Speed x AI

The AI revolution just ratcheted up the speed bar for startups. You think you’re moving fast enough. You’re not.

You are living in a unique moment. A transition period. And you’re running out of time.

So much of what we think of as human is going to be newly located and enabled by software and silicon. This is a transition that will sweep across software, bio, and every other industry. Moments like this only come around every 14 years or so, and it’s a privilege to be here to see it.

But most Founders will squander it: They’ll move too damn slow.

It has always been true that speed is the #1 advantage of an early-stage startup. But now that generative AI is here, you have to go 10x faster.

The ideas in this essay are adapted from a talk we’ve given privately within the NFX Guild for years. It’s one of the most transformative sessions we do.

We have never published it outside the Guild and we’re not going to – but here is a small piece of it.

Because with the pace and opportunity we see with generative AI, we feel an obligation to sound the alarm.

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