Welcome to Episode 015 of Mind the Model: The Modern Marketer's Guide to AI! Your hosts, Nathan Guerra and guest co-host Cat McGinn (filling in for Emmalee Crellin), sit down with Alexis Griveau, the CEO and co-founder of Chime Labs. Before transitioning to founder life Alexis spent nearly a decade working at Google. Alexis shares insights from his journey building an AI-native startup in Sydney.

This episode covers:

The Power of Context: why providing comprehensive context and connecting data pipelines is essential for turning AI into a "superpower" colleague.
AI for the Trades: A deep dive into how Chime Labs uses voice AI to solve the problem of missed calls for plumbers and electricians, providing a receptionist that can qualify customers and book appointments directly into calendars.
The "Human in the Loop" Approach: Why Chime Labs maintains human review processes to manage edge cases and ensure AI handles the nuances of a business correctly.
The Future of SAAS: A discussion on the "SAAS apocalypse" and how AI-native solutions may eventually take market share from traditional companies that struggle to rearchitect for an AI-first world.

📚 Resources & Links

Chime Labs: https://www.chimelabs.ai/
Alexis Griveau on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexigraveleau/
Lovable: https://lovable.dev/

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