9 Feb 2026$500M ElevenLabs, Attio & Parloa Founder Joins, Anthropic & OpenAI Beef
Hugo Mercier (Twin): Viral Agent Launch & Paris Tech Scene
Twin founder Hugo Mercier explains how the no-code agent builder automates professional tasks across any application by writing API integrations or driving a browser, with no setup. He recounts the improvised launch that rode the Claude-bot/OpenClaw wave to 4m+ views, argues against over-optimizing for X hype, and lays out the one-person-unicorn thesis, pointing to a New York plumbing business now fully run on Twin. He also critiques Paris' risk-averse VC scene and tech sovereignty, and previews Twin's community feature where builders can securely share and distribute agents.
Parloa CEO Malte Kosub: Enterprise AI Agents & the $350M Round
After wrapping the reaction to Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, the hosts bring on Parloa's co-founder and CEO. He traces his path from a school music-contest NGO and a lyrics-poster e-commerce business to founding one of the first conversational AI agencies in 2017, years before LLMs made the voice-AI thesis actually work. He explains Parloa's enterprise agent platform used by the likes of Booking.com, Allianz and IKEA in 100+ countries, the recent $350M round, and the 'Parloa Promise' covering enterprises, end customers and retraining workers as agent supervisors. He also argues that overloading agents with context degrades instruction following and tool calling, and shares his 'win the Super Bowl' hiring philosophy.