| Hey HN, I'm Uchi, and I just spent 3 days building something I wish existed 2 years ago: an AI that briefs you on meeting attendees in seconds. The Problem:
I was winging important meetings because researching attendees took too long:
1) LinkedIn stalking = 10-20 min per person
2) ChatGPT prompting = "Who is Sarah Chen at Sequoia?" → back-and-forth → 10 min
3) Google search = buried in SEO spam I'