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Idea Of The Day - You can build an AI DJ that knows your mood better than you do
Needs To Exist
February 17, 2025
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Daily Idea - AI-curated playlist
After MVP comes GTM. We love 3 letters.
AI soundtracks for any moment
The One Liner
AI-crafted playlists for any moment.
The 140 character tweet (or X) version
Describe a vibe, a moment, or a feeling—this AI turns it into the perfect playlist. Your soundtrack, built from your words.
The Longer Story Version
The Problem
Playlists suck.
Not all playlists, but most.
Spotify’s got 'Happy Hits' and 'Sad Boi Hours,' but life isn’t that simple. Sometimes you need a playlist for "driving aimlessly at 2AM questioning life choices," or "feeling like the main character walking into a bar where something important is about to happen."
No algorithm gets it.
You either spend hours crafting the perfect playlist or roll the dice on some generic “vibes” playlist that kinda works but mostly doesn’t.
Music isn’t just background noise. It’s the mood. The moment. The memory. And picking the right songs shouldn’t feel like work.
The Solution
What if you could describe a moment in words and instantly get the perfect playlist?
Here’s how it works:
You type a vibe. Maybe it’s “drunk driving down a poorly lit farm road in a dot of youthful rebellion.” Maybe it’s “waking up hungover in a foreign city with no idea where my phone is.”
AI gets the mood. Using an LLM trained on cultural context, lyrics, and music history, it understands the scene—not just the words.
It builds your soundtrack. Pulling from streaming services, it creates a playlist that fits perfectly. The right energy, the right lyrics, the right flow.
You hit play. No digging through songs. No overthinking. Just the perfect mix, curated for your exact moment.
How We’d Build It
Brainpower: Use OpenAI’s GPT-4 (or Mistral for open-source options) fine-tuned on music context.
Music Data: Tap into Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube APIs to pull tracks.
Personalization Layer: Integrate Last.fm or ListenBrainz to learn user preferences.
Quick Build: Frontend with Next.js, backend on Firebase for fast iteration.
Optional Add-On: Use Whisper AI to take voice input for hands-free playlist creation.
Why It Needs to Exist
Because life isn’t just “Happy” or “Sad.”
Music is personal. Moments are nuanced. And algorithms aren’t great at reading the room.
This tool makes music feel more like magic—like it already knows what you need to hear. The right song, at the right time, for the right moment.
If you believe music should match your life, not just your playlists, this changes the game.
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You Picked an Idea—Now What? Go-to-Market (GTM) Like a Pro
You’ve got the idea. Maybe even built an MVP. Now the real game begins: getting customers.
Most founders think GTM is just running ads or cold emails. But the best GTM plays aren’t obvious—they’re creative, precise, and scalable. And they don’t rely on just the usual tools like HubSpot, Apollo, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
Here’s how to avoid being just another founder shouting into the void.
The GTM Playbook Nobody Talks About
This article in Growth Unhinged talks about how AI-powered Sales Development Reps are reshaping sales. But let’s be real—most of these tools are just email blasters in disguise. The real magic is in using signals to find buyers at the right time.
Here are three underrated GTM strategies that actually work:
1. Competitor Job Posting Scraping
Why it works: Companies reveal their tech stack in job postings (e.g., “Looking for a Data Engineer with Snowflake experience”). If they’re hiring for a tool you integrate with—or a competitor—you’ve got an opening.
How to do it:
Use Sumble or TheirStack to scrape job postings.
Feed the data into Clay or Census to create a list of high-intent accounts.
Run an ultra-personalized outbound campaign targeting those companies.
🔹 Example: You sell a cloud database service. A company posts a job requiring experience in Snowflake? Perfect time to pitch your alternative.
2. Warm Intros (Without Begging for Them)
Why it works: The best intros aren’t forced. They come from mutual investors, advisors, or ex-employees of your happy customers.
How to do it:
🔹 Pro Tip: A personalized, “Hey, saw we have a mutual connection—mind making an intro?” works better than an email begging for a favor.
3. LinkedIn Competitor Spying
Why it works: If your buyers are engaging with a competitor’s post, they’re likely evaluating solutions.
How to do it:
🔹 Example: If someone comments on a HubSpot post about CRM pain points, a message like “Curious—what’s your biggest CRM frustration right now?” is a better opener than “Hey, we’re a HubSpot alternative!”
Automate, But Make It Smart
AI and automation don’t mean spray-and-pray. The best GTM motion? Fewer but higher-quality outreach. Here’s a formula that works:
📍 Find the right signal → 🎯 Hyper-targeted messaging → 🤖 Automate only where it makes sense
Where to Start
If you’re new to this:
✅ Start with website visitors (use Warmly or Koala to de-anonymize and retarget)
✅ Track champions changing jobs (use Champify or UserGems)
✅ Re-engage closed-lost deals (pull past deals from your CRM and add AI-generated call summaries)
If you’re more advanced:
🚀 Micro-campaigns (target small, hyper-relevant lists)
🚀 Product-qualified outbound (auto-reach out when free users hit an ‘aha’ moment)
🚀 Competitive data scraping (use LinkedIn, job postings, and social mentions to build timely campaigns)
The Bottom Line
Most GTM efforts fail because they’re too generic. The best ones feel like they were sent by a human who actually did research.
The future isn’t just automation—it’s smart automation, stacked with signals that make outreach so timely and relevant, it doesn’t even feel like sales.
Want to see more plays like this? Reply with what’s working for you. 🚀
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