The not so obvious signs of a successful AI startup

A successful AI startup need not have:

• a super strong defensible long-term moat (sorry VCs)
• sexy UX, tech, proprietary LLM as a moat
• a .AI domain (and branding) / won’t be shouting ‘we are an AI startup’ from the top of their lungs.

Instead, a successful AI startup will be:

• A graveyard of a lot of failure products (translates to iterative mindset).
• A full-stack product (own end to end experience/value chain, maximizing the value and hopefully, better LTV)
• A portfolio of products – solving the core and the lateral problem statements, and most importantly:
• A strong focus on JTBD of customers, alignment with the problem statement.