Where Voice Products Get Misread, From Podcasts to NotebookLM

Originally published in Chinese on October 17, 2024. NotebookLM is a note-taking product that many people know mainly through its audio feature. Here are several of my "biases" about voice products, starting with where to look. Technical progress and where the opportunities are Given where the technology stands, then from an investment angle there is little need to follow the technical details, or even the gains in quality and capability. This is a long front that has run for the past 10 years and will run for the next 10, with differences only in detail. For relatively early-stage founders, the openings are extremely limited. What matters most in a voice product: the scenario The core of a voice product is the scenario. How you use voice as a form of input and output in different scenarios is very important, even more important than the technology itself. Do not get stuck on the technology. As far as the technology goes, small startups have almost no chance.