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The First 90 Days of an AI Product Startup
What we tell founders who want to ship an AI product without burning their runway on the wrong problem.
Velixor Labs · 7 min read
Speed matters, but direction matters more.
Days 1–14: find the expensive workflow
AI is only valuable where the current process is slow, costly or error-prone. Interview ten operators before you write code.
Days 15–45: build the ugly version
One workflow, one screen, real data. Ugly and working beats polished and hypothetical.
Days 46–75: instrument and iterate
Add evals, watch real usage, cut the features nobody touches.
Days 76–90: prove the number
Walk into your next funding conversation with a metric that moved, not a roadmap.