70 – AI as a co-founder

70 – AI as a co-founder

From Tech Deciphered by Bertrand Schmitt & Nuno G. Pedro

November 3, 2025 · 43 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of AI as a co-founder in startups and whether traditional co-founder roles are still necessary.

Can AI be a co-founder? Do you need a technical co-founder, any more? How about a business co-founder? What can AI do for you as co-founder? Will this become the “brave new world” of start-ups, small and medium businesses? For this and much more discussion, a no BS perspective on AI as a potential co-founder. Our co-hosts: Bertrand Schmitt, Entrepreneur in Residence at Red River West , co-founder of App Annie / Data.ai , business angel, advisor to startups and VC funds, @bschmitt Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Investor, Managing Partner, Founder at Chamaeleon , @ngpedro Our show: Tech DECIPHERED brings you the Entrepreneur and Investor views on Big Tech, VC and Start-up news, opinion pieces and research. We decipher their meaning, and add inside knowledge and context. Being nerds, we also discuss the latest gadgets and pop culture news Subscribe To Our Podcast Bertrand Schmitt Intro Welcome to episode 70 of Tech DECIPHERED. Today, we’ll talk about AI as a co-founder. Can AI be your co-founder? Do you need a technical co-founder anymore? Or do you need a business co-founder anymore? What can AI do for you as a co-founder? Will this become the brave new world of startup and small…

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Hosts: Bertrand Schmitt, Nuno Goncalves Pedro

Topics covered

  • AI as a co-founder
  • startups
  • entrepreneurship
  • business co-founders
  • technical co-founders
  • AI in business

Keywords

  • AI
  • co-founder
  • startups
  • entrepreneurship
  • business
  • technical co-founder
  • small businesses

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red River West, App Annie, Data.ai, Chamaeleon

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