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Interviews

The AI Workflow Behind Predictable Revenue Growth

The AI Workflow Behind Predictable Revenue Growth

Discover FlyCode's AI-native retry workflow that recovers failed payments, reduces involuntary churn, and lifts ARR 5–8%—practical tactics for SaaS & subscription businesses.
David Stepania
19 Sep 2025
4 min read
Are You Losing 1 in 10 Customers Without Knowing It?

Are You Losing 1 in 10 Customers Without Knowing It?

Learn how false declines are silently costing merchants 2–15% of revenue and how Corgi Labs' AI-powered, merchant-tailored fraud models recover lost sales, reduce churn, and boost retention—no extra marketing spend required.
David Stepania
11 Sep 2025
3 min read
Scale Without AI Engineers: Build AI Agents That Work

Scale Without AI Engineers: Build AI Agents That Work

Tyler Postle of Voker AI explains how no-code AI agents let product teams at SMBs build production-ready automation without hiring AI engineers — use cases, guardrails, and go-to-market lessons.
David Stepania
04 Sep 2025
3 min read
1996 All Over Again? The Framework Shaping the AI Agent Era

1996 All Over Again? The Framework Shaping the AI Agent Era

Interview with Sam Bhagwat, founder of Mastra: how a TypeScript framework for orchestrating AI agents—built on orchestration, composability, production reliability, developer-first design, and continuous learning—can unlock 2–3× developer productivity and replace paperwork-heavy workflows across industries.
David Stepania
28 Aug 2025
3 min read
Case Study #26 Why More AI Actually Means More Human Jobs: A Deep Dive with Deepen AI's CEO (Ex-Google)

Case Study #26 Why More AI Actually Means More Human Jobs: A Deep Dive with Deepen AI's CEO (Ex-Google)

Explore how Deepen AI's CEO Mohammad Musa (ex-Google) says advancing AI actually creates human jobs. Learn about sensor fusion, hybrid AI-human validation, major OEM partnerships, and future applications in agriculture, medical imaging, and AR/VR.
David Stepania
08 Nov 2024
5 min read
From Twitter to Toolhouse: How 2 Engineers Built a Profitable AI Infra Platform Without VC Bloat

From Twitter to Toolhouse: How 2 Engineers Built a Profitable AI Infra Platform Without VC Bloat

How two ex-Twitter engineers built Toolhouse: a lean, developer-first AI agent platform that cuts infra costs, avoids VC bloat, enables fast CLI deployments, agent ownership, and agency revenue sharing.
David Stepania
15 May 2025
3 min read
Case Study #8: How Two Friends' Code Struggle Solution Became a Thriving AI Business

Case Study #8: How Two Friends' Code Struggle Solution Became a Thriving AI Business

SeniorDev AI turned coding pain into instant code reviews, tests and docs—scaling with user feedback, incubator backing, and developer networks.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
7 min read
Case Study #7: How Jeremy Toeman Built a Tool That Translates Spoken Words Into Videos

Case Study #7: How Jeremy Toeman Built a Tool That Translates Spoken Words Into Videos

Discover how Jeremy Toeman built Augie — an AI tool that transcribes speech and auto-generates videos. Learn about product pivots, growth, and what's next.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
12 min read
Case Study #5: From Spreadsheets to AI: How mrgn's Mission to Empower Small Businesses Led to 15x Growth in Closed Beta

Case Study #5: From Spreadsheets to AI: How mrgn's Mission to Empower Small Businesses Led to 15x Growth in Closed Beta

Read how mrgn transformed spreadsheet pain into AI-powered decision-making for small businesses — achieving 15x closed-beta growth by prioritizing simplicity, community feedback, and smart capital management. Learn their product lessons, growth strategies, and hiring needs.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
4 min read
Case Study #4: From a Consulting Project to a Web Scraping Platform With $8M in ARR

Case Study #4: From a Consulting Project to a Web Scraping Platform With $8M in ARR

How Apify evolved from a consulting project to an $8M ARR web scraping platform. Learn their product-led approach, open-source strategy, SEO growth tactics, and lessons from bootstrapping to strategic funding.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
9 min read
Case Study #3: With $12.7 million in funding, this founder is making video production easy and accessible for millions.

Case Study #3: With $12.7 million in funding, this founder is making video production easy and accessible for millions.

