The Story Behind the AI Startup Powering Services You Use Every Day

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In this episode of Startup Success, we dive into the incredible entrepreneurial journey of Russ d’Sa, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveKit, a startup that evolved from a pandemic side project into an open-source development stack that powers real-time AI. The wildly varied use cases for LiveKit’s technology range from voice conversations with ChatGPT to saving lives on 911 emergency calls. It's a fascinating listen that spotlights the broad range of services we use every day that are now powered by AI! Russ shares: How he and his co-founder navigated unexpected twists, including scaling their open source project that went viral on GitHub and pivoting to a business model they were genuinely passionate about Why taking the to time learn what customers really want was essential to LiveKit’s success and the lessons there for other founders The lightbulb moment when he realized his team was building “core infrastructure for the future of where computing is going” A must-listen for aspiring and seasoned founders, Russ shares key lessons he learned along his winding path to startup success.

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