super wallet": what makes users consolidate their finances in one app](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Everyday-Money-1-The-psychology-of-the-super-wallet-what-makes-users-consolidate-their-finances-in-one-app-e3kgcmt) _2026-07-07 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Everyday Money #1" : -- One of the most interesting questions in consumer fintech is not how to get someone to download an app. It is how to get them to trust one app with more and more of their financial life. That is the psychology behind the super wallet. At first, people are cautious. They may use one app for payments, another for savings, another for investing, and another for… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121172125/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425731015-44100-2-f3fbc7df5b4ff.m4a) ## [\[Agent Dispatch #1\] MCP as a financial interface layer](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Agent-Dispatch-1-MCP-as-a-financial-interface-layer-e3kgbj1) _2026-06-30 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Agent Dispatch#1" : -- When people talk about the future of software, they often focus on what the model can do. But the real shift may be in how that intelligence connects to the systems around it. That is where an MCP (Model Context Protocol) becomes interesting. At a high level, MCP is about giving software a structured way to access tools, data, and external services. In a financial… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121170977/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425729520-44100-2-4bf370b6abe9c.m4a) ## [\[Rails Report #2\] Why x402 micropayments matter more than most people realize](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Rails-Report-2-Why-x402-micropayments-matter-more-than-most-people-realize-e3kgaq0) _2026-06-23 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today for "Rails Report #2" : -- Most people hear the word micropayments and think of something niche, maybe even a little technical. But I think x402 matters because it points to a much bigger shift in how the internet can work. For years, digital products have been built around subscriptions, ads, or free trials. Those models are familiar, but they are also clumsy. They force everything into a… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121170176/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425728403-44100-2-9bfc487165ad3.m4a) ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CzP2l1ss87ri) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [\[Disclosure #1\] Why "programmable confidentiality" beats privacy regulation](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olivecap/episodes/Disclosure-1-Why-programmable-confidentiality-beats-privacy-regulation-e3kg9v5) _2026-06-16 · Olive Capital (hosted by Raph Grieco) · RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired._ Today in "Disclosure #1" : -- Privacy regulation matters. It creates boundaries, sets expectations, and forces companies to take data handling seriously. But regulation alone is not enough. The reason is simple: regulation tells companies what they are allowed to do. Programmable confidentiality changes what the system can do by default. That distinction matters. In a traditional model, privacy is… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/e337490/podcast/play/121169317/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425727177-44100-2-75914f63e6166.m4a) ## [New podcast: "The plumbing of social finance" (Farcaster Builders Series Ep. #3)](https://venturenotes.substack.com/p/new-podcast-the-plumbing-of-social) _2026-03-22 · Olive Capital · Runway Series \[Premium\], by Olive Capital_ Going to the opening of the Lausanne (Switzerland) Chapter Kick-Off of the "Agent Economy Association", luma.com/w1713cmj .The agent economy is one of the 3 pillars of our thesis "pre-seed everyday finance" at Olive Capital .Will you be there? Let's meet in Lausanne. Welcome back to the Farcaster Builders Series , where we go behind the code to meet the builders shaping the Farcaster ecosystem. In… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191795344/9635da9248c569a94d6e1f4b004d084b.mp3) ## [New podcast: "The antidote to AI slop, and the future of onchain personalization" (Farcaster Builders Series Ep. #2)](https://venturenotes.substack.com/p/new-podcast-the-antidote-to-ai-slop) _2026-03-09 · Olive Capital · Runway Series \[Premium\], by Olive Capital_ Welcome back to the Farcaster Builders Series , where we go behind the code to meet the builders shaping the Farcaster ecosystem. In this second episode, we sit down with ATOWN , the founder of Emerge . Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: runwayseries.co The core thesis: personalization vs. slop In this episode, we explore a powerful convergence: AI agents + diffusion models + crypto rails.… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190402481/0bc067595afbb65053508fb616a6db05.mp3) ## [New podcast: "humans, agents, and Indexy" (Farcaster Builders Series Ep. #1)](https://venturenotes.substack.com/p/new-podcast-humans-agents-and-indexy) _2026-02-06 · Olive Capital · Runway Series \[Premium\], by Olive Capital_ Hi, I am launching the Farcaster Builders Series , a limited podcast run dedicated to understanding the strategies, timing, and mental models of the founders building the next generation of onchain experiences within the Farcaster ecosystem. This first episode was recorded prior to Neynar’s acquisition of Farcaster . That shift toward a builder-centric ecosystem validates the timing of this… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187065620/cf76301aef060b570635f9c13a681e93.mp3)