Short answer: Karim Malhas says he is a top 8% Cursor user, pushes his team to use AI more, and asks whether companies still hire juniors; he builds Breeze from Jordan to motivate the next generation.
Watch this answer from Episode 42 (starts at 18:53) · Episode 42 notes and transcript
From Episode 42: The Voice AI Platform Built for Enterprises That Actually Need to Scale, starting at 18:53.
Karim Malhas [18:52]: Like, somebody who's 18 years old will come and, like, beat you. Like, I in my company, we must use AI. Actually, we have a competition who's gonna use Cursor more. Actually, I'm still I'm I'm a top I'm top 8% Cursor user in the world. And I challenge my team. I'm like, come on, guys. You gotta, like, use it more. Abuse it. I have six. That's how I built it. And to be honest, the reason I'm building this company and because I want because I feel scared for the next generation. It's beautiful. For people who are in this world, it's beautiful. It's new opportunity. But people who are like, no. No. No. It's it's man, you really need to go into this world. You really must use it no matter what even if you're a photographer, you should if you are anything in the world, I cannot imagine something where this AI doesn't help you, make you better. But this is gonna affect the world, 80% of the world, I think, in a way that's horrible, and 20% of the world are going to go up.
Karim Malhas [19:45]: I think in two years, we're going to see the impact. Now do you hire a junior anymore? Like, ask yourself genuinely this question. Not in, like no. Not in coding. You catch ATPs and mid level easily. If even if you don't know how to code, it becomes mid to high level. Well, if you know how to use these tools, you becomes a superhuman. So this is what I'm trying to move and by the way, I am building this company from The Middle East, from Jordan, from around this area, specifically because I really think that I need to motivate the next generation of kids to look into these and to push, and now there's no more limits. Before, only people in San Francisco could do it because you I came to San Francisco. I went to a restaurant. Next door was fire was like what was it? OpenAI on the Internet. I'm like, man, is this OpenAI? I'm like, yeah. I'm like, cool. They know you can ask him. Anywhere else in the world, knowledge isn't. I built a SIP trunk. Now you know SIP trunks, how come I was scared to build.
Karim Malhas [20:39]: I can now build a SIP trunk with my eyes closed, and I don't fully understand it, but you can build it. You know? But what's
