# Bill Gross discusses building AI-era businesses with Exponential View community

> Original title: What to build next? With Bill Gross, IdeaLab.ai

- Source: Exponential View
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:37:32.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/hgi7exe2gs144sj4tm3ot7y25
- Original: https://www.exponentialview.co/p/what-to-build-next-with-bill-gross

## Summary

Exponential View hosted Bill Gross, founder and chairman of Idealab, for a conversation on building businesses in the AI age. Gross founded Idealab.ai, which uses AI to explore business ideas, test them against real-world problems, and help founders refine them. Gross emphasized iteration and speed, and Exponential View says founders still need to listen to customers and exercise judgment.