Why the Next Hit AI Product Will Be Social Why the Next Hit AI Product Will Be Social (Best of the Pod)

<p>Most consumer AI so far has been single-player: you and a chatbot, alone.</p><p>Benchmark partner Sarah Tavel, one of Pinterest's first 30 employees, is betting that's about to change. She's looking for a product genius who can build an AI product with social DNA: status, network effects, and multiplayer dynamics. That'll enable users of ChatGPT and other models to learn from how others use AI and level up.</p><p>On this week’s AI &amp; I, Dan Shipper revisits his conversation with Sarah. They talk about why technical founders dominate the early days of a platform shift while product-minded founders win later, what ChatGPT is still missing, and what separates a founder's real network effect from a slide with a flywheel diagram.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!</p><p><br /></p><p>To hear more from Dan Shipper:</p><p>Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe</p><p>Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper</p><p><br /></p><p>Timestamps for YouTube:</p><p>0:00 Start</p><p>1:10 Introduction</p><p>2:26 Why the future of consumer AI belongs to founders with product intuition</p><p>11:09 What Sarah sees as ChatGPT's biggest weakness</p><p>18:45 How Sarah would design a consumer AI app with social DNA</p><p>24:10 The kind of founders Sarah invests in</p><p>28:33 How to know if your startup's network effects are real</p><p>35:40 What's catching Sarah's eye beyond AI</p><p>40:41 How AI will change the way top venture capitalists invest</p><p><br /></p><p>Links to resources mentioned in the episode:</p><p>Sarah Tavel on X: https://x.com/sarahtavel</p><p>Benchmark: https://benchmark.com</p><p>Agentio (marketplace for YouTube creators and brands): https://agentio.com/ </p><p>Chainalysis: https://chainalysis.com</p><p>The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007BZBRB8</p><p>Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBBW23PM</p>