Airtable CEO Howie Liu on pivoting from blitzscaling to profits, AI applications, and more | E1838

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Today’s show:

Airtable CEO Howie Liu joins Jason to discuss his philosophy of product-led growth (1:35), the current explosion of AI (36:37), and much more!

Time stamps:

(0:00) Airtable CEO Howie Liu joins Jason

(1:35) Howie’s philosophy on product-led growth

(5:05) Bridging the gap between spreadsheets and purpose-driven apps

(7:12) Tweet storm referenced on the All-In podcast

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(17:13) Blitzscale hiring

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(26:18) Charging per-seed basis and revisiting Airtable on E814 in 2018

(30:36) Jason shares two successful use cases utilizing Airtable

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(36:37) The AI boom and its potential dangers

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Check out All In E146: https://youtu.be/X-Sb8sIi22g?si=fhiIi5ehFOyrMUD-&t=3673

Check out Howie in TWiST E814: https://youtu.be/55JnirJ7oHk?si=oPlNol8cotYrJTI1

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