Building the Generative Web with AI ft Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch has spent years obsessing over reducing the friction between having an idea and getting it online. Now with AI, he's achieving something even more ambitious: making software creation accessible to anyone with a keyboard. Guillermo explains how v0 has grown to 3 million users by focusing on reliability and quality, why ChatGPT has become their fastest-growing customer acquisition channel, and how AI is enabling “virtual coworkers” across design, development, and marketing. He shares his contrarian view that the future belongs to ephemeral, generated-on-demand applications rather than traditional installed software, and why he believes we're on the cusp of the biggest transformation to the web in its history.

Hosted by Sonya Huang and Pat Grady, Sequoia Capital

00:00 Introduction
01:41 The Impact of AI on Front-End Development
03:19 v0: Revolutionizing Prototyping and Development
05:02 Quality and Developer Experience in AI Tools
10:29 Vercel's Journey and Vision
17:53 AI's Role in Customer Support and Business Transformation
25:36 The Future of AI-Driven Infrastructure
32:01 AI in Search and Content Creation
33:30 Navigating the Competitive Landscape of AI
34:07 The Rise of Virtual Coworkers and Expert Agents
36:02 Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Agents
38:53 The Evolution of Developer Tools and Platforms
41:45 Ensuring Security and Performance in AI-Generated Code
49:26 The Shift Towards Generative and Ephemeral Apps
53:31 Rapid Fire Questions