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AI for Business Owners

How Startup Founders Use AI Tools to Build Real Products Without Code with Tao Ghazarian

05 Nov 2025

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In this episode of the AI for Business Owners Podcast, host Jeff Torello chats with Tao Ghazarian, co-founder of PhrenTech and One Tech Pony. Tao shares how she uses AI to transform spontaneous ideas into full-fledged products, build mental wellness apps like Binaurality, and collaborate seamlessly with developers, even without deep technical knowledge. From prompt engineering to vibe coding and model context protocols, Tao and Jeff explore the practical, creative, and even philosophical dimensions of AI in entrepreneurship. This is a must-listen for anyone who has a great idea but lacks the technical chops. AI might be the co-founder you've been waiting for.   Key Takeaways Why AI is Tao's go-to for app ideation, validation, and research How Binaurality blends music and brain science for better mental health What vibe coding is and how non-techies can prototype UI with it How Tao uses multiple AI models to refine ideas and test feasibility What MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools mean for small business automation   Noteworthy Quotes "I'm just the ideation girl — AI helps me validate and prototype ideas at 3AM." – Tao Ghazarian. "If you prompt well, AI will actually build the next version of itself." – Jeff Torello "Using multiple AI models is like sending memes to different friends — you get different vibes back." – Tao Ghazarian "Vibe coding lets creatives take control of the user experience without writing backend code." – Jeff Torello "AI removes the gatekeeping from software development." – Tao Ghazarian   Key Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction: Meet Tao Ghazarian, founder of One Tech Pony 01:29 – Launching Binaurality: Mental health meets custom sound therapy 03:19 – Music and memory: How sound triggers emotion and nostalgia 04:38 – Tao's AI journey: Ideating, researching, and building smarter 06:09 – Prompt engineering 101: Conversational research and model behavior 09:44 – AI personas: How Tao builds "character-based" AIs for business 15:32 – Multi-model prompting: Tools like Mammoth and You.com 25:13 – Toolchains & MCPs: Letting AI use tools to work smarter 32:33 – Vibe coding: How non-developers create functioning app UIs 47:09 – App stores of the future: One-off, disposable AI apps 48:43 – Will AGI arrive? Philosophical musings on sentient AI   FOLLOW OUR GUEST TAO GHAZARIAN ON: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taofleury/  PhrenTech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/phrentech/  PhrenTech Website: https://www.phrentech.com/  One Tech Pony LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prettypleaseplanning/  One Tech Pony Website: https://www.onetechpony.com/   FOLLOW OUR HOST JEFF TORELLO ON: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtorello/ Website: https://sinjun.ai/   FOLLOW SINJUN AI ON: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sinjunai/ Website: https://sinjun.ai/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/sinjunai Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sinjun.ai/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sinjun-AI/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SinjunAI   FOLLOW AI FOR BUSINESS OWNERS PODCAST ON: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3yi0lfb6ZtSuqRvKh6a2e1?si=88f9e649d1f546c8 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AIforBizOwners  Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ai-for-business-owners/id1823255627

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