Inside Sentience: Founder Sam Kececi on digital twins that talk like you, not like Claude

<p>One of Sam Kececi&#39;s investors never got pitched by Sam. They found a link to his Sentience, talked to his digital twin over several days, and by the end the investor asked to write a check. Sam (the real version) just had to send the SAFE.</p><p>Sam is the founder of Sentience, which builds digital twins of founders, operators, and execs that write, think, and communicate like them. Get the Check co-host Anika tried it over the last couple of weeks, and it actually writes exactly like her.</p><p>Sam’s hot take is that AI does have taste. It&#39;s just one taste, and it&#39;s Claude&#39;s. Sam&#39;s mission comes from a Naval one-liner: no one can compete with you at being you. He can&#39;t out-dunk LeBron, but nobody can out-Sam Sam at building his company.</p><p>They get into what converging on the mean has meant practically. Sam shares the YC startup idea that he’s pretty sure was just Claude slop.</p><p>Anika also asks about their moat against Anthropic (as any good podcaster or investor does). Sam explains why writing likely isn’t key to unlocking RSI. In fact, if you’re “dumb” your Sentience would be too.</p><p>They also discuss the technical evolution of agent memory and how to build a harness that remembers relevant context vs. all context. Sentience compresses older memories the way the brain does. And if you ask Sam’s Sentience to write you a poem, it should say &quot;I&#39;m good&quot; instead of generating a haiku about digital twins. Anika also asks if down the line everyone will have their own model.</p><p>Sam runs his company on his product: nearly every email goes one shot through Sentience, engineering standup is just Sentiences talking to each other, and candidates chat with his twin late into the night after interviews. He also floats a future where you pay to talk to someone&#39;s twin, Cameo style.</p><p>Finally, a speed round where Anika asks about his favorite investor, what a post-AI high school should look like, and where he&#39;d work if he weren&#39;t a founder.</p><p>Sentience is hiring across engineering and growth and you can try it here: <a href="https://sentience.com/">https://sentience.com/</a>.</p><p>This episode is brought to you by Kalshi. Sign up at <a href="http://kalshi.com/sign-up?referral=getthecheck">kalshi.com/sign-up?referral=getthecheck</a> and get $10 when you trade using our code GETTHECHECK.</p><p>Follow the pod on Instagram and X @getthecheckpod.</p><p>00:00 What’s the difference between a personal ass