Lightfield CEO Killed 2M-MAU Product to Rebuild CRM with AI

In an a16z interview, former Tome founder Keith Peiris explained why he shut down his 2M-MAU AI presentation tool—growth outpaced inference costs and the team didn't love it—to rebuild CRM as AI-native software from scratch.

2026-09-16 ~ 2026-09-16 · 3 related posts

• a16z Podcast: Lightfield CEO on Why AI-Native Software Won't Look Like Salesforce — a16z · 2026-09-16
• Lightfield CEO on killing a 2M-MAU product to rebuild CRM from scratch — a16z · 2026-09-16

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