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Wednesday, June 04, 2025
You Judge - Is this the Face of Honesty? (builder.ai)
What do you think? Would you say he has a "clean" look, or do his "recollections" sometimes come with some "stubble" that hides things he doesn't want you to know?
The startup that made great song and dance about AI and its in-house virtual assistant, Natasha, to “make building an app so easy, anyone can do it” was apparently outsourcing its job to an office in India where 700 human engineers painstakingly worked to write the code Builder.ai claimed was generated by its Lego-style artificial intelligence tech platform. “Everything was like real artificial intelligence — except that none of it was,” Ebern Finance founder Bernhard Engelbrecht wrote on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.
While “buggy, dysfunctional, and difficult to maintain” end products gave some of it away, the real whistleblower act came after one of its investors, Viola Credit, seized a part of its USD $50 million investment even as regulatory restrictions in India froze further funding, leaving Builder.ai without enough money to pay its employees and eventually, stop operations, according to a Bloomberg report.
I know this week has been devastating for everyone (it has for me) and I wish the world was different - working with you, doing a whiteboard session or trying to push the boundaries was simply one of the greatest privileges in my life till date.
Not a day goes by since I stepped away that I don’t miss the builder energy; generated by each one of you.
You were all some of the most talented and gifted people I’ve ever had the chance to work with and when Alex thought of a group to bring everyone together I was both nervous, excited and anxious.
I don’t think the story is done yet; but irrespective if I can be of any help to any of you as you make this transition in life please know I’m I’m only a message away.
And more importantly - if I didn’t listen; if I was short; if I was unreasonable - I’m sorry.
A new way to build tailor made software that requires only an idea sans the technical expertise.
Builder leverages shared knowledge, a library of reusable features and a trusted network of creators (developers, designers) that work for one of our many partners around the world.
Build an app, marketplace or something else upto 60% cheaper and 2x the speed. If you’ve got an idea use Builder Studio to spec it out for free; Builder Now to build an instant prototype or go ahead an build the full app or web experience idea you’ve been tinkering with.
If you've already got stuff running on the cloud let our Builder Cloud save you upto 10% on your Cloud Bill; see how our Cloud Wallet lets you have complete control over your cloud bill and finally use a host of free tools to move between regions, enable autoscaling etc.
Most important is out LIFE program where we donate upto 50k hours of engineering time free to good causes; see how we've worked with our friends to try and end the death penalty; or helped the childrens creativity museum build a life lasting content platform.A new way to build tailor made software that requires only an idea sans the technical expertise. Builder leverages shared knowledge, a library of reusable features and a trusted network of creators (developers, designers) that work for one of our many partners around the world. Build an app, marketplace or something else upto 60% cheaper and 2x the speed. If you’ve got an idea use Builder Studio to spec it out for free; Builder Now to build an instant prototype or go ahead an build the full app or web experience idea you’ve been tinkering with. If you've already got stuff running on the cloud let our Builder Cloud save you upto 10% on your Cloud Bill; see how our Cloud Wallet lets you have complete control over your cloud bill and finally use a host of free tools to move between regions, enable autoscaling etc. Most important is out LIFE program where we donate upto 50k hours of engineering time free to good causes; see how we've worked with our friends to try and end the death penalty; or helped the childrens creativity museum build a life lasting content platform.
Shoto let's you discover all the unseen photos you and your friends have taken from times you were together.
My role as one of the co-founders is to look at Product, Analytics & Design but as part of the startup leadership I oversea Marketing, User Acquisition and Engineering.Shoto let's you discover all the unseen photos you and your friends have taken from times you were together. My role as one of the co-founders is to look at Product, Analytics & Design but as part of the startup leadership I oversea Marketing, User Acquisition and Engineering.
I am the Chief Wizard of nivio, a startup that looks to reinvent computing by providing a virtual computer (windows desktop) streamed over the internet to any internet connective device with applications on demand (rent them for just a month!).
Take a look www.nivio.com
Its a startup so from making the tea to Investor Relations to Engineering to Marketing and PR. Oh and a little bit of sales.I am the Chief Wizard of nivio, a startup that looks to reinvent computing by providing a virtual computer (windows desktop) streamed over the internet to any internet connective device with applications on demand (rent them for just a month!). Take a look www.nivio.com Its a startup so from making the tea to Investor Relations to Engineering to Marketing and PR. Oh and a little bit of sales.
Advised the CEO of GC&C and the Global Head of Sales on - Strategy - Technology - Innovation - Technology DevelopmentAdvised the CEO of GC&C and the Global Head of Sales on - Strategy - Technology - Innovation - Technology Development
Activities and societies: Industrial Liasons Officer, Exec Committee Indian SocietyActivities and societies: Industrial Liasons Officer, Exec Committee Indian Society
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