Vishal Virani - Rocket.new Founder | The Future Of AI Software Development Belongs to Non-Coders
Vishal Virani - Rocket.new Founder | The Future Of AI Software Development Belongs to Non-Coders
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Vishal Virani
Founder of Rocket.new, Serial Entrepreneur, AI Product Innovator
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A 'vibe-coding' platform co-founded by Vishal Virani, enabling non-coders to develop AI software, scaled to 400,000+ users and secured $15M seed funding.
The former name of Rocket.new, which built a 40,000+ developer community and won Product Hunt's Golden Kitty Award for Best Developer Tool.
Show Notes
Vishal Virani is a serial entrepreneur and AI product innovator who co-founded Rocket.new (formerly DhiWise), scaling it to 400,000+ users across 180 countries and $4.5M ARR in just 16 weeks—attracting a $15M seed round from Salesforce Ventures, Accel, and Together Fund. Operating from Surat, India, his vibe-coding platform has generated 500,000+ applications and serves users from Meta, PayPal, KPMG, and PwC. Previously, he won Product Hunt's Golden Kitty Award for Best Developer Tool and built a 40,000+ developer community around DhiWise.
➡️ Talking Points
00:00 — Intro
01:23 — Why Vishal Chose Tech
04:45 — Building in Surat Anyway
12:03 — Pushing Through the Unknown
18:49 — When to Jump Into Entrepreneurship
29:10 — Consumption vs. Application
32:54 — What Rocket Really Solves
42:26 — The First Demo Obsession
47:46 — Is Rocket Slow on Purpose?
50:53 — Speed vs. Depth in AI
59:30 — Why AI Doesn’t Reduce Mental Load
1:01:49 — Is AI Replacing Humans?
1:07:18 — The Future Software Team
1:10:48 — Where Hallucinations Start
1:14:41 — AI One Year From Now
1:16:21 — Rocket: Luck or Hard Work?
1:18:07 — What Sustainable Business Really Means
1:19:46 — A Beginner’s Mental Model
1:22:56 — Advice to My 20-Year-Old Self