How NVIDIA, Meta & Dropbox Taught Me to Build Great Products | Vasanth, Founder-Featurely

50% of products and features built are never used.To build the right product, every founder must answer two questions:Are you solving a real problem? And are you solving it the right way?Technology has rarely been democratic, it’s often elitist. So at times, it ends up solving made-up problems that don’t really exist. Yet, some companies have built truly great products.What sets them apart? Do they share any similarities? Are there lessons for entrepreneurs?We have with us Krishna (Vasanth) Namasivayam who has previously worked on AI products at NVIDIA, Meta, and Dropbox.Vasanth is founder of Featurely.AI. Featurely is fixing how products get built. It does it by simulating users — not as bots, but as human-inspired digital twins.0:00 – Trailer02:10 – Why I chose NVIDIA in 2015?03:55 – Working on integrity at META04:23 – Rethinking AI for Dropbox04:51 – NVIDIA builds for the future05:45 – People loved working for Jensen08:16 – What makes META so special?10:57 – Decision-making at META was democratic11:41 – Dropbox was once the most VIRAL product12:55 – The power of founder-led companies14:28 – Tech is Elitist, Build for a Few16:43 – Silicon Valley trend of Solving Made-up problems19:27 – A magic wand that Finds the right problem22:17 – Synthetic users vs. perfect AI agents25:00 – Why synthetic users can fail (and why that matters)25:35 – What is the Future with AI agents & synthetic humans?26:30 – Why openAI can’t/won’t choose User research27:16 – The simplest explanation of LLMs28:36 – Why ChatGPT succeeded like no other31:04 – Bite-sized Info for 6-second attention span31:37 – The Next Frontier in AI: Predicting Human Behavior33:55 – Uses of Synthetic Humans from Product to Policy35:55 – The biggest surprise of building a startup37:00 – One Mistake Product folks make38:24 – One emotional truth about startups39:04 – What does Featurely do?42:51 – How Featurely will measure success46:36 – All future software will be hyper-personalized50:24 – 3 AI companies to admire (one not built yet)52:28 – How will Work be in 2025?53:59 – How AI gets things (almost) right every time57:02 – Why Featurely chose Neon Fund01:02:51 – What the Bay Area does differently01:04:54 – Learnings from Fundraising01:06:49 – The vision to Build a Category defining Company-------------​​India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it.This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India.What is Neon Fund?We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before.Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon.-------------Check us out on:Website: https://neon.fund/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShowwConnect with Siddhartha on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7-------------This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice.Send us Fan Mail