If OpenAI And Anthropic Are Discouraging You, You're Probably A Level 1 Builder.

The 5 levels of AI building, and how to tell which one you are on. A practical framework for AI builders deciding what to work on next. Full post: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/5-levels-ai-building?r=1z4sm5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true My Links 🔗 👉🏻 Newsletter: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/ 👉🏻 X: https://x.com/natebjones 👉🏻 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate.b.jones What's really happening inside the AI builder ecosystem right now? The common story is that OpenAI and Anthropic are squeezing independent builders out of the market — but the real question is which level of your business a launch actually exposed. In this video, I share the inside scoop on the five levels of AI building: - Why level one builders read every model launch as a verdict - How listening to ten customers turns an idea into a business - What level three looks like when AI powers go to market - Where a domain thesis beats a frontier lab on detail The labs will keep absorbing point solutions, and the builders who last will be the ones who know their customer, their distribution, and their domain better than any training run can. Chapters: 00:00 the fear every lab launch creates 00:17 what the five levels actually measure 00:36 level one, in love with the idea 01:44 level two, letting the customer change it 03:33 level three, distribution and go to market 04:18 four AI go-to-market plays that work 05:42 level four, an unfair domain thesis 06:48 voice as the next computing paradigm 09:13 level five, building for what is coming 11:57 why the labs are not black holes 13:02 the move between each level Listen to this video as a podcast. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gkFdjd1wptEKJKLu9LbZ4 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones/id1877109372