Vercel CEO: How to Raise Kids Who Can Think in the AI Era

When Guillermo Rauch started building developer tools, caring about a README file, an open source project’s logo, or a website that explained the product were “pretty wild ideas at the time.” Now they’re canon, and Vercel, the company he founded after creating Next.js, has one of the most loyal developer followings in tech.

Oct 29, 2026FeaturedLibrary of Minds

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He thinks trust will be one of the most valuable moats for a post-AGI business, and that you can’t chase it directly. In this conversation, he explains why trust is an output, not an input, why he deletes any tool that refuses to work with agents, and how he’s raising six kids to think when AI can do everything.