An original by Continuity
Speed Is Everything
Two operators walk into a real physical-economy business. Three days to find the one place AI is actually worth the investment, and the evidence that proves it.
The docket
Episodes
Every episode is a 72-hour sprint on a real, anonymized company. Open one to read the full sprint sheet: what was found, what was built, and whether the evidence earned the next investment.
The format
Iron Chef,
for business
Pick a real company in the physical economy that is behind on AI. Anonymize it. Work from outside information only. Three days on the clock, and the same loop every time.
Learning
Understand the business from the outside: its customers, its workflows, its systems. What is broken, what works, and what is it worth.
Design “Done”
Define the finished state precisely enough to build toward. The most expensive mistake in AI is six months building the wrong thing, so done comes first.
Build PoCs
Make it real, small. Working proofs, false starts on camera, and the moment the evidence changes the plan.
Make It Real
The plan of action: what to fund, what to test next, and what to refuse to build. If this were your company, here is Monday.
The hosts
Operators,
not consultants
Timothy Alvis
Former Chief Product and Technology Officer at SPINS, Blue Ridge, and Everway ($1 to 3B PE-Backed Companies)
Runs the three-day sprint: hypotheses, prototypes, failures, and the final recommendation. The technical conscience of the show. He has built and sold the systems these businesses run on.
Evan Shy
Founder and CEO of Continuity. Multiple-exit entrepreneur, Techstars alum, investor and operating partner
Sets the business context and pressure-tests the economics, the one who will not let a good demo hide a bad decision. He speaks for the person who owns the P&L.
If this were your company
Every episode ends with a plan of action, and a one-page Decision-to-Evidence Canvas you can hand your own team on Monday. We give the learning away. The build is the conversation.