Learn how Kapwing’s founders turned simple web apps into a profitable, $12.7M-funded AI video platform used by millions — lessons on product, SEO, and sustainable growth.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
9 min read
Case Study #32: The ChatGPT Trap: Why Enterprise AI Projects Fail and How Knowledge Workers Save the Day
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Case Study #32: The ChatGPT Trap: Why Enterprise AI Projects Fail and How Knowledge Workers Save the Day

Explore why enterprises fall into 'The ChatGPT Trap'—rushed AI bets, LLM wrappers, and premature layoffs. Learn practical steps from SAP's Benjamin Smokovich on embedding workflows, leaning on business architects and data engineers, and empowering knowledge workers to create lasting AI value.
David Stepania
14 Mar 2025
6 min read
Case Study #30: Inside Albatross's AI Personalization Engine

Case Study #30: Inside Albatross's AI Personalization Engine

Discover how Albatross compresses multi-year personalization into a three-week sprint using real-time behavior, messy-data understanding, and built-in A/B testing—plus case-study ROI lifts.
David Stepania
20 Feb 2025
3 min read
Case Study #28 Revolutionizing Recruitment: How AI is Streamlining Hiring at Metaview

Case Study #28 Revolutionizing Recruitment: How AI is Streamlining Hiring at Metaview

Discover how Metaview uses AI to transform recruiting: structured note-taking, AI-generated job posts, and automated admin tasks that free recruiters to focus on strategy and relationships. Learn results, use cases, and what’s next for hiring.
David Stepania
14 Feb 2025
2 min read
Case Study #25 From Non-Technical CEO to AI Builder: A Deep Dive with Chris Brownridge

Case Study #25 From Non-Technical CEO to AI Builder: A Deep Dive with Chris Brownridge

How Chris Brownridge went from non-technical CEO to AI builder—learned Google Apps Script, ships fast, builds AI lead-gen tools, and grows via referrals.
David Stepania
24 Oct 2024
9 min read
Case Study #23 Revolutionizing Global Journalism: Alchemiq's AI Co-Pilot Tackles $40 Billion Industry Challenges
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Case Study #23 Revolutionizing Global Journalism: Alchemiq's AI Co-Pilot Tackles $40 Billion Industry Challenges

Discover how Alchemiq and founder Orr Hirschauge are using responsible generative AI to act as a newsroom co‑pilot—multilingual story discovery, news tracking, and SaaS + managed services transforming a $40B journalism industry.
David Stepania
10 Oct 2024
6 min read
Case Study #22: SAP AI Lead Joins Homebase Community: Exclusive Insights on SAP's AI Strategy

Case Study #22: SAP AI Lead Joins Homebase Community: Exclusive Insights on SAP's AI Strategy

Benjamin Smokovich of SAP shares exclusive insights on building enterprise AI platforms, agent swarms, LLM strategy, and practical advice for startups.
David Stepania
03 Oct 2024
8 min read
Case Study #21: Creating a $500K/Year Business by Fixing Boring Sales Emails with AI

Case Study #21: Creating a $500K/Year Business by Fixing Boring Sales Emails with AI

Discover how Perlon AI scaled to $500K/yr by using custom LLMs to generate hyper-personalised outbound emails that drive 5x reply rates. Learn their MVP process, funding, growth hacks, and founder lessons from CEO St John Dalgleish.
David Stepania
24 Sep 2024
9 min read
Case Study #20: How Stephen Klein's AI 'Digital Socrates' Boosts Creativity in Data-Driven Businesses

Case Study #20: How Stephen Klein's AI 'Digital Socrates' Boosts Creativity in Data-Driven Businesses

Explore how Stephen Klein’s Curiouser.AI— a Reflective AI™ 'Digital Socrates'—boosts creativity in data-driven businesses. Learn his AI implementation tips, views on narrow AI vs AGI, and practical advice for leaders and professionals to adopt AI effectively.
David Stepania
17 Sep 2024
9 min read
Case Study #1: 3-Person AI Team Turns Memes into $ with Zero Marketing Full Story

Case Study #1: 3-Person AI Team Turns Memes into $ with Zero Marketing Full Story

How a 3-person remote team built Supermeme.ai in 3 weeks, reached profitability in month 2, and earns 1,500 daily signups with zero marketing. Learn their playbook for product, growth, and lean operations.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
6 min read
Case Study #16: Qualifying Leads with AI at Lightning Speed: Paul Kleen's Pitchit.ai Raises $2.5M

Case Study #16: Qualifying Leads with AI at Lightning Speed: Paul Kleen's Pitchit.ai Raises $2.5M

Learn how Pitchit.ai, founded by Paul Kleen in Austin, uses AI to qualify 130,000+ inbound leads, book meetings, and drive $280M in attributed revenue. Read about their $2.5M seed raise, product pivots from multi‑channel outreach to inbound lead qualification, and plans to add voice AI to boost sales efficiency.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
10 min read
Case Study #15: See How DSW Helps Enterprises Reduce Cost of Ownership by 30% and Halves AI Deployment Times
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Case Study #15: See How DSW Helps Enterprises Reduce Cost of Ownership by 30% and Halves AI Deployment Times

