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๐Ÿชž ELIZA

๐Ÿชž ELIZA

In 1966, a secretary watched a professor build the world's first chatbot from scratch. She knew it was a trick. Then she asked him to leave the room so she could talk to it alone. What she revealed about human nature is now a billion-dollar blind spot in AI.

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Startup Heist | Briefings
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๐Ÿง  The Dunning-Kruger Prompt Gap

๐Ÿง  The Dunning-Kruger Prompt Gap

Top performers in the Dunning-Kruger study didn't overrate themselves โ€” they underestimated. Now the same thing is happening with AI. The best tools are being underused by the most competent people. That gap is today's startup opportunity: a prompt coaching layer. Grammarly, but for AI work.

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Startup Heist | Briefings
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๐ŸŽธ Bowie Bonds

๐ŸŽธ Bowie Bonds

In 1997, David Bowie securitized himself โ€” $55M in bonds backed by his future royalties. Wall Street called it a novelty. The bonds paid out in full. Today, 41.8M solopreneurs generate $1.3T in revenue. The value is there. The instrument still isn't. This startup idea builds it.

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Startup Heist | Briefings
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๐Ÿซฅ The Shame Business

๐Ÿซฅ The Shame Business

CVS installed self-checkout to cut labor costs. Then something strange happened: sales of condoms, Plan B, and antifungal cream jumped by double digits. Nobody changed the product. They removed the witness. That's a whole category of business to be built upon.

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Startup Heist | Briefings
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