Amir Sadeghian
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Amir Sadeghian is an entrepreneur and executive who serves as the CEO of Astrocade. He has discussed his work and insights on artificial intelligence as a guest on the podcast 'This Week in Startups'.
What Amir Sadeghian has said on podcasts
18 statements
Astrocade enables anyone to create interactive experiences.
“Astrokit, basically, you said it really well, is a platform that anyone can create any interactive experiences.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 1:14
Astrocade’s AI generates games and interactive content from natural-language descriptions.
“you can just simply describe. You can just describe any kind of content, any kind of game, and the AI, our AI system, actually generates them.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 1:40
Astrocade has over 100,000 creators across more than 100 countries.
“We have more than 100,000 creators from various countries, more than 100 countries creating this kind of content and publishing it”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 2:04
Traditional game creation requires education, multiple skills, or a studio.
“creating a kind of a game, it's so hard. You have to go get educated and you need to have multiple set of skills or build a studio to do it.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 4:39
Astrocade removes major barriers to game creation using generative AI.
“We removed all these barriers and thanks to generative AI”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 5:05
Astrocade’s AI cannot yet independently create a complete game.
“AI is still not there yet. I cannot make a full game.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 8:32
The AI can reproduce familiar games represented in its training data.
“It can copy the games that they have been trained on, like flappy bird.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 8:36
Astrocade’s AI struggles with novel game experiences and modifications.
“if you go the moment you start making actually a new experience or some modification to an experience, actually AI struggles a lot.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 8:47
AI can suggest gamification, but its suggestions are usually poor.
“AI can guide you. You can Say hey, add gamification to my game. But like most of the time it's not a good gamification.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 10:15
Humans must playtest and iteratively tune AI-generated games.
“human still needs to play it like you need to create it, playtest it, go back and iterate on it.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 10:44
Astrocade’s AI generates both the game and its editing interface.
“what we generate also not that AI that is generating the game, but it also generates the editor for you.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 12:28
Combining natural language with an editor is the optimal creation workflow.
“the optimal way of creating interactive content through natural language and through editor.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 12:43
Astrocade plans to retrain its language models on platform data to improve them.
“We have a plan to retrain these language models on our data and make them better and better and better over time.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 13:44
Astrocade’s future agent or model will continually improve through self-evolution.
“it's going to be a self evolving kind of agent or model that just keeps getting better at.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 13:50
Astrocade lets users generate assets and upload images.
“you can generate asset, you can upload any images.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 14:19
Astrocade pays creators through a fund tied to their number of plays.
“We have a creator fund. We pay people based on number of plays that they get on Astrocade.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 16:22
Some Astrocade creators build full time and earn thousands of dollars monthly.
“there are people that actually they're full time building games and interactive experiences on Astrocade and making thousands of dollars a month on Astrocade.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 16:28
Astrocade is building a new creator economy around interactive experiences.
“We are kind of like building a new creator economy.”
Open the episode · Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI BasicsListen at 16:38
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Discussed alongside Amir Sadeghian
- Steve Mullis
Person · 7 episodes together · 1 show
- Kelly Silvera
Person · 8 episodes together · 1 show
- San Francisco
Place · 3 episodes together · 3 shows
- Wall Street Journal
Organization · 3 episodes together · 2 shows
- United States
Place · 6 episodes together · 3 shows
- Stephanie Sieg
Person · 4 episodes together · 1 show
- Google
Organization · 3 episodes together · 3 shows
- Apple Inc.
Organization · 3 episodes together · 2 shows
17 episodes featuring Amir Sadeghian
TBPN
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Marketplace
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Marketplace
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The episode shows how trade tensions, stubborn inflation, energy costs and shifting consumer habits are complicating economic decisions on both sides of the Pacific.
Sep 21, 2026 · 26 min
Marketplace
Hawkish central banks reshape the global economy
Persistent inflation, costly energy and geopolitical uncertainty are pushing central banks toward higher rates, with consequences for currencies, household wealth and prices.
Sep 14, 2026 · 26 min
Marketplace
Credit dependence exposes households to higher rates
As necessities move onto credit cards, rising interest rates could widen the divide between financially secure consumers and households with less room to absorb shocks.
Sep 7, 2026 · 26 min
Marketplace
Refinery shutdowns put fall diesel supplies under pressure
The episode connects monetary policy, strained household finances, fuel-market risks and climate adaptation to the economic pressures shaping the fall.
Aug 31, 2026 · 27 min
Marketplace
Trade tensions expose America’s dependence on Canadian oil
The episode connects tariff threats to energy security, household costs, housing access, food prices, water use, and trust in digital media.
Aug 24, 2026 · 26 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI infrastructure race strains chips, capital and investor confidence
The episode shows how AI expansion increasingly depends on expensive financing, constrained hardware supply and uncertain returns across global markets.
Aug 24, 2026 · 53 min
Morning Wire
Iran confrontation leads a news cycle of investigations and culture wars
The broadcast places rising U.S.-Iran tensions alongside domestic investigations, media-bias claims, immigration controversies, and disputes over gender and politics.
Aug 20, 2026 · 13 min
This Week in Startups
Generative AI turns natural language into the new game programming language
As generative AI lowers the technical barriers to game development, human artistic taste and curation are replacing traditional coding as the primary skill set for creators.
Aug 20, 2026 · 21 min
Even Money: NFL Betting Podcast
Fantasy markets test preseason noise against real signal
The episode connects fantasy evaluations with betting markets, asking when injuries, missed reps, and preseason results meaningfully change player expectations.
Aug 18, 2026 · 33 min
Marketplace
Consumers retreat as China’s slowdown pressures global trade
Weaker discretionary spending, China’s export surge and rising borrowing costs point to a more fragile economic outlook at home and abroad.
Aug 17, 2026 · 26 min
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Iran escalation tests Trump’s pressure strategy as Democrats debate pragmatism
The episode connects the risks of military and economic escalation with a Democratic primary debate over accountability, identity politics, and governing strategy.
Aug 11, 2026 · 1h 9m
Marketplace
Slower wages squeeze households as employers hedge uncertainty
The episode connects weakening purchasing power with the ways households, retailers and employers are adapting to an unsettled economy.
Aug 10, 2026 · 26 min
Pod Save America
A populist rupture could reshape the 2028 race
The episode connects Democratic factional fights and Republican scandals to a possible third-party challenge that could fracture Trump’s coalition.
Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 31m
The Bulwark Daily
Hamilton bets Kansas voters want independence over party loyalty
The episode pairs a critique of Trump-era political unreality with a test of whether a faith-driven Democrat can compete in Kansas.
Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 26m
The Bulwark Daily
Michigan primary exposes Democrats’ coalition problem
Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory sets up a test of Democratic unity, Republican crossover appeal, and the political costs of Islamophobia and foreign-policy attacks.
Aug 5, 2026 · 1h 9m