18-Minute Masterclass: Build an AI Strategy That Lasts

ABOVE: My Keynote on Youtube: Beyond the Moat; Building an Enduring AII Strategy

I was delighted to deliver the opening keynote at Step San Francisco (thank you Data Phoenix for capturing this video), led by my dear friend Ray Dargham, who brought his global conference series to the Bay. I run a startup event series called Llama Lounge, which attracts hundreds of founders at each event, and it’s common knowledge that the lifespan of a technology moat (defense against a rapidly evolving market) is getting shorter and shorter.

In this 18-minute video, I walk through four strategies that help AI startups grow faster, maintain their edge, and increase their value:

1. AI-native cultures and the impact of revenue per employee in the age of agent-assisted workforces

2. Proprietary data strategies, especially when synthetic data is abundant

3. Viral effects: how your company can naturally spread from customer to customer with minimal marketing, advertising, or sales efforts

4. Network effects: how to increase the value for each customer as new customers join

The last two strategies are at the core of the Blitzscaling strategy, which I’m deploying capital alongside my friend of 20 years Chris Yeh, coauthor of Blitzscaling. I’m one of the VCs at Blitzscaling Ventures investing in early-stage startups, this video explains exactly what we’re looking to invest in.

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Our panel is on Oct 29th at 1130am, AI & Agents: Shaping how we Build, Live & Connect. Join me as moderator along with Patrick Murphy the CEO & Co-Founder Maket and Karan Vaidya the Co-Founder Composio and Alyx van der Vorm the Founder & CEO Clyx #TechCrunchDisrupt2025