Episode 2 of the AI gold rush docuseries drops you into the crazy rise of Bolt AI, how a founder who was literally living at the AOL offices homeless used AI to go from nothing to a billion‑dollar company, fast.
You’ll see what “press the right buttons” actually looks like: flatline to hypergrowth, laptop to real money, and $1M in prizes for people starting from zero. It’s raw, fast, and inside the rooms where decisions get made. If you’re curious how the AI wave is creating winners right now, you’re gonna want to watch this.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
00:25 – The Origin Story of co-Founders Eric and Albert
04:50 – StackBlitz is Born
07:58 – Pivot to Bolt
09:29 – Bolt’s Hypergrowth
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Awesome
This is beautiful. Thanks for making these videos
Love the mic drop style cliffhanger at the end. Hit me up with Ep. 3 already!
I like the more produced content. I also like the podcast
Damn! Greg why did you remove one of the coolest videos on SF?
yet another story that these are not overnight successes. over-decade successes. ty greg!
Oh cool, what promised to be a documentary on AI just turned into a commercial
Wild story. The part that hit me most was how their “last bullet” pivot became one of the fastest-growing products in history. As a founder, that’s a reminder—sometimes survival mode forces the clarity that creates breakout bets.
Insane thx for ❤