This week an entrepreneur friend pinged me about an idea. We did a call and he laid out his idea for solving a problem that impacts a large segment of society. He went on to explain how his solution is now possible only because of AI. He was energized by the idea and its possibilities. We talked for a long time, and I left the call with a new perspective.

I can’t predict the impact that AI technology will have. But I can see that AI is having an impact on how entrepreneurs think. It has entrepreneurs more excited than I’ve seen in a long time. They’re overflowing with ideas around potential solutions. They’re thinking bigger about the impact of their solutions. And they’re starting to view challenging problems as solvable.

AI is affecting how entrepreneurs think, and that’s bound to have an outsize impact on society.