Yasser Elsaid
13 Mar 2026AMI Labs $1B Seed, NScale $2B C, Anthropic Sue, Lovable & Sequoia Join
2:29:1115 min
Chatbase Founder Yasser on Bootstrapping to $100M+ ARR
Chatbase founder Yasser recounts starting the company in early 2023 on GPT-3, building in public on X, and landing his first customer 30 minutes after publishing a pricing page; the hosts cite the company reaching ~$101M ARR in 117 days. He argues every business will have a conversational agent trained on its data and connected to systems like Stripe and Shopify, evolving from support into proactive strategic advice. He also weighs bootstrapping versus raising VC, champions embracing boredom to generate original ideas, and explains the 'delusional self-belief' behind his essay 'King, Make Yourself.'