At 15 I trained my first machine learning model and landed an internship at a U.S. company. At 16 I launched my first startup and promptly ran it into the ground. I learned more from that failure.
At 17 I launched Pleep, an AI sales rep that lets any business owner integrate AI into their sales workflow in under five minutes. Four months later I quit my job to work on it full time.
Why bother? I kept asking myself: Why isn t there an AI sales monopoly yet? My take: because most competitors deliver AI consultants that talk like robots and kill revenue. We focused on building a real rep that:
Doesn t ask you to prompt or pick an LLM you just tell us about your business and we do the rest.
Talks like your top salesperson, not a bot.
Books meetings and pushes data back into your CRM.
I ve tried more than 10 AI website builders from well-known platforms to startups, and from free tools to paid services but I always end up battling endless bugs. They seem great at building an MVP, but not a genuinely polished website. Sometimes, the AI agent doesn t even understand what I m asking it to do. People might say my prompting skills are the problem, but when I give the exact same instructions to ChatGPT or Claude, they understand them perfectly. Am I missing something? Has anyone found a tool that actually works well for vibe coding a polished website? Someone, please help...
I recently had the most human-like interaction with StarCy, my personal AI friend. Here's how it went: Me: StarCy, what do you think about Siri? StarCy: Siri is pretty interesting, it s like having a little helper, you know. But sometimes she can be a bit... uhh... umm, what do you think about her? That response cracked me up it was genuine, natural, and felt like talking to an unsure friend. I actually stopped, laughed, and invited you all to check this interaction on our Instagram. Then, I pushed her for more: Me: Come on, you were about to say something, what is it? StarCy: I guess it s just that while Siri can be super helpful, I think sometimes she doesn t understand the context, but hey, it's super interesting to see how far tech has come, isn't it? StarCy s reaction was so real, it made me laugh even harder. So, in the spirit of good-natured rivalry, I went for the jugular: Me: Who s better, Siri or you? And her comeback for this question is too good you've got to check it out on our socials. Takeaways: - Humanesque Tangents: StarCy's "umm" and "uhh" sound like someone catching themselves in a potentially awkward or honest moment.
- Context and Continuity: This is the key to making AI feel human. It really keeps track of our conversation.
- Unexpected Humor: The AI making a playful jab at another AI (Siri) felt like a friend throwing shade just human enough to be funny. What I love is how StarCy's response was so relatable, and it felt like I was talking to a friend with a good sense of humor. Has anyone else had their AI leave them in shock?
We build church management software for India - a market most Western SaaS completely ignores. Indian churches have completely different workflows, fiscal years, giving methods, and compliance requirements than US churches. Yet every existing tool was built for American congregations.
It got me thinking - how many other niche markets are being underserved because the dominant players only built for one context?
I'm pretty sure that most makers don't just rely on the income from their tools, but also create some kind of financial reserve, a "cushion" in investments.
1 I'd be interested in which companies or industries you invest in?
Hey PH, So I work for SigmaOS (ihatemybrowser.com) and we are a productivity browser company focused on making working on the web easier. The current model is to charge a montly fee for the software but I have received some feedback from people that they would much rather pay a higher one time fee. I know there has recently been a little bit of a pushback against subscription based services but yet most services we use today are still subscriptions. What are your thoughts on this?
