May Habib is the co-founder and CEO of Writer, a full-stack generative AI platform built for enterprises. The model is trained on a customer’s own data to create content that is consistent with their brand style and voice. Writer recently raised $100M at a valuation of around $500M. Prior to Writer, May co-founded Qordoba, an AI writing assistant.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:34) Writer’s origin story

(06:30) Building a full-stack generative AI platform for enterprise

(11:56) The #1 challenge building Writer

(15:41) Writer’s approach to finding champion customers

(20:29) How Writer is winning the enterprise space

(27:11) Signs Writer found product-market-fit

(29:26) Scaling LLMs for specific use cases

(31:53) Writer’s goals for 2024

(33:57) Advice for 0 to 1 founders

(35:53) Creating a culture of “connect, challenge, and own”