From Robotics to SaaS: Why a self-taught dev built a "Teams Competitor" from scratch

If you run a team, you know the pain. You hire a freelancer for 2 weeks, but you have to buy a full "seat" on Slack, Asana, and Zoom just to get them onboard.

You end up paying for 30 days of access when they only worked for 4 days.

It didn't sit right with me.

I’m a self-taught dev (coming from Robotics and AI). In engineering, efficiency is everything. Paying for empty seats is the opposite of efficiency.

So I spent the last year building Zenith.

I built Zenith to be the Operating System for your company. It handles Chat, Video, and Projects in one core.

But the coolest part is the backend: Most apps hold the encryption keys. I reversed that. With Zenith, you hold a local "Anon Key." It encrypts your data before it leaves your browser. It’s a "Trust No One" security model. Even I cannot read your data.

The Launch: I’m just one guy, not a massive corp. I want to open this up, but I need to ensure stability.

I am opening the Public Beta today for the first 100 users. • You get full access. • You get 10GB of storage. • You help me prove that per-seat pricing is dead.

(If you miss the 100 spots, a dummy demo is coming next week).