Building Search

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We tryn't just understand, like, why people, what objections people have. How do people think about the process. And that's how we even came up with searches. Machines can take your your choice from ten thousand homes to 20 homes. Like 20 to one is a human problem. Ten thousand to 20 is a machine problem. So that's the whole point of building search. Ah so we'll just by listening to people and hearing what they want. You hear things like, ha, i want my commute to be efficient, right? Right? If if two people comeute, it's a machine problem to optimise that commune. Ye than like human strength on optom

Laks Srini is the cofounder and CTO of ZeroDown. Before that he was the cofounder and CTO of Zenefits.

You can find him on Twitter at @laks_srini.

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.

Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.

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Topics

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - What is ZeroDown?

1:50 - How did they test the idea?

3:50 - What did they learn from companies that failed in the space?

8:00 - Breaking down the product

11:25 - ZeroDown's customers

13:35 - Expanding to other markets

15:50 - What if a downturn happens?

17:10 - ZeroDown's hiring strategy

20:10 - What are their hardest technical challenges?

22:05 - ZeroDown's breadth and product strategy

26:40 - Customer interviews

28:35 - Should everyone own a house?

29:50 - Home ownership in the future

32:45 - Build something you really want to see in the world

34:40 - Working with his cofounders was the most important consideration