Casado: Relying on AI to discover product-market fit is wishful thinking
Martin Casado · a16z Podcast | AI, from 'Toy' Problems to Practical Application · Jan 2, 2019 · at 6:23
Martin Casado, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), criticizes AI startups that rely on AI algorithms to define their product concept and find market fit.
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“And then the fourth, the most science fiction, and these are the ones I don't give a lot of credibility to, they basically want AA to solve their product market fit problem. So they basically say, I don't really know what company to build, you know, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to enter a space, I'm going to add AI, and then, like, that'll, like, basically tell me what company or product to build. And those, I think that's mostly just kind of wishful thinking. I don't think it's going to actually solve, like, what company to build.”
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