If you're not using Gamma yet. It's evolved to a place that it's def worth a look. You might be wildly surprised at what it can do to save you some time. And the API is out, too!

Major respect Grant Lee and the Gamma team. They launched so early in gen ai, and many startups of the same vintage are dead/zombies But they appear to be one of the first startups to scale with an agentic product that isn't just a chat interface

This is more than just a funding milestone — it’s a defining moment in the story of how AI is rewriting the rules of creativity and communication. Gamma's journey shows what’s possible when vision, focus, and execution align; not just chasing scale, but redefining value creation itself. A 50-person team achieving $100M ARR is not a metric; it’s a message: leverage will beat size every single time in the AI era. AI does not make you ten times better, it makes you a hundred-thousand times greater. As an African techpreneur, I’m deeply inspired and always encouraged by Grant Lee. This story fuels my conviction that with courage, purpose, and relentless innovation, we too can build experience-driven solutions from Africa that solve global problems. The future is indeed bright — and it’s already unfolding before our eyes.

Are we in an AI bubble? Most likely. But the infrastructure and tools built so far have already shifted what’s possible—permanently. Case in point: Gamma just outplayed Microsoft in the battle for how leaders create slides and make decisions. They have taken 70million users from Powerpoint. Microsoft’s bet was owning an AI LLM: fund OpenAI’s scale, lock in enterprise access, and win with a “closed” moat. Yet, compare PowerPoint today to Gamma’s AI-native creation flow. Despite early access to cutting-edge models, PowerPoint has barely moved. Microsoft seems focused on sales&marketing pushing “exclusive OpenAI API” for an open API, and how easy it is to "just use Copilot" to its existing enterprise base. Yes, PowerPoint carries decades of baggage and a massive codebase but Microsoft has ~228,000 people to Gamma’s ~50. But strategy—and assumptions about how AI would compete—have yielded a very different product. Gamma focused on creating a great product that solves real pain points in slide-creation without owning the LLM. They are a great example of many companies who have recognized models are commodities. Pick the best model at any moment, wire it into a radically better slide-creation process, and ship. The result in just 2 years: a smart slide-creation tool that does away with needing to spend hours late at night ensuring all boxes look pretty and fonts match. Simply ask the Gamma agent to apply consistent formatting in 1 minute! Sorry to the managers who enjoyed scolding juniors for imperfect slides! Gamma went further and created a capable “entry analyst” to draft the story so teams—junior and senior—spend time on the pitch and storytelling, not formatting. Even if AI’s current hype cools, the gains don’t vanish. Just like the dot-com era left us fiber, web adoption, online payments, and "free" ad-supported services we use daily, today’s AI build-out is laying rails we’ll keep running on. the If the dot com bubble repeats, AI infrastructure owners will take the biggest hit while those that leverage it can come out on top.

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AI is forcing product teams to rewrite every rule they know about building software. At Collective Live next week, John Foreman — Chief Product Officer at Clio, and former CPO at Podium and Intuit Mailchimp — is sharing how to launch truly agentic products. He'll walk through how to protect your rails, reset your org, and avoid being outflanked by the inevitable wave. From his time leading three product organizations through major platform shifts, John will unpack what it really takes to build in our agentic world. Collective Live 2025 is officially on a waitlist, but still taking applications: asmbly.link/ttkdXbV

September 2025 was a live lab for user-generated content and engagement. Here’s how product teams can capture signals, turn them into roadmap decisions, and close the loop with clarity. https://lnkd.in/eMbtWmd6

Most founders can’t explain their product in 10 sec. And that’s the real reason people don’t remember it. Most founders over-explain. They talk about features, tech stack, or their “vision.” But clarity wins faster than complexity. Always. After helping dozens of teams refine their pitch and product messaging, here are 3 quick frameworks that actually work. 1. The “Movie Trailer”. Hook emotion fast. Structure: “We solve [problem] for [customer] by [unique solution].” ✦ Example: “We help remote teams brainstorm faster through an AI whiteboard that auto-organizes ideas.” 2. The “Six-Question Lightning Test”. If you can answer these in one tight line, you’re done: Who it’s for → What it does → What problem it solves → Why it’s unique → What result it gives → One emotional benefit. ✦ Example: “For busy parents, our app plans healthy meals automatically, saving hours and reducing food waste.” 3. The “Anchor to the Familiar”. When something’s new, you need a shortcut. Structure: “It’s like [familiar brand], but for [new context].” ✦ Example: “It’s like Airbnb, but for campers.” If your audience can’t explain your product back to you after 10 seconds, you’re not ready to sell it. Clarity builds trust. And trust builds traction. What’s your go-to one-liner for explaining what you do? ♻️ Share this if it resonates. 🔔 Follow Artem Borysenko for more updates!

Just came across a founder budgeting $30k for ads on a product that hasn’t even launched. No MVP. No validation. No user insight. I asked how he plans to distribute it. He didn’t know. This is where many founders lose. They skip the boring part, talking to users, testing the idea, finding real traction. You don’t need $30k to validate your idea. You need clarity, curiosity, and a few real conversations. I’ve helped founders get 100+ real users without spending a penny, just through validation and proper distribution. But most don’t want to listen. They want to skip straight to “scale”. And that’s why most ideas never make it past launch day.