Eduardo is the founder and CEO of Xpress AI, a platform to build any kind of AI agent you could want.

But in 2025, at the peak of AI hype, what is exactly an "AI agent"?

We discuss the whole landscape, starting from the highest level down to the weeds, and make it an highly educational, information-packed episode.

We also talk about the honest lessons in building a bootstrapped tech company in Japan, which Xpress AI happens to be.

Japan's banking landscape is infamously opaque and unwelcoming towards foreigners.

My guest Raul decided to do something about it... and then one day, out of nowhere, sh!t hit the fan — the partner bank pulled out of the deal, leaving chaos behind.

Listen in as we discuss the whole story, a one of a kind experience, and also talk about how Raul plans to move forward.

Most foreign entrepreneurs in Japan focus on other foreigners as their customer base (for a variety of reasons that we'll talk about), but Igor is an exception.

His first B2C startup was promising, but got smacked by the Covid pandemic. The B2B company he eventually pivoted to, "Supersaito," has become a profitable and growing project!

As usual on this podcast, we go deep — discussing the ins and outs of marketing to Japanese people, how to deal with them both from B2B and B2C aspects.

Give it a listen.