What Great AI Founders Do Differently | Laura Modiano | OpenAI France

TL;DR: The hallmark of great AI founders is continuous testing, listening to customers, moving fast with their own taste, and treating AI as the core of solving real problems rather than a strategy. ## Europe's Innovation Energy I really enjoyed today's event because every corner of Europe is full of amazing innovation—from startups to large enterprises. Just now, a four-person team showed a brilliant product that provides always-on innovation and AI capabilities for companies like Sephora, creating real intelligent agents and practical features that help customers every day. There's a common thread running through all this innovation: building on OpenAI. ## What Makes Great Founders Founders who constantly test, always listen to their customers, and move fast with their own taste as the core are the complete picture of a great founder. Specific actionable advice: - **Keep testing, keep listening, run experiments** - **Don't wait until everything is perfect to ship**; instead, ship fast and ship many small releases ## AI Is Core, Not Strategy Founders should see AI not as a strategy, but as the core of everything they do. You are building on top of AI and building with AI. Don't spend too much time thinking about what AI itself is—focus your energy on thinking about the **real problem** you are solving, and the technology will follow. The founders here today are tackling a wide range of use cases. No matter where you go in Europe, you'll see the same thing: driven, ambitious, hard-working founders who are building truly impactful, category-defining companies. We're always open to meeting them. Source: YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9_G-v8AE_s)