Founder Insights

‘The best time to start thinking about compute efficiency is before your Series A. After that, your burn rate makes the decisions for you.’

‘Every dollar spent on customer research before building is worth ten dollars spent on rewrites after launch.’

‘We optimized for inference costs from day one. Our competitors optimized for training speed. They're now 3x more expensive to run.’

‘The metrics that matter change at every stage. Pre-product: engagement. Post-product: retention. Post-revenue: unit economics. Don't optimize for the wrong one.’

‘Founders overestimate what they can build in a month and underestimate what they can learn in a week.’

‘The AI tools market is splitting into two: horizontal platforms for the masses and vertical solutions for the professionals. Pick which one you're building for.’

‘Your fundraising deck should answer one question: why will this company be worth a billion dollars? Everything else is noise.’

‘The companies that survive the next downturn won't be the ones with the best technology. They'll be the ones with the best unit economics.’