Hi I'm Jeff I'm an acquired founder looking to reconnecting with founders!
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After several years of founding and running a VC backed startup that got acquired by a fortune 100 I am looking to reconnect with the founder community!
With AI it's such a fun time to build now, but go-to-market is the new bottleneck. I'd love to connect with folks to share stories!
I am also building an AI GTM advisor that is backed on hundreds of real case studies to help provide founders with proven examples to help them hone their strategy.
Check it out at: www.wovly.ai - looking for feedback!
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Hi Jeff,
I am new to Product Hunt. I read your post and actually tried Wovly- I have built a couple of AI platforms, and going to Market is where I am right now. Wovly worked great- Would love to connect
Amy
@amy_b2 thanks for trying out wovly!! hopefully you got some great insights. would love to connect, and feedback is welcome! curious what drew you to try it out? Did the market report provide anything valuable?
@jeff_chou2 It actually gave me a lot of clarity around how early this “AI visibility” space is — and how much of the problem is still undefined for most businesses.
What stood out most was how consistent the pain signals are. People are already noticing that AI isn’t recommending them or is misrepresenting their business, but there’s no clear system yet for measuring or fixing it.
That’s actually what drew me in — I’m building Insightfulrina in that space, specifically around how AI platforms interpret and recommend businesses.
Your report helped reinforce that the demand is there — it just hasn’t been fully named or structured yet.
Curious — when you’re analyzing all those case studies, are you seeing more founders struggling with distribution, or with understanding how AI fits into their go-to-market? I would love to connect
Amy
@amy_b2 awesome! I see founders struggling with distribution, figuring out efficient ways to getting first customers. Getting into the AI responses is an obvious win, but depending on the business there may be other more effective methods!
Ill try to message you to connect!
@jeff_chou2 That makes a lot of sense — and honestly that’s why I wanted to try Wovly.
I’m seeing the same thing while building Insightfulrina. Getting customers is still the hardest part, but what’s been interesting is even when businesses are doing the right things, AI doesn’t always understand or recommend them correctly.
That’s actually what I’m working on — helping businesses see how AI is interpreting them and where it breaks.
Would love to connect and hear what you’ve seen work for early launches.- I also sent you a linkedin connect
Spot on with GTM being the new bottleneck. But honestly — wasn't it always?
@thomas_fenkart yes GTM was always hard, but so was actually building a usable product. So now the latter is gone... so all that remains is GTM...
One new thing is now we have all of these solo-entrepreneurs who are technical (since they can pump out claude products) but have very little business experience..
That's basically what inspired Wovly, to be a deep research and GTM advisor to technical founders
@jeff_chou2 thanks Jeff. You are absolutely right. I am already testing out wovly. seems interesting.
@thomas_fenkart Thanks for trying it out! Curious to hear how it goes. Feedback welcome!
Very cool, and happy to jam on GTM.
@growthguy cool! what are you working on?
Hey Jeff, really enjoyed reading this. Your journey sounds interesting, especially the acquisition part. Reconnecting with founders is a great move, would love to know what you’re working on these days.
@study_smartely hey! i'm working on building www.wovly.ai
Completely agree, GTM really feels like the bottleneck now with how fast products can be built using AI.
A lot of teams can ship quickly, but distribution, positioning, and visibility are what actually drive growth. I’ve seen founders lean more into storytelling, content, and credible mentions, and even use platforms like Venture PR to build that layer over time.
Your AI GTM advisor sounds interesting, especially if it’s based on real case studies.
Curious what patterns you’re seeing so far.
@kritarth_rawal Cool! yes lots of user questions about how to find customers. GEO is also quite popular these days. But going to market is also more subtle than just blasting blogs, understanding your ICP or creating experiments to find your ICP are all part of the process!
Would love your feedback on wovly if you get a chance!
Congrats on the acquisition, Jeff! You’re spot on about GTM being the new bottleneck. I’ve just experienced this firsthand. I’m a non-technical founder and I "vibe-coded" my first full project, resumelink (dot) cc, in about 2 weeks. Building it was the fun part, but reaching 300-400 daily active users organically required a complete shift in how I pitch the "AI resume fatigue" problem. I’d love to get your thoughts on how to scale this further. Wovly looks like a great resource for exactly this kind of strategic honing — definitely checking it out!
@azat_resumelink Thanks Azat for checking out wovly! that's pretty impressive if you have that many daily users on your own! I think getting content out and posting on reddit and generally providing good information is one of the keys here
Congrats on the exit @jeff_chou2. That perspective is always valuable, especially now. We're right at the GTM stage now with Akievo.
Took a look at Wovly. The focus on grounding GTM advice in what actually worked for real companies is a great direction.
The interesting bit will be how well it translates those examples into something actionable for a specific company, rather than just showing patterns. If it can bridge that gap, there’s real value here. I'll give it a test.
GTM is where most people stall right now, so definitely a space worth building in.
@martyn_johnson Thanks for checking it out! yes creating assets a company can take and use to drive business forward is the big ask from folks. Right now that seems to be documents, such as a detailed linkedin plan, a drip campaign messaging, a pitch narrative, agreement template, an investor summary... Since Wovly remembers everything it has a ton of context already so users don't have to re-explain everything, they can just ask for a doc and it mostly has it right....
Would love your input tho!
For those curious - i finally made an interactive demo of Wovly to help other founders find customers.
Would love any feedback!
A VC-backed exit to a Fortune 100 — and now you're back to build again? That's the kind of story I love seeing here.
But what you said about GTM being the new bottleneck really stuck with me. It makes so much sense. The build barrier is basically gone now — anyone with a laptop and a ChatGPT subscription has a product. The real game is getting it in front of the right people and making them care. That's where most founders I've been around seem to hit a wall.
The GTM advisor you're building sounds like something a lot of people actually need — not another framework to read, but real examples of what worked and what didn't for founders in the trenches. That's a different thing entirely.
Would love to follow along as it comes together. Welcome back to the community!
@temitope_fapounda Yea i think i must be a masochist to come back! But honestly with AI and how easy it is to build it's just pure fun trying to build new innovations again. You can so quickly try out an idea and just see if it works or not. But yes, figuring out GTM is hard. it's a marathon and many technical founders may not understand just how much work it is (and often unrewarding work).
Murror
hey Jeff, congrats on the exit. i'm building Murror right now, early stage, just me basically. the go-to-market question is real and honestly something I think about every day. would love to connect and hear what patterns you've seen across the case studies. the founder isolation thing is also kind of what i'm building around so the topic resonates personally.