Shams Mosowi
Co-Founder & CTO at BuildShip
Shams Mosowi is co-founder and chief technology officer of BuildShip, a visual, low-code platform for building AI-enabled backend workflows, APIs and automations, which he leads alongside co-founder and CEO Harini Janakiraman. He holds a science degree in nanotechnology from the University of Sydney and previously worked at Rowy, Antler and 2hats before starting BuildShip. He is based in San Francisco. On In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy, he and Janakiraman discussed building BuildShip's developer tooling and the future of dev tools.
Key moments
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- 2:43 What makes a great startup partnership work
- 5:23 Harini’s AI hack: voice-activated workflows for home and transport
- 7:21 Shams’ AI hack: pitch deck evaluator and vibe coding with Claude + Cursor
- 9:40 Comparing LLMs: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity
- 14:11 Tech hits misses: Midjourney, Replit, Cursor, Copilot
- 21:44 Where to prioritise capital pre-product-market-fit
- 24:49 Is moving to San Francisco worth it for AI startups?
- 27:43 Remote hiring lessons: trial projects, red flags, and finding fit
- 29:54 Why brand is BuildShip’s moat (and how merch plays a role)
- 36:11 How to earn BuildShip merch: hackathons and shipping tools
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