Vishal Virani - Rocket.new Founder | The Future Of AI Software Development Belongs to Non-Coders

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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.

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➡️ 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

26:22 – Sponsor Break

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

56:59 – Sponsor Break

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

Welcome to the Success Story Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, business executive, author, educator & speaker, Scott D. Clary (@scottdclary). On this podcast, you'll find interviews, Q&A, keynote presentations & conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. Scott will discuss some of the lessons he's learned over his own career, as well as have candid interviews with execs, celebrities, notable figures and politicians. All who have achieved success through both wins and losses, to learn more about their life, their ideas and insights. He sits down with leaders and mentors and unpacks their story to help pass those lessons onto others through both experiences and tactical strategy for business professionals, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. To get more of the Success Story podcast, go to www.successstorypodcast.com.