🔮 Seven lessons from building with AI

Plus a stack of 50+ AI tools we use at Exponential View

Before asking for more headcount and resources, teams must demonstrate why they cannot accomplish their goals using AI, explicitly showing what their area would look like if autonomous AI agents were integrated as part of the team.

— Tobi Lütke, CEO of Shopify

Tobi’s memo resonated widely because organizations now recognize what it truly means to integrate AI – not merely as an add-on but fundamentally into their operating structures.

At Exponential View, we’d embraced precisely this mindset to reimagine how we work. We consider ourselves AI-native, which means:

• We use AI reflexively; it’s a core skill for everyone.

• We’re tool-agnostic, continually evaluating and updating our stack.

• We build new workflows from scratch rather than just automating old ones.

• Our team is becoming increasingly technical – the baseline expectation for coding skills has risen significantly.

• At the same time, I’ve encouraged my portfolio companies to scale through synthetic intelligence during this time of transforma…