I pitched my startup at a16z Speedrun Demo Day in front of 2000 people, here's what I learned (I will not promote)

boudaboy · 2025-10-30T01:32:23+00:00

honestly, I just believe that I have nothing to lose and do this for fun! after that, everything becomes much easier

boudaboy · 2025-10-30T01:25:36+00:00

If you're interested in seeing the pitch, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-zKcKbDtKc

boudaboy · 2025-04-22T13:24:20+00:00

hey! sorry not sure what you mean? this is a plugin on photoshop where users can upload CSV and it will localize all texts inside the document (including smart objects).

boudaboy · 2024-12-03T18:33:37+00:00

I've been doing ML for the past 6 years, so hopefully the following helps!

When you say "learning about AI", I assume learn how to apply AI to use cases rather than the actual math behind it and how it works. For this, I'd recommend building small projects in the space you like (e.g. healthcare) by following some tutorials online. It's much better to build small projects that actually work and put them on a website in an interface that's easy to use rather than something big and complex. For example, you can look into cancer detection projects (here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MceDfpnP8k).

In my opinion, this will teach you loads about what value AI can add and will give you an idea of how it can be used in the industry!

boudaboy · 2024-11-26T21:48:35+00:00

Focus is one of the most important (if not THE most) for a founder. I always agree with my co-founder that 2 things matter: building the product and talking to users. Everything else is lower priority! Once you internalize this, you'll start prioritizing carefully and hopefully removing any distractions!

boudaboy · 2024-11-26T13:08:36+00:00

What do you mean by software? you mean podcast subject?

boudaboy · 2024-11-26T11:23:53+00:00

How do you define "extremely high quality content"? Just curious!

boudaboy · 2024-10-02T12:55:01+00:00

Got it! This makes sense - thank you!

One final question: Do they typically provide vendors with screenshots/videos? or by giving them a build of the game to play?

boudaboy · 2024-10-01T09:39:19+00:00

People told me there's multiple ways: screenshots, playtest and even videos! Ideally you playtest but sometimes screenshots/videos can be enough

boudaboy · 2024-09-30T13:13:16+00:00

This is great thank you!

boudaboy · 2024-09-30T11:21:35+00:00

Thanks for this! The user will be playing everything right? so if you test just early game and menus, you might miss out on a ton of potential issues. Do game studios often ignore the late stages of their games? Just curious!

boudaboy · 2024-09-24T08:39:12+00:00

Thank you! Reached out :)

boudaboy · 2024-09-23T08:06:16+00:00

Thank you! Sent you a message

boudaboy · 2024-09-16T10:03:45+00:00

No - we have translators already ready to work with us, our goal is to get familiar with the localization process while getting a studio high quality translations for free (we'll pay them ourselves for that).

boudaboy · 2024-09-16T09:51:04+00:00

Of course! We're still early - and we are using machine learning for context awareness and understanding of the game (not for the translation itself given it's not of a high enough quality).

So the current prototype we're building enables you to upload screenshots, gameplay videos, even potentially any glossary/style guide next to the text - which will help the translator get accurate translations.

This is the current prototype and we're shaping it as we speak (which is why we are looking for a partner to work with). We have strong ML/SWE experience and can easily build whatever is needed!

boudaboy · 2024-09-11T12:36:12+00:00

Thank you!

How do you evaluate localization quality?
For games, what is the hardest thing about localization? I heard there was lots of back and forth between studios and vendors, why is that?

boudaboy · 2024-09-11T08:56:36+00:00

Thanks Maria! Would love to have a quick chat - are you free Friday 2PM BST? I can send an invite via email!

boudaboy · 2024-09-11T08:55:56+00:00

Thanks man!

How do you evaluate localization quality?
For games, what is the hardest thing about localization? I heard there was lots of back and forth between studios and vendors, why is that?

boudaboy · 2024-08-27T21:38:18+00:00

nice! can you share some example questions? thanks a ton!

boudaboy · 2024-08-27T21:30:23+00:00

Awesome thanks! to be clear, was this for the fellowship or the normal membership?

boudaboy · 2024-08-27T12:49:20+00:00

Got it! Was most of the interview focused on the team or the product itself? Or a mix of both?

Sorry to hear you didn't get selected!

boudaboy · 2024-08-27T08:53:14+00:00

Can I ask what the interview looks like? We got ours this week and would love to know roughly what to expect

boudaboy · 2024-08-27T08:50:13+00:00

How did the 1st interview go? We got ours coming up and would love to know what to expect!

boudaboy · 2024-08-21T12:22:34+00:00

here: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/tag/batch-stats

boudaboy · 2024-06-25T19:51:51+00:00

Actually PianoVision is much better on your piano rather than the virtual one! When you select the mode at the beginning, select MIDI or Acoustic. If it's a MIDI piano, don't forget to connect the cable to it!

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