by Rachitsky's Newsletter. Slightly
the beginning, Lenny summarizes the characteristics of future companies.
Perplexity as a representative of future companies:
: Perplexity asks AI questions at every step of building the company, including "How to launch the product?" It encourages employees to consult AI before disturbing their colleagues. Decouple each part of every project to optimize and reduce coordination costs. (As our partner Cong always says) . Their AI-generated (highly acclaimed) podcast was built and operated by just one person. independent contributors (ICs), and actively avoids hiring those who are best at directing others' work. will become the most valuable people in the company over time."
Original text:
AI-first: They’ve been asking AI questions about every step of the company-building process, including “How do I launch a product?” Employees are encouraged to ask AI before bothering colleagues. Organized like slime mold: They optimize for minimizing coordination costs by parallelizing as much of each project as possible. Small teams: Their typical team is two to three people. Their AI-generated (highly rated) podcast was built and is run by just one person. Few managers: They hire self-driven ICs and actively avoid hiring people who are strongest at guiding other people’s work. A prediction for the future: Johnny said, “If I had to guess, technical PMs or engineers with product taste will become the most valuable people at a company over time.”
Perplexity Highlights:
, but the user base has grown to tens of millions. dollars in annual recurring revenue (ARR). to challenge Google and OpenAI in the future battle. . Investors include Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, Andrej Karpathy, Garry Tan, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Naval Ravikant. Unfortunately, it does not include LENNY RACHITSKY😭. "are using this product.
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