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Artificial intelligence is leading every company to reinvent itself. With innovation at every turn, organizations and consumers alike are imagining what’s around the corner. Will AI-first startups be able to leapfrog the incumbents? Or will those incumbents leverage their scale to rapidly infuse AI into their offerings? These are just some of the questions answered in Next47's new podcast: AI Unveiled.
Hosted by Gaurav Kotak, Partner at Next47, AI Unveiled brings you the founders and tech leaders using AI to shape their industries and products. We delve into every aspect of the future of AI in SaaS—from technology, safety, and ethics, to business models, funding, and regulations. If you are serious about the future of SaaS, AI Unveiled is for you.
At Next47, we partner with founders boldly building products that power the world. Learn more at Next47.com.
Using AI To Turn Ideas Into Design with Tony Beltramelli, Co-Founder and CEO, Uizard
AI Unveiled
41 minutes
1 year ago
Using AI To Turn Ideas Into Design with Tony Beltramelli, Co-Founder and CEO, Uizard
Episode 4: In this episode of AI Unveiled, Gaurav Kotak speaks with Tony Beltramelli, the Co-Founder and CEO of Uizard, a product design and ideation tool with over 2 million users.
Tony believes great design is increasingly important to build successful products and that there aren’t enough designers to match that need. He wants to leverage AI so that product managers and non-designers can be an integral part of the UX and creative process.
Uizard got started in 2018, way before the gen AI frenzy. In this episode, we discuss why it took them a couple of years to launch the initial product and what gave them confidence they were on the right track. We then discuss the core capabilities of the product such as using computer vision to convert a screenshot into a fully editable design file, and how they constantly evolve their technology to take advantage of better foundational models.
We also discuss how Uizard tackles ‘AI tourism’ where a large number of users sign up based on the appeal of a next-gen solution but may churn quickly. For example, at least 50% of their roadmap is on non-AI capabilities to ensure they tackle the workflow end-to-end.
Finally, we talk about the importance of investing early in distribution and constantly running multiple experiments. Early on, they invested in content and SEO for the original idea of using AI to turn ideation into design. Only years later, when OpenAI launched ChatGPT, did people search for these possibilities. Luckily, they already ranked highly and their traffic shot up.
Tony is extremely articulate both about his vision of AI-powered design and tangible advice in company-building for AI-first startups. Hope you enjoy this episode.
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Timestamps:
* 4:51 - From alpha to beta: building your initial minimal viable AI
* 9:26 - The future of product design
* 17:30 - Uizard’s cutting-edge AI capabilities
* 25:56 - Ensuring you have a winning product before launch
* 33:25 - Converting AI tourists
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Links:
* Uizard
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At Next47, we partner with founders boldly building products that power the world. Learn more at Next47.com
AI Unveiled
Artificial intelligence is leading every company to reinvent itself. With innovation at every turn, organizations and consumers alike are imagining what’s around the corner. Will AI-first startups be able to leapfrog the incumbents? Or will those incumbents leverage their scale to rapidly infuse AI into their offerings? These are just some of the questions answered in Next47's new podcast: AI Unveiled.
Hosted by Gaurav Kotak, Partner at Next47, AI Unveiled brings you the founders and tech leaders using AI to shape their industries and products. We delve into every aspect of the future of AI in SaaS—from technology, safety, and ethics, to business models, funding, and regulations. If you are serious about the future of SaaS, AI Unveiled is for you.
At Next47, we partner with founders boldly building products that power the world. Learn more at Next47.com.
