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Josh Mohrer: Is the Future of AI Businesses A Solo Pursuit?

Mar 6, 2025

Josh Mohrer, founder and CEO of Wave, shares insights from his transition from leading Uber in New York City to launching an AI-powered meeting transcription app. He discusses the power of AI in empowering solo entrepreneurs and how it helped him learn coding. Josh emphasizes the importance of user feedback in app development and the challenges of balancing human touch with AI in customer support. He also explores the evolving role of AI in coding and the future landscape for solo ventures in the tech industry.

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Josh Mohrer transitioned from a managerial role at Uber to become a solo entrepreneur, creating his AI-driven app Wave to fill a market gap.

Mohrer leverages AI tools like ChatGPT to simplify coding and development processes, enabling solo operations while ensuring app innovation and stability.

His approach focuses on high-touch customer support, using direct user feedback to enhance Wave's features and reinforce user loyalty.

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Josh Moore's Entrepreneurial Journey

Josh Moore, the founder and CEO of Wave, transitioned from a managerial role at Uber to launching his own AI-driven app that transcribes audio recordings. His background at Uber, where he scaled New York's operations significantly, gave him the operational expertise to manage a full-scale business independently. Moore's journey into entrepreneurship began with a desire to become an engineer, paired with hands-on experiences that included running marketing and operations for various tech and e-commerce companies. His shift to developing Wave was motivated by a gap in the market for efficient audio transcription solutions tailored for everyday individuals.

Intro

4min

Navigating the Tech Journey

5min

Navigating AI and Entrepreneurship

22min

The Shifting Paradigm of Coding: APIs vs SDKs in AI Development

4min

Blending AI with Human Touch in Customer Support

12min

Exploring Usage Patterns in Work and Health Tech

2min

Empowering Patients: The Future of Health Data Management

2min

AI is rapidly expanding what we can get done in a day. So, can entrepreneurs leveraging AI start companies of one? In this episode of Generative Now, host Michael Magnano, partner at Lightspeed, sits down with Josh Mohrer, the founder and CEO of Wave, a revolutionary AI app that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings and conversations. Josh talks about his entrepreneurial journey, transitioning from running Uber's New York operations to building a successful solo venture. He shares how he leveraged AI technologies like GPT-3 to learn to code and develop Wave, the challenges and advantages of being a solo founder, and his hands-on approach to customer support.

Episode Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:31) Josh's Journey with Uber
(09:29) Transition to Building Wave with AI
(24:41) Embracing the Solo Entrepreneurial Journey
(25:26) Balancing Expectations and Investor Influence
(26:20) The Role of AI in Engineering and Development
(27:17) Improving App Performance and User Experience
(29:03) The Future of Solo Ventures and AI-Driven Companies
(31:54) AI's Impact on Coding and Development Practices
(35:53) Leveraging AI for Customer Support and Internal Tools
(38:59) How Josh Leverages AI Tools
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