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In a world where it’s increasingly feasible for anyone to build anything, it’s no longer about hitting traditional startup milestones like minimum viable products (MVPs.) It’s about how fast you can iterate to achieve product-market fit. Chances are, if you’re clinging to the MVP launch model, it’s slowing you down. Prototypes, on the other hand, are lightweight, quick builds that give target users something tangible enough to react to, offer insights on, and get excited about. They’re also reasonably likely to get trashed. But with the almost nonexistent barriers to building these days, a disposable, but testable prototype is one of the best ways to quickly vet technical feasibility and user desirability. In the latest article from our venture studio, we share why prototypes are the key to moving your venture faster and farther. Full article linked in the comments. #venture #MVP #prototype #AI

We’re looking for company leaders and influencers of either e-commerce brands or digital products who are curious about what their customers think. We’d love to chat with anyone in these roles in a 45-minute interview so we can introduce them to the AI product we’re developing and get their thoughts. If this is you, drop a comment so we can connect. Sound like someone you know? Tag them below! 👇

Meet Adam Breaux, Associate at 19days. From facilitating key discovery processes to working closely with venture CEOs as a thought partner, Adam has been integral to the launch and scale of our latest products. Get to know the Houston native and avid cyclist in our latest Q + A article: https://lnkd.in/e2aEyrZG

Our ventures are growing! Check out the open positions we're #hiring for now!

It’s one thing to attract one of the most proven entrepreneurs in the area to lead your new company; it’s another thing to attract two. That’s just what our latest venture, Agentech, has done with Alex Pezold and Robin Roberson, ahead of its launch next month. Agentech is an AI pet claims assistant that helps insurance providers process claims in a matter of minutes, increasing each adjuster’s daily productivity by 4x. Guided by decades of experience, Alex and Robin have big plans for Agentech’s launch-ready technology. Read more about Alex and Robin's impressive resumes and their vision for Agentech: https://lnkd.in/eY2Bzh3t

Great night with our investors and Blink, Inc. founders to share more about the latest venture from our studio!

In researching for our next venture, we dove deep into the exploding world of voice AI to develop criteria for high-potential conversational AI use cases. Conversational voice AI’s ability to understand complex queries and respond in a more human-like way is now far, far beyond the smart voice systems of Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. However, these technologies are still in their relative infancy. They sometimes stumble, and they can be duped. Given the current state of latency and intelligence, some people might see talking to AI as a bug. Is it too time-consuming to speak out loud? Is this format more faulty than chat? Is it more aggravating to repeat oneself verbally than to type a new prompt? Do we question a conversationalist's intelligence when they speak awkwardly, differently, or without our familiar social cues? These are all valid hesitancies, but there are times when the bug is actually the feature, where it is preferable and better to use AI than to talk to humans. These will be the best first use cases for conversational AI, because there is already a bias towards the technology. Our team went looking for these 'bugs turned uses cases' as opportunities for our next ventures, diving deep into the fundamental elements of conversation and experimenting with scenarios in which voice AI could shine. In doing so, we arrived at a set of criteria for evaluating the potential of different conversational AI use cases. Read about the biggest voice AI opportunities in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/dQw9--6M

Look out SaaS, the AI Colleague is here. The world is a far different place than when we launched our venture studio in 2021 with the focus of B2B SaaS. Today, you cannot make B2B technology without thinking about and leveraging AI. While many existing SaaS companies are looking for ways to bake AI into their existing products and models to create incremental improvements, the most exciting new companies are using AI to challenge the way work is done. Check out our latest article on opportunities we’re exploring to leverage AI colleagues to create massive productivity and effectiveness gains and free humans up to spend more time on the most valuable and enjoyable parts of their jobs. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ez6y8qaJ

With the ubiquity of #AI in the #venture world, you won't get far relying on tech differentiation. In this article, our managing partner Joey Wignarajah explains that the true advantage of AI is finding unique, acutely human instances for it. Check it out!

Want to learn more about how we choose industries to explore at our venture studio? Check out our latest article to see the industry characteristics we look for and why we believe there is no such thing as the ‘right’ industry: https://lnkd.in/e2Tuiwrt #venturecapital #venture #startup #vertical