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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026) on Monday May 11, 2026 @02:01AM (#48091492)
Working on a few things:

Rundash (rundash.ai) - an easy way to create automated AI agents that can run tasks for you with over 1000+ integrations. Built this from my own needs to run better meetings, discover product insights etc..

Provision (provision.ai) - how I run a team of openclaw agents without burning money on Mac minis. Each agent is given a dedicated email inbox (powered by Mailboxkit) and a dedicated chrome browser that you can connect via browser to unblock if needed. Currently doing some pilots with a few startups. It's interesting to learn how teams want to use AI agents like OpenClaw.

[unnamed project] - a macOS menu-bar AI agent that drives your real apps similar to Perplexity Computer. Hit ⌘⌘, type a task (optionally @-mentioning apps like @slack), and an agent Claude Code or Codex; clicks, types, scrolls, switches apps, and reads the screen via accessibility APIs, with a visible cursor so you can watch it work. Everything runs locally on your own logged-in Mac (BYOK to Anthropic/OpenAI), so there’s no cloud VM or re-auth flow. It also snapshots the frontmost app for ambient context ("summarize this page" just works) and supports parallel tasks with persistent history/workspaces. Pre-release, but the core bet is that desktop agents should feel like a teammate living in your menu bar, not a browser tab or rented remote computer.

Show HN: Email inbox for your OpenClaw agent

https://mailboxkit.com

Hey HN,I built MailboxKit because I kept running into the same problem: AI agents need email but existing APIs aren't designed for them.The typical flow for an agent is: get an email address, send messages, receive replies, and handle threading — all via API, without a human setting things up. Most email services require manual domain verification, complex OAuth, or aren't built for...

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Very interesting product. How is this compared to https://save.day?
Re:Ask HN: What are few good AI tools for generating stories on Sunday September 24, 2023 @10:51PM (#37639205)
I built https://storypanda.ai a while back to help with storytime with my daugther.. check it out, happy to take feedback.
I did take break in those hours. Honestly it was tough to survive on 4 hours of sleep during weekdays. I usually slept in a bit on Sundays.

I would also recommend not to do it this way. It was brutal.

Ask HN: Best place to sell domain names?

I have a few domain names that I have been holding on to for a few years and I think it's about time to let them go. Wondering if there is a good marketplace to just list them and make some cash for a new hobby.

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Awesome. I built StoryPanda[1] to do something similar. My daughter, and kids of my friends absolutely love creating a story every night.

1. https://storypanda.ai

Show HN: Generate stories (with images) based on a prompt

https://storypanda.ai

Hi! I wanted to introduce a sideproject that I worked on over the holiday period.My daughter and I love reading stories at bedtime. When ChatGPT came out, I started to experiment with it and decided to create short stories that we could read at bedtime. Surprisingly, my daughter really enjoyed these stories, they were short, engaging and fun.So I thought what if there was a way to create a...

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This is pretty neat. I am going to use it to monitor myself during the calls. I am curious about the tech behind this. Speaker identification locally on the machine seems like what's happening here. The nerd in me wants more tech deep dive :)
Re:Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services? on Thursday June 23, 2022 @01:05PM (#31852046)
Neat. I will check it out!
Re:Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services? on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:25PM (#31851383)
I have been looking into this lately as well. My problem is that even if I visit back those pages, I don't remember the context of why I bookmarked it.

I have been toying with a chrome extension that enables me to add "annotations" to these pages and it helps me find websites based on my note search. It's far from perfect but I realized that I remember my notes / thoughts more than the website url or name.

Ask HN: New to Bay Area

I recently moved to Bay Area and I am looking to connect with some local network of engineers, entrepreneurs etc. A lot of events have gone virtual so it is very hard to network and make "friends" at these events.What has been you process to keep expanding your professional network?

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Ask HN: Improving Voicemail

I have been calling a lot of dental offices lately to schedule an appointment for my daughter and realized that most of them just leave me hanging with a "leave a message and pray that we get back to you" mode.I wonder if there are any meaningful ways to improve this experience? I guess having a "bot" answer my questions would be one way but beyond that could it provide some smart knowledge...

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Ask HN: Tools to Run Fundraising Process

Has anyone here found a good tool to run fundraising process? I am using a combination of Notion, Docsend, Emails, Dropbox etc to run it and frankly it is a pain to manage it.So just wondering if anyone else here has a tool or process that works well for them.

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Re:AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018) on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:56PM (#21527192)
This is awesome (in a crazy way). I was playing with Resemble.ai [1] yesterday and was surprised by how good it was in replicating my voice with just a few minutes of dataset. This technology is going to keep on getting better by the minute.

As with any piece of technology, there are always good and bad actors.

1- [Resemble.ai](http://resemble.ai)

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019) on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:14PM (#21133169)
Botmock | Ottawa (preferably Canadian) or Remote | Full-Time | Frontend

Botmock is a collaborative design, prototype and testing platform for conversational experiences. We're a funded high-growth startup that's rapidly becoming the starting point for all conversational projects.

Our product is used by thousands of users to design, prototype and test conversational experiences for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Facebook Messenger, Custom Website, SMS, Apple Business Chat and more.

We’re a remote-first team that thrives on flexibility and creativeness. Each team member gets perks like allowance for co-working space, equipment and all of the other benefits to help you make the most of your day.

We're hiring for one role, either remote or in Ottawa. Please note that we cannot sponsor visas at this time.

Description:

As part of our frontend team you will be working on building the core of Botmock. Our users spend on average 5-7 hours every day using our product. Our front-end stack is React, Redux with Rest API. We are looking for someone to help us take our front-end to the next level while working with the existing team.

Interview process: Call 1: We get to know each other. Call 2: We solve a technical problem together (max 40 mins) and ask questions (20 mins) Call 3: We either make an offer or give you feedback on why you weren't selected

If interested, reach out directly to me: [email protected]

This is great, OP. We are building a prototyping tool [1] for conversational interfaces and with our tool we have seen teams improve the entire prototyping, design and testing process by 10x.

1. http://www.botmock.com

Interesting product. I have tried http://voicepods.com previously and its a neat experience.

Well done!

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018) on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @01:30PM (#16969209)
Botmock | Frontend Software Engineer | Ottawa / Toronto / Remote (Canada/US) | Full Time, Contract-to-Hire

We are startup building tools to help conversational designers on Alexa, Google Assistant, Facebook Messenger, Web and more. Our product is being used by agencies and large Fortune500 companies. You will be part of our small team and help us grow it further in coming months.

- Build, maintain, and update editor features - Contribute to our large, beautiful single-page app - Write high-quality, maintainable and scalable code - Collaborate with other developers and designers to take a feature all the way from just an idea to something thousands of people use daily - Write modular, composable code for flexibility and re-use - Optimize processes and applications for efficiency, scalability, and availability - Communicate effectively, giving and receiving help as needed; give first, take later!

Our stack is React, Webpack, Redux

Email me directly with your resume, LinkedIn, and/or Github: [email protected]

Re:Bottery – A conversational agent prototyping platform on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @12:42PM (#15594575)
We have been working on building a conversation prototyping tool for non-developers at Botmock (https://botmock.com)

Our approach has been to give a tool that enables people to create a true prototype and quickly test it before spending time developing it.

Thanks for sharing this (and other solutions like Wild Yak etc).

Ask HN: Any startup that raised money via ICO?

Looking into the whole ICO stuff and thought I would ask more knowledgable folks here if they could help me steer in the right direction.What kind of companies should (or have) raised money via ICO instead of VC? Can a b2b SAAS company raise money via ICO?Pros? Cons?

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Re:YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @09:05PM (#14144605)
Does everyone get an email? Even those who have not been selected?
Re:Show HN: Design chat bot conversations without any coding on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @10:42AM (#13374685)
Clickable link: http://botmock.com

Show HN: Design chat bot conversations without any coding

Hi HN! I launched BotMock yesterday. The tool allows bot designers / developers to quickly build a prototype and test out conversation flows and even create some sales presentation material before investing $$ or hours in development.Would love to get your feedback on it.Check it out at http://botmock.com

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Show HN: Design chat bot conversations without any coding

Have you ever thought of creating that awesome bot but you are not sure how the interaction would work? The only option you have is to hack together some code to try and create a bot just so you can test the conversation structure, or even test out your idea!And if you don't know any programming, well you are kinda stuck.So we ran into this exact same problem while creating a spec for our own...

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Re:Introducing Initialized Capital on Monday October 24, 2016 @03:29PM (#12781995)
Hi Garry, Do you guys hold office hours for startups in your portfolio or anyone can schedule some time with you? And what should one do to be prepared for the office hours?

Thanks

We are targeting existing chat bots. The idea is for these bots to be able to capture feedback from their users without having to build the whole backend to track, analyze and understand the feedback that they are getting.
Re:Show HN: Jumper, a robot to help you exercise every day on Sunday October 16, 2016 @11:21AM (#12718976)
Awesome. I have been experimenting with Facebook Messenger bots as well. Did you use any existing framework/tool to create the bot?

Also, I am building a service that allows bots to gather actionable feedback from the users. I am looking for some testers. Let me know if you would be interested in helping out. :)

Show HN: Capture customer satisfaction score within FB Messenger

I have been building a side project that allows businesses to capture feedback from their customers in-store or online via Facebook Messenger. The idea is simple and I should be launching it publicly in next two weeks. I am looking for people who would like to test it out with me with their businesses. So if you (or someone you know) owns a business and is willing to give this a try please...

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