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Startups in the AI Era: Peter Deng on What Will Win
The AI landscape is shifting every week. Startups are racing to challenge the status quo, and investors are closely watching the space.
Peter Deng, a visionary product leader turned investor, joins the podcast. Peter helped shape Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and ChatGPT, driving major launches like ChatGPT Enterprise, voice, and memory at OpenAI.
He is now a General Partner at Felicis, where he backs founders building AI-native companies. In this episode, Peter shares how investors evaluate AI startups today, what separates lasting businesses from surface-level integrations, and what founders must rethink to build companies that hold up over time.
Cam's notes on Substack: promptedwithcam.substack.com
Key Quotes
“There are so many people solving problems that have been solved before, but with old technology, and now they’re solving them with AI in a way that’s ten, a hundred times better.”
“There are a lot of problems that these big model companies are not solving, and that’s where startups are doing really, really well.”
“AI has to be core to the product. Otherwise it’s just not interesting.”
Timestamps
01:12 The Prompt Challenge
01:51 Building a Childhood Boat
03:56 Cultural Differences at Meta and OpenAI
05:45 Joining OpenAI After Launch
08:01 Shipping Products at Lightning Speed
08:39 Using AI as a Thought Partner
10:24 Making AI More Human
11:33 Design Principles and Affordances
13:20 Creative Friction with AI
16:06 The Model is the Product
18:29 OpenAI's Expanding Ecosystem
20:58 AI Native Startups
23:44 Advice for AI Founders
24:53 Foundational Models vs Products
27:02 Social Media Meets AI
29:59 Using ChatGPT Daily
32:36 Advice for AI Founders
35:27 AI and Human Creativity
39:27 The Future of Work
42:41 AI in Ten Years
44:24 All Star Creative Team
47:12 Designer Reveal
50:31 Closing Thoughts
Links
Subscribe to the Prompted Newsletter: https://promptedwithcam.substack.com/
Cam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themaninblue/
Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterxdeng/
Link to Peter, Jade and AI’s Creative Collaboration: https://promptedpodcast.com/episode-10
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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The AI landscape is shifting every week. Startups are racing to challenge the status quo, and investors are closely watching the space.
Peter Deng, a visionary product leader turned investor, joins the podcast. Peter helped shape Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and ChatGPT, driving major launches like ChatGPT Enterprise, voice, and memory at OpenAI.
He is now a General Partner at Felicis, where he backs founders building AI-native companies. In this episode, Peter shares how investors evaluate AI startups today, what separates lasting businesses from surface-level integrations, and what founders must rethink to build companies that hold up over time.
Cam's notes on Substack: promptedwithcam.substack.com
Key Quotes
“There are so many people solving problems that have been solved before, but with old technology, and now they’re solving them with AI in a way that’s ten, a hundred times better.”
“There are a lot of problems that these big model companies are not solving, and that’s where startups are doing really, really well.”
“AI has to be core to the product. Otherwise it’s just not interesting.”
Timestamps
01:12 The Prompt Challenge
01:51 Building a Childhood Boat
03:56 Cultural Differences at Meta and OpenAI
05:45 Joining OpenAI After Launch
08:01 Shipping Products at Lightning Speed
08:39 Using AI as a Thought Partner
10:24 Making AI More Human
11:33 Design Principles and Affordances
13:20 Creative Friction with AI
16:06 The Model is the Product
18:29 OpenAI's Expanding Ecosystem
20:58 AI Native Startups
23:44 Advice for AI Founders
24:53 Foundational Models vs Products
27:02 Social Media Meets AI
29:59 Using ChatGPT Daily
32:36 Advice for AI Founders
35:27 AI and Human Creativity
39:27 The Future of Work
42:41 AI in Ten Years
44:24 All Star Creative Team
47:12 Designer Reveal
50:31 Closing Thoughts
Links
Subscribe to the Prompted Newsletter: https://promptedwithcam.substack.com/
Cam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themaninblue/
Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterxdeng/
Link to Peter, Jade and AI’s Creative Collaboration: https://promptedpodcast.com/episode-10
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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