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Seeing The Future from AI Companions to Personal Software

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Seeing The Future from AI Companions to Personal Software

a16z Podcast

Nov 05
a16z Podcast

a16z Podcast

Nov 05
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Eugenia Kuyda, CEO of Wabi and AI pioneer behind Replika, joins Erik, Anish, and Justine to reveal how personal software will transform from a developer monopoly to a creative medium for all. She exposes why command-line AI interfaces are the new MS-DOS, e...

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In this forward-looking conversation, AI pioneer Eugenia Kuyda unpacks the evolution of personal software and how artificial intelligence is turning everyday users into creators. Moving beyond the limitations of today’s AI interfaces, she paints a vision where app creation is intuitive, social, and deeply personal—accessible to anyone, not just developers.
05:37
Users are building better, personalized versions of existing apps on Wabi
13:22
Wabi's product design includes guardrails that make it more user-friendly and mobile-focused.
17:30
Wabi is a framework for memory, context, and expression, not just a collection of apps.
21:34
Current prompt-sharing in AI is like using MS-DOS commands, creating a major discovery problem.
24:07
Mini-apps reduce friction in AI prompt usage by combining visual coding with AI.
26:35
99% of the software people need will be built in the next five years.
34:50
The company was the biggest user of OpenAI's GPT-3 API before ChatGPT launched.

Chapters

From Command Lines to Personal Apps: The Next Leap in AI
00:00
Can Your Mom Build an App? Why Usability Is Key
10:26
Who Can You Trust with Your Data? Security in User-Created Software
16:26
Beyond Functionality: How AI Learns What Makes You You
19:02
Why Sharing Prompts Should Feel Like Sharing a Meme
24:07
Building a YouTube for Apps: Creativity Without Code
26:35
What I Learned from a Decade Ahead of the AI Curve
32:00

Transcript

Eugenia Kuyda: Right now, AI is just an app on your phone. It should not be that way. Sometimes you need to sort of go big or go home. Not having the balls to do that, especially in this current environment, you can suffer the consequences. There's a huge ...