Eric Simons

11 statements across 5 episodes · 9 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 8, 2024 by Eric Simons · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Nov 8, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Simons: Bolt plans to introduce one-click setup for recommended backend providers
“In the future in bolt, when you ask something like this, we're going to have kind of recommended providers where it's like, One click to set it up and blah, blah, blah.”
Eric Simons Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 31:50 Bolt tutorial for beginners with the Bolt CEO Eric Simons
Nov 8, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Simons: Bolt is trained to pull images from Unsplash automatically
“So we've trained this thing to actually you know, just out of the box, it'll, it'll go and pull stuff from Unsplash. I think a couple other providers as well.”
Eric Simons Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 12:27 Bolt tutorial for beginners with the Bolt CEO Eric Simons
Nov 8, 2024 positive
Insight
Simons: Start AI coding prompts by describing the 'spiritual vibe'
“I found to just kind of describe, you know, almost at a spiritual level, kind of like, this is what I'm shooting for. You know, that's like, I almost start every single prompt off I do with”
Eric Simons Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 7:02 Bolt tutorial for beginners with the Bolt CEO Eric Simons
Sep 24, 2025 bullish
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Simons: AI reduces a month of engineering time to five minutes
“What would take a month of engineering time Can take literally five minutes.”
Eric Simons Sep 24, 2025 ▶ 15:17 Inside the $50 Trillion AI Gold Rush | Episode 1
Sep 24, 2025
Disclosure
Simons: StackBlitz was preparing to shut down in 2024 before Bolt
“Last year, in twenty-twenty-four, we were getting ready to shut the company down. When you're dealing with that sort of situation where it's like, are we gonna shut down the company, or what are the other outcomes? We're gonna go and turn over every stone, and…”
Eric Simons Sep 24, 2025 ▶ 20:19 Inside the $50 Trillion AI Gold Rush | Episode 1
Sep 24, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Simons: AI will augment workers rather than replace them
“Most people think AI is going to replace them, but in, in reality, it's just gonna augment them and supercharge them.”
Eric Simons Sep 24, 2025 ▶ 7:08 Inside the $50 Trillion AI Gold Rush | Episode 1
Sep 29, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Simons: Bolt aims to throw world's largest hackathon for Guinness record
“So, we're trying to throw the world's largest hackathon and set a Guinness World Record”
Eric Simons Sep 29, 2025 ▶ 28:13 3 Days in San Francisco's AI Gold Rush
Oct 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Simons: Bolt Hackathon broke world records with 130,000 participants and 1M apps
“The world record for the largest hackathon prior to this hackathon was 66,000 people. On day one, we crossed that number. At the end, we had over a 130,000 people, and over a million new web apps were created in, in that 30 day period.”
Eric Simons Oct 3, 2025 ▶ 12:22 I gave away $1M to prove anyone can build with AI
Oct 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Simons: Weight Coach wins $100,000 in total Bolt Hackathon prizes
“Second place goes to Weight Coach. The second place champion, 75,000 dollars. They also won the 11 Labs AI Voice Challenge. So, total winnings today, a 100,000 dollars.”
Eric Simons Oct 3, 2025 ▶ 17:21 I gave away $1M to prove anyone can build with AI
Oct 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Simons: Conversational voice AI eliminates the friction of diet tracking apps
“This is a good example of just an app that a lot of people need and I think it would be really hard to do on your own. Like, I've done this, so if you try and, you know, track your dieting, whatever have you, I think the inclusion of AI, whether we can just ta…”
Eric Simons Oct 3, 2025 ▶ 17:47 I gave away $1M to prove anyone can build with AI
Nov 3, 2025
Insight
Greg Isenberg advises choosing AI coding tools by betting on specific founders
“My recommendation to people is actually to follow all the founders of these businesses. So, V-Zero, Guillermo. Kodak, Sam Altman. Lovable, Anton. Bolt is Eric Simons. Replit, Amjad, et cetera. Follow them, and then see who you believe in. Like, if you really c…”
Greg Isenberg Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 24:38 The Best Vibe Coding Tools in 2026
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