Nabeel Hyatt is looking for the “Japanese toilets” of AI—products that delight users in unexpected ways.

As a partner at Spark Capital, that investment philosophy has paid off. Despite making only 1-2 investments a year, he’s picked some of the biggest winners in AI so far: Descript, Cruise, and Granola.

We spent an hour unpacking:

How much “leash” top products give to AI agents—and why that matters

How he spots remarkable AI products

Why “sensitivity” is one of the most important traits of top founders

The huge opportunities for AI products to help users explore new “possibility spaces”

How Nabeel is actually using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and AI code editor Windsurf in his life

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