Parul Singh
@parulia.bsky.social
board partner @ Initialized. cofertility, stellarsleep, medivis, mantle bio. SWE & founder --> investor.
6. That’s why the stickiest AI products aren’t “AI-first.”
They’re *problem-first*.
📨 I unpacked this idea in my latest newsletter: parul.substack.com/p/falling-in...
It’s about how falling in love w the problem helps AI products win.
What’s one AI tool that erased real pain for you?
They’re *problem-first*.
📨 I unpacked this idea in my latest newsletter: parul.substack.com/p/falling-in...
It’s about how falling in love w the problem helps AI products win.
What’s one AI tool that erased real pain for you?
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
6. That’s why the stickiest AI products aren’t “AI-first.”
They’re *problem-first*.
📨 I unpacked this idea in my latest newsletter: parul.substack.com/p/falling-in...
It’s about how falling in love w the problem helps AI products win.
What’s one AI tool that erased real pain for you?
They’re *problem-first*.
📨 I unpacked this idea in my latest newsletter: parul.substack.com/p/falling-in...
It’s about how falling in love w the problem helps AI products win.
What’s one AI tool that erased real pain for you?
5. That’s when AI clicks.
Not when you show what the model can do.
But when the user says:
“Oh. I never want to do this manually again.”
Not when you show what the model can do.
But when the user says:
“Oh. I never want to do this manually again.”
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
5. That’s when AI clicks.
Not when you show what the model can do.
But when the user says:
“Oh. I never want to do this manually again.”
Not when you show what the model can do.
But when the user says:
“Oh. I never want to do this manually again.”
4. Builders who get this ask better questions:
✦ Where are users duct-taping a workflow today?
✦ What do they copy/paste 10 times a day?
✦ What feels like magic *only because* it was previously awful?
✦ Where are users duct-taping a workflow today?
✦ What do they copy/paste 10 times a day?
✦ What feels like magic *only because* it was previously awful?
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
4. Builders who get this ask better questions:
✦ Where are users duct-taping a workflow today?
✦ What do they copy/paste 10 times a day?
✦ What feels like magic *only because* it was previously awful?
✦ Where are users duct-taping a workflow today?
✦ What do they copy/paste 10 times a day?
✦ What feels like magic *only because* it was previously awful?
3. That wedge only shows up when you fall in love with the problem.
Not the model.
Not the market.
The actual problem—at the atomic level of real users, real pain, real friction.
Not the model.
Not the market.
The actual problem—at the atomic level of real users, real pain, real friction.
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
3. That wedge only shows up when you fall in love with the problem.
Not the model.
Not the market.
The actual problem—at the atomic level of real users, real pain, real friction.
Not the model.
Not the market.
The actual problem—at the atomic level of real users, real pain, real friction.
2. These products are sticky not because of their tech.
But because they nailed the wedge.
They found one painful, valuable, *frequent* task.
And made it vanish.
But because they nailed the wedge.
They found one painful, valuable, *frequent* task.
And made it vanish.
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2. These products are sticky not because of their tech.
But because they nailed the wedge.
They found one painful, valuable, *frequent* task.
And made it vanish.
But because they nailed the wedge.
They found one painful, valuable, *frequent* task.
And made it vanish.
1. The best AI tools don’t dazzle.
They disappear.
They compress 15 clicks into 1.
Auto-fill your messy CRM.
Draft the response you *meant* to write.
Catch the error you missed.
They disappear.
They compress 15 clicks into 1.
Auto-fill your messy CRM.
Draft the response you *meant* to write.
Catch the error you missed.
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
1. The best AI tools don’t dazzle.
They disappear.
They compress 15 clicks into 1.
Auto-fill your messy CRM.
Draft the response you *meant* to write.
Catch the error you missed.
They disappear.
They compress 15 clicks into 1.
Auto-fill your messy CRM.
Draft the response you *meant* to write.
Catch the error you missed.
7/
Prompt chains aren’t just for productivity.
They’re a new way of thinking—at founder speed, with strategist depth.
💬 If you're building this way, what chains have you tried? What are your most useful strategy prompt hacks?
Prompt chains aren’t just for productivity.
They’re a new way of thinking—at founder speed, with strategist depth.
💬 If you're building this way, what chains have you tried? What are your most useful strategy prompt hacks?
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
7/
Prompt chains aren’t just for productivity.
They’re a new way of thinking—at founder speed, with strategist depth.
💬 If you're building this way, what chains have you tried? What are your most useful strategy prompt hacks?
