AI visibility should be your SaaS north star metric

My friend @AlexandruGlv is building a micro SaaS while working a 9/5, but the growth is very slow, so he asked for my opinion. (for context, his product is a database to find YouTube influencers to sponsor) I went to ChatGPT and asked: "How to find youtubers to sponsor?" It came up with DIY solutions or large generic databases, nothing that fit my use case. If I had to start a new SaaS today, I'd think "How will people interact with my product in 5 years?" In most cases, the answer is through AI assistants, so I'd set AI visibility as my North Star metric and build everything backwards. I'd do everything so that potential customers can 1. Find my product on ChatGPT 2. Onboard on ChatGPT 3. Get value from ChatGPT llms.txt, markdown files, get mentions on Reddit/YouTube, etc... It's still unclear what you need to do to get mentioned, but I'd try everything to become an AI agent first startup, as @wickedguro did with Postiz ($150K MRR). And who knows, maybe along the way I'd discover a new product worth 100x more than my current SaaS? Fuck Around and Find Out 😊