Dan Bulteel

One of the coolest parts of my job is getting a front-row seat to how @marianaprazeres thinks about AI. “Memory” feels table stakes in AI right now. But for @Meet-Ting, it’s not just a log of the past - it’s a living system that shapes how people schedule, work, and want to spend their week. It’s not just logistics - it’s patterns around energy, priorities, and relationships over time. Here are...

Hey all, 15 years ago I wrote an article about the rise of a more social web for Huff Post. At the time, Facebook was updating its News Feed and bringing Spotify, Zynga etc. into it. Google was also launching Google+. Obviously, one changed the internet. The other validated it, even if it didn't pay off. If you think about that shift, we stopped going to the internet to browse our top 10 sites...

Dear Product Hunt community, If you’re reading this and you’ve launched something - or you're close to launching - you are already incredibly special. We talk a lot about unicorns, but we don't talk enough about the big filtering process or idea funnel. Most people never even start. With some help from Gemini, the funnel looks like this: Idea Phase: Out of 1,000 people with a "genius" idea,...

There’s a lot you end up thinking about as a startup founder. Success, doom... and the question that connects those dots: How do we actually make money - in a way that lets this become a self-sustaining business? If you’re building in AI, that question is... not easy. I've been thinking about this topic a lot for Ting. I've seen pricing through a lot of angles in my career. At adidas (perceived...

Everything with Ting started here on Product Hunt, so feels only right to wrap the last four months. It’s been mad. It's the only word I can use. First time founders, new team, big idea, AI - I mean, that's all the fun ingredients. So what does 'mad' actually mean though? Let me try... 1. Less sleep. 2. More internal reward. 3. A new ability to sit at the tension of everything's going to go...

Hey all, It’s that time of year where if you’re not writing a “year ahead” post, then what are you even doing? As a founder building in AI, you sit in a weirdly privileged spot for this kind of thing. You’re building with AI daily, you’re meeting with developer advocate teams, you’re at events with other builders, you’re talking to VCs, and most importantly, you’re talking to customers (real...

Hey all, A new feature from Ting that I thought had some learnings for everyone building in AI. At 7pm local time yesterday, in 1,000 inboxes across the world, @Meet-Ting sent a proactive message for the first time. Everything so far with Ting has been reacting to the user's command, so getting CC into an email to help plan, book, reschedule or send meeting invites (multi-party), or sharing...

I put together a digest of the last few months building Ting - the good, the meh, and the lessons I can imagine me wanting to tell future founders so they can dodge the bruises and get to the good stuff quicker... The good: - Nearly 1,000 users - ~50% MoM growth with no ads. - Added Outlook, Teams, Zoom + multi-calendar. - Launched Memories, micro product moments when the AI remembers small...

Hey everyone, I've been doing a lot of pitching recently. I went to Web Summit where I got pitched at a lot. And my LinkedIn inbox is non-stop infinity loops of pitching at me. = Therefore, I've been thinking about the topic a lot! I think it's fair and obvious to say, some people can communicate better than others. It's an art. I can't dance either, it's just life. The shame is that some...

Hey all, Me & @marianaprazeres will be at Web Summit in Lisbon (presenting on Weds on Alpha) this week and we're in San Fran (16-20) next week - if any builders want to connect with us, we'd love to say hello! Dan

I wrote a list of all the things I learnt by becoming a first-time founder and leaving a role in big tech. It’s more than I had when I started, so I hope it finds you at the right time: Here we go: Getting going: Make sure you have a clear reason and those in your life are on same page. It is consuming! Unfair advantage: Founders aren’t special, they just optimize to what makes them different...