Building AI Agents for Knowledge Work | Alberto Rizzoli, CEO of V7 Labs
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Alberto Rizzoli is the CEO of V7 Labs, an AI agent platform to automate knowledge work. They've raised a total of $43M in funding from Radical Ventures, Temasek, Air Street Capital, and others.
Alberto's favorite books: Sapiens (Author: Yuval Noah Harari)
(00:01 ) Introduction and What V7 Labs Does
(01:23 ) The Founding Insight and Early MVP
(04:54 ) Getting the First Five Customers
(07:01 ) Darwin vs. Go: Product Differentiation
(10:16 ) Infrastructure and Chaining Models at V7
(12:34 ) Product Philosophy: Killing Your Darlings
(15:56 ) Surprising User Behavior and Composability
(17:32 ) Human-in-the-Loop vs. Fully Autonomous
(19:38 ) Identifying High-PMF Sub-Verticals
(22:37 ) Positioning V7 in a Crowded Agent Market
(26:33 ) Advice for Founders Post-Pre-Seed
(29:22 ) Exciting AI Trends: MCP and AI-to-AI Communication
(31:18 ) Rapid Fire Round
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Where to find Alberto Rizzoli:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertorizzoli/
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