---
title: 'AI Startup Founder''s Cold Email to Mark Cuban'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=NkpYMnembv4'
video_id: 'NkpYMnembv4'
date: 2026-07-17
---

# AI Startup Founder's Cold Email to Mark Cuban

> Source: [AI Startup Founder's Cold Email to Mark Cuban](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NkpYMnembv4)

## Summary

The video recounts a founder's experience reaching out to major companies and individuals for their AI startup. After emailing Apple, McKinsey, and billionaire Mark Cuban, the founder received responses, including Cuban's feedback that the product wasn't ready for prime time. Despite this, the startup successfully signed up free users from McKinsey and other large companies.

### Key Points

- **Initial Outreach** [00:00] — Founder sent emails to Apple, McKinsey, and Mark Cuban; Mark Cuban responded that it wasn't ready for prime time, but others signed up free users from McKinsey and other large companies.

## Transcript

I made this AI startup I sent emails to people from Apple from McKenzie I even sent one to billionaire Mark cubin after a little while of waiting I got Mark's response he said it wasn't ready for prime time but everybody else responded back we were able to sign up free users from McKenzie and prey and a bunch of other big companies