Discover how Data Science Wizards’ UnifyAI platform helped enterprises reduce total cost of ownership by 30% and halve AI deployment times. Read the case study to see real pilot results, sector expansion, and plans for a SaaS marketplace on AWS, Intel, IBM and more.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
15 min read
Case Study #12:  From 0 to 1M Users: Bootstrapping TensorPix into a Thriving AI Startup

Case Study #12: From 0 to 1M Users: Bootstrapping TensorPix into a Thriving AI Startup

Read how TensorPix went from a rough MVP to 1M users by bootstrapping, running fast experiments, prioritizing SEO and product-market fit, and keeping costs low. Learn tactics for growth, user acquisition, and building an AI media-enhancement startup.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
10 min read
Case Study #11: From Frustration to Innovation: Latitude's 30-Day Sprint to MVP + VC Funding
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Case Study #11: From Frustration to Innovation: Latitude's 30-Day Sprint to MVP + VC Funding

How Latitude built an MVP in 30 days, iterated via customer shadowing and pivots, and secured VC & public funding—lessons on focus, GTM, and growth.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
5 min read
Case Study #10: The Rise of Digital Co-Workers: CREATUS.AI's Vision for the Future of Work
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Case Study #10: The Rise of Digital Co-Workers: CREATUS.AI's Vision for the Future of Work

CREATUS.AI builds AI-native digital co-workers that see, hear, type, click, and speak — making AI accessible to SMEs, remote teams, and creators.
David Stepania
08 Sep 2024
5 min read
Agency-to-Product Playbook: How Delos Secured €2.5M from 20VC by Building an AI Workspace Without Prompting
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Agency-to-Product Playbook: How Delos Secured €2.5M from 20VC by Building an AI Workspace Without Prompting

Discover how Delos pivoted from an agency to a product company, secured €2.5M from 20VC, and built an AI workspace that eliminates prompting by orchestrating multiple LLMs — insights on product stickiness, talent retention, and enterprise adoption.
David Stepania
22 May 2025
5 min read
How AI-Driven Simulated Societies Are Revolutionizing Market Experiments

How AI-Driven Simulated Societies Are Revolutionizing Market Experiments

Explore how Artificial Societies uses AI-simulated markets to run rapid, low-cost experiments that mirror real outcomes—accelerating product-market fit and messaging.
David Stepania
21 Aug 2025
3 min read
Uber’s Pricing Secrets Now Powering $500K+ Shopify Stores

Uber’s Pricing Secrets Now Powering $500K+ Shopify Stores

Promi AI brings Uber's discount & price-sensitivity models to $500K+ Shopify stores—personalized discounts that boost revenue 30–50% and protect margins.
David Stepania
14 Aug 2025
3 min read
How Miro Uses Traceloop to Scale GPT-4.1 Safely

How Miro Uses Traceloop to Scale GPT-4.1 Safely

Traceloop CEO Nir Gazit explains how observability, OpenLLMetry traces, and automated evals let Miro deploy GPT‑4.1 at scale safely — reducing hallucinations and drift.
David Stepania
07 Aug 2025
4 min read
Modeling Beliefs: The Hidden Ingredient in Personalized AI
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Modeling Beliefs: The Hidden Ingredient in Personalized AI

Robert Ta (Epistemic Me) on belief-aware AI: how modeling beliefs, layered memory, and epistemic evaluations enable deeper personalization and trust.
David Stepania
31 Jul 2025
4 min read
How ShiftMate Is Using AI to Transform Growth for Community Banks

How ShiftMate Is Using AI to Transform Growth for Community Banks

How ShiftMate's AI co‑pilot helps community banks unify data, reduce friction, and drive growth — turning frontline insights into customer experiences.
David Stepania
11 Jul 2025
4 min read
From Stripe Product Lead to $5M AI Startup: Solving the Permission Death Loop Killing Enterprise AI Agents
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From Stripe Product Lead to $5M AI Startup: Solving the Permission Death Loop Killing Enterprise AI Agents

Ex-Stripe product lead Mounir Mouawad raised $5M to build Portia AI—an open-source SDK that fixes the “permission death loop,” unlocking enterprise AI agents for regulated industries.
David Stepania
05 Jun 2025
3 min read
Why Enterprise CX Is Going All-In on Voice AI

Why Enterprise CX Is Going All-In on Voice AI

Regal AI CEO Alex Levin explains why enterprises are shifting to voice AI: lower costs, equal or better CSAT, and clear ROI. Plus a pilot framework.
David Stepania
12 Jun 2025
3 min read
From Stripe Product Lead to $5M AI Startup: Solving the Permission Death Loop Killing Enterprise AI Agents

From Stripe Product Lead to $5M AI Startup: Solving the Permission Death Loop Killing Enterprise AI Agents

Ex-Stripe product lead Mounir Mouawad raised $5M to build Portia AI—an open-source SDK that fixes the “permission death loop,” unlocking enterprise AI agents for regulated industries.
David Stepania
05 Jun 2025
3 min read

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