Kevin Tang, co-founder of Firebender, discusses building an AI coding assistant plugin for Android Studio. He shares the startup journey including two years of failed pivots, building an AI phone prototype, getting accepted into Y Combinator with $500K funding, and growing to several thousand daily active users. The conversation covers infrastructure costs ($20K/month for 8x H100 GPUs), the challenge of Figma-to-Jetpack Compose conversion, working 13-hour days with a 3-person team, and advice for aspiring founders about filtering noise and connecting with other entrepreneurs.
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