Building SaaS Faster in 2026 with Vinay Rao

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Building zero-to-one looks very different from what it did even a year ago. In this episode of SaaS That App - Building Tech-Enabled Businesses, Vinay Rao, Co-Founder and CTO of Elvin, joins Aaron Marchbanks and Justin Edwards to share insights on how to leverage AI tools to accelerate zero-to-one product development. What You’ll Learn: How to compress your development cycle from weeks to hours using AI pair programming Why rich context in prompts matters more than perfect prompt engineering The hidden cost of saving pennies on API calls when you have funding How to build AI agents that don't require users to become prompt engineers Why privacy and security must be baked into AI product design from day one Vinay Rao is the Co-Founder and CTO of Elvin, an AI-powered super app designed to reduce mental noise by creating calmer, more intuitive user experiences. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Vinay has built his career around tackling complex infrastructure problems and turning them into products that feel simple on the surface but are powerful underneath. This podcast is