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Aaron Lee

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
229 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

I don't remember that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

But I think in 20, yeah, I think I don't even remember, but my research, my research says you passed that in 2018.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

2018, yeah, that could be right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

That could be right because the first year was always difficult, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

2016, we stopped building the product.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

We're getting traction, kind of the MVP.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

And now the product is like fully built.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

Like we're just like leveraging more and more AI.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

That's the most important thing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

Well, actually, the burn is not that significant.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

That's why it wasn't at the top of my mind.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

I think right now we're very much focused on sales and marketing because people love the product.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

People say, wow, that works, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

I mean, it allows them to expand the business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

But then when we look at the product side, we need more AI talents.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

We need to build up that kind of muscle because it is where you can take your gross margin to the next level.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

Sales marketing is another way that we can drive more growth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Smith AI Breaks $22m ARR Helping Companies Manage Voice, Chat Support, $100m Cap, Burning $300k per Month

I would say I'm just reading about the one.