Lessons building an AI start-up: Mahdi Shariff

Mahdi, Co-Founder of Humble AI shares with us his perspective on: Building AI startups, the importance of creating meaningful relationships, how to define your vision as a founder, the opportunity ahead in the AI revolution and more. Mahdi has also angel-invested in early-stage startups and funds, including Tiny.VC, Aire.io, Purple.AI, Pathao, Sheetgo, Silkfred, Noty.AI & JustPark. Timestamps: 00:00 - intro 10:50 - optimizing for learning early on 21:00 - building a vision of the future 21:28 - product vs. technology 24:30 - speaking to customers 29:50 - how to spend your first 30 days 42:41 - the four types of luck 53:07 - identity and realising your potential 01:00:00 - taking life level by level 01:07:30 - surrounding yourself with the right people 01:10:20 - poetry and the importance of play 01:19:01 - the history of computing and the opportunity ahead 01:25:51 - LLMs and the challenges building AI products Follow Mahdi on X/Twitter - x.com/mahdishariff // Mahdi's Motto to live by: "Smile at the world, and the world will smile back" //