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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 24 MIN

Is AI Code Really Safe? | From Consultant to Tech Founder

from Start - Launch - Grow · host Million Labs

Verena and Simon tackle three of the biggest concerns founders raise about AI-assisted and no-code builds: 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗚𝗗𝗣𝗥 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.In a 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁, Verena steps into the shoes of a non-technical founder firing the questions every business leader is asking, while Simon shares what they actually explain behind the scenes. They unpack why 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 of secure infrastructure, how Bubble's default US hosting compares to coded environments where you can spin up a database in Germany or the UK, and why scale is usually 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 - only around 5% of startups ever hit that wall. Their takeaway - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘐, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵.𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: Verena sits down with 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝘆, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗼.Katy is a UK-based founder with over 𝟭𝟴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, who turned her solo consultancy into a nine-person audience research and insight business - by listening to what the sector actually needed when COVID closed every theatre's doors overnight.Katy shares how a single audience survey signed up by 𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 in a week became the foundation of 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲, a collaborative research product, and why scaling it forced her out of the "𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦-𝘧𝘰𝘳-𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺" 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱 she'd been in for 15 years.She also reflects on the 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮, the Miro board moment when the team had to ruthlessly cut features down to a real MVP, hiring 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 you need the help, and the Churchill principle she lives by - "𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳."👉 Learn more: https://millionlabs.com/

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