Peak TradeFi x DeFi combo! Hyped to be interviewing John later this week 🙏

we’re still in presale, and this is just from our Stripe revenue alone 🌱 we’ve officially passed $1K in sales volume, with two big receivables still coming in 👀 our goal: 400 Seeds before December — and the physical debut drops end of this month thank you for believing

Yes, consumer hardware has a higher bar. But every platform shift starts with founders who build where others won’t.

We launched our first hardware companion, Seed, less than a month ago, and already booked $2K CAD in revenue, with another $1.2K CAD receivable set to close by the end of October. Tiny by venture standards, but it’s proof that emotional AI doesn’t need to live behind a screen.

Meanwhile, the U.S. companion space is still mostly software: Replika, https://t.co/phu2P2jkNl, etc. But these products lack physical presence, they can talk, but they can’t exist with you.

China’s inherent advantage lies in verticalizing the stack, from sensors to haptics to distribution, and being really good at building IP (Labubu being a case in point). The same applies to us at Solace. We completely own our production, from hardware design to manufacturing and

But while we spend time debating the future of chatbots, countries like China are already building it. To them, it's a no-brainer that AI companions are the next consumer interface. In China, “emotional hardware” is no longer sci-fi, it’s a $10B market in the making.

He’s right. Even early-stage founders have an incredibly high burden to prove conviction, not just in PMF, but in execution.

Last week, @ssarahmou and I made it to the video round of @speedrun. We didn’t make it through, but the feedback from @robin really stuck with me: “Consumer hardware is hard. The bar is higher. Keep building and get more proof points.”

I'm actually super bullish on Crypto x AI hardware companies. Wearables at a good price point and attractive product standpoint makes entering crypto a lot easier. Some of which I'm taking note of: 1. @rayvo_xyz (on @monad) 2. @TofuAI_ 3. @solacelaunch (in the @virtuals_io

hosted an excellent dinner last night with some of the top ai builders @ berkeley thanks to @samrags_ @merit_systems for sponsoring comment or dm if you want to be at the next one

Had a blast debuting @solacelaunch’s new features with @ssarahmou at our first in-person demo day hosted by @virtuals_io x @PrismaXai 🌱 But my biggest takeaway is I NEED A ROBODOG 🐕

Jake Paul lowk onto smth

Journaling Entry out now: watch til the end for a wild surprise in the demo ;) try it now: https://t.co/skrmOOiLJI

This has been months in the making, and I’m so proud to see Solace officially step into the hardware scene. Huge thanks to our partner Eastcolight, one of the world’s largest educational STEM toy manufacturers, for making this possible. SEED ERA 💚

🔒 Unlike ChatGPT, Solace puts your privacy first. Your conversations shouldn't be training data, they’re yours, encrypted, and protected. Today’s update makes your data SAFER than ever: • All conversation + profile data stored securely in Supabase (no localstorage). •

We are shipping so, so fast. 🌱 Solace App Update ✨     •    Upgraded chat animations + richer iconography → bigger, livelier conversations     •    Real-time speech pipeline overhaul → significantly lower latency, scalable infra, resilient fallbacks     •    Added

1-WEEK COUNTDOWN FOR SOLACE’S BIGGEST PRODUCT LAUNCH BEGINS TODAY. ⏳ Solve our riddles → enter the biggest giveaway we’ve ever done. Repost this + comment “Solace unlocked.” Presale buyers = free ticket to our SF launch party. The countdown starts now.

Debut for our research dept. So proud of @DZarrabian29750 and @tvishaR5371 💚🌱

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