$2.1B AI CEO: From "The Worst Idea" to a Billion-Dollar Company | Grant Lee, CEO Gamma

🎁 Free Workplace Automation Kit — the system my team uses daily to automate the busywork and stay focused on what actually matters. Download here → https://clickhubspot.com/fbd897 Grant Lee built a $2.1 billion AI company in 4 years. He started during a pandemic, with a newborn daughter, no salary, and an investor who told him it was the worst idea he'd ever heard. In this conversation he shares what actually got Gamma to 100 million users with a team of 50 — including how to run a fundraise in two weeks, how to pick an idea worth a year of your life, and the two things that tell you you have product-market fit before the revenue shows up. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — Intro 04:43 — What his wife said when he quit his job 05:38 — Live demo: building a pitch deck with Gamma in real time 10:04 — The biggest mistake AI founders make when fundraising 14:33 — Grant rates the AI-generated deck as an investor 21:42 — How Gamma got its first 1,000 users 26:20 — Why every founder needs an audience now 28:27 — How to price an AI product 32:01 — Can you triple revenue without growing the team? 39:00 — The honest truth about delegating to AI agents right now 41:11 — First 30 days plan for anyone starting a startup today *Links:* 📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Grant-Lee 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co