The AI PM’s Guide to Building AI Agents, with Warp CEO Zach Lloyd

Today’s Episode

As an AI PM, you’re probably tired of building AI Agents and don’t know how to monetize them.

But what if I told you there’s a company adding $1 million ARR every 10 days with their AI agent?

Zach Lloyd, CEO of Warp and former Google engineering leader, cracked the code. His terminal-based AI agent has 700,000+ active developers paying real money.

This episode is his complete playbook for AI PMs who want to build agents that actually make money.

I hope you enjoy this one!

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Timestamps00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:55 - Interview Begins

00:02:02 - Warp's Scale & Growth

00:03:08 - The Turning Point

00:04:32 - Learn or Get Left Behind

00:05:50 - Framework for AI Value

00:08:30 - Warp's Development Process

00:12:28 - UX Challenges in Agentic Products

00:14:53 - Ads

00:19:29 - Who's Making Money with Agents

00:28:31 - Future Predictions

00:29:24 - Ads

00:30:26 - Contrarian Takes on AI's Future

00:35:44 - 90-Day Roadmap for PMs

00:38:33 - Outro

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Key Takeaways

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Where to Find Zach Lloyd

* Linkedin

* X (Twitter)

* Warp

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