Maya Lekhi told me to apply again since my idea has sharpened since the last time I applied
A brief background on me and my life mission before I start: 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 fullest 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)
I’ve become so aligned with my purpose that I can’t get myself to apply for jobs anymore (as a safety net): substack.com/@ramimaalouf/p-170183153
With that said, this is what I’ll be exploring in the next 12 weeks onwards: getaudora.app
Audora helps you effortlessly master the art of communication and deeply connect with people, because we believe that there’s nothing more valuable in life than learning how to express yourself clearly and confidently
I have a demo but I can’t upload in the form below but you can find it here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rami-m_social-anxiety-is-a-skill-issue-and-no-this-activity-7385010725607342081-zsVb
you can also find it on x https://x.com/rami__maalouf/status/1979249999075774697
and insta: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP9XjoDEQmt/
Posting on my YouTube channel & tiktok too!
Based on my current market research, there are dozens of platforms that promise communication transformation like getfluently.app (a YC-backed company), but there are several problems that are left unsolved for several audiences:
- Young busy professionals don’t have the time to sit and talk to an AI (which is what most platforms do)
- For example, founders who are in the process of getting a pre-seed or series A. A big problem and a pain point is, people can’t sell the vision to these investors, and as a result, they end up saying no without really providing any feedback. What if Audora can be the thing that provides the feedback. This is especially true and critical when it comes to fundraising and having these incredibly important conversations. You need to make sure that your mistakes you do in there don’t carry on to your other rounds
- They also don’t have the time to watch coaching videos that promise more articulate speech (e.g. Vinh Giang)
- They also don’t have the ability to pay for a personalized coach that can help them speak better
- What if you combine all these 3 features into one platform that autonomously listens to your conversations so that an AI coach can assess your performance and provide instantaneous feedback
- Most platforms are focused on non-native English speakers. But there’s an untapped market for both:
- busy professionals:
- who need to become master communnicators to excel at their job
- who talk to A LOT of people everyday and would benefit from improving their communication skills
- and people who love socializing and want to make the best of each interaction they have with someone
- busy professionals:
- A lot of these platforms are money hungry and get a lot of negative reviews saying they kept on getting billed despite cancelling their plan. They don’t allow free trials or their free version is very limited → we can be open-source
Many virtual meeting bots (like granola) exist which help storing and remember everything that was shared during these meetings, but physical meetups are served only by expensive AI wearables that raise significant privacy concerns. We believe we can bring forth a privacy-first approach for remembering all your in-person interactions with 3 key features enhancing it:
- Memory Vault that grows with you: A secure, evolving vault that stores summaries, key facts, reflections, and relational cues from your conversations. As you engage with more people, it reveals how your relationships connect and evolve, helping you understand, manage, and strengthen them over time
- Contextual Reflection: Lets users revisit past conversations and dig deeper: analyzing specific moments, identifying speech patterns to improve, and exploring what topics or insights could spark stronger future conversations
- Adaptive Learning: An autonomous communication coach that continuously learns from your reflections and interactions. It tracks your speaking patterns, learns your strengths and blind spots, and refines its feedback to guide you toward more confident, intentional, and impactful conversations
I talked to Toastmasters members, and they loved the idea. They thought that it could definitely be integrated into their system, where it could provide feedback for each person based on the rules, and based on the preferences, and what their goals are.
- Each member of the Toastmasters would get real-time feedback and reminders as they’re presenting. It could remind them of things they missed.
- We can also provide feedback on their nonverbal cues.
- A lot of Toastmasters groups struggle with connecting with each other. It’s not very easy to make meaningful friends through toastmasters unless effort has been put outside these sessions → people need to find reasons to reach out. Audora, since it listens to the whole meeting, can discover who would be good matches. It can remember small things (like facts abt a person) that we tend to forget
But there are also several more target audiences that I’m still exploring, including young professionals in sales or engineering teams who are clients facing.
I’m also exploring how this can be useful for people who are neurodivergent or high school students that have parents that really want their kids to communicate effectively. So I would sell to the parents.
I know this response is a mess, and I truly apologize for that. But I am half asleep, and I can’t think clearly anymore (was too busy with other urgent things. This is why I’m late to submit)
I believe I deserve a chance to interview with you guys given that the previous one never happened.
If you’re having doubts about my determination to bring this to life, check out this article: https://substack.com/@ramimaalouf/p-170183153