Building With AI

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Alex Roe, Co-founder of Summit, an AI-powered life coach. In the episode, Alex discusses how his experience at Google and Cresta shaped his understanding of AI and machine learning. During the conversation, they discuss: AI’s unique ability personalize products, Versatile vs. vertical AI, Creating human-like interactions in AI int...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Paul Yacoubian, Founder and CEO of Copy.ai, an AI-driven platform designed to help marketing teams write better copy. In the episode, Paul shares his story of developing five AI product MVPs in 90 days. He explains how the fourth MVP (a tagline generator) transformed into Copy.ai's core product. During the conversation, they discu...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Ryan Alshak, the CEO of Laurel, an AI-powered timekeeping software for professional services. Ryan discusses how he observed the inefficiencies of timekeeping in his role as a lawyer. This realization prompted him to create an AI-powered tool to address these challenges. During the conversation, they discuss: Ryan’s decision to us...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Yana Welinder, the CEO and Co-founder of Kraftful, an AI-powered copilot for product builders. Yana shares the importance of incorporating user feedback from various channels for product development. During the conversation, they discuss: The insight and vision that led to Kraftful, The stages of Kraftful's AI feature development,...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Omar Shaya, the founder of MultiOn, a personal AI assistant that democratizes access to AI. In the episode, Omar talks about his background at Microsoft and Facebook AI teams, and how these experiences led to the creation of MultiOn. During the conversation, they discuss: The importance of a user-centric approach in developing pro...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Greg Kamradt, an AI educator whose expertise lies in the practical implications of LLMs for business productivity. They have an in-depth discussion on how businesses can better integrate AI into their products. Greg shares a framework businesses can use to determine if they should (or should not) integrate GenAI into their product...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jon Noronha, one of the founders of Gamma — an AI-powered medium for presenting ideas. The episode explores the evolution of Gamma and its success in using AI to automate the tedious aspects of presenting ideas. During the conversation, they discuss:  How the Gamma team identified presentation creation as a market opportunity, Gam...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Krish Ramineni, the co-founder and CEO of Fireflies. Introducing Fireflies, an AI assistant for meetings, Krish dives into the founding story of the platform, discussing its development from a Chrome extension to an AI-powered note-taking and meetings assistant.  During the conversation, they discuss:  Why having a well-defined...

In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jamie Cuffe, the Head of New Products and Self-Serve at Retool. David Dworsky accompanies Jamie as they dig into the process of integrating AI into Retool — a platform that streamlines the creation of custom internal applications. During the conversation, they discuss: How Retool enables developers to build AI apps, Retool's produ...

In this episode of Building with AI, Haroon has an engaging discussion with Champ Bennett, CEO of Capsule. Champ shares his journey into startups with the goal of empowering creativity through intuitive tools. This passion led him to tackle the challenge of democratizing professional-quality video creation. Champ delves into Capsule's browser-based nonlinear video editor (that uses AI for transcri...

In the inaugural episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery has a captivating discussion with Dan Siroker, CEO and founder of Rewind, an AI-powered tool allowing users to locally store everything they see and hear to augment human memory. Dan shares more about how regaining his hearing through a hearing aid after going deaf in his 20s inspired him to explore other ways technology could help...