Prompt chains aren’t just for productivity.
They’re a new way of thinking—at founder speed, with strategist depth.
💬 If you're building this way, what chains have you tried? What are your most useful strategy prompt hacks?
6/
And as tools evolve, this gets even more powerful:
→ Agents that remember your context
→ Embedded copilots in your dashboards
→ AutoGPTs that can run the whole chain for you
But the mindset shift matters:
🔗 Think in chains.
🍰 Refine in layers.
And as tools evolve, this gets even more powerful:
→ Agents that remember your context
→ Embedded copilots in your dashboards
→ AutoGPTs that can run the whole chain for you
But the mindset shift matters:
🔗 Think in chains.
🍰 Refine in layers.
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
6/
And as tools evolve, this gets even more powerful:
→ Agents that remember your context
→ Embedded copilots in your dashboards
→ AutoGPTs that can run the whole chain for you
But the mindset shift matters:
🔗 Think in chains.
🍰 Refine in layers.
And as tools evolve, this gets even more powerful:
→ Agents that remember your context
→ Embedded copilots in your dashboards
→ AutoGPTs that can run the whole chain for you
But the mindset shift matters:
🔗 Think in chains.
🍰 Refine in layers.
5/
🧭 Here’s a 5-prompt strategy chain I run monthly w founders :
1. What changed this month?
2. Are we differentiated enough from [X competitor]?
3. What would a skeptical buyer distrust on our site?
4. What’s fragile in the business rn?
5. What user behavior could unlock LTV?
🧭 Here’s a 5-prompt strategy chain I run monthly w founders :
1. What changed this month?
2. Are we differentiated enough from [X competitor]?
3. What would a skeptical buyer distrust on our site?
4. What’s fragile in the business rn?
5. What user behavior could unlock LTV?
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
5/
🧭 Here’s a 5-prompt strategy chain I run monthly w founders :
1. What changed this month?
2. Are we differentiated enough from [X competitor]?
3. What would a skeptical buyer distrust on our site?
4. What’s fragile in the business rn?
5. What user behavior could unlock LTV?
🧭 Here’s a 5-prompt strategy chain I run monthly w founders :
1. What changed this month?
2. Are we differentiated enough from [X competitor]?
3. What would a skeptical buyer distrust on our site?
4. What’s fragile in the business rn?
5. What user behavior could unlock LTV?
4/
That’s the power of a *prompt chain*.
It’s not about output.
It’s about structured, layered thinking.
When done right, a prompt chain becomes something like a *mindflow* — a way to deepen clarity, test hypotheses & find sharp answers *faster* than any brainstorming session.
That’s the power of a *prompt chain*.
It’s not about output.
It’s about structured, layered thinking.
When done right, a prompt chain becomes something like a *mindflow* — a way to deepen clarity, test hypotheses & find sharp answers *faster* than any brainstorming session.
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
4/
That’s the power of a *prompt chain*.
It’s not about output.
It’s about structured, layered thinking.
When done right, a prompt chain becomes something like a *mindflow* — a way to deepen clarity, test hypotheses & find sharp answers *faster* than any brainstorming session.
That’s the power of a *prompt chain*.
It’s not about output.
It’s about structured, layered thinking.
When done right, a prompt chain becomes something like a *mindflow* — a way to deepen clarity, test hypotheses & find sharp answers *faster* than any brainstorming session.
3/
It became an instant mini-diligence loop.
Each follow-up prompt refined the strategy.
The ideas got better.
The positioning got sharper.
I walked away with a spreadsheet I could hand to my product team—or my favorite vibe coder.
All in a single conversation.
It became an instant mini-diligence loop.
Each follow-up prompt refined the strategy.
The ideas got better.
The positioning got sharper.
I walked away with a spreadsheet I could hand to my product team—or my favorite vibe coder.
All in a single conversation.
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
3/
It became an instant mini-diligence loop.
Each follow-up prompt refined the strategy.
The ideas got better.
The positioning got sharper.
I walked away with a spreadsheet I could hand to my product team—or my favorite vibe coder.
All in a single conversation.
It became an instant mini-diligence loop.
Each follow-up prompt refined the strategy.
The ideas got better.
The positioning got sharper.
I walked away with a spreadsheet I could hand to my product team—or my favorite vibe coder.
All in a single conversation.
2/
I asked ChatGPT for 10 startup ideas:
✔️ Based on verticals I care about
✔️ With product-led growth potential
✔️ Subscription pricing $250–$500/mo
Then I kept going...
What keywords would matter?
Could we win via SEO?
