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#778July 11, 202544:44

Brainstorming $10M AI Business Ideas w/ the Airtable Founder

About This Episode

Shaan Puri and Sam Parr sit down with Howie Liu, the founder of Airtable, to brainstorm seven high-potential AI business ideas. They discuss how AI will disrupt industries ranging from personalized news and live shopping to property management and professional email clients.

Episode Description

Want to scale your side hustle with AI? Get 700 prompts here: https://clickhubspot.com/wbc Episode 725: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to the founder of Airtable, Howie Liu ( https://x.com/howietl ), about 7 AI business ideas he would start if he was in his 20s.

Show Notes

  • 0:00IDEA: Live Shopping w/ AI avatars
  • 5:34IDEA: AI personalized news
  • 10:36IDEA: AI Personal Finance Advisor
  • 18:27IDEA: AI PE model of buy an existing business
  • 24:20IDEA: Cursor for email
  • 36:53IDEA: AI-native social apps
  • 38:42IDEA: Uncensored AI search

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Key Takeaways

1

The AI 'PE Playbook' involves acquiring traditional, labor-intensive businesses like property management or BPOs and using AI automation to drastically increase their profit margins.

2

The next generation of consumers will likely trust AI agents for high-stakes advice in finance and medicine more than human experts because AI can process a deeper breadth of data.

3

Successful AI productivity tools like Cursor succeed by creating a 'blended' experience that lives where users already spend their time rather than forcing them into a separate chat interface.

Business Ideas Mentioned

Live Shopping with AI Avatars

AI & Automation

Interactive AI Personalized News Aggregator

Content & Media

AI Avatar Personal Finance Advisor

SaaS

AI-Leveraged Property Management Rollup

Acquisitions

AI-Native Professional Email Client

SaaS

AI-Native Consumer Social Networks

Content & Media

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Quick Stats

Duration44:44
Guests1
Ideas Discussed6
Topics4