AI startup

also referred to as: ai startups

9 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Dec 9, 2024 by Dan Shipper · across every show →

Everything said about AI startup, oldest first

Dec 9, 2024 bullish
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Shipper: Incumbents cannot risk UX changes, giving AI startups an advantage
“Big companies are really limited in the risk, the amount of risks that they can take to like make their actual interface good for that specific thing. Cause they can't risk like pissing off their regular users. And that's a tremendous advantage for startups to…”
Dan Shipper Dec 9, 2024 ▶ 33:55 3 AI app ideas that are goldmines (and how to grow them)
Feb 19, 2025 positive
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Isenberg: A proprietary dataset of what works is an AI startup's moat
“If you're building an AI startup, building a unique data set of what works is going to be your moat.”
Greg Isenberg Feb 19, 2025 ▶ 17:15 ChatGPT Pro ($200/month ) vs Perplexity AI (Free): Building a $5M Startup from Scratch
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Isenberg: Winning AI Companies Will Automate Boring Workflows, Not Flashy Demos
“I think that the winners won't be the companies that create the most impressive AI demos. They're going to be the ones that understand these boring, painful workflows, a specific user groups and transform them with AI.”
Greg Isenberg Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 24:20 How I find $130K/month AI SaaS Opportunities hiding in plain sight
Mar 24, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wilkinson: Almost all current AI businesses will be zeros in five years
“To be clear, I'm still saying almost all these businesses will be zeros in five years.”
Andrew Wilkinson Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 46:46 If I wanted to build $1M+ AI startup in 2025, I'd do this
Mar 24, 2025 neutral
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Wilkinson: Building $1M startups and losing equity has never been easier
“It's never been easier to build a million dollar business and it's never been easier to lose all your equity value.”
Andrew Wilkinson Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 5:17 If I wanted to build $1M+ AI startup in 2025, I'd do this
Apr 16, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Isenberg: Best AI startups will start as sweaty service businesses
“So I think that some of the best AI startups are actually going to start as sweaty startups.”
Greg Isenberg Apr 16, 2025 ▶ 26:11 The $1,000/Day boring business anyone can start tomorrow
Apr 16, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Huber: 99% of AI startups will fail to become profitable
“Yeah, I would probably say 99% won't make its profitability, but in 90, but 90% will like be a loss for the founder”
Nick Huber Apr 16, 2025 ▶ 24:05 The $1,000/Day boring business anyone can start tomorrow
Aug 13, 2025 positive
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Isenberg: The secret to building AI startups is mastering niche edge cases
“That's, that is the secret to actually building an AI startup, is understanding a very, very niche Insight.”
Greg Isenberg Aug 13, 2025 ▶ 1:37 The Most Overlooked $12.5K/mo AI Agent Business Anyone Can Start
Apr 1, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Isenberg: The Asymmetric AI Startup Window Will Narrow Within 24 Months
“I think that there's 12 months where competition starts catching up. Some of the best niches get claimed. Some of the tools get crowded. I think there's probably 24 months where the window narrows. The builders who get started now Are going to start owning moa…”
Greg Isenberg Apr 1, 2026 ▶ 27:58 23 AI Trends keeping me up at night
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