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Best of the Year: Building AI Companies

Episode Summary

A 2024 highlight reel, featuring founders sharing their insights, advice, and experiences building AI companies — from foundation-model labs to vertical applications.

Episode Notes

A 2024 highlight reel, featuring founders sharing their insights, advice, and experiences building AI companies — from foundation-model labs to vertical applications. Topics include:

• Building AI tools for developers
• Getting into AI as a systems expert
• The researcher-to-founder journey
• Founding AI companies in specific industries
• Early lessons from selling AI agents
• And more

Companies include:

• Ambience
• Anyscale
• Black Forest Labs
• CommandZero
• Databricks
• Decagon
• Ideogram
• Inngest
• Replicate
• Socket