Brainstorming $10M AI Business Ideas w/ the Airtable Founder

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Howie Liu, founder of Airtable (valued around $10 billion), shares seven AI business ideas he would pursue if starting over today, including live shopping with AI avatars, personalized AI news aggregators, AI-powered financial advisors, and AI-native consumer social apps. The conversation explores both practical applications of AI in existing markets and more speculative consumer use cases that could emerge in an AI-native era.

Key takeaways

• Howie identifies live shopping with AI avatars as a high-potential idea, noting that Temu and TikTok already drive tens of billions in GMV through this channel, and AI avatars could enable personalized one-on-one interactions at scale (e.g., a celebrity avatar helping each customer)
• Personalized AI news aggregators represent a major opportunity; unlike manual newsletter curation, AI can automatically surface relevant articles and become an interactive agent that mimics having a knowledgeable expert available on-demand, similar to what The Hustle newsletter pioneered manually
• AI-powered financial advisors using real-time voice and avatar technology could democratize wealth management—today only ultra-high-net-worth individuals get personalized financial planning, but AI could deliver CFO-level advice to everyone at scale
• Howie sees major potential in automating labor-intensive traditional businesses (property management, call centers, BPO) by acquiring them and using AI to improve margins from low single digits to tens of percent, similar to a German property management rollup he cited
• AI-native consumer products may not just replicate existing platforms (Instagram, TikTok) with AI features, but could create entirely new engagement patterns and behaviors—just as TV didn’t predict YouTube or Twitch; artists and product designers (not just technologists) will shape this next wave

Episode details: published July 11, 2025 · 49K views · 42:22 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The business ideas, figures and results discussed are the hosts’ and guests’ own claims, shared as brainstorming and entertainment — not verified facts and not investment advice.

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