@chrislarsc.eth

2025 was a pivotal year for me. I started out thinking I was going all-in on crypto and would be pushing a startup forward in the space. In December 2024 we launched on Base and the founder I was working for was in the middle of fundraising mode. I was gearing up for FarCon with big plans to launch a mini app and iterate from there. A month before FarCon though, the round didn't come together and instead of building, we went into preservation mode and the founder started looking for a buyer. It was at this time that I was getting hard into vibe coding; I built (nearly) 30 things in 30 days and learned a lot. Fast. Right after that, I went out to SF for my brother's graduation for his doctorate in Psychology and had an initial conversation with someone about building at the intersection of therapy and AI. As the crypto gig wound down, new models were coming out that made vibe coding projects look more like real apps and not just toys, and I was reading the manuscript for a book encompassing the greatest advancement ever in modern psychology. One more trip out to SF in September solidified the idea for our first product, which I built an MVP of and got in the hands of people to try out and give feedback. Were we on to something? Was it a bunch of BS? The results were incredible. *Every* person said they felt seen and understood by our assistant. Other feedback: there's no way ChatGPT could ever do this, getting the best night's sleep in years, physical relief, crying from the realizations. I'm working on V2 now and will be ready to bring on the next round of testers soon. It's a *big* improvement on V1, which was already so encouraging. 2026 will be the year this new thing takes off. I've got 6 months runway to work on it full-time, get it farther along and raise. I think I can honestly say that the Farcaster community contributed greatly to me pursuing this path and being so committed to it now. Happy New Year! LFG 2026!!!

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