AI use across business functions
Source
- Titan Capital (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn post, recommendation 5 of 5Published: 25 Sep 2026
The idea
Titan Capital encourages early-stage consumer startups to apply AI beyond engineering, in customer support, marketing, operations and hiring, and presents this as a way to extend runway.
Why this is interesting
- Support, marketing, operations and hiring each contain repeated work where a small team could gain capacity, yet each function carries a different risk, from customer-facing errors to unfair hiring decisions.
- A venture thesis describes where an investor sees possibility. It does not by itself identify a narrow buyer, an entry wedge or evidence of demand.
Possible starting points
One function at a time
Help seed-stage consumer teams adopt AI in a single function with explicit review points and a measure of time saved.
Hiring support with safeguards
Assist with screening and scheduling while keeping decisions, fairness checks and candidate communication with people.
Questions to answer
- Which function has enough repeated work at seed stage to justify dedicated tooling rather than ad hoc prompting?
- What evidence would a founder need before trusting AI output in a function outside engineering?