Founder, CEO
Aug 2024 - Dec 2025 (1 year 5 months)
Angel-backed startup turning communication into financial insight. Raised capital, built a team, built a product, grew to $30K ARR, learned a lot, returned capital. - Started as a student with peers. - Our models could measure revenue within 1% of actual with only conversation data, no invoice or transaction data. This helped quantify customer behavior, including accurate pipeline value and "lost revenue". - We fine-tuned our own models and used both traditional ML and LLMs. - We sold to mid-market firms, including those backed by PE, and dealt with multi-step buying committees. We couldn't scale fast enough, and our thesis about the world changed. We chose to wind down rather than continue risking investor cash. Best thing I ever did.