Daniel Vitiello, co-founder and CEO of Mercury Fund portfolio company, Cooklist, sits down with Alex Gras to talk about building AI native from day one, why his rule is to never delegate understanding, and how the right harness turns a general model into something that actually ships. Daniel also discusses Cooklist's pivot from consumer app to powering grocery ecommerce, agents that do your shopping, and a wild take on self sovereign AI earning its own money by 2029.
