Start · Guide
How to validate a business idea
A practical way to test whether a problem is real, whether people will pay, and whether you should build before you spend weeks on the product.
8 min read
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How to build an MVP
Decide what belongs in a first version, what to leave out, and how to check whether the result taught you anything.
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Learning paths
From idea to launch
Validate, scope an MVP, then put it in front of real people.
Start with Atai
Learn the product, then pick the mode that matches your starting point.
Build with AI
Use agents and Atai without treating AI as a substitute for customer evidence.
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Start · Guide
Founder fundamentals
The few decisions that matter early: who you serve, what you will not build, and how you will learn each week.
6 min read
Build · Guide
How to build an MVP
Decide what belongs in a first version, what to leave out, and how to check whether the result taught you anything.
9 min read
Build · Playbook
Write product requirements that can be built
Turn a vague idea into a short spec: users, jobs, screens, and what done looks like.
7 min read
Launch · Guide
How to launch a product
A quiet, useful launch: define the offer, pick the first audience, share the link, and learn from the first week.
7 min read
Launch · Checklist
Launch checklist
A practical list for putting a first version in front of users without forgetting the basics.
5 min read
Grow · Guide
Find early customers
Where to look for the first users, how to ask, and how to tell a useful conversation from polite interest.
7 min read
AI · Guide
What is an AI agent?
A plain-language definition of AI agents, what they can do in a product workflow, and where a human still needs to decide.
6 min read
Atai · Guide
What is Atai?
Atai is an AI business-building platform: plan, build, launch, manage, and grow a digital product from an idea, a URL, a website, or a GitHub repository.
5 min read
Atai · Guide
How Atai works
The Atai path: understand the starting point, plan, assemble the right capabilities, build, then help you move forward.
6 min read
Atai · Tutorial
Getting started with Atai
Create an account, pick a starting mode, and take a first project through planning.
4 min read
Atai · Documentation
Idea Mode
Start from a problem and a solution in plain language. Atai turns that into a structured plan you can review before anything is built.
4 min read
Atai · Documentation
Mirror and URL modes
Give Atai a website to understand as context or inspiration, then describe what you want to create from it.
5 min read
Atai · Documentation
GitHub Mode
Point Atai at a repository. Clone mode builds from the README; Extend mode continues an existing codebase.
5 min read
Templates · Checklist
MVP checklist
A copy-paste checklist for scoping a first version you can put in front of users.
3 min read
Templates · Template
Customer interview template
Questions that uncover real behavior instead of compliments about your idea.
4 min read
Glossary · Glossary
MVP
Minimum Viable Product: the smallest version that tests a real product assumption with users.
2 min read
Glossary · Glossary
Product-market fit
When a defined customer group wants the product enough to use it, keep using it, and tell you when it breaks.
2 min read
Glossary · Glossary
SaaS
Software as a Service: software delivered over the internet, usually paid as a subscription.
2 min read
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