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How to Build Executive OS using Claude Code | Neha Monga, VP/GM (HubSpot, Meta, Amazon)
Episode 19
Thursday, 23 July, 2026
Become an AI-native Product Manager with OpenAI’s Codex PM and other frontier AI leaders ($500 off): https://maven.com/product-faculty/ai-product-management-certification?promoCode=F5 Elie Habib built Anghami into the first Nasdaq-listed music streaming company out of the Middle East, fending off Spotify and Apple along the way. Then, on a single Sunday in January, he started coding a weekend side project called World Monitor. It now has over 3 million users, 50,000+ GitHub stars, and people are calling it "the Bloomberg Terminal for geopolitics." He has refused to charge a cent for it during wartime. In this conversation, Elie breaks down three things every leader needs to hear: how a local founder out-competes global giants, how a media executive adapts to AI, and how a CEO actually builds with AI instead of just talking about it. We get into why "you don't beat Spotify by being Spotify with Arabic subtitles," why he won't hire again until his team proves real AI adoption, why he believes a CEO who can't code on weekends won't survive the next decade, and why curiosity is the only competitive advantage that never depreciates. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:07 Three conversations every CXO needs to hear 02:18 Beating Spotify and Apple without their budget 08:38 Why improving your product means fixing your org chart 13:07 Building a team that argues with you 15:08 Running music and video as separate but connected products 22:14 How AI reshapes the content supply chain 25:47 Why ambition plus AI beats deep pockets 28:32 How Elie deploys AI across every division 37:25 Why a CEO who can't code won't survive the next decade 41:28 World Monitor: the 3M-user weekend project 46:07 Refusing to monetize during a war 51:52 Curiosity, building with your team, and what you become #AI #Startups #Podcast #TechLeadership #Anghami
