From Demo to Defensibility: How to Build an AI Business that Lasts | Aurimas Griciūnas
Description
The technological moat is eroding in the AI era, what new factors separate a successful startup from the rest?
Aurimas Griciūnas, CEO of SwirlAI, joins the show to break down the realities of building in this new landscape. Startup success now hinges on speed, strong financial backing, or immediate distribution. Aurimas warns against the critical mistake of prioritizing shiny tools over fundamental engineering and the market gaps this creates.
Discover the new moats for AI companies, built on a culture of relentless execution, tight feedback loops, and the surprising skills that define today's most valuable engineers.The episode also looks to the future, with bold predictions about a slowdown in LLM leaps and the coming impact of coding agents and self-improving systems.
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