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How Did Brain Co Cut Permit Waits to One Hour? · The Next New Thing

The Next New Thing

Investor Elad Gil’s next moves

Presented by Zapier https://zapier.com/ Episode Highlights / Timestamps 00:00 The first billion-dollar solo company (Minecraft) 00:27 Elad’s investing track record 01:12 What “making it” really means 04:03 Where today’s “toys” become tomorrow’s giants 08:51 AI puts building power in millions of hands 09:45 Will more builders mean smaller outcomes? 13:03 AI…

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  1. How Do Coding Models Let Millions Build the Next Minecraft? at 8:31

    Small things sometimes become giant things because people often underestimate total addressable market or the number of people who want something. Full answer

  2. How Did Brain Co Cut Permit Waits to One Hour? at 13:19

    Brain Co has built a common platform with data infra and evals then builds vertical specific apps for extremely large enterprises or very large institutions. Full answer

  3. How Did Fifty People on One Problem Lead Companies to Buy Braintrust Three Months Later? at 21:17

    Many companies build internal tools for common problems like evaluation of large language models. Full answer

  4. How Did Incentives Raise Kids' Attention Deficit Diagnoses? at 29:24

    A shift in incentives combined with changes in diagnostic definitions drives ADHD diagnoses to about three percent of kids. Full answer

  5. Why Does Artificial Intelligence Remain Interesting for the Next Decade Plus? at 38:15

    Technology waves are non-obvious until they are obvious. Full answer

  6. Why Do Giants Ignore Opportunities Looking Too Small? at 42:28

    Incumbents wake up late to new markets. Founders locate gaps large enough to reach scale before competition arrives from giants. Full answer

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