Entrepreneurs Combine AI Technologies

Guillermo Rauch believes entrepreneurs have a massive opportunity to create new platforms by combining existing AI technologies into opinionated workflows, without needing to train foundation models themselves.

Key Points:

• Entrepreneurs don't need to train foundation models

  • "I think entrepreneurs don't need to like go and train foundation models they just need to go in and put the pieces together into opinionated workflows"
  • Focus on combining existing technologies in new ways

• Look for clusters of common ChatGPT queries that can become platforms

  • "What I challenge people to think about is that what are those like clusters of queries that people are going to chat gpt for that can become entire platforms"
  • Examples include AI for legal, AI for developers, and AI for game creation

• Software 2.0 vs Software 1.0

  • Software 1.0: Traditional programming with deterministic algorithms and explicit control
  • Software 2.0: AI-based approach using neural networks and training data
  • "Instead of writing every circuitry of the programming language we're relying on training models with data"
  • The best platforms will combine both approaches

• Real examples of AI platform opportunities:

  • Video game creation platform

    • "Why don't we have a v zero for creating video games a studio that combines the best of both worlds of software one.O techniques and software two.O techniques"
    • Connect to image generation models for assets
    • Integrate with sound creation tools like Eleven Labs
    • "Anybody can cook" - lower the barrier to entry for game creation

  • Typeform-style interfaces

    • Successful because of interface innovation (one question at a time)
    • AI can enhance this experience further

• Creative engineering is emerging as a new approach

  • "I no longer write code I only prompt"
  • Example: Creating a Doom-based CAPTCHA through prompting
  • AI enables rapid prototyping and implementation of creative ideas

• Vertical-specific AI platforms will emerge

  • "There's gonna be way many many other video games that people are gonna create"
  • "You can do v zero for doctors... for video games... for lawyers"
  • Each vertical presents unique opportunities for entrepreneurs