Building GrowsChat, real chat with strangers, but AI is never allowed to pretend to be human

Hey everyone, I'm Behan, solo founder building GrowsChat, a random chat platform launching on Product Hunt Sep 16.

The short version: I built a version of this before. It taught me a lot but it wasn't built to last, no real cost plan, no rate limits, and a product that looked good but wasn't easy to actually walk into.

This time I made a few rules early and I'm sticking to them:

• If you're ever talking to our AI while we find you a real match, you'll always know it's AI. No exceptions.

• No account needed to start a real conversation.

• Every video call has a safety check built in, and one tap ends anything that's gone wrong.

• We never accept user uploaded media, not photos, not videos, nothing from your device. Instead we built our own situational image and sticker library, so reactions and moments in a chat still feel expressive, just without opening the door to abuse or unsafe content that user uploads usually bring.

There's also a feature called Atmosphere, small themed moods you can set for a conversation, meant to make a chat feel a bit more alive without needing any media upload at all.

I'm building this solo and still shipping daily. Would genuinely love feedback, especially if you've used similar chat platforms before and have thoughts on what actually matters for trust and safety in something like this.

Happy to answer anything.