Talking to Dead Relatives with AI and Other Questionable Ideas
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About this listen
Is using AI to talk to dead relatives a bad idea or good business?
We follow up on Devon’s avatar experiments and discuss how subscriptions to “dead grandpa” are probably not how we want to make our millions. Then we get into Chris’ legit long-time business plan, which, after 6 years of talking about it, might finally be going somewhere.
Topics:
0:00 – Opening banter & BS
3:41 – AI avatars: cool or creepy?
6:18 – Talking to dead relatives with AI
10:16 – Chris’ big business idea
15:36 – Securing vibe-coded apps
17:30 – Automation and lowest-hanging fruit
22:41 – How Devon would market Chris’ idea
26:22 – The problem with revops and IT
28:11 – Who is Chris’ ideal customer?
31:35 – How to find product-market fit and first customers
Links:
- HeyGen
- Devon on X
- Chris on LinkedIn
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