Tell us about the most difficult or interesting technical problem you’ve solved (Optional)
- autonomous AI matchmaking: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rami-m_i-think-i-found-a-way-to-make-ai-think-like-activity-7374494387558301696-vYUZ | https://youtu.be/CyZygumNDG8
- I was fascinated with the idea of having the centralized AI friend that knows everyone around you is able to automatically match you with the right people at the right time based on your calendar or location. e.g. You would get notified about a potential match after
- I tried building the realtime location aspect with the Orbit app. You can find more info on that here:
- The autonomous part was built through https://heyember.me/
- Launched in UCalgary and UWaterloo; https://uw.heyember.me/
- context engineering and AI memory to make the AI think and act more like a human. I livestreamed by journey of learning and implementing it into Ember:
- Now i am on a mission to help people master the skills that AI can never replace (starting with communication @ https://getaudora.app which is my startup). I share some technical details in this post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rami-m_having-social-anxiety-is-a-skill-issue-and-activity-7385010725607342081-v-kp
- I’ve explored several different problems over the past 5 years. You can find the rest of them in my https://github.com/psycho-baller
Tell us about an insight or opportunity from your industry of expertise unique to your experience (Optional)
For most of my life, I struggled with social anxiety because I didn’t know how to express myself in the moments that mattered. That lack of communication skill slowly chipped away at my confidence. It made me avoid opportunities, hide from social situations, and feel like a ghost in rooms full of people. Over the past four years, I went through the long and expensive journey of rebuilding those skills. You can find more information on my story in here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rami-m_having-social-anxiety-is-a-skill-issue-and-activity-7385010725607342081-v-kp (this is my first insight)
Through that process, I discovered something most communication products overlook: people don’t struggle because they lack knowledge. They struggle because in real-life situations, under pressure and cognitive load, speech goes on autopilot. We stop noticing how we sound and lose self-awareness. Existing tools evaluate rehearsals or planned meetings, but communication problems appear in spontaneous, high-stress moments.
My 2nd unique insight is that the real bottleneck is real-time self-awareness, not coaching. This insight comes directly from lived experience, years of testing communication tools, and studying the psycholinguistics behind why speech collapses under cognitive load. It’s the foundation behind the first product I’m building: a private, real-time communication mirror that helps people become more mindful, confident, and intentional every time they speak. I’m targeting founders who have high-stake calls all the time. Launching the MVP this week: https://www.notion.so/rami-m/grammarly-for-your-voice-2a9f55603e858056b8e4cd49ac5092e4
Aside from founders, I’m also looking into organizations or communities of people who want to improve their communication skills, like Toastmasters, and building some sort of an operating system for them. I got 2 toastmaster clubs willing to test out our idea
Tell us about a product, initiative or venture you’ve grown from scratch (Optional)
aside from the stuff I mentioned in the previous 2 expertise, I also love building a community to help people overcome the things that I managed to overcome
I live by the quote in my Instagram bio: instagram.com/psycho.baller
“and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same”
By me striving to reach my full potential, I inspire to bring out the best in the people around me. I am literally a beam of light. A cheerleader. Which is also what one of my mentors, Guy Lavesque (Director of Hunter Hub in UCalgary), describes himself as.
Everything that I do in life aligns with my purpose of helping everyone around me reach their full potential. More specifically, help people who are currently struggling with a thing that I managed to overcome (loneliness, social anxiety, communication skills, addiction, etc). This is why I started The Chalant Society in my university 4 months ago. Every week, I go with 4 strangers into the lunch area of my university, and I do everything in my abilities to help them get outside their comfort zone while having fun and bringing out positive energy around campus instagram.com/thechalantsociety
New idea
In 3-4 sentences, describe your business idea, the problem space and the market potential. What made you pick this idea?
Were on a mission to help people master the skills that AI can never replace starting with communication @ https://getaudora.app
This week, we’re launching a private, real-time communication mirror that helps people become more mindful, confident, and intentional every time they speak. Most tools only work in rehearsals, but real communication issues appear in high-pressure, real-life moments where people lose self-awareness due to the high cognitive load.
So we believe there’s a massive unmet need across professionals, founders, sales teams, students, and creators who struggle to turn their thoughts into real impact through their voice.
Building a company is hard. What’s something you’ve done that required persistence, even when it wasn’t going your way? (Optional)
One of the hardest things I’ve ever done was overcoming severe social anxiety. For years, I struggled to trust people, make friends, and express myself without fear. Instead of accepting that as part of who I was, I spent over five years studying behavioral psychology, pushing myself into uncomfortable situations, building projects publicly, and creating content even when no one was watching (https://youtube.com/@ramimaalouf). That persistence helped me fundamentally rebuild my confidence and social skills. It’s the same persistence that’s fueled my startup journey, where I’ve invested thousands of hours learning and building products long before earning a single dollar (that’s changing this year though).