There and Back Again – A Spark Reignited and a New Approach
Could a shift in focus from B2C to B2B provide the breakthrough needed?
Then came ChatGPT’s launch. The buzz around this AI marvel led friends and colleagues to urge me to revisit my original concept. At first, I dismissed the idea—no way I was going back to B2C. But the growing enthusiasm around AI got me thinking: what if SiBi could become a B2B solution instead? Something that would help e-commerce companies transform their shopping experiences rather than cater directly to consumers.
At this point, major players like Google, Amazon, and eBay were leading the charge in AI search for e-commerce. Their platforms allowed consumers to instantly compare thousands of competitive products side-by-side. For many businesses, this meant a loss of control over the customer experience and a higher risk of losing shoppers to cheaper or more convenient options. Only a select few companies could afford to invest in their own cutting-edge AI search systems to keep customers on their sites. The rest were left with limited choices.
That’s when the concept of shopperGPT started to take shape. It wasn’t just a revolutionary new “search bar” concept; it was a whole new level of shopping experience. A tool that could not only understand natural language queries but also find products by color, match them visually, and provide hyper-personalized recommendations. And most importantly, it was designed to be accessible to businesses of all sizes—not just the industry giants. For the first time in years, I felt the fire of a new opportunity.
But what happens when promising ideas meet the challenges of execution?
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