End User

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George: 90% of AI value surplus will go to end users
“90% of the technological surplus is going to go to the end users. Like, just start with that as the assumption, whether it's consumer, whether it's enterprise”
David George Dec 2, 2025 ▶ 8:53 How a16z Growth Invests · Invest Like The Best
a16z Insight
Rampell: Fast-scaling AI startups sell completed work, not software tools
“And we're seeing this happen at so many companies, and these companies are scaling so quickly because they really are selling into clients or, you know, end users and saying, hey, we'll do this job for you. We're not giving you software. We're gonna do a job f…”
Alex Rampell Oct 3, 2025 ▶ 1:55 Software is Eating Labor
Slack: Users will tolerate bugs for cheap, personalized AI-generated apps
“People assume that coding agents need to meet the bar of writing the exact same kinds of software to the exact same standard, and that is not necessarily an assumption that end users, consumers will apply. If they have software that's much faster, cheaper, muc…”
Quinn Slack Sep 25, 2025 ▶ 1:08:41 Amp: The Emperor Has No Clothes
Woollen: Exposing code in business tools visually alienates non-programmers
“When we showed it to end users, a lot of times when people see code, they're like, oh, I'm not a programmer. This tool is not for me. It was like a visual turnoff to them.”
Rob Woollen Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 35:37 He went 7 years with no revenue— then grew to $100M ARR. | Rob Woollen, Co-Founder of Sigma · PMF Show
20VC Insight
Weiss: Slack prioritizes end-user experience above all enterprise buyer needs
“Our answer is that if we have to choose who we're serving above all else, it's actually the end user who's using the product and living in it for 10 hours a week. Because if we can make something that they love, that they feel like actually makes their working…”
Noah Weiss Jun 16, 2023 ▶ 38:04 Noah Weiss: How to Master Product-Led Growth; Scaling PLG to Enterprise at Google & Slack | E1026 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
SAASTR Disclosure
Hoover: Grammarly chose end-user subscriptions from early days to ensure alignment
“Going back to the very early days, we wanted to align our interests with our users, and we did that by selecting a business model where we're only paid, in our case subscriptions, by our end users.”
Brad Hoover Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 14:45 Secrets To Combining PLG and Enterprise Sales with @grammarly CEO Brad Hoover
Lim: Founders avoid user feedback out of fear of rejection
“And it still surprises me to this day that there are a lot of founders who built without Ever speaking to their end user. And I think that has to do with fear. We are inherently really afraid of speaking to people and getting feedback. So we dupe ourselves int…”
E-Ling Lim Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 25:40 The Truth About Funding 2,400 Companies in 70 Countries
20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated
Consumers Will Dictate Product Manufacturing Instead of Corporations
“The way we think about how products go to market will completely change. Instead of big corporates being in charge of what products will be made and will be sold, it will be the end user.”
Peter Weimershausen Dec 9, 2016 ▶ 13:15 20VC: The Future For 3D Printing? Why European VCs Are More Conservative Than US VCs & How 3D Printing Truly Changes The Manufacturing Process with Peter Weijmarshausen, Co-Founder & CEO @ Shapeways

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