Sidebar Speaker Series: From Idea to Revenue: How Two Builders Turned AI Products into Real Businesses.
Vibe coding gets you a working product fast - but the real story starts after the build.
In this session, you'll hear from two founders who didn't stop at "I vibe coded a product and it works." They turned their products into actual businesses: one raised capital and launched publicly ahead of the Sundance Film Festival, the other landed real, paying customers and early product-market fit in a matter of months.
We'll get into the part nobody talks about: what happens between "I shipped something" and "I have a company."
During this session, we'll discuss how they validated the idea, who they talked to first, how they found funding and early users, and the unglamorous decisions that actually moved the needle. No fluff, no theory- just the real playbook from people who recently walked the exact path you're about to start.
If you've ever built something and thought "okay… now what?" — this session will inspire you. Come see proof that what you vibe code isn't the finish line. It's the beginning of something real.
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Speaker Intros
Matt McDonald — Founder & CEO, Artie
Matt is the founder and CEO of Artie, a capital and infrastructure platform built to help creators get more premium products made. A former global head of Connected TV and Streaming at Google and a founding team member behind YouTube Kids, YouTube Music, and YouTube TV, Matt knows the media business inside out. He built Artie (named after his dog) to bridge the gap between creative ambition and financial reality — connecting creators with brands and capital partners so they can fund their work without giving up ownership. The founders raised their seed and launched publicly in January 2026 ahead of Sundance, They are already producing their first animated series. Matt will break down how he took an idea to a funded, launched company.
Gal Goffer — Founder, Strive | AI & Vibe Coding Mentor
Gal is the founder of Strive, a platform reinventing online learning around one simple idea: feedback changes everything. Instead of another course or AI bot, Strive connects learners directly with personal feedback from the people they admire most — turning effort into progress, and progress into motivation. An operator and AI/vibe coding mentor, Gal built Strive into a real product with early traction and genuine customer demand in under a year. He'll share exactly how he went from a build to real users who keep coming back.