In Episode 47 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, senior analysts Charles Laughlin and Mike Boland find new angles on the ongoing saga of how AI is changing everything, from product pages to venture capital.
Mike starts with a review of how Amazon and Google are making it easy to use generative AI to create product descriptions for Google product listings or Amazon product pages. Mike sees these moves in the context of how AI is working its way through the marketing stack, from stock images to copywriting. And now to the creation of product images.
Trendspotting: Google and Amazon Launch GenAI Product Images
Charles takes this in a different direction and talks about recent comments from investor and All-In Podcast bro Chamath Palihapitiya that it is easier than it has ever been to launch a software company with just a couple of people. How? Well, just automate most tasks, from product development to marketing, using AI. In this scenario, Chamath doesn’t see an outsize role for VCs.
Catch the hosts’ selections for “Who Won the Week”. Perhaps Mike or Charles will mention you or your company!
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Time Stamps
- AI-generated product images for Amazon and Google. (0:21)
- Will AI reduce/eliminate the need for early-stage VC? (6:27)
- Who Won the Week – Charles (13:34)
- Who Won the Week – Mike (14:42)
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