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Quotes and lessons on pricing from 4 founders Charles Cormier interviewed on the Founder Wisdom, CEO Wisdom, and YC Wisdom podcasts.
Quotes across interviews
Cluso is a company that I currently co-founded and work for full- time. We create product videos and documentation using AI.
— Prajwal Prakash, Clueso · episode
If you're going to spend your whole day, night, and whole soul on a business, it has to be something that can scale.
— Prajwal Prakash, Clueso · episode
Contour is a YC uh summer 2023 companies. Vampy's in uh New York and yeah, it's a pretty cool company.
— Vamsi Saladi, Contour · episode
We're building an AI customer support platform specifically for financial institutions.
— Vamsi Saladi, Contour · episode
So essentially what we are is the easiest way for you to build a voice agent that answers your phones.
— Will Bodewes, Phonely · episode
When I was when I was 13 years old, my brothers and I spent 72 days kayaking around Lake Superior, which is 1,200 miles.
— Will Bodewes, Phonely · episode
hypers spell is a building infrastructure for the AI app layer we allow you to connect any data source and make that data useful for AI right
— Conor Brennan-Burke, Hyperspell · episode
we know a lot of these other AI companies are also very early and so you know our our thing that we offer to them is hey you pay one flat fee we will handle your entire data pipeline
— Conor Brennan-Burke, Hyperspell · episode
FAQ
What does Clueso do?
Clueso is an AI-powered platform that takes rough screen recordings, such as Loom videos, and automatically converts them into studio-quality product videos with generated audio tracks and written documentation.
How did Prajwal Prakash start his first company, DeskLamp?
DeskLamp started during the COVID-19 pandemic as a PDF reader created by three college friends to help them learn in a remote work environment. The project eventually scaled across colleges in India and got accepted into Y Combinator.
What is Contour?
Contour is an AI customer support platform built for financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, and B2C fintechs. It offers an omnichannel support solution with a flagship voice product and a co-pilot for human support teams.
What is Vamsi Saladi's role at Contour?
Vamsi Saladi is the CTO and co-founder of Contour. He handles the technical building and engineering side of the company.
What is Phonely?
Phonely is a platform that makes it easy to build an AI voice agent that answers your phone. It connects the plumbing of your calls to calendars, CRMs, and other tools so it can operate and talk like a person.
What is the primary use case for Phonely?
The primary use case is inbound lead qualification. Businesses use it to have AI answer phone calls, ask a few questions to qualify customers, and schedule appointments.
What does Hyperspell do?
Hyperspell builds data infrastructure for the AI app layer. It allows users to connect any data source like Gmail, Slack, and Google Drive to make that data useful for AI applications.
How does Hyperspell price its product for early customers?
Hyperspell charges a flat fee per month that gives early customers unlimited queries. They handle the entire data pipeline including data sources, account management, parsing, embedding, and query execution.
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