There wasn't a single moment. It was more like a slow pile-up of frustration with how things work, and then one day I realized I could just... change them.
I started small. A phishing-detection browser extension. A Gmail auto-response agent. A bird-strike prediction model for a science fair. Each one taught me something different about shipping. Mostly that shipping is the hard part.
Then Tilt happened, and as we scaled, we pivoted into Ravioli—the prediction economy platform we're building now. Suddenly the scale changed completely. Real users giving real feedback creating real pressure. It was a different game.
Antler accepted me into the US Residency (under 3% acceptance rate, which still feels surreal). Conversations and experiences at YC events in San Francisco confirmed something I'd been feeling: the problems I'm working on actually matter to people who see a lot of pitches.
The spark isn't inspiration. It's momentum. Once you start building, every shipped product opens three new doors. I just keep following the doors.