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Avi Schiffmann

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390 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Although I know I did launch friend.com, but kind of ignore that for a second. If I was truly trying to compete with building a chatbot chatbot, it's kind of existed since the 60s with Eliza. You're trying to build something better.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Although I know I did launch friend.com, but kind of ignore that for a second. If I was truly trying to compete with building a chatbot chatbot, it's kind of existed since the 60s with Eliza. You're trying to build something better.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Although I know I did launch friend.com, but kind of ignore that for a second. If I was truly trying to compete with building a chatbot chatbot, it's kind of existed since the 60s with Eliza. You're trying to build something better.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

You're trying to build a better user interface that looks nicer, the chats are a little nicer maybe, which is kind of what I went through actually with building, let's say, Fern.com. I'm trying to build something that is going to be compared against all these other web-based chatbots like Replica and Character AI and

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

You're trying to build a better user interface that looks nicer, the chats are a little nicer maybe, which is kind of what I went through actually with building, let's say, Fern.com. I'm trying to build something that is going to be compared against all these other web-based chatbots like Replica and Character AI and

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

You're trying to build a better user interface that looks nicer, the chats are a little nicer maybe, which is kind of what I went through actually with building, let's say, Fern.com. I'm trying to build something that is going to be compared against all these other web-based chatbots like Replica and Character AI and

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

you know, even, let's say, chat, we see a writer or just all these all these chat bots. But, you know, if I'm trying to build something entirely new that's like a embodied AI friend. It's entirely new and there's nothing to really compare it with except, I don't know, maybe like a dog or like a Tamagotchi or something like that. You know, I don't really have to make it so fancy.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

you know, even, let's say, chat, we see a writer or just all these all these chat bots. But, you know, if I'm trying to build something entirely new that's like a embodied AI friend. It's entirely new and there's nothing to really compare it with except, I don't know, maybe like a dog or like a Tamagotchi or something like that. You know, I don't really have to make it so fancy.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

you know, even, let's say, chat, we see a writer or just all these all these chat bots. But, you know, if I'm trying to build something entirely new that's like a embodied AI friend. It's entirely new and there's nothing to really compare it with except, I don't know, maybe like a dog or like a Tamagotchi or something like that. You know, I don't really have to make it so fancy.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I don't necessarily have to have the best user interface or any of these things. It's a bit easier to just have this novel thing that is... I don't know, like this. Yeah, there's nothing to compare it to. And it stands on its own and it's it creates new categories.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I don't necessarily have to have the best user interface or any of these things. It's a bit easier to just have this novel thing that is... I don't know, like this. Yeah, there's nothing to compare it to. And it stands on its own and it's it creates new categories.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I don't necessarily have to have the best user interface or any of these things. It's a bit easier to just have this novel thing that is... I don't know, like this. Yeah, there's nothing to compare it to. And it stands on its own and it's it creates new categories.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It's it's it's easier to create a new category than to try and, you know, win in an existing category, because if you create your own category, you immediately crown yourself king. And I don't know why anyone builds in categories that already exist unless you're like a like a cuck. You know, you're truly cucking yourself if you're if you're building an existing category. There's already a king.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It's it's it's easier to create a new category than to try and, you know, win in an existing category, because if you create your own category, you immediately crown yourself king. And I don't know why anyone builds in categories that already exist unless you're like a like a cuck. You know, you're truly cucking yourself if you're if you're building an existing category. There's already a king.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It's it's it's easier to create a new category than to try and, you know, win in an existing category, because if you create your own category, you immediately crown yourself king. And I don't know why anyone builds in categories that already exist unless you're like a like a cuck. You know, you're truly cucking yourself if you're if you're building an existing category. There's already a king.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I mean, you can make different levels of scopes. Sure. I mean, yeah, I think there's an argument that, yeah, all startups are startups or some bullshit like that. But like, I don't know what to tell you. I think there still is clear differential like categories for sure. Well, maybe, you know, when you truly, it needs to truly be like a new category.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I mean, you can make different levels of scopes. Sure. I mean, yeah, I think there's an argument that, yeah, all startups are startups or some bullshit like that. But like, I don't know what to tell you. I think there still is clear differential like categories for sure. Well, maybe, you know, when you truly, it needs to truly be like a new category.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I mean, you can make different levels of scopes. Sure. I mean, yeah, I think there's an argument that, yeah, all startups are startups or some bullshit like that. But like, I don't know what to tell you. I think there still is clear differential like categories for sure. Well, maybe, you know, when you truly, it needs to truly be like a new category.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Look, you can't just build a slightly better note-taking app. You know, I don't know. It's still a category of productivity even.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Look, you can't just build a slightly better note-taking app. You know, I don't know. It's still a category of productivity even.