Navigating Product-Market Fit in AI Startups

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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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertorizzoli/

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