Our head of AI came to me with a project.
Connect 7 back-end systems. Build the dashboard that ties them all together. His estimate? Six months, two developers.
I said go ahead. Start the process.
Then Bolt came out. If you haven’t heard of it, think of it as what ChatGPT would be if it was built for coding. Zach got introduced to it and came back to me and said: “Matt, I need two days.”
I didn’t really believe him.
Monday at noon he surfaced. I don’t know what hole he came out of, but he came out with a finished working prototype.
Six months. Two developers. Done in four and a half days.
I tell this story because people still think AI is a slightly better search engine. It’s not. The prototype phase of almost any software, any dashboard, any bespoke tool you’ve been putting off because the cost was too high? That constraint is gone now.
The dashboards you’ve wanted but couldn’t justify? You can stand them up this week.
Build a CRM in an hour.
Build a working prototype before your next board meeting.
The rate-limiting factor now isn’t the tool. It’s whether you’ve got someone on your team who knows how to use it, and whether you’ve actually redesigned the workflow to make room for it.
AI has to dominate the prototype phase.
If you’ve been waiting on a project because the development timeline killed it, dig it back out.
The math is different now.
And we now have a quick 37 minute webinar recorded on these new capabilities.
We cover what’s actually new, what it means for how you run your team, and the specific moves leaders should be making right now because of it.
The replay is free.
Here’s the link to register: https://hubs.ly/Q04fjPFH0
