Design panel: what early-stage founders should build while models change weekly
pxd · x · 2026-10-07
At a packed Arcana design conversation hosted by Soleio and Felicis, panelists with backgrounds at Instagram, OpenAI, Airtable, and early Facebook discussed what early-stage founders should build as models improve weekly. Takeaways: build so better models make your product better, not irrelevant; create things that compound beyond the model, like network effects or unique data; and stay willing to change your mind — speed of adaptation matters more than ever. The author adds that those who keep experimenting while asking what users actually want will discover possibilities no model could predict.
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