How I built a $3B AI Startup + 7 AI Business Ideas
About This Episode
Shaan Puri interviews Guillermo Rauch, the founder of Vercel, about his journey from an Argentinian high school dropout to building a multi-billion dollar tech company. They discuss the principles of iteration velocity, the evolution of software from manual coding to AI prompting, and brainstorm several AI-driven business opportunities.
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Key Takeaways
Optimize for iteration velocity by reducing the time between a concept and a live URL from weeks to seconds.
Bet on technical asymmetries, such as JavaScript's unique position as the only language that runs in every web browser.
The next wave of high-value AI startups will involve 'unbundling ChatGPT' into vertical-specific agents that combine traditional software reliability with generative intelligence.
Business Ideas Mentioned
V0 for Video Game Creation
AI & Automation
AI-Native Conversational Form Builder
SaaS
AI Smart Camera App
AI & Automation
OS-Level Contextual Auto-complete
SaaS
Vertical Specific Generative UI Agents
AI & Automation