What’s the fastest GTM motion?
I asked ChatGPT for 10 startup ideas:
✔️ Based on verticals I care about
✔️ With product-led growth potential
✔️ Subscription pricing $250–$500/mo
Then I kept going...
What keywords would matter?
Could we win via SEO?
What’s the fastest GTM motion?
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
2/
I asked ChatGPT for 10 startup ideas:
✔️ Based on verticals I care about
✔️ With product-led growth potential
✔️ Subscription pricing $250–$500/mo
Then I kept going...
What keywords would matter?
Could we win via SEO?
What’s the fastest GTM motion?
I asked ChatGPT for 10 startup ideas:
✔️ Based on verticals I care about
✔️ With product-led growth potential
✔️ Subscription pricing $250–$500/mo
Then I kept going...
What keywords would matter?
Could we win via SEO?
What’s the fastest GTM motion?
Founder myth tends to reward charisma and momentum. But behind the scenes, real mastery looks like clarity, compounding, and staying calm in the hard moments.
Who’s a founder you admire, and what have they taught you? (3/3)
Who’s a founder you admire, and what have they taught you? (3/3)
June 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Founder myth tends to reward charisma and momentum. But behind the scenes, real mastery looks like clarity, compounding, and staying calm in the hard moments.
Who’s a founder you admire, and what have they taught you? (3/3)
Who’s a founder you admire, and what have they taught you? (3/3)
They’re the ones who’ve quietly shipped through chaos, built exceptional cultures, and made it look effortless when it wasn’t. (2/3)
June 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
They’re the ones who’ve quietly shipped through chaos, built exceptional cultures, and made it look effortless when it wasn’t. (2/3)
(3/3) It’s not just “busywork.” It’s the glue -- the repetitive, context-switch-heavy work that slows down execution across the org.
What are you handing off first? Bonus: for your favorite tools (or are you creating bespoke ones?)
What are you handing off first? Bonus: for your favorite tools (or are you creating bespoke ones?)
June 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
(3/3) It’s not just “busywork.” It’s the glue -- the repetitive, context-switch-heavy work that slows down execution across the org.
What are you handing off first? Bonus: for your favorite tools (or are you creating bespoke ones?)
What are you handing off first? Bonus: for your favorite tools (or are you creating bespoke ones?)
(2/3)
The top answers?
💻 Coding
📆 Scheduling & email triage
🧑💻 Document processing & data entry
📝 Content creation & editing
💪🏽 Automating workflows in onboarding / customer success
☑️ Task management
🧐 Research & decision support
The top answers?
💻 Coding
📆 Scheduling & email triage
🧑💻 Document processing & data entry
📝 Content creation & editing
💪🏽 Automating workflows in onboarding / customer success
☑️ Task management
🧐 Research & decision support
June 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
(2/3)
The top answers?
💻 Coding
📆 Scheduling & email triage
🧑💻 Document processing & data entry
📝 Content creation & editing
💪🏽 Automating workflows in onboarding / customer success
☑️ Task management
🧐 Research & decision support
The top answers?
💻 Coding
📆 Scheduling & email triage
🧑💻 Document processing & data entry
📝 Content creation & editing
💪🏽 Automating workflows in onboarding / customer success
☑️ Task management
🧐 Research & decision support
If you're building lean, embedded, and impossible to rip out — you’re not alone.
This is what survival looks like in 2025.
Thanks to @henrythe9ths for compiling the Lean AI Leaderboard.
This is what survival looks like in 2025.
Thanks to @henrythe9ths for compiling the Lean AI Leaderboard.
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you're building lean, embedded, and impossible to rip out — you’re not alone.
This is what survival looks like in 2025.
Thanks to @henrythe9ths for compiling the Lean AI Leaderboard.
This is what survival looks like in 2025.
Thanks to @henrythe9ths for compiling the Lean AI Leaderboard.
(10) They execute like survival depends on it — because it does.
No tourists. No hype-chasers. Just sharp operators with early revenue and fast iteration loops.
No tourists. No hype-chasers. Just sharp operators with early revenue and fast iteration loops.
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
(10) They execute like survival depends on it — because it does.
No tourists. No hype-chasers. Just sharp operators with early revenue and fast iteration loops.
No tourists. No hype-chasers. Just sharp operators with early revenue and fast iteration loops.
(9) Infra isn’t the pitch.
It’s just what lets the product scale.
It’s just what lets the product scale.
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
(9) Infra isn’t the pitch.
It’s just what lets the product scale.
It’s just what lets the product scale.