He Built Uber Eats to $25B, Now He's Pushing AI Beyond Chat | Stephen Chau

He Built Uber Eats to $25B, Now He's Pushing AI Beyond Chat | Stephen Chau

Author: Peter Yang April 7, 2025 Duration: 57:05

My guest today is Stephen Chau.Stephen is the co-founder of Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup that lets you interact with AI through a ground-breaking visual interface instead of chat. We had a great chat about why the future of AI is generative UI, how to build great AI products, and how he scaled Uber Eats from $0 to $25B.This episode is brought to you by Merge — Merge gives SaaS companies like Ramp and Drata a single API to launch over 200 product integrations fast. Book a meeting via https://www.merge.dev/peteryang and get a $50 Amazon gift card when you attend.Timestamps: (00:00) The future of AI is generative UI

(01:53) Demoing Cove's visual AI interface for trip planning

(05:02) Beyond chatbots: Co-creating with AI in a natural way

(09:01) Context-aware AI that updates content automatically

(11:11) Putting AI to the test to list premium Japanese snacks

(14:02) Building AI apps directly within your workspace

(16:35) Demoing real world use cases for visual AI interfaces

(27:39) Generative UI and just-in-time AI apps

(31:16) Why chatbots are the "DOS stage" of AI interfaces

(45:44) The secret to building Uber Eats to $25B

(54:51) The best way to build your AI product senseGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/he-built-uber-eats-now-pushing-ai-beyond-chat-stephen-chauWhere to find Stephen:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenchau/Website: https://cove.ai/📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!


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