Episode 714: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Matt Mazzeo ( https://x.com/Mazzeo ) about using AI agents as your go-to-market.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) AI as the Go-to-Market
(8:50) The Billion Dollar Secret
(12:03) Mario Kart Theory
(18:55) Being a Tinkerer/Supabase
(25:38) Amjad Masad/Replt
(28: 41) Taste
(36:44) Agents replacing VCs
(37:57) Agent Employees
(42:28) Story Game
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Links:
• Want Sam’s guide to use ChatGPT? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wpv
• Supabase – https://supabase.com/
• Replit – https://replit.com/
• Clay – https://www.clay.com/
• Alpha Go Movie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y
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