Dear Reader,
Welcome to the 106th edition of the Good reads newsletter by Malpani Ventures. Sharing your weekly dose of articles for this weekend’s reading!
How AI apps make money
Understand the state of AI pricing at 40 leading startups including ElevenLabs, EvenUp, and Jasper
Review data focused on pricing models, value metrics, packaging, free versions, and pricing transparency.
We’re in the very early innings of AI apps. Many are still seeking product-market fit (even if they’ve raised substantial capital) and looking to prove market demand. Innovating on pricing models is hard and is understandably not the core focus initially.
The name of the game right now seems to be: (1) make pricing predictable and (2) don't make it a barrier to using your product.
How Perplexity builds product
Johnny Ho, co-founder and head of product provides an inside look at how Perplexity builds product
How does Perplixity use AI tools within Perplexity to build Perplexity?
Learn how they organize their teams like slime mold and why it works
3 essential ingredients for PLG success
Learn how to build a product that effectively solves higher-value problems
How to effectively communicate the value of the product to the right people
One must go beyond just serving users exceptionally well. We need to weave team and account-level thinking into everything, from monetisation strategy, to messaging, to onboarding and new user experience, to analysing product usage data, to metric definitions, to product state model, and to the way we approach product-led sales.
Until next time!