Show Notes with Timestamps (VIDEO):

1:45 The case for starting a tech company in a small[er] city
3:45 Finding opportunity in home automation space
7:30 Going beyond voice control
9:30 Understanding the context of human commands
10:50 Developing a data strategy
12:36 Identifying colloquialisms speech and making the proper prediction
16:05 Differentiating through data privacy
18:43 Leveraging market insights to build MVP
20:18 What customers say they want vs. what they’d actually pay for
23:44 Finding the first few customers
26:01 Building an initial team to deliver great AI product
30:41 Thoughts on hiring a remote team
32:35 Trying to win the war for talent
34:25 “our hardware was the secret sauce into getting us into the market”