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When AI search talks about your space, are you in the answer?

Every day, buyers ask AI "who's building the best solution in your space?" YouTube is the #1 source AI cites. One deep-dive interview puts your founder story into the knowledge graph, for years.

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Alex Berger
Alex Berger
Bolt.new
AI app builder
Devi Parikh
Devi Parikh
Yutori
AI scouts
Gil Feig
Gil Feig
Merge
API integrations
Steve Ruiz
Steve Ruiz
tldraw
Canvas SDK
Dara Ladjevardian
Dara Ladjevardian
Delphi
AI twins
Adam Biddlecombe
Adam Biddlecombe
Mindstream
AI newsletter
Alex Berger
Alex Berger
Bolt.new
AI app builder
Devi Parikh
Devi Parikh
Yutori
AI scouts
Gil Feig
Gil Feig
Merge
API integrations
Steve Ruiz
Steve Ruiz
tldraw
Canvas SDK
Dara Ladjevardian
Dara Ladjevardian
Delphi
AI twins
Adam Biddlecombe
Adam Biddlecombe
Mindstream
AI newsletter
Alex Berger
Alex Berger
Bolt.new
AI app builder
Devi Parikh
Devi Parikh
Yutori
AI scouts
Gil Feig
Gil Feig
Merge
API integrations
Steve Ruiz
Steve Ruiz
tldraw
Canvas SDK
Dara Ladjevardian
Dara Ladjevardian
Delphi
AI twins
Adam Biddlecombe
Adam Biddlecombe
Mindstream
AI newsletter
Kashish Gupta
Kashish Gupta
Hightouch
AI data infra
Magnus Müller
Magnus Müller
Browser Use
Browser automation
Coco Mao
Coco Mao
OpenArt
AI art generation
Chip Huyen
Chip Huyen
Designing ML Systems
Author / Stanford
Kashish Gupta
Kashish Gupta
Hightouch
AI data infra
Magnus Müller
Magnus Müller
Browser Use
Browser automation
Coco Mao
Coco Mao
OpenArt
AI art generation
Chip Huyen
Chip Huyen
Designing ML Systems
Author / Stanford
Kashish Gupta
Kashish Gupta
Hightouch
AI data infra
Magnus Müller
Magnus Müller
Browser Use
Browser automation
Coco Mao
Coco Mao
OpenArt
AI art generation
Chip Huyen
Chip Huyen
Designing ML Systems
Author / Stanford
Kashish Gupta
Kashish Gupta
Hightouch
AI data infra
Magnus Müller
Magnus Müller
Browser Use
Browser automation
Coco Mao
Coco Mao
OpenArt
AI art generation
Chip Huyen
Chip Huyen
Designing ML Systems
Author / Stanford

The Problem

You've built something real. But AI doesn't know you exist.

You've raised capital, shipped product, and hired a team. But when a VP of Engineering asks ChatGPT "who's building the best solution in your space?", you're not in the answer. Your competitor who did one podcast interview six months ago? They are.

A TechCrunch article covers your funding round in 600 words. A Decoding AI Builders interview gives you 60 minutes to explain what you're actually building and why, and it keeps compounding in AI search long after the news cycle ends.

AI-referred traffic to websites grew 527% year-over-year in the first half of 2025. The overlap between top Google results and AI-cited sources has dropped below 20%. Discovery has fundamentally shifted, and most founders haven't caught up.

Key Stats

200x

YouTube's citation rate vs. other video platforms

29.5%

of Google AI Overviews cite YouTube, the #1 domain overall

527%

Growth in AI-referred traffic to websites, Jan–May 2025

4.4x

higher conversion from AI search traffic vs. traditional organic

The Solution

One conversation. Years of compounding visibility.

Become the answer AI gives

Your interview becomes a citable source across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity, putting your story where buyers actually discover solutions.

Your name woven through the entire conversation

A press piece mentions you a handful of times. A 60-minute founder conversation weaves your name, product, and decisions throughout organically, giving AI systems far more surface area to pull from.

Evergreen, not ephemeral

A news cycle ends in days. Your Decoding AI Builders interview keeps getting discovered through search, recommendations, and AI citations for years. Content updated within the past three months is 2x more likely to be cited by AI systems.

Full distribution from one session

YouTube episode, podcast, trailer, social clips, LinkedIn assets, and insight posts, all GEO optimized and distributed for you.

