AI founders share their biggest challenges | Office Hours The Hiten Show

Today, I talk to two founders about a range of challenges they’re facing with building AI products, including:

• What founders get wrong about AI

• Why AI isn’t the problem

• Building horizontal versus vertical

• Pricing AI products

• Dealing with churn



Todayʼs founders

• James Flynn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coso.ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://coso.ai/⁠⁠⁠

• Girri M Palaniyapan - DialMe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dialme.at⁠⁠⁠



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Episode Timestamps

(00:00) Show intro

(00:31) Rapid Fire Round

(00:43) Q1: Have you been tempted to start an AI company?

(01:17) Q2: What do people get wrong about AI?

(01:49) Q3: Is it too late to start an AI company?

(02:40) Q4: Will AGI make every startup redundant?

(03:15) Q5: Can AI help us compete against market leaders?

(05:20) Q6: How do I tell if my AI product is working?

(07:29) Q7: Should you offer a freemium model for your AI product?

(09:15) The Hotline

(09:22) James, co-founder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠coso.ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(12:44) Building what customers want

(13:59) Girri, co-founder of DialMe

(16:48) Building broad versus vertical

(17:23) That's a wrap!



Last updated 9:54 pm, April 22 (ET)