{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#160 CEO Grammarly, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury: Better, Not More","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f9d1fa3c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3776,"description":"Guest: Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, CEO of Grammarly\nDriven by generative tools like ChatGPT, artificial intelligence is hot — but Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury wishes that “AI” stood for something else: “Augmented Intelligence.” A longtime Googler and lifelong believer in using technology to make peoples’ lives better at scale, Roy-Chowdhury now leads a company well-positioned to do exactly that. “In the early days, Grammarly was all about the rules of language,” he says. “Now, with generative AI, we can actually help people across a much broader swath of communication tasks.”\nIn this episode, Rahul and Joubin discuss digital distraction, responsible AI, John Oliver, Ali Ghodsi, the hype cycle, fragmentation, being kind to yourself, Amp It Up, intentional strategy, candid dialogue, Google Chrome, and Dancing with the Butterfly.\nIn this episode, we cover:\nGrowing up in India (01:05)\nMeaningful, impactful work (07:12)\nThe potential of AI (13:09)\nInvisible AI (19:53)\nWould Grammarly go public? (23:51)\nWhat drives the business (28:19)\nToo many emails (31:05)\nBeing an introvert CEO (35:11)\nHow Rahul got the top job (37:36)\nInsecurity (39:48)\nSnowflake CEO Frank Slootman (41:57)\nRahul’s decision-making framework (45:40)\n“I deprecated the thing I built” (54:12)\nThe dino game (56:28)\nThe book on Rahul’s desk (59:49)\nWho Grammarly is hiring and what “grit” means to Rahul (01:01:06)\nLinks:\nConnect with RahulLinkedIn\nConnect with JoubinTwitter\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com \nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins\nThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}