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  This Venture Capitalist Finds the Best AI Products—Before They Win - Ep. 45
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  Nabeel Hyatt is looking for the “Japanese toilets” of AI—products that delight
  users in unexpected ways. As a partner at Spark Capital, that investment
  philosophy has paid off. Despite making only 1-2 investments a year, he’s
  picked some of the biggest winners in AI so far: Descript, Cruise, and
  Granola. We spent an hour unpacking: How much “leash” top products give to AI
  agents—and why that matters How he spots remarkable AI products Why
  “sensitivity” is one of the most important traits of top founders The huge
  opportunities for AI products to help users explore new “possibility spaces”
  How Nabeel is actually using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and AI code editor
  Windsurf in his life If you found this episode interesting, please like,
  subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our
  ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here:
  https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only
  for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from
  Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X:
  https://twitter.com/danshipper Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Episode start 00:01:32 -
  Introduction 00:01:50 - Why Nabeel doesn't invest in more than two companies
  per year 00:06:49 - Why the words you use to describe your business matter
  00:13:45 - What a product with soul looks like 00:16:48 - Patterns in the
  remarkable founders Nabeel has invested in 00:24:12 - How Nabeel evaluates
  popular coding agents 00:32:29 - AI has broadened the horizons of what Nabeel
  can do 00:36:28 - How funding models are changing as AI makes it cheaper to
  build software 00:45:43 - Nabeel's framework for when to trust an LLM 00:55:39
  - Guide AI to provide context (and not just quick answers)
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# This Venture Capitalist Finds the Best AI Products—Before They Win - Ep. 45 with Nabeel Hyatt

Nabeel Hyatt is looking for the “Japanese toilets” of AI—products that delight users in unexpected ways. As a partner at Spark Capital, that investment philosophy has paid off. Despite making only 1-2 investments a year, he’s picked some of the biggest winners in AI so far: Descript, Cruise, and Granola. We spent an hour unpacking: How much “leash” top products give to AI agents—and why that matters How he spots remarkable AI products Why “sensitivity” is one of the most important traits of top founders The huge opportunities for AI products to help users explore new “possibility spaces” How Nabeel is actually using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and AI code editor Windsurf in his life If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Episode start 00:01:32 - Introduction 00:01:50 - Why Nabeel doesn't invest in more than two companies per year 00:06:49 - Why the words you use to describe your business matter 00:13:45 - What a product with soul looks like 00:16:48 - Patterns in the remarkable founders Nabeel has invested in 00:24:12 - How Nabeel evaluates popular coding agents 00:32:29 - AI has broadened the horizons of what Nabeel can do 00:36:28 - How funding models are changing as AI makes it cheaper to build software 00:45:43 - Nabeel's framework for when to trust an LLM 00:55:39 - Guide AI to provide context (and not just quick answers)

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