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[Guest speaker]
Jian Ruan, co-founder and CTO of Orbbit
[What you’ll hear]
Part I. Before Orbbit
- 01:22 Before Orbbit: gap year, product management, engineering, and research
- 05:42 Rice freshman: witnessing GPT-3 launch and sensing an AI revolution
- 06:39 Major in statistics to grasp the math behind AI
- 09:01 Why launch Orbbit right after college: AI boom and visa strategy (O-1)
- 11:51 AI moves beyond fixed software interfaces
- 13:19 Seizing the moment: AI makes now prime time for startups
- 13:47 Minimum Viable Founder (MVF)
- 14:16 The notion of “Ikigai”
- 17:09 Vertical SaaS: niche AI tools thrive where one-size-fits-all fails
Part II. Orbbit
- 18:06 Diving into Orbbit: building financing tools for small business gaps
- 19:32 Orbbit vs. banks: modern, digital finance over slow traditional loans
- 19:58 Embedded finance explained: get funding without leaving your software
- 21:22 Every business can use fintech: the embedded trend is growing
- 23:16 Stripe handles payments; Orbbit underwrites and funds net terms
- 31:21 AI SaaS partners help reach more customers through financing
Part III. AI for founders
- 35:11 AI for founders: pick up new skills on the fly
- 36:07 Rapid prototyping: AI streamlines idea to product workflow
- 36:36 Vibe coding caution: always review AI-generated code
- 38:05 Journaling hack: use LLMs to analyze your daily logs
- 39:58 Founder life challenge: balancing focus, priorities, and well-being
Part IV. Jian’s 2 cents
- 42:24 Advice: build first, learn along the way
- 43:51 Growth hack: small daily improvements compound over time
- 46:41 Recommended resources: AI newsletters, fintech reads, and podcasts
[Mentioned articles, books, people]
AI:
- Daily AI newsletter: News curation about AI by AI
- news.smol.ai
Fintech:
- Fintech Takes newsletter: fintechtakes.com
General startup/market etc
- All In podcast: open.spotify.com
- BG2 podcast: open.spotify.com
- Acquired podcast: open.spotify.com
Jian’s Medium:
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