Founder Stories:
The First 1,825 Days

Modern creators understand their audiences better than anyone. But when they set out to launch a product line, manufacturing can be a nightmare. Learn how Teddy Yip and Joanna Chen are building Narrative AI to automate manufacturing workflows for creator-founders.

AI support tools are being introduced with varying levels of reliability, and customers and businesses desire more clarity. Learn how Day Nguyen is building Advan, a transparent AI support solution for better customer experiences.

The creator economy has evolved, but the infrastructure on which it runs has not. That's why Serge Amouzou is building Verza, a unified operating system for the creator economy.

Recruiters rely on speed. But most recruiting workflows are manual and slow. That's why Aniket Naravanekar is building Skillsheet, an agentic platform that helps recruiters make informed decisions and fill high-priority roles fast.

The average sports bettor doesn't have access to the same data feeds as professional sports book traders, putting them at a disadvantage. Learn how Frank Li is building Empire Sports Exchange, a sports prediction market that provides bettors with better data.

One in four people struggle with a mental health condition that should be treated with therapy. But many can't access the treatment they need. Learn how Devyn Lowry is building Ocean Labs, a marketplace and infrastructure that makes it easier for individuals to find the right therapist for their needs.

Investing in pre-IPO companies is one of the best ways to build growth. But private markets are often restricted for retail investors. Learn how Charlie Bicker Caarten is building Vaulto, a permissionless investment platform that lets anyone buy tokenized stakes in private companies.

Founders are often forced to oscillate between GTM operations and strategic decision making. Learn how Harsha Vankayalapati and Matthew Wilmer are building AgentWeb, a full-stack AI marketing agency that enables founders to automate GTM orchestration and reclaim their time.

Data center developers are investing millions, but facing a tightening web of regulation. Many must juggle a variety of siloed tools to support ESG compliance. Learn how Monica Sanders is building Bonne Terre Labs, helping organizations translate sustainability goals into measurable progress.

Wealth erosion, inflation, and fragmented financial tools are preventing Africa's middle class from building personal wealth. Learn how Oluwatobi Adewale-Temowo is building Grox, a single platform for investing, payments, and wealth management.

Consumers expect every ad, use case, and case study to have it's own web experience. But when design resources are limited, landing pages are first to get blocked. Learn how Samraaj Bath is building ion design to help marketers scale landing page creation.

Behavioral issues and training costs are a big blocker for aspiring dog owners, and a lead cause of dog surrenders. Learn how Zach Moore is building Onawa Pet, a smart dog collar designed to help owners understand their dogs' emotions and behavior.

Many life sciences companies are making billion-dollar decisions on the back of manual, fragmented data. Learn how Davin Cho is building Miraei, an agentic deal intelligence platform that helps life science companies automate manual work.

Healthcare admin workflows are complex, and point solutions have only created data silos and portal fatigue. That’s why Karthik Rajakumar is building Curee AI, a vertically-integrated AI workforce infrastructure that automates clinical and administrative workflows end-to-end, eliminating the silos that have plagued healthcare for decades.

Electric aviation may be the future of transport and travel. But electric aircraft require their own infrastructure to operate. Learn how Lisa Wright is building Landings, a network of vertiports for advanced air mobility.

Advances in technology are unlocking unprecedented medical discoveries. But the bottleneck to adoption is still the medical approval process. Learn how Levi Lian is building Raycaster to help teams get to approval faster.

Transformers play a critical role in our energy infrastructure, but many are past their "best by" date. Learn why Joseph Kao is building Magnefy, an AI-powered predictive monitoring solution for critical grid infrastructure.

Many teachers spend hours lesson planning and grading every night after in-person classwork. Learn how Abhay Gupta building Frizzle, and AI-powered math grading solution that's saving teachers up to 90% of grading time.

Founders need to build community and generate awareness to grow, but they barely have time to build a valuable product. Learn how Marcus Storm-Mollard is building Clarm, an AI-powered growth platform that helps GitHub repositories turn into sustainable businesses.

Fundraising is a full-time job. Especially when the approach is based on introductions and luck. Learn why Jeffrey Fidelman is building Fidelman & Co, helping founders systematize fundraising and drive better outomes.

