03/18/2024

SXSW Founders Get Real About Use Cases for AI

They focused on how they're using AI to accomplish more with less

Is artificial intelligence powerful enough to create a billion-dollar business founded by a solopreneur?

Entrepreneurs from a variety of industries recently discussed the possibility, predicted by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, during a panel conversation this week at SXSW in Austin. Ann Hiatt, founder of leadership consultancy Hipergiant, predicted that an AI-powered solopreneur unicorn will emerge, but only if that solopreneur can use AI to not just automate work processes but also be laser-precise about divvying up his or her time to accomplish everything they need to in a given day.

While it may be some time before we know whether Altman was being prescient or overly optimistic, the panelists did have examples of how they've integrated AI at their companies, and shared some of their favorite AI tools. Parsley Health founder Robin Berzin, a former doctor, founded the company in 2016 to provide data-driven healthcare services to patients dealing with complex chronic diseases. She told the panel that Parsley has found success using generative AI to quickly digest large amounts of patient information.

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