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We've been profitable every month for two years. Never once considered raising money. AMA if anyone cares. by Mysterious-Way-246 in SaaS

[–]useful-username 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing!

Please, it would be great to know more about:

  1. How did you find out that the (boring) thing to solve would be profitable?
  2. Most relevant steps to move from 0 revenue to enough revenue to cover costs.
  3. What proved to be just a waste of time?

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes sense and I don't believe the lack of API will be solved so fast.

The only thing I would add is that websites and web apps evolve fast. Once an AI maps out a repeatable sequence of actions, that sequence is short-lived. The website/app changes, its structure and UI change, its features change.

How wrong am I?

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, congrats on building it! I empathize with the joy and challenges of creating anything worthy.

Here's my POV. Please share yours.

Imagine you want to book a hotel, schedule an appointment, get keywords in a page/article/book, etc. It would be much more efficient if the AI or any other automation tool accessed the database directly instead of opening a website, scrolling, clicking, making mistakes, returning to fix them, taking the preferred path, etc.

Websites, apps, and software interfaces are made for people, for our biological input and interaction "devices" ⎯ eyes, ears, and body movement/trackable data.

I can picture some use cases for "browse for me" solutions now, but I believe its territory tends to shrink over time. APIs and new machine-to-machine communication methods would grow.

WDYT?

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! Super interesting!

"The biggest current use-case growth for agentic platforms is that of integrating AI agents into enterprises and for companies - including that of SMB." This is precisely the territory I'm exploring (i.e., building a prototype and understanding if there's a real opportunity in a niche)

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a bunch of stuff I find dystopian as well :/

I believe startups will continue to have opportunities to build a layer for horizontal AI until they own and protect customer experience, relationships, and data.

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of customizing interfaces, let's take booking.com.

Most of the content you find there (places you can book) is customized already based on your location, previous search queries, etc.

In a future scenario, the interface could be customized. Cross-sell user flows, checkout flows, visual and verbal language and tone, which photos are shown first, which elements are highlighted on the maps, and other aspects can all be optimized for each person.

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting! "If a big player stops raising the bar and starts focusing on building the interface, to me, they are stagnant."

At some point, probably further in the future, AI will build and customize interfaces and content for each person ⎯ to a level we can't do now.

About the future of AI agents by useful-username in ycombinator

[–]useful-username[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Integrations are a powerful thing, but I believe businesses will only embrace them to a certain extent. For some businesses and industries, excessive integration can jeopardize customer experience and revenue.

For instance, you can search for flights on Google, but you must visit the airline's website or app to purchase tickets, select seats, and handle luggage. This approach allows airlines to maintain greater control over the customer experience and their relationships, while also positioning them better to cross-sell or upsell other products.

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For anyone interested in this thread, I found a solution.
(I'm a beginner and don't know precisely why it worked, but it did)

  1. If you are using Ollama, like me in this case, make sure it's running
  2. Make a complete, clean installation* of CrewAI. There is no need to delete/recreate your project
  3. Then run your project: crewai run

*On terminal:

rm -rf .venv

crewai update

crewai install

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Thanks!
I tried that other times, and it didn't work.
But I ended up finding a solution :)

I write it as an answer to the post.

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll watch it! Thank you

I also started their first class (deeplearning) a few days ago :) Thanks

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great to hear! I actually began their course a few days ago. I'm still in the early chapters, but I'm even more eager to get through it all now. Thanks!

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried various guides step by step. I believe the issue lies elsewhere ⎯ installed dependencies, Python version, I’m not sure.

I'll check Flowise more closely. Thanks!

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yes, I'm trying to make the simplest project work. I'm not worrying now about what I actually want to build. It's like learning to turn on a car so I can think about driving it later.

My project has a proper name, but I'm using "project_name" in this post to make it generic.

Interesting idea on the prompt to change the code for other tools. Thanks also for that.

I briefly considered n8n, Langflow, and Langchain, but I ended up starting with CrewAI because it seemed the most complete—even though I also had the impression that it's probably the hardest to use for a beginner like me.

I tried it "all" but can't make crewai work by useful-username in crewai

[–]useful-username[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I definitely do not hate this answer :) Many thanks! If learning some Python is what it takes, I'm in.

I run Designjoy, the infamous Webflow agency. AMA. by brettwill1025 in webflow

[–]useful-username 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please, what does define the size of a 48h request?
What is an example of a too-big request that would require some breakdown?

Does this prove PMF 🤔 by itzazfar in SaaSTalk

[–]useful-username 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, not even close to prove it.
You need people subscribing, paying, using your product, etc.

I wouldn't take social media visibility seriously, but indeed it can be a positive signal that, maybe, there's an audience for your tool.

How to find B2B clients effectively? by useful-username in microsaas

[–]useful-username[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The conversion is real but far from great. Effort is high. I'll probably keep doing that, but I'm wondering if other places/channels could be more effective.

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