Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, returns to speedrun for the SR007 cohort to discuss how AI is reshaping software, why the future of the web is AI agentic development, and what it takes to build in an era where everyone can create with AI.
š” Are you a founder building the next big thing? Join Speedrun, the startup accelerator designed to help founders move fast with capital, mentorship, and top investors.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Intelligence is like tap water
02:15 - Software Factory is the product now
04:28 - Why Vercel decided to only use 1 agent
07:44 - Moving from product-led-growth to agent-led-growth
09:26 - How do founders think about defensibility in the long term
12:16 - You have to fight average in the world in AI
14:46 - Agent vs Human decision making
18:02 - Why Vercel makes a hard problem easy
21:48 - Should you only build with one model
24:09 - Guillermo's Founders habits
27:22 - What should founders be building?
30:27 - Building a family and managing a startup
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Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, returns to speedrun for the SR007 cohort to discuss how AI is reshaping software, why the future of the web is AI agentic development, and what it takes to build in an era where everyone can create with AI.
š” Are you a founder building the next big thing? Join Speedrun, the startup accelerator designed to help founders move fast with capital, mentorship, and top investors.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Intelligence is like tap water
02:15 - Software Factory is the product now
04:28 - Why Vercel decided to only use 1 agent
07:44 - Moving from product-led-growth to agent-led-growth
09:26 - How do founders think about defensibility in the long term
12:16 - You have to fight average in the world in AI
14:46 - Agent vs Human decision making
18:02 - Why Vercel makes a hard problem easy
21:48 - Should you only build with one model
24:09 - Guillermo's Founders habits
27:22 - What should founders be building?
30:27 - Building a family and managing a startup
š Apply now: speedrun.a16z.com
š² Follow us for more insights:
X (Twitter): https://x.com/speedrun
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/a16zspeedrun