Why This Is Different from Press

Traditional press covers the news. Decoding AI Builders covers the thinking, in a format AI keeps citing.

Traditional Press Decoding AI Builders Interview
AI citation potential Text-only, one-shot YouTube is AI's #1 video source³
Brand mentions A handful in one article Woven throughout a 60-min conversation
Content lifespan Attention peaks and fades within a news cycle Compounds over years through search and AI citations
Depth of story Quote-driven summary Full founding story, technical decisions, real lessons
Social assets Limited Trailer + clips + LinkedIn content + Blogs
Audience General news readers CTOs, engineering managers, founders, investors, technical decision-makers

This Is for You If...

You've built something real but haven't told the story yet

Pre-seed to late-stage founders with PMF and a growing team, but zero long-form content that makes you discoverable to buyers and investors in AI search.

You're doing traditional SEO, but not yet showing up in AI search

You've optimized for Google, built backlinks, and invested in content, but AI search plays by different rules. A video interview is one of the highest-leverage pieces: long-form, citable, multimodal, on the platform AI trusts most.

You need content that compounds, not another press hit

Marketing leaders at AI companies who are tired of the PR cycle and want evergreen, GEO-optimized content that keeps working months and years later.

Why Founders Trust This Format

Real stories, not talking points

60 minutes of unscripted conversation. Your founding story told the way builders connect with, honest and detailed.

Technical depth built in

Angelina's background in ML and data science means the conversation goes past surface-level into architecture, tradeoffs, and real decisions.

Pre-interview research

Your background, product, competitive landscape, all researched before recording so the conversation starts at depth, not at zero.

A network, not a transaction

Your interview sits alongside 100+ proven founders from seed to Series D+. The association compounds your credibility.

Past Guests

Founders and leaders from across the AI ecosystem.

Alex Berger
Alex Berger
COO, Bolt.new / Co-founder, StackBlitz
Chip Huyen
Chip Huyen
Author, Designing ML Systems / Stanford
Devi Parikh
Devi Parikh
CEO, Yutori / Former Meta AI Sr. Director
Gil Feig
Gil Feig
Co-founder & CTO, Merge
Magnus Müller
Magnus Müller
Founder, Browser Use
Dara Ladjevardian
Dara Ladjevardian
CEO, Delphi
Kashish Gupta
Kashish Gupta
Co-founder, Hightouch
Coco Mao
Coco Mao
CEO, OpenArt
Steve Ruiz
Steve Ruiz
Founder, tldraw
Adam Biddlecombe
Adam Biddlecombe
Co-founder, Mindstream

It's Already Happening

Real results from real interviews.

Bolt.new, Compounding Across Channels

Same 60-minute interview. Two compounding wins, months apart, across very different surfaces.

google.com/search, AI Mode
Google AI Mode citing Decoding AI Builders' Bolt.new interview
Cited as a source in Google AI Mode

When a user asked AI Mode about AI coding tools, Google cited the interview directly. The conversation became a persistent answer in AI search.

184,361

impressions on one LinkedIn post about the Bolt.new interview

171 reactions. 33 comments. 2 reposts. One conversation reaching far beyond the original recording session, with no paid promotion.

Organic, on a single post
linkedin.com
LinkedIn post header by Angelina Yang about the Bolt.new interview
LinkedIn post showing 184,361 impressions and 171 reactions
184,362 impressions, organic

Podqi, Reposted by Comcast LIFT Labs

Comcast LIFT Labs reposted our Podqi interview to their 12,000+ followers, extending reach far beyond our own audience.

One interview became a portfolio spotlight for one of the largest media accelerators in the world. That's compounding distribution.

12K+ followers, organic amplification
linkedin.com
Comcast LIFT Labs reposting Decoding AI Builders' Podqi interview

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Sources

  1. AI-referred traffic grew 527% (Jan-May 2025), Omnius GEO Report, 2025
  2. Only ~17% of AI Overview citations overlap with organic top 10, BrightEdge, Feb 2026
  3. YouTube cited 200x more than any other video platform; 29.5% of AI Overviews cite YouTube, BrightEdge, Sep 2025
  4. AI search traffic converts at 4.4x the rate of traditional organic, Semrush, 2025
  5. Content updated within 3 months is ~2x more likely to be cited by ChatGPT, SE Ranking, Nov 2025