HolyAI - Chat to Jesus!

🚀 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.