Vishal Virani - Rocket.new Founder | The Future Of AI Software Development Belongs to Non-Coders

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Vishal Virani is a serial entrepreneur and AI product innovator who co-founded Rocket.new (formerly DhiWise), scaling it to 400,000+ users across 180 countries and $4.5M ARR in just 16 weeks—attracting a $15M seed round from Salesforce Ventures, Accel, and Together Fund. Operating from Surat, India, his vibe-coding platform has generated 500,000+ applications and serves users from Meta, PayPal, KPMG, and PwC. Previously, he won Product Hunt's Golden Kitty Award for Best Developer Tool and built a 40,000+ developer community around DhiWise.

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➡️ Talking Points

00:00 – Intro
01:23 – Why Vishal Chose Tech
04:45 – Building in Surat Anyway
12:03 – Pushing Through the Unknown
18:49 – When to Jump Into Entrepreneurship
26:22 – Sponsor Break
29:10 – Consumption vs. Application
32:54 – What Rocket Really Solves
42:26 – The First Demo Obsession
47:46 – Is Rocket Slow on Purpose?
50:53 – Speed vs. Depth in AI
56:59 – Sponsor Break
59:30 – Why AI Doesn’t Reduce Mental Load
1:01:49 – Is AI Replacing Humans?
1:07:18 – The Future Software Team
1:10:48 – Where Hallucinations Start
1:14:41 – AI One Year From Now
1:16:21 – Rocket: Luck or Hard Work?
1:18:07 – What Sustainable Business Really Means
1:19:46 – A Beginner’s Mental Model
1:22:56 – Advice to My 20-Year-Old Self

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