Grey Swan Capital Join Now

The Hornet's Nest

The Hornet's Nest Timeline

Kicking the hornet's nest for the better

A version-by-version journey of how the show is being built. Each entry stays on this page as later versions improve, so you can see the work as it happens.

← Back to Grey Swan Capital

Latest episode Episode 2 · Blooper Reel November 13, 2026 5:56 · 1080p

The Hornet's Nest #2 (Blooper Reel): Bitcoin Is Not Crypto

Our second episode, set in El Salvador. New this time: the AI producer has its own voice, asks the questions, and reads the fact-checks out loud (Jon's feedback), with Chris's brighter style. Steve typed two of his answers instead of saying them on camera, so the boss fined him. We kept it to show how we learn. From now on, every answer is spoken on camera.

Earlier demo Demo v5 to v6 November 13, 2026 3:20 · 1080p

Demo v5 to v6 (Nov 13)

How we learn: we ask key people for feedback. Chris Corley watched Demo 1 and sent four notes. Steve pasted them straight to the AI producer, which weighed each one and agreed with all four.

  1. The golds and dark colors felt somber, so we made it bright blue, white, and teal.
  2. The organ-style music felt heavy, so we switched to upbeat electronic music with a game-show buzzer on TIME.
  3. Lighten the faith touch, so on-screen images now lead with history and evidence.
  4. Chris's favorite part was the fact-check, so we made it bigger and front and center.

Same footage, same day, new result. The next segment is now on this page: Episode 2, on why Bitcoin isn't 'crypto,' it's cryptography.

Before (v5): the fact-check card in the darker gold-and-navy look
Before (v5)
After (v6): the fact-check card in bright blue, white, and teal
After (v6)

As far as we understand, this is the first time ever an AI producer has interviewed a human host, fact-checked him in real time, and given him 15 seconds to reply to each fact-check.

— Steve Schroeder, Founder & CEO, Grey Swan Capital

How this demo is formatted

  • 60-second answers A 60-second answer limit, with a 5-second warning and a cutoff.
  • Best 60 seconds A best-60-seconds highlight of the answer.
  • Fact-check break A fact-check break with a countdown and a Grey Swan commercial.
  • One at a time Fact-checks, one at a time.
  • 15-second replies 15-second on-camera replies to each fact-check.
  • The set A datacenter set.

Before Demo 1 · Preview v5 November 13, 2026 3:20 · 1080p

The first public demo

This is the first Hornet's Nest demo Steve has approved for friends and reviewers to watch online — the cut Chris Corley reviewed, kept here as the before. In it, an AI producer built on Grok interviews host Steve Schroeder, fact-checks him in real time, and gives him 15 seconds to reply to each fact-check.

Coming next Coming soon

What comes next on the timeline

This page is built to grow. Later episodes and versions will appear here as they are ready, so the improvement from one cut to the next stays in one place.

Next up

1-minute YouTube shorts

Short cuts from the show, starting with highlights from the episodes already on this page.

Coming soon
Later entries

Future versions

Room for the next episode, and the ones after that, as the show improves version by version.

To be added

Press November 13, 2026

Press release

Grey Swan Capital shares the first Hornet's Nest demo, in which an AI producer built on Grok interviews the host and fact-checks him in real time.

Download PDF Word document