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How I built a $3B AI Startup + 7 AI Business Ideas

2025/5/28
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Guillermo Rauch: 我现在只用prompt，不再写代码了。我能从阿根廷的青少年走到今天，很大程度上得益于开源。我参与创建的很多技术已经成为科技生态系统的基础。我觉得网络是我的成功之路。我其实很喜欢我上的高中。我当时有两个相互冲突的兴趣。我在JavaScript和前端开发领域创建库，在开源生态系统中越来越受欢迎。我很早就找到了自己的商业模式。当我在高中的时候，我在开源世界的名声和我在网络上的名声都在同时增长。当我的成绩下降时，我在网络上的价值、贡献和知名度却在上升。当我给年轻人提供职业建议时，我会说从教任何事情开始。随着时间的推移，我开始有了自己的突破。我对MooTools库的贡献成为了Facebook的JavaScript基础设施的灵感来源和基础。我18岁左右的时候，一家瑞士的创业公司联系我说他们想雇佣一个Mutuals开发者。对我的父母和我自己来说，这有点超现实。如果有孩子在听这个，如果你真的能很早就成为专业人士，那就试试对你的妈妈或任何其他人说这句话。我总是给人们非常谨慎的建议。我上了能给我们提供大学水平课程的高中。当我决定不继续走正常的教育道路时，我有一个非常好的选择。我总是给人们非常谨慎的建议。我上了能给我们提供大学水平课程的高中。当我决定不继续走正常的教育道路时，我有一个非常好的选择。

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Guillermo Rauch, founder of Vercel, shares his unconventional path to success. He dropped out of high school to pursue his passion for open-source software development, landing a job offer from Facebook at a young age. His contributions to projects like MooTools and his focus on JavaScript laid the foundation for his future ventures.
  • Early coding passion led to open-source contributions.
  • Received job offer from Facebook at 17.
  • Founded Vercel, a $3B company.
  • Emphasizes iteration velocity as key to success.

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Episode 711: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP) ) talks to Guillermo Rauch ( https://x.com/rauchg) ) about building Vercel plus 7 business ideas to start in AI.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Dropout to job offer from Facebook

(3:38) Genius vs accident

(21:04) Building Vercel

(25:26) AI startup ideas

(31:38) IDEA: V0 for Video Games

(33:09) IDEA: Doom CAPTCHA

(40:04) IDEA: AI Typeform

(46:54) IDEA: AI Camera

(54:06) IDEA: Auto Complete

(58:51) IDEA: Granular V0

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Links:

• Guillermo Rauch - https://rauchg.com/) 

• Vercel - https://vercel.com/) 

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com) 

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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano