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12 posts on AI, startups, and the long road from idea to revenue.
A deep technical look at how AskBenny's AI agent works under the hood. Built on LangChain's DeepAgents TypeScript SDK, routed through OpenRouter, with modular MCP servers, skill-based context injection, and sandboxed code execution.
Why defensibility isn't a precondition for building, it's a byproduct of it. Lessons from launching Ask Benny into a 'crowded' voice AI market.
An update on AskBenny's explosive growth, achieving profitability with a 3-person team, and finding a massive opportunity in the medical niche.
A guide on how to build a successful startup by finding real pain points, building the right team, and mastering the learn-iterate-implement loop.
How obsessing over customer success in the early days of AskBenny created a growth engine more powerful than any marketing campaign.
A deep dive into our technology choices at AskBenny – from PostHog for analytics to AWS for infrastructure – and how each tool enables our lean team to move fast.
Why we intentionally keep our team small at AskBenny and how this constraint became our biggest competitive advantage.
A deep dive into the AI tools and techniques that enabled a team of three to build and scale a SaaS product at lightning speed.
The story of how a TikTok video, three co-founders, and AI technology came together to create a game-changing answering service for small businesses.