# Finding My Spark

*05 Nov, 2025 · 1 min read*

How I went from messing around with code to Antler, YC, and building real products.

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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.

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