My core interests lie in artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and other deep tech domains that are on the precipice of technological advancement. Due to this, it is hard to find a clear startup that I am very interested in that isnā€™t a quick exit.

I also understand that the lowest hanging fruit is in the B2B space. It is extremely easy to find a niche, can be much less scared of competition in this space. Alas, the greatest impact lies in the consumer space, and that is where I would like to be.

Update (Jan 22 2024)

Iā€™d say Iā€™ve started a bunch of pseudo-companies in the past: projects that turned profitable with a team, non-profits, etc. For those, I never felt fully bought in mostly because I didnā€™t have a good framework to judge opportunity cost. I spent the past 3 years in university doing internships and projects, waiting for the right problem/idea to come across my desk that I could strike on. Iā€™m supposed to be applying to more internships for this summer right now, but it feels meaningless after Iā€™ve learned so much about how to build great products and organizations. Iā€™m ready to go all in on something instead of doing another menial internship and am no longer stuck on the idea that it has to be a perfect, as nothing ever is.

Please describe any barriers that may prevent you from going full-time on whatā€™s next and how you want to overcome them. I believe it would be smart for me to complete at least this semester of school as I build out the MVP, happy to drop out afterwards if there is pull from the market. Mostly, I just need conviction in the idea and the best way to get that is to convince myself that the product is needed by selling it! This could be a long process in parallel with school. Additionally, I want to be in the US so I need to figure out how to get a visa. I heard the O1 visa is possible to game.

Currently Iā€™m most optimistic about GrantPilot, but Iā€™m not married to it yet. Iā€™m also quite excited about agents doing menial tasks (emails, texts, school), and the Apple Vision Pro although Iā€™m still trying to find a use-case for it.