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·7 min read

How I Sort AI Pitches at Hello World — The Two-Camp Framework

I see roughly 100 AI startup pitches a year. They collapse into two camps. Only one camp will exist in 2030. Here is the framework I use, the five questions I ask, and what to skip in your deck.

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·6 min read

Two and a Half Years Before the Series A

You are watching the wrapper apps raise Series A rounds. You have been building the real thing for years. Here is why depth wins — and the three-step plan to ship something the model layer can’t eat.

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·8 min read

Models Are Commodity. Taste Is the Moat.

Every AI startup pitch I see as a GP collapses into two camps. One will lose. The other will define the decade. And the dividing line isn't technical.

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·7 min read

Building Healify: When Personal Necessity Becomes a Product

After a decade of touring — irregular sleep, inconsistent nutrition, and zero routine — I realized no health app was built for people like me. So I built one.

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·6 min read

Vibe Coding: How I Ship Healify Features 10x Faster with Claude Code

I used to think "coding faster" meant hiring more engineers. Then I discovered vibe coding with Claude Code — and now I ship production features for Healify in hours, not weeks.

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·5 min read

Why Artists Make the Best Founders of This Decade

The same instincts that fill stadiums — reading people, shipping under pressure, building community — are exactly what makes companies work.

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