Charlie Warren
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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You should ask yourself, as the models get better, does your service get stronger or does the model itself commoditize you?
You wanna be in the first camp.
Where to be careful?
Anything involving equipment and onsite labor.
The software margin math doesn't apply when you own and operate physical things.
It's very hard to create real leverage, though these can be really good businesses.
Let's leave this area to the robotics founders.
One more honesty check.
Ask yourself sincerely, are you using humans because the work genuinely needs judgment, or are you compensating for product gaps?
Be honest here so you're not papering over product shortcomings with actual humans.
There are still great, massive technology businesses to be built with humans in the loop.
Second, and maybe most importantly, the right founding team.
The same advice applies for all startups here, but again with some important caveats.
You should build companies with people you already know and you've worked with.
If you're solo, think about the best people you've ever worked with and ask them to join you.
You'd be surprised who says yes.
For AI services specifically, there's three attributes that all the best founders share.
The first is domain fluency.
Direct experience is best, but learned is actually okay.
You're selling to skeptical buyers in often regulated spaces.
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