Talking to Dead Relatives with AI and Other Questionable Ideas

14/08/2025 36 min Episodio 2
Talking to Dead Relatives with AI and Other Questionable Ideas

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Is using AI to talk to dead relatives a bad idea or good business?We follow up on Devon’s avatar experiments and discuss how subscriptions to “dead grandpa” are probably not how we want to make our millions. Then we get into Chris’ legit long-time business plan, which, after 6 years of talking about it, might finally be going somewhere.Topics:0:00 – Opening banter & BS3:41 – AI avatars: cool or creepy?6:18 – Talking to dead relatives with AI10:16 – Chris’ big business idea15:36 – Securing vibe-coded apps17:30 – Automation and lowest-hanging fruit22:41 – How Devon would market Chris’ idea26:22 – The problem with revops and IT28:11 – Who is Chris’ ideal customer?31:35 – How to find product-market fit and first customersLinks:HeyGenDevon on XChris on LinkedInShipRats.comCheck out our Ship Rats NewsletterSubscribe to Ship Rats on YouTubeSubscribe for scrappy biz ideas, tech banter, and vibe coding.Email us at [email protected]