Build To Succeed: Digital Experience Design & Product Development; Flutter, AI & Tech Leadership Kevin Smith and Mikel Corcuera, Snipd — Small Team, Big Vision: Shipping Fast With Autonomy and AI
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Jul 10, 2025 
Kevin Smith and Mikel Corcuera are the co-founders of Snipd, an innovative AI-powered podcast app designed to help users capture and rediscover podcast insights. They discuss the challenges of building an AI-native product and the significance of Flutter for rapid, cross-platform development. The duo shares how Snipd enables users to save podcast moments effortlessly and reflects on the evolving role of AI in enhancing productivity. Their passion for podcasting and commitment to creating user-friendly solutions shines through their captivating journey.
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Flutter Enables Fast Iteration
- Use Flutter for rapid prototyping and polished cross-platform UI development.
- Iterating directly in code speeds up design refinement compared to relying heavily on tools like Figma.
Early AI Model Challenges
- Before popular APIs, Snipd fine-tuned multiple open source AI models for specific tasks.
- Managing GPU resources to serve fine-tuned models was challenging and required regular restarts.
AI Native vs AI Powered
- Snipd views AI as electricity: soon it will be pervasive without special mention.
- Being "AI native" means designing products from scratch to leverage AI's unique possibilities, not just adding features.