Bootstrapped by a father of 5: How I built the AI engine behind 300k hours of traffic data.
Hello Product Hunt! 👋
I’m Slawek, an engineer from Silesia, Poland, and a father of five (4 girls and 1 boy—now that is a real-world lesson in logistics and scaling!). I’m writing to you from my home in Lubecko because the time has come for my "bootstrapped" project to step out of the local market and onto the global stage.
The "Aha!" Moment
A few years ago, I was driving past a road construction site and saw people sitting in the cold with manual clickers, trying to count cars. I thought: "It’s the 21st century. We have AI, we have computer vision—why are we still doing this like it's 1920?"
I decided to fix it. For the last 3 years, without any VC funding, I’ve been bootstrapping AITracker. It was a journey of late-night coding, testing algorithms on thousands of miles of footage, and a stubborn belief that high-end engineering shouldn't cost a fortune.
The Journey So Far
We’ve achieved something I’m incredibly proud of in Poland:
We powered 20% of the National Traffic Census (GPR 2025).
Our engine has analyzed over 300,000 hours of video data.
We turned a process that usually takes weeks into a 48–72 hour automated workflow.
Why Product Hunt?
The Polish market has been a great proof-of-concept, but we’ve reached its ceiling. I know that engineering firms in the US, India, or the UK are facing the same headaches: they are overpaying for data that AI can deliver faster, cheaper, and more accurately.
We are launching AITracker globally as a full-scale SaaS. My goal is to democratize high-precision measurements. Whether you are designing a highway in Texas or a bike lane in London, you should have access to world-class data without the "corporate" price tag.
How you can help
We are a small, dedicated team of four based in Gliwice. We don’t have a massive marketing budget; we just have rock-solid code and 16 years of IT experience.
I would love your feedback on:
The User Experience: Is our cloud-to-report flow intuitive?
The Value Proposition: Does the "Engineer-to-Engineer" approach resonate?
Global Scale: What specific features would your local market need?
If you’re into Computer Vision, Smart Cities, or just want to support a founder who’s building a real-world product based on hard engineering—I’d be honored to have your support!
Check us out: https://www.aisp.pl/
Thanks for being part of our story!
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