I’ve been building in AI for a few years now, mostly as a solo founder. One thing I’ve consistently found useful is reading and listening to honest accounts from people actually building — not launch posts, but the thinking, trade-offs, and mistakes along the way.

As we move into a new year, I want to spend more time learning from others working at the frontier of AI: researchers, founders, and engineers building real systems.

If you’re working on something interesting:

What problem are you trying to solve?

Why now?

What’s been harder than you expected?

Not looking to promote anything or collect leads — just genuine stories and technical or product insights. I think there’s a lot of quiet, high-quality work happening that doesn’t always get discussed.

Would love to hear what people here are building.