How Dan Shipper uses AI to build artisanal AI apps

Dan Shipper, Every, AI, B2B

“Why did you launch yet another voice dictation app?” I asked Dan Shipper, founder of Every.
I thought he’d tell me that there was some kind of research that showed people needed another one.
Nah.
It came down to his team’s taste and personal preference. They just wanted something different. So a single creator on the team built it.
AI makes it easier for more people to create apps. So what’s the differentiator? From what I got in this interview — over and over — it’s the creator’s taste.

Dan Shipper

Dan Shipper

Every

Dan Shipper is the founder and CEO of Every, a hybrid media and software company creating AI-powered tools for productivity and creativity. The company publishes one of the most widely read newsletters on technology and builds products like Monologue (AI dictation), Spiral (AI ghostwriting), and Cora (AI email assistant).

Andrew Warner: Hey there, freedom Fighters. My name is Andrew Warner and this is a new series for me. It’s called The Next New Thing. Here’s what’s up in this interview, then an intro. Then we’ll get right to it.

Dan Shipper: Every new product we’ve built has always been like, Hey, I just kind of want this, whether that’s me or someone else on the team. And the really cool thing about AI is you can like build that in a couple hours usually. Can

Andrew Warner: you tell me how many people are using the different tools that you guys have created?

Dan Shipper: I can tell you we have about almost 7,000 paid subscribers. 1.3 million in a RR. We grew. They are 45% this quarter.

Andrew Warner: How did you know that monologue

Dan Shipper: is something that’s worth spending time on it? We started using it internally and then started to add data customers to it over a weekend and then demoed it and everyone was...

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