The AI Co-Founder: Going From Problem to Product as a Bootstrapped, Non-Technical Founder

Overview
One-person 'unicorns' - will it ever be a thing?
The jury is still out on that one, but there's no disputing the accelerative impact AI has had on the startup/business landscape - completely rewriting how efficient and lean founding teams can be. Lovable, Europe's fastest-ever growing startup hit $4m ARR within just 4 weeks with only 15 employees - a shining example of a new wave of AI-first startups making a huge impact with small teams.
In this session, we'll be exploring AI's potential for enabling a new wave of non-technical founders in turning their bright ideas into real-world, tangible tech products, without knowing how to code. With much of the world's knowledge now only a few prompts away, AI has the capacity to quickly fill knowledge gaps to a reasonable level, boosting founder agency to achieve more with less.
We'll be looking at how different AI tools can support with the many milestones of a startup, acting as a founding team to aid with; problem identification/validation and audience understanding; solution planning, branding and design; prototype development; through to product launch and marketing.
If you've ever had the desire to explore building a tech startup but not had the money or know-how to start - then this is the session for you. The landscape is changing, with technology democratising capability and access. Come along and find out how.
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