solveit

solveit

New course and AI platform from Jeremy Howard and Eric Ries

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Ever tried to build something with AI and gotten stuck? You're not alone. The initial results look promising. But then comes the hard part: making changes, adding features, building something real. To build real things, you need to understand how they work.
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Design-aware AI for modern product teams.
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Eric Ries
LTSE Equity
Maker
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Hey folks, this is Eric Ries (of Lean Startup and LTSE). Jeremy Howard and I created a new AI research lab a few years ago called Answer.AI. This is our latest launch: solveit This is the AI environment I personally have been using every day for months, not just for code but for writing and research, too. it’s solved all the problems and frustrations I’ve had with both vibecoding and the limitations of the chatbot interface for doing deep work that requires concentration + the ability to understand the artifacts you are producing and, as a special bonus, people in this course will get a sneak preview of the new book I’m working on. we’re going to use it both to teach some of the concepts from it (on how to create mission-driven long-term companies) and how to use solveit for longform writing projects
Eric Ries
LTSE Equity
Maker

I thought it might be helpful to post a link to one of my favorite writeups from the beta cohort for solveit (last year). It's written by Chris Thomas:

https://christhomas.co.uk/blog/2025/09/24/the-human-is-the-agent-how-solveit-changed-my-programming-journey-after-25-years/#looking-ahead

Being among the first 1000 people to experience SolveIt has felt like witnessing the early days of a significant shift in how we work with AI. As someone who is a seasoned programmer, I have seen many programming paradigms and the advance of AI coding tools. What makes SolveIt different is not just another tool or framework - it is a fundamental rethinking of the human-AI relationship.

As I look at my experience with SolveIt, I think this is a better more sustainable approach to AI-assisted development. The current trend of ever more powerful models generating ever larger blocks of code feels unsustainable. SolveIt offers a different path. By maintaining human agency, working in comprehensible increments and building genuine understanding at each step, it creates a positive feedback loop where both human and AI capabilities grow stronger over time. This represents a partnership model that builds competence over time rather than creating dependence.

The implications extend far beyond programming. Whether I am implementing computer vision algorithms, exploring culinary science, or writing technical articles - the same principles apply. Small steps, continuous understanding, iterative refinement and always keeping the human as the agent in the process.

Lisa Harper

@ericries Sadly, this link does not work.

Eric Ries
LTSE Equity
Maker

@lisah2u thanks for letting me know!

Eric Ries
LTSE Equity
Maker

@lisah2u fixed!

M. Qasim

Good to see something tackling the limits of chatbots. Most tools feel great at first but then hit a wall. Does solveit give more control over the code and artifacts you’re making?

Jeremy Howard
solveit
Maker

@m_qasim67 Yes exactly that. In fact, we try to help you write most of the code yourself, with AI help, so that you end up with something you fully understand.

Rajiv Ayyangar
Product Hunt

Really intriguing interface! It reminds me of @HackMD’s left hand side line by line attribution. If I’m understanding the interface correctly, it makes it easy to have a multi-threaded, more “2 dimensional” conversation w/ an LLM agent?

Have you found that using it changes the way you think? It seems like the kind of tool that would start to reshape how you approach problems.

Eric Ries
LTSE Equity
Maker

@rajiv_ayyangar very much so. I have both learned a lot of things using the AI and also have a much better intuitive sense of what AI is capable of as a result

daniel b

Looks great! As far as I can tell the course homepage does not say what time the live course is at/how long the sessions are, just dates and time zone. What time is the course on Mondays and Wednesdays?

Also would love to know the expected time to spend outside those sessions.

“We'll meet twice a week on Monday and Wednesday for 5 weeks. The first lesson is on Monday Oct. 20th (PST) and the last lesson is on Wednesday Nov. 26th (PST).”

Jeremy Howard
solveit
Maker

@daniel_bas It will be at 3p PST on those days, although it will be just as effective to watch the recordings, which are available immediately. You can put in as much or as little time as you like, but I'd recommend making at least 4 hrs/week available (in addition to time for watching the lessons).