This Startup Doesn’t Just Use AI, It’s Run by AI | Xiaoyin Qu

Prime Venture Partners Podcast

What if your product manager, designer, developer, AND CEO were all AI?
In this game-changing conversation, Xiaoyin Qu, Founder of HeyBoss, joins Pankaj Agarwal (VP @PrimeVP_in) to share how she’s building a startup where software is shipped in minutes, led entirely by AI agents.
Before founding HeyBoss, Xiaoyin was a Product Manager at Facebook and Instagram. Today, she’s scaling her company with support from the OpenAI Startup Fund.
What you’ll learn:
🤖 How HeyBoss evolved from a kids' gaming idea to an AI development agency
👩‍💼 Why Xiaoyin stepped away from day-to-day operations and let “Astra”, their internal AI, lead the team
🧱 The infrastructure behind AI agents that ship full products from a single sentence
📊 Lessons in product design, QA, and customer feedback loops — all powered by AI
🧠 Why “taste,” strategy, and human intuition still matter (and always will)
⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – From Stanford MBA dropout to COVID-era startup success
04:30 – Building the first AI-run dev agency
06:40 – Meet Astra: The AI CEO
08:46 – How AI manages product, design, dev & delivery
14:53 – Prioritising quality over speed in an AI world
21:49 – Humans vs. AI: What still needs us?
33:19 – The one human skill AI can’t replace
💡 Key Takeaways:
How to structure teams of AI agents to deliver finished outcomes
Why non-technical founders are a massive unlock for AI-driven products
What the future of work looks like when humans and agents collaborate
Tactical lessons for founders exploring AI-powered SaaS
This is not just a conversation - it’s a first-hand look at where the future is already headed.
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Chapters

1. Entrepreneurial Journey and Background (00:00:00)

2. Birth of the AI-Run Agency (00:03:06)

3. How AI Agents Work Together (00:08:57)

4. Managing an AI CEO (00:16:22)

5. The Future of Work and Innovation (00:22:14)

6. Creating Value in an AI-Driven World (00:30:24)

7. Closing Thoughts and Key Takeaways (00:34:27)