Generative Now | AI Builders on Creating the Future

Former Greylock General Partner and Conviction founder Sarah Guo and long-time entrepreneur and startup investor Elad Gil discuss the surprise of ChatGPT3, the future of AI consumer products, and the potential UI evolution AI platforms could bring in this episode. They also explore the potential benefits and drawbacks of chat interfaces, the connection between Web Three and AI, and the legal implications and complexities of AI-generated content.

Ariel Cohen, CEO of Navan, talks about how the company shifted towards AI, solving travel challenges, the impact of AI on company growth, building a global team, AI as a platform shift, and the future of AI at Navan.

Steve Ruiz, founder of tldraw, talks about building a collaborative whiteboard, following a problem through to its end, and the future of open source software. They discuss building out an audience, perfecting the arrow graphic, and the impact of GPT for vision. They also touch on the potential of AI in collaborative whiteboarding and the startup journey of TL Draw.

Adam Wenchel, Co-Founder and CEO of Arthur AI, shares insights on their efforts to make AI trustworthy. Topics include: AI challenges, impact of guardrails in ChatGPT, potential risks of AI, firewall in reducing hallucinations, and regulating AI for accountability.

Guests Connor Zwick, Max Child, Gaurav Misra, Hilary Mason, and Victor Riparbelli discuss sneaking into early AI courses, being first on a new platform, changing business plans after unexpected success, nuanced definitions in AI, and the new paradigm AI can bring.

Klinton Bicknell, Head of AI at Duolingo, discusses the exponential growth of AI, the connection between AI and the human brain, and how AI will transform education. They also talk about the surprises in the AI landscape, advancements in AI for bio and medicine, and the challenges in language learning and AI's role in detecting mispronunciations.

Gaurav Misra, Co-Founder and CEO of Captions.AI, talks about his journey from being a design engineer at Snap to founding a top-tier AI company. They discuss the rise of talking videos on TikTok, the challenges of app development, and explore the future of video editing and AI applications.

Kylan Gibbs, former co-founder of FlowX and consultant at Bain & Company, talks about creating AI-powered NPCs for games. He discusses his background in social sciences, accidental success with FlowX, innovating at Bain & Co., the untapped capacity of generative AI, leveraging unique interaction in gameplay, and scaling up over long time horizons. He also explores how AI can enhance gaming beyond characters and how Inworld works beyond gaming.

Pinecone is one of the preeminent companies building in the generative AI space. Pinecone is able to integrate AI models and vector search databases to ensure that AI applications are getting the most relevant and up to date information as quickly as possible. Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano spoke with Pinecone Founder and CEO Edo Liberty at a Generative NYC meet-up in early 2023. Episode Chapters (00:00) An intro to Edo Liberty and Pinecone (04:02) “It’s either now or never.” (05:11) Building the “smartest person in the room” (06:48) Giving AI the context it needs (08:02) Building an AI startup before it was the coolest thing in the world (12:09) Incumbents vs. Startups - where do we go from here? (14:41) “We’ve been stumbling in the dark and someone flipped the switch.” (16:52) Model dominance vs. Vector database dominance (19:01) What role do vector databases play in a world of LLMs? (21:29) Go-to-market insights from Pinecone (23:26) An on-the-fly feature request Stay in touch: www.lsvp.com X: https://twitter.com/lightspeedvp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightspeed-venture-partners/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightspeedventurepartners/ Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: generativenow.co Email: generativenow@lsvp.com The content here does not constitute tax, legal, business or investment advice or an offer to provide such advice, should not be construed as advocating the purchase or sale of any security or investment or a recommendation of any company, and is not an offer, or solicitation of an offer, for the purchase or sale of any security or investment product. For more details please see lsvp.com/legal.

Dan Siroker, CEO of Rewind, discusses giving humans the superpower of perfect memory. Topics include early experiences with computers, going deaf and rediscovering sound, joining the Obama campaign, starting a successful startup, creating a personalized AI with Rewind, product features and capabilities, reflections on entrepreneurship, and opportunities at Rewind.ai.