Hey Gen - another example

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The emergence of realistic video avatars marks a significant advancement in content creation technology. A company named Hey Gen successfully achieves this with their product, which enables users to create digital representations of themselves or fictional characters. This technology facilitates the production of training and marketing videos without the need for traditional filming processes. The company has achieved substantial financial success, generating tens of millions in revenue without any expenditure on paid marketing efforts. The rapid growth in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and recent funding shows the strong demand for such corporate applications, positioning digital avatars as valuable tools in professional environments.

Episode 612: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sarah Guo ( https://x.com/saranormous ) about the Ai ideas she thinks could be $1B swings.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:00) IDEA: AI companions

(16:00) IDEA: AI interior design / professional headshots

(22:30) IDEA: A richer version of The Sims

(25:00) The speedy way to do this if you're non-technical

(27:00) IDEA: Your Personal Seller

(32:00) IDEA: Generative Voice API for service providers, SMBs, restaurants

(38:00) IDEA: Next Gen Auto-Fill

(40:00) Software 3.0--what's coming

(42:00) Boring verticals fertile for AI: Legal and medical

(44:00) Ask: What's already being outsourced?

(47:00) Ripe for disruption: energy storage, chips,

(49:00) “Ai's $600B Question”

(52:00) Sarah Reacts: Doomsday scenarios in Ai

(56:30) If you're 22, hungry and optimistic, go west

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Links:

• Sarah Guo - https://sarahguo.com/

• Conviction - https://www.conviction.com/

• No Priors Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@NoPriorsPodcast

• Replika - https://replika.com/

• Character.ai - https://character.ai/

• HeyGen - https://www.heygen.com/

• Icon - https://icon.me/

• Arcads - https://www.arcads.ai/

• Interior AI - https://interiorai.com/

• Aragon - https://aragon.ai/

• Chatbot App - https://chatbotapp.ai/

• Cartesia - https://cartesia.ai/

• Somewhere - https://www.somewhere.com/

• AI’s $600B Question - https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ais-600b-question/

• Eureka Labs - https://eurekalabs.ai/

• Conviction Embed - https://embed.conviction.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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