Ever tried to build something with AI and gotten stuck? You're not alone. The initial results look promising. But then comes the hard part: making changes, adding features, building something real. To build real things, you need to understand how they work.
Hey folks, this is Eric Ries (of Lean Startup and LTSE). Jeremy Howard and I created a new AI research lab a few years ago called Answer.AI. This is our latest launch: solveit
This is the AI environment I personally have been using every day for months, not just for code but for writing and research, too. it’s solved all the problems and frustrations I’ve had with both vibecoding and the limitations of the chatbot interface for doing deep work that requires concentration + the ability to understand the artifacts you are producing
and, as a special bonus, people in this course will get a sneak preview of the new book I’m working on. we’re going to use it both to teach some of the concepts from it (on how to create mission-driven long-term companies) and how to use solveit for longform writing projects
Looks great! As far as I can tell the course homepage does not say what time the live course is at/how long the sessions are, just dates and time zone. What time is the course on Mondays and Wednesdays?
Also would love to know the expected time to spend outside those sessions.
“We'll meet twice a week on Monday and Wednesday for 5 weeks. The first lesson is on Monday Oct. 20th (PST) and the last lesson is on Wednesday Nov. 26th (PST).”
Really intriguing interface! It reminds me of @HackMD’s left hand side line by line attribution. If I’m understanding the interface correctly, it makes it easy to have a multi-threaded, more “2 dimensional” conversation w/ an LLM agent?
Have you found that using it changes the way you think? It seems like the kind of tool that would start to reshape how you approach problems.
Good to see something tackling the limits of chatbots. Most tools feel great at first but then hit a wall. Does solveit give more control over the code and artifacts you’re making?
