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Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:35PM (#45895787)
thank you very much, I appreciate it
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:35PM (#45895783)
thank you very much
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:32PM (#45895767)
I think this is good that I should prove it, I now about 80 percent of anything in internet now days is fake, but can you find any scam project that offers real test demo (send me email and I send you a link pixelstreaming front-end in which you see real-time streaming and can talk to avatar [email protected]) or any zoom call so I can walk you through the project, or any one which specialy focuces on persain language
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:28PM (#45895736)
I really thought about it too, but I'm a developer, and most of my life was working with a computer, this is the start for something bigger I hope in future will help my people too.
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:23PM (#45895706)
okay imagine a holographic avatar like in sci-fi movies, do you have the same feelings about that too?
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:20PM (#45895698)
I don't know what to say really but I always said loudly I'm from Iran, and to be honest everything I do is with tech that is out side of Iran, probably Iran never could get any near to such techs in hundred years the way the current goverment is acting. but I like the tech a lot and I'm Iranian :D
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:15PM (#45895666)
the question is what this product is and what it can do! you should more think of future, maybe at current time is not as good as human but it will get there, and all I'm doing is trying to find the best fit for this.
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:44PM (#45895451)
no lie my brother I do not now how to prove it, the story is not for empathy, but again if it was not the truce and it was real scam I think couldnt gain this much attention
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:42PM (#45895434)
I don't now ask claude :D
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:41PM (#45895426)
the web site was just a test, this product could be really usefull in some places, I'm still trying to find it, do you guys really have any opinion where such product would be usefull? I thought a lot, I tested with luxury for tech companies or hotels, hospitals, this could be really usefull when it comes to languages
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:38PM (#45895411)
hahaha, that is an idea! but I rather stay and get back my contry
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:36PM (#45895402)
That’s not my intention. I’d like to understand where this is coming from.
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:31PM (#45895377)
All good, brother
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:30PM (#45895370)
Thank you, noted
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:28PM (#45895361)
means a lot thank you very much
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:28PM (#45895357)
that is a good option :D
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:24PM (#45895334)
Thank you very much, I appreciate it.
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:23PM (#45895326)
Hi gverrilla, Thank you very much for your advice, living where I live is survival, I will try to do anything I can, but I made this and put a lots of times and effort, I really want to try to get is somewhere, I never thought of out side of Iran, but again paying for LLM in dollar and getting paid in the worse currency in the world will not work
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:17PM (#45895276)
please go to the website if you want to test the avatar https://neoclerks.com/en/ book a demo and as soon as it frees up you see the product by yourself I really have no idea why a lots of people are saying about scam is that happening a lot here?
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:12PM (#45895240)
when AI is talking better than why shouldn't I use it?
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:10PM (#45895228)
I understand the skepticism completely.

How about this: I'll do a live Zoom session where I: - Deploy the entire stack locally - Walk through the code - Show the admin panel, monitoring, databases - Answer any technical questions - Prove this is real

Schedule: [pick a time in next 24 hours] Zoom link: [create one]

Anyone who's skeptical is welcome to join and grill me.

If it's a scam, this should expose it quickly.

Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:10PM (#45895221)
This is my website — you might recognize my name from the titles of some movies, too! https://echend.github.io/website/
Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:06PM (#45895199)
UPDATE: I'm pulling back from seeking Western partnerships.

Multiple commenters have explained that even the "contractor + equity" structure violates sanctions and is illegal. I genuinely didn't understand this - I thought it was a gray area. It's not.

I'm not asking anyone to break the law or take legal risk. That was naive on my part.

Based on helpful suggestions in this thread, I'm now focusing on: - India (no sanctions, large tech industry) - UAE/Dubai (open to Iranian nationals) - Turkey (regional tech hub) - Singapore (need to research legality)

If you're from one of these countries and interested in partnership, feel free to reach out: [email protected]

To everyone who took the time to explain sanctions compliance: thank you. This thread educated me on things I clearly didn't understand.

The technology still works. The market still exists. I just need to find it in the right geography.

Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:44PM (#45894994)
You're absolutely right, and I apologize for the confusion.

The demo is a single-session system (designed for hotel lobby kiosks where one person uses it at a time). If someone else is talking to the avatar when you visit, you won't see a QR code.

Here's a direct link you can try: https://ps.neoclerks.com:8451/player.html?ss=7591aecb-72d2-4...

If that's busy too, I'm happy to schedule a 15-min private demo. Email: [email protected]

This single-user limitation is product design (kiosk model) not technical - production handles 10-50 concurrent users per GPU. I should have explained this upfront and provided multiple demo instances for HN traffic.

My mistake - learning as I go here.

Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:36PM (#45894912)
You're absolutely right, and I apologize for the confusion.

The demo is a single-session system (designed for hotel lobby kiosks where one person uses it at a time). If someone else is talking to the avatar when you visit, you won't see a QR code.

Here's a direct link you can try: https://ps.neoclerks.com:8451/player.html?ss=f2ee51d8-2ea3-4...

If that's busy too, I'm happy to schedule a 15-min private demo. Email: [email protected]

This single-user limitation is product design (kiosk model) not technical - production handles 10-50 concurrent users per GPU. I should have explained this upfront and provided multiple demo instances for HN traffic.

My mistake - learning as I go here.

Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:31PM (#45894868)
Thank you for this thoughtful response. You're raising legitimate concerns I may not fully understand.

Let me clarify my understanding (and please correct me if I'm wrong):

My assumption was that a structure like this would be legal: - Partner in US/UK registers their own company - Opens Stripe under their company name - Hires me as a remote contractor (like any distributed team) - I hold equity as a foreign shareholder (which I thought was legal for non-US persons)

Is your point that even this structure violates sanctions because I'm Iranian? Or that the risk/complexity makes it impractical for anyone without massive legal resources?

I genuinely don't want anyone to break the law. If what I'm proposing is illegal even in the structure above, I need to understand that.

Re: Russia/China/India - that's solid advice I hadn't seriously considered. Russia and China have their own complexities, but India makes a lot of sense. Do you know if Indian tech companies face similar restrictions when working with Iranians, or is it more open?

I appreciate you taking the time to explain this clearly rather than just dismissing it. If the Western partnership path is genuinely impossible (not just hard), I need to know that.

Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:27PM (#45894836)
Ha, fair.

Yeah, the skills mismatch is real. I can build distributed systems with 4-server architecture, but I can't open a Stripe account.

That's literally the post. "I'm good at X, terrible at Y (geography), need someone who has Y."

If you know anyone who's great at sales but wishes they had a technical co-founder, send them my way :)

Re:I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:26PM (#45894828)
Great question.

Why enterprise: B2B customers pay $500-5000/month. Consumer would be $10-50/month. I need fewer customers to survive.

Why not crypto: Tried that. B2B accounting departments won't pay recurring subscriptions in Bitcoin. Too volatile, compliance issues. Consumer crypto payments might work but harder to scale.

The honest answer: I built what I knew how to build (enterprise infrastructure) without validating the market first. Classic founder mistake (see avandekleut's comment above - they're right).

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