The healthcare system is built to treat symptoms rather than root causes, leaving patients lost and confused. Learn why James Keppel is building Sarana Health, a new approach to healthcare that prevents illness through root cause medicine.

Founders must navigate a complex array of financial challenges, but fractional consultants often focus on bookkeeping and not strategic insights. Learn how Rachel League is building CFO 4 All, which turns a company’s financial data into clear action items.

Stories have the power to change our lives, especially when one’s path forward is unclear. Learn how Ebaad Rehman is launching Against All Odds, a podcast from Capi Studio that showcases the stories of immigrant founders and provides resources for immigrants pursuing their founder journey.

Founders need community. But most have no free time, and bouncing around networking events is exhausting. Learn how Jessica Gerwin is building the infrastructure for founder community with micro grants.

With many consumers adopting AI search, marketing to agents is critical for visibility. Learn how Janak Sunil is building Bear, helping companies improve GEO through a unique focus on actionable strategies and ROI.

Many people are afraid of being replaced by AI. But AI can't replicate the qualities that make us human. Learn how Dada Nabhaniilananda is building The Monk Dude help people foster creativity and enrich their lives.

Influencer marketing is exploding, but brands still struggle to find the right creators for their campaigns. Learn how Ace Kim is building SphereUs, an AI-powered influencer search engine.

Feeding large docs to AI models can overload models. Learn how Shreyash Nigam and Bhavnick Minhas are building Chonkie, which optimizes documents to helps models generate high-quality outputs.

Small businesses power America's economy. But they're often overlooked by Silicon Valley. Learn why Vraj Parikh and John Bettinger are building Atlog, the voice AI solution for small businesses.

Legacy CRMs force sales teams to complete countless manual tasks. Learn why One Chowdhury is building Octolane, the AI-Native CRM that updates itself and adapts to user behavior.

With developers writing code at breakneck pace, build times are increasing dramatically. Learn about Xin Ding's journey building Attune, a developer tools startup reducing build times for scaling teams.

The amount of visual data being collected is exploding, but analysis of this data remains mostly manual. Learn how Tad Mielnicki is building Larx, the first AI-powered visual intelligence platform for geospatial data.

Adam Cohen Hillel realized that for AI agents to reach their potential, they'd need to integrate with people's lives. Learn how he's building AI key to bring the power of AI agents to your iPhone.

There are expected to be 129 million e-scooters globally by 2028. But the industry remains a legislative wild west. Learn how Arjun Rai is building Helmet, the navigation, parking and insurance for micromobility.

Testing voice agents manually can take hours. Learn how Faraz Siddiqi and Rohan Vasishth are building Bluejay to automate end-to-end testing for voice agents.

Women's sports viewership is growing, but most betting spaces aren't for women's sports fans. Learn how Wins Inc is improving inclusivity in sports betting.

Annie Liao launched Build Club to help teams learn to use AI effectively. Discover how her platform solves the enterprise AI adoption gap with engaging training.

The rise of vibe coding has changed the development landscape practically overnight. But many have begun to question the viability of AI tools for production-ready apps. That's why Elia Saquand and Alessia Paccagnella are building VibeFlow, the future of intelligent development.

Even as LLMs make it easier to build agents, many companies struggle to give them the context and memory they need. That's why Conor Brennan-Burke is building Hyperspell, a context and memory layer that allows agents to run at scale.

80 million Americans are stuck in a health care coverage gap, earning too much for Medicaid and too little to afford big insurance plans. That's why Joseph Kitonga is building Vitable Health, a transformative health benefits platform that offers a smarter suite of health care solutions with easy access to primary care at the center.

After meeting at high-growth dental startup Dandy, Kevin Calcado and co-founder Jayen Ram have teamed up to launch Claim Heath, the AI-powered billing platform for home-based care. Learn about how they utilizing the power of AI to transform manual operations into intelligent workflows, resulting in greater efficiencies and better patient experiences.

AI agents are transforming the way we work. But to be effective in our workflows, agents need access to context from across the dozens of tools we use every day. Learn about how Nishkarsh Srivastava is building Cortex to help developers build more effective AI applications.

Learn about Naman and Nischal Jain's journey to build Bunny, a smart walkie-talkie that enables children to explore their interests without having to navigate screens and apps.

1 in 2 women globally report not feeling safe when walking alone at night. But most personal safety tech requires people to take action in dangerous situations, a tall ask for people in moments of panic. That's why Ina Jovicic is building eNOugh Safety, an AI-powered threat-detection wearable.

AI has the potential to transform healthcare. But to do so effectively, healthcare AI applications need to be inclusive. Learn about Ayushi Sinha's journey building Tumerik, an infrastructure that enables AI companies to access to diverse patient populations and train innovative applications for healthcare.

The healthcare system is under immense pressure, with clinician burnout reaching critical levels. Learn more about Caroline Zhang's journey to build Knowtex, a voice AI platform that enables medical professionals to automate clinical workflows so that they can spend more time on patient care.

After starting his own insurer, Pavel Gertsberg quickly learned about the inefficiencies throughout the claims process. He decided to build ClaimSorted, a next-generation claims TPA that delivers fast, empathetic, and scalable claims support.

After spending two years traveling the world, Shaun Lane is now building Riviera, a voice AI agent that enables hotels to optimize their guest communications. Learn more about Shaun's journey as a founder and see the advice he'd share with other founders based on his experience.

Learn more about Ishan Mehta's journey to build Nimbic AI, a documentation tool that enables developers to keep their documentation aligned to their code with every change, simplifying workflows and reducing manual work.

Learn how co-founders Atul Raghunathan and Sriharsha Guduguntla pivoted from building an AI email tool to launch Hyperbound, an enterprise sales coaching platform that helps teams scale winning behaviors with AI-powered coaching.

Vu Tran set out to build Butterflies, a social network for AIs and humans. But when he began using AI to produce video for the platform, he discovered tools were fragmented and difficult to use. Vu created his own solution and soon discovered that others wanted it too. Today he's building Boba Video, an end-to-end platform for AI video production being used by leading agencies and Hollywood studios.

Loop Smart, an AI-powered customer support agent, started out as a weekend hack in response to a frustrating customer support experience. Only six weeks later, the team was generating six-figure ARR and working with dozens of businesses across the world. Learn more about how co-founders Ari Nazir and Ilker Zorluoglu's achieved such rapid growth and discover the advice they'd share with fellow founders based on their experience.

AI is poised to transform the way in which images, videos, and music are made. But how will creators be credited in the AI economy? F. Elusio Zafar is building Creation Rights, a human and AI content marketplace that helps artists protect their work from unauthorized use and receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.

Tanguy Chau initially aimed to build a compliance solution for financial services. But after opening their offerings to small law firms, the team realized that they had found a more compelling problem to solve. By gathering user feedback and iterating quickly, Paxton has been able to achieve a 14x revenue increase and 8x customer growth.

House of Riva is a direct-to-consumer fine jewelry brand founded by Mayuri Jain that offers high-quality, responsibly sourced diamond jewelry at competitive prices by cutting out traditional retail markups. Mayuri created the company after struggling to find affordable, quality jewelry that met her needs, and has built success through exceptional customer service and word-of-mouth marketing driven by treating customers "like family."

Jason Goodison, a former engineer at Microsoft, Toast, and Yahoo with a popular YouTube channel boasting 200K+ subscribers, has launched SuperCall—an innovative AI-powered sales platform for B2C teams. The platform provides AI sales agents that handle product discussions, objections, and follow-ups via WhatsApp. After identifying an opportunity in voice AI, Goodison rapidly built and tested his product, securing a major contract that has led to 80,000 AI-handled conversations generating nearly $1 million in sales.

After experiencing firsthand the inefficiencies of managing sports partnerships during her six years at Anheuser-Busch, Hannah Sorkin founded PlayMaker—an AI-powered platform that streamlines sponsorship management. The platform helps brands and sports organizations automate manual processes, centralize communication, and extract valuable insights from complex partnership agreements.