🚀 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 "𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫" 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐝 - 𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝟑 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 (𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 & 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞) 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐈𝐬 I just launched 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐀𝐈 – a chatbot that lets you have meaningful conversations with Jesus, God, Pope Francis, and a pastor. 🤖 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐆𝐏𝐓 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐈: ● 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 + 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 (wanted to learn a new tech-stack). ● 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞-𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 using a combination of character injection (see comments) for better recall (to teach it recent events like Pope Francis’ passing and parse persona cues during fine-tuning) and prompt injection. ● 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 with Stripe Subscriptions, no-account + free/paid account tiers, and security hardening. ● 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, including conversation tracking, a settings system, and account management features. ❓ 𝐖𝐡𝐲? After a third-party delay at my main company, I wanted to: ● 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 "𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬" 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞: ➤ Most are just AI Inference API wrappers with some prompt injection for specific use-case. ➤ Most use readily-available, open-source frontends like OpenWebUI. ➤ Most spend tens-of-thousands, hundreds-of-thousands, even millions to create a product and achieve profitability. ● 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭: ➤ Fine-tune a model and experiment with character injection (not just prompt engineering) - religion was just a challenging use case. ➤ Build everything solo – no partners, no contractors, nothing. ➤ Keep costs under $𝟓𝟎𝟎 (ended at $𝟏𝟖𝟎). ⏰ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: ● 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟏: Core backend + frontend (had basic functionality at the end of the week). ● 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐: Payments, Auth, Deployment, and Beta Testing. ● 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟑: Fine-Tuning, Polish & Soft Launch. 💸 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭: ● Built entirely 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 - during University finals and while running another company that took priority. ● 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: ➤ Domain: $𝟏𝟎.𝟕𝟗 (1 year) ➤ Miscellaneous Testing: $𝟎.𝟓𝟓 ➤ AI Inference for Dataset Creation (using augmentoolkit): $𝟏𝟔𝟎 (lesson learnt - smaller datasets sometimes work better! I could have saved the money since I didn’t end up using this dataset 😢) I am well aware there are still some bugs, but I’d love your feedback and comments! 👉 Try it here: https://holyai.app 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞. 𝐏𝐒𝐀 in other comments with important context and more details.

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@isaacljubic wow!

HolyAI is a wonderful tool for those seeking spiritual guidance or meaningful faith-based conversations. Whether you’re interested in theological discussion, comfort, or simply aligning your conversations with your beliefs, HolyAI offers an immersive and respectful Christian experience. I’m excited to see how it creates a space for deeper connection and reflection within a faith-centered context!

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Have meaningful conversations with AI Jesus, God, and more

Have meaningful conversations with AI Jesus, God, and more