AI products
also referred to as: ai product
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 11, 2017 by Adam Coates · across every show →
Everything said about AI products, oldest first
Aug 11, 2017 bullish
Jun 11, 2025 negative
Truell: Optimizing for video demos is a dangerous trap for AI startups
“One of the siren songs involved in building AI products is optimizing for the demo. We were really nervous about optimizing for the demo because with AI, it's easy to kind of take a couple of examples and put together a video where, you know, it looks like you…”
Jul 11, 2025 neutral
Srinivas: No AI product has in-app network effects yet
“No AI product has within app network effect. Like it's not like WhatsApp where if you build a WhatsApp rival, Meta has a definitely like a questionable brand, right? Like people don't necessarily trust Meta's products. They think like these are ad products. De…”
Jun 10, 2026
Franceschi: Every Good AI Product Is Just an Agent Loop With Tools
“Every single good AI product you've used is an agent loop with tools. That's it. Like there's no, you try to sort of over-engineer the harness and then do certain things, but at the end of the day, it's skills tools and a model. Like there's not really much el…”