Making the perfect backpack. Craft in the age of AI.

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Hallway Chat

Fraser Kelton & Nabeel Hyatt

40 episodes

2 weeks ago

Fraser & Nabeel explore what it means to build great products in this new world of AI. Two former founders, now VCs, have an off-the-cuff conversation with friends about the new AI products that are worth trying, emerging patterns, and how founders are navigating a world that’s changing every week. Fraser is the former Head of Product at OpenAI, where he managed the teams that shipped ChatGPT and DALL-E, and is now an investor at Spark Capital. Nabeel is a former founder and CEO, now an investor at Spark, and has served on the boards of Discord, Postmates, Cruise, Descript, and Adept. It's like your weekly dinner party on what's happening in artificial intelligence.

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Making the perfect backpack. Craft in the age of AI.

Hallway Chat

41 minutes

4 months ago

Making the perfect backpack. Craft in the age of AI.

Craft in the age of AI. Nabeel and Fraser start with a dive into what makes the Boundary backpack so great. They explore how AI is changing the way we do customer research, the importance of obsessive attention to detail, and why great founders still need great taste. Along the way, they debate what it takes to recreate the creative magic of “1930s Paris” for modern product builders.

(00:00) - Opening
(00:27) - Backpacks and Craft
(05:36) - AI's potential role in product refinement and customer research
(08:42) - The Down Power Wash Dish Spray?
(10:08) - Consumer packaged goods and the importance of user research
(15:38) - Creating environments that foster creativity and innovation
(35:21) - The importance of solving fundamental problems in startups
(37:47) - Microsoft Teams as a signal about founders