How Students Built Startups with AI Vibe Coding

Three recent high school grads, Shrish Premkrishna (Stanford 2029), Thaarak Sriram (UC San Diego 2029), and Aryaman "Kenny" Gandhi (UC Berkeley 2029), share how they used AI tools and "vibe coding" to launch startups, win hackathons, and build real products in just one summer. This talk covers hands-on demos, lessons from building with generative AI, and what the future of coding looks like for both hobbyists and industry pros.

🔥 Key Highlights:
– Vibe coding shows how AI speeds coding from idea to product.
– Live demo: build a Tic-Tac-Toe game using AI coding tools.
– Tools in action: AI IDEs (Cursor, Windsurf), CLIs (Cloud Code, Gemini), builders (v0, Lovable).
– Amazon saved 4,500 years of dev work; JPMorgan boosted efficiency 20%.
– "Arnold" demo: AI personal trainer with nutrition and exercise tracking.
– Side projects include an AI wedding planner and viral product generator.
– Full showcase of Beatify, their AI-powered music startup for artists.

🔗 Helpful Resources:
– The AI Collective:   / aicollective  
– Beatify: https://thatsbeatify.com
– Shrish Premkrishna:   / shrishp  
– Thaarak Sriram:   / thaarak-sriram-b5a19829b  
– Aryaman Gandhi:   / aryaman-gandhi-bb805a2a0  

🤖 The AI Collective Tri-Valley | AI Builders & Backers: Demos + Funding Tactics
Details: https://lu.ma/aic-eb-8-20

⏱️ Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Meet Shrish, Thaarak, and Kenny
01:37 - What is vibe coding?
02:13 - AI IDEs, CLIs, and builders explained
03:17 - Live demo: building Tic-Tac-Toe with AI
08:10 - How vibe coding scales in industry
09:32 - Internship project: AI agent for realtors
10:22 - Demo: Arnold, the AI personal trainer
13:21 - Nutrition and exercise APIs in action
14:03 - Side projects: viral automation & AI wedding planner
15:30 - Startup demo: Beatify music platform
19:19 - How they started working together
21:05 - Beatify’s business model and target audience
23:29 - Challenges of vibe coding
26:09 - Learning to debug AI-generated code
28:33 - Their majors and academic paths
28:48 - Protecting intellectual property in the AI age

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