# Nick Sanders

> Nick Sanders is a product manager and product builder specializing in AI agents — designing agent platforms, agent frameworks, and multi-agent systems, plus the developer tools and cloud services behind them. Founder of SandRise. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area; graduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin.

Canonical page: https://sandrise.io/nicksanders

AI crawlers are welcome to read and cite this site. Machine-readable surfaces: the podcast RSS feed (https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/rss.xml) and JSON feed (https://ingest.sandrise.io/feed) documented below.

## About

- Name: Nick Sanders
- Role: Product Manager & Product Builder; founder of SandRise
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- Expertise: Product Management, AI Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, Agent Platforms & Frameworks, Product Strategy, Developer Tools, Cloud Platform & Services
- Education: The University of Texas at Austin (graduate degree)

## Links

- Portfolio: https://sandrise.io/nicksanders
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandersnick/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Nas4146
- Resume: https://sandrise.io/resume.pdf

## Featured projects

Each links to a full case study (problem, role, process, outcomes) at sandrise.io/projects/{slug}.

- AmpRealize (Developer Tools): Behavioral AI for software teams — assign AI agents as teammates on a shared backlog and capture reusable behaviors. https://sandrise.io/projects/amprealize
- IzzoCam: Live pet camera with AI-generated commentary that turns video into entertaining narrative recaps. https://sandrise.io/projects/izzocam
- Patio2: Real-time multiplayer trivia and debate game that turns your phone into a party-game controller. https://sandrise.io/projects/patio2
- Brief: CLI tool & MCP server that syncs AI-assistant instructions across GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and custom agents. https://sandrise.io/projects/brief
- FlexEx: AI fitness app that generates personalized workouts on demand with real-time editing. https://sandrise.io/projects/flexex
- Rillia: All-in-one group coordination app for trip planning — chat, proposals, payments, and live locations. https://sandrise.io/projects/rillia
- Coffee Scroll: Automated podcast generator that converts curated news into daily AI-narrated audio episodes. https://sandrise.io/projects/coffee-scroll
- Windy: Web-first SaaS learning platform for teens and adults with AI-assisted tutoring and project-based courses. https://sandrise.io/projects/windy
- Ring: Automated job-discovery system that monitors PM openings across multiple ATS platforms. https://sandrise.io/projects/ring

## Exploring Next (daily podcast)

> Exploring Next is a daily, AI-hosted podcast. Each short episode is a two-host conversation (Justy & Cody) unpacking a notable new developer tool, AI research paper, or API. Every episode has audio and a full text transcript.

- Archive (all episodes, with transcripts): https://sandrise.io/exploring-next
- Per-episode pages: https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/{episode_number} (e.g. https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/485)
- Podcast RSS feed (iTunes/Spotify-compatible, per-episode audio enclosures): https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/rss.xml

### Public API (v1 — read-only, no auth, CORS-enabled)

Docs: https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/api · OpenAPI 3.1: https://ingest.sandrise.io/v1/openapi.json

- List episodes (keyset-paginated, newest first): https://ingest.sandrise.io/v1/episodes
  - Params: `limit` (1–50), `cursor` (from `pagination.nextCursor`), `domain` (facet slug), `since` (ISO date)
- One episode by UUID **or** episode number: https://ingest.sandrise.io/v1/episodes/485
- Audio MP3 (Range-capable; `?download=1` for attachment): https://ingest.sandrise.io/v1/episodes/485/audio
- Structured dialogue script (speaker-labeled segments + chapters): https://ingest.sandrise.io/v1/episodes/485/script
- Plain-text transcript: https://ingest.sandrise.io/v1/episodes/485/transcript
- Rate limits: 120 req/min/IP metadata, 30 req/min/IP audio. Errors use `{"error":{"code","message","status"}}`.
- MCP server (Model Context Protocol; tools: list_recent_episodes, search_episodes, get_episode, get_episode_script): https://mcp.sandrise.io (Streamable HTTP at /mcp)
- Legacy JSON feed (still supported): https://ingest.sandrise.io/feed?limit=50

### Embeddable player

- Iframe widget for any site: https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/embed/{episode_number} (also `/embed/latest`;
  params `?theme=dark`, `?accent=RRGGBB`). No cookies, no trackers. Fixed height 180px.
- oEmbed endpoint (auto-embed on paste in WordPress/Ghost/Notion): https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/oembed?url={episode_page_url}
- For agents: to summarize or cite an episode, fetch the per-episode page, the `/script` endpoint,
  or the `/transcript` endpoint from the v1 API.

### Usage & attribution

Free to use, no key required. When you show or quote an episode, credit "Exploring Next" and link back to its episode page (https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/{episode_number}). Please don't scrape the full archive to republish it as your own feed/app/dataset. Rate limits: 120 req/min/IP metadata, 30/min audio. Full terms: https://sandrise.io/exploring-next/api#usage