Episode description
Episode description
My guest today is Chris Pettigrew. Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Granola, an AI meeting notes app that has become indispensable to me. Granola has 70%+ weekly user retention, almost unheard of for consumer AI. In our interview, Chris shared five hard-won rules for building AI products that users love and explained why AI will fix meetings.
Timestamps:
(00:00) The #1 mistake you can make when building AI products
(01:35) The difference between big tech PM and startup founder
(06:22) Why Chris decided to use AI to solve meetings
(09:26) Don't solve problems that won't be problems soon
(12:44) How can you predict what LLMs can do in the future
(19:09) Why context is king for great AI products
(23:56) How to give your AI product a soul
(28:43) When to listen to user feedback and when to trust your gut(31:39) Closing advice for people who want to build AI apps Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/the-hidden-rules-behind-successful-ai-products-chris-pedregal Where to find Chris:
Website: https://www.granola.ai/
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