DeBuild's Twitter Demo Millions
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A story about how Sharif, the founder of DeBuild, raised $2M from a single viral tweet demonstrating GPT-3 technology.
"Sharif is a perfect example of a magic trick thing. He was messing around with GPT-3 when the new technology came out. He got access right away, dropped his whole startup, and started hacking on this thing at night.
He had this idea about website builders like Squarespace and Wix - everyone wants to code without having to code, but it's still complicated even after Webflow and all these tools. He thought, why can't you just describe what you want? Like 'I want a website with two columns, on the left I want pictures of places you can stay, and on the right I want the price.'
He posted on Twitter a gif showing how you could type something like 'build a website with a photo, add a PayPal button that can only take $5 max,' and it would spit out a website with the HTML and CSS that did exactly that.
Off basically one tweet with one gif, he raised $2,000,000 instantly from really smart people when that tweet went viral. They were like 'oh you just showed me a magic trick.' I think he still doesn't know what the company is, but they wanted him to go down this path and see what he could find."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.