The Reality of Building an AI Company
Inside an AI startup: roadmap meetings, engineering debates, customer pain points, scaling problems, and the reality of trying to build a company in 2026. In this episode, we go behind the scenes at London-based AI startup Tano as the founders and wider company navigate the chaos of scaling a fast-growing startup. From product strategy and AI agents to software engineering, margins, and product-market fit, this is an honest look at what building an AI company actually feels like. Featuring Co-Founders Will Caplan and Sagar Shah, alongside Nathan making his Tano debut. This video dives into AI startups, SaaS, software engineering, entrepreneurship, and founder life. We follow the company through roadmap meetings, technical discussions, startup experiments, and the pressure of trying to scale while figuring things out in real time. You’ll see honest conversations about: • Building AI startups • The future of SaaS • Modern software engineering with AI • Entrepreneurship inside a startup • What founder life actually looks like • Product-market fit and startup growth AI startups are moving fast. SaaS is changing. Software engineering is evolving. Entrepreneurship looks different in the age of AI. If you’re interested in AI startups, SaaS, software engineering, entrepreneurship, or founder life, this series is for you. Subscribe for more behind-the-scenes episodes from inside the world of AI startups, SaaS, software engineering, entrepreneurship, and founder life. #AI #Startup #ArtificialIntelligence #SaaS #SoftwareEngineering #Entrepreneurship #AIStartup #TechStartup #FounderLife ------------------ Tano Website: https://www.tano.ai Will Caplan Linkedin: / will-caplan-45a173194 Sagar Shah Linkedin: / sagarshahuk

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