AI Hacks From a 3x Founder to Scale Your Business and Life | Siqi Chen (Runway)
Plus how to raise your kids and maybe even cheat death in an AI-first world
Dear subscribers,
Today, I want to share a new episode with Siqi Chen, co-founder and CEO of Runway.
Siqi is a 3x founder who’s an expert at using AI to scale his business and life. He shared with me his top AI workflows, how to build a company where people "give a shit," and how to raise your kids and maybe even cheat death in an AI-first world.
Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Can AI solve death?
(01:08) The #1 lesson after starting 3 successful companies
(06:25) Raising the bar leads to business results
(11:32) Why the best time to be a founder is now
(15:32) How non-technical people can embrace AI
(22:20) Using AI to categorize and filter emails without code
(25:09) AI will either solve death or kill all of us
(26:57) Encourage your kids to explore AI and take more risks
(35:44) Believe in your vision, but be flexible about how you get there
Keep reading for the interview takeaways.
AI tactics to grow your business while you sleep
Welcome Siqi! To start, how are you building an AI-first culture at Runway?
It's the most exciting time to be a founder because you can scale with AI instead of with headcount.
We're currently under 50 people. Before we reach 100, we think AI will allow 100 people to do the work of 1,000 or maybe even 10,000.
To build an AI-first culture, we have a channel where we build and share AI tools. I lead by example by building AI tools for operations, go to market, and more.
For example, we built an AI automation to convert email sign ups on our website to draft personalized email pitches for qualified leads that the team can review and send.
It’s been a massive time saver for us.
Can you talk more about how that automation works?
Sure, the AI automation uses Zapier and works in 4 steps. I’ll also share the AI prompt that we use to do this: