Grit From Idea To Impact: How Gamma Is Redefining Presentations | Grant Lee
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Oct 13, 2025 
Grant Lee, co-founder and CEO of Gamma, shares insights on transforming presentations with AI and an anti-PowerPoint approach. He emphasizes the importance of product word-of-mouth for scaling and the value of a deliberate hiring strategy to foster company culture. Grant discusses integrating AI into their product, the successful AI relaunch that drove growth, and his philosophy against one-person startups. He also reflects on balancing speed with strategic direction and the challenges of maintaining culture during expansion.
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Two-Bedroom Origins
- Early Gamma worked in a two-bedroom apartment where teammates sat shoulder-to-shoulder.
- That intense proximity created an unspoken culture of long hours and shared ownership.
Replace Old Primitives With New Building Blocks
- Rethink primitives instead of copying legacy formats like 16:9 slides.
- Gamma built flexible 'cards' that are responsive, multimedia-rich, and interactive to unlock new storytelling modes.
Org Design Is A Lever For Speed
- You can innovate organizational design as well as product and tech.
- Flat, player-coach structures let lean teams move faster while staying close to the work.