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He Built Uber Eats to $25B, Now He's Pushing AI Beyond Chat | Stephen Chau
57 minutes Posted Apr 6, 2025 at 11:59 pm.
My guest today is Stephen Chau.Stephen is the co-founder of Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup that lets you interact with AI through a ground-breaking visual interface instead of chat. We had a great chat about why the future of AI is generative UI, how to build great AI products, and how he scaled Uber Eats from $0 to $25B.This episode is brought to you by Merge — Merge gives SaaS companies like Ramp and Drata a single API to launch over 200 product integrations fast. Book a meeting via https://www.merge.dev/peteryang and get a $50 Amazon gift card when you attend.Timestamps:
The future of AI is generative UI
Demoing Cove's visual AI interface for trip planning
Beyond chatbots: Co-creating with AI in a natural way
Context-aware AI that updates content automatically
Putting AI to the test to list premium Japanese snacks
Building AI apps directly within your workspace
Demoing real world use cases for visual AI interfaces
Generative UI and just-in-time AI apps
Why chatbots are the "DOS stage" of AI interfaces
The secret to building Uber Eats to $25B
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My guest today is Stephen Chau.Stephen is the co-founder of Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup that lets you interact with AI through a ground-breaking visual interface instead of chat. We had a great chat about why the future of AI is generative UI, how to build great AI products, and how he scaled Uber Eats from $0 to $25B.This episode is brought to you by Merge — Merge gives SaaS companies like Ramp and Drata a single API to launch over 200 product integrations fast. Book a meeting via https://www.merge.dev/peteryang and get a $50 Amazon gift card when you attend.Timestamps: (00:00) The future of AI is generative UI(01:53) Demoing Cove's visual AI interface for trip planning(05:02) Beyond chatbots: Co-creating with AI in a natural way(09:01) Context-aware AI that updates content automatically(11:11) Putting AI to the test to list premium Japanese snacks(14:02) Building AI apps directly within your workspace(16:35) Demoing real world use cases for visual AI interfaces(27:39) Generative UI and just-in-time AI apps(31:16) Why chatbots are the "DOS stage" of AI interfaces(45:44) The secret to building Uber Eats to $25B(54:51) The best way to build your AI product senseGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/he-built-uber-eats-now-pushing-ai-beyond-chat-stephen-chauWhere to find Stephen:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenchau/Website: https://cove.ai/📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!