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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters · Apr 30, 2026

12 Shopify founders reveal their AI playbooks for automation, innovation, and personalization, while defining the essential human touch.

A Founder Used ChatGPT To Solve a Hardware Bug Her Factory Called Impossible

Physical Phones faced a critical Bluetooth bug. When their factory said it was unfixable, the founder's team used ChatGPT to generate a specific technical workaround that successfully solved the problem, showcasing AI's power in overcoming physical product development hurdles.

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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters·5 hours ago

Feel Goods Founders Use an "80% AI, 20% Human" Rule for Initial Drafts

The brand applies a clear framework where AI handles 80% of the initial lift for tasks like creating landing pages or ideating product formulas. This saves significant time on first drafts, allowing their human experts to focus on the final 20% of critical refinement and validation.

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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters·5 hours ago

An E-commerce Founder Built an AI Agent to Run His Business Operations 24/7

Supreme Ecom's founder created an AI agent that runs constantly on his laptop. It autonomously manages ads, replies to customer emails, and communicates with him via text for approvals, effectively acting as a full-time business operator even when he is unavailable.

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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters·5 hours ago

Go Deep on One or Two Core AI Tools Instead of Broadly Across Many

An AI educator and founder advises against the misconception that staying current requires using dozens of AI tools. Instead, she advocates for achieving mastery with one or two core platforms like ChatGPT or Claude, emphasizing that deep, skillful usage is more valuable than superficial breadth.

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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters·5 hours ago

The Black Tux CEO Cut His Engineering Team Size by Leveraging AI Code Generation

The founder of The Black Tux states they can operate with a much smaller engineering team specifically because AI tools have made code generation significantly more efficient. This demonstrates a direct link between AI adoption and the ability to run leaner, more productive technical teams.

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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters·5 hours ago

Lore's Founder Reserves AI For Physically Impossible Tasks, Not to Replace Human Creatives

While many brands use AI for copy and images, Lore's CEO deliberately avoids it for most creative work to support human craft. She reserves generative AI for specific tasks that defy physics or are imprudent in the real world, using it as a specialized tool rather than a replacement for human talent.

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How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead

Shopify Masters·5 hours ago