Rebooting everything
Digg goes full-time, the podcast returns from the ashes, and why now is the time to pay attention to AI
What a year it’s been already, a true whirlwind - and we’re just getting started.
I’m going back to digg, full-time, with new tools
I’m returning to Digg full-time, starting the first week of April. This is the company I started back in 2004, and stepping back into the driver’s seat feels both surreal and completely right.
Here’s the reality: the team that recently relaunched Digg ran head-first into one of the gnarliest problems on the internet right now - smart bots. Not the clumsy spam bots of the early web. These are sophisticated AI-driven agents that flooded the platform within hours of launch. Tens of thousands of fake accounts. The team deployed every tool they could, internal (and external vendors), and it still wasn’t enough. When you can’t trust that the votes, comments, and engagement are real, you’ve lost the very foundation a community platform is built on.
On top of that, the gravitational pull of existing social platforms is massive. Network effects aren’t just a moat - they’re a wall. Positioning Digg as simply an “alternative” to the incumbents was never going to cut it. What comes next needs to be genuinely different.
So we’re doing a hard reset. A small, determined team is stepping up to rebuild with a completely reimagined approach. And here’s the thing that makes me genuinely optimistic: advances in AI tooling have fundamentally changed how we operate. The entire team is now actively building, and we’re able to run multiple parallel efforts at once. It’s now realistic for us to prototype a number of products concurrently, which meaningfully expands our surface area for discovery. That wasn’t possible even a year ago.
I’ll continue advising True Ventures, but Digg is now my primary focus. And yes, Diggnation will continue recording monthly while we figure this out. I couldn’t be more fired up.
The Kevin Rose Show is (finally) back
For those who don’t know, my studio was destroyed in the LA fires. It’s taken months, but we’ve fully rebuilt and will be operational in the next three weeks with a weekly AI-focused podcast, along with occasional general geek interest and personal development shows.
So why more AI content? Here’s why this matters to me: we are living through the most transformational technology shift of our lifetimes. AI is moving at a pace that makes the early internet look like it was standing still. I want you - my readers, my community - to be in the know. I want to future-proof you for what’s coming. Whether you’re a founder, an investor, a creative, or just someone who’s curious about the world, now is the time to get up to speed. This podcast is my way of making sure you have a front-row seat.
The Solopreneur Revolution Is Here
Speaking of the podcast reboot, a brand new podcast episode just dropped - and the founder has a very ambitious idea.
I sat down with Ben Cera, the solo founder and CEO of Polsia. If you haven’t heard of Polsia, it’s wild: a platform where you type in a business idea and AI agents instantly go to work building it for you. Market research, landing pages, Meta ad campaigns, cold outreach - Polsia spins up autonomous agents that function like a full startup team.
Ben went from building alone with AI sixteen hours a day to hitting product-market fit and scaling to millions in ARR as a one-person company. A one-person company. Let that sink in.
Whether you’re a non-technical dreamer with an idea or a seasoned builder rethinking what’s possible, this one’s worth your time.
New Random Show with Tim Ferriss
Lastly - Tim and I just dropped a new Random Show and it’s a sprawling, ridiculous, wonderful mess of a conversation. Just the way we like it.
We got into everything: Colonoscopy confessions, a deep dive on adult LEGO as a legitimate creative and therapeutic practice (Tim’s obsessed with the Great Wave set, I’m into the bonsai tree), we swapped notes on our respective coffee and tea pilgrimages through Japan and Taiwan (Glitch Coffee in Ginza), and Tim gave me grief for pronouncing “espresso” as “expresso.” Fair enough.
But the real meat: we dove into how full genome sequencing helped me crack a health issue I’d been struggling with for years, the intersection of AI and life sciences, deepfake concerns , genetic data privacy, the promise and limitations of accelerated TMS for depression, and some truly fascinating stuff on the future of wearable health tech.
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It’s a wild time to be alive. Between rebuilding Digg, getting the show back up, and watching AI reshape everything around us - I’ve never felt more energized. Thanks for being here. More soon.
Be well 🙏,
Kevin, these gems are priceless. The tidbits of information as well as the deeper issues you share help us grow and learn every single time.
I just listened to the newest random show which is always an absolute treat. Please keep sharing about anything Japan. Love it !
And very glad to see the podcast is back. Can’t wait for the new episodes.
Following you since 2004, no joke. Super inspring to see how you navigate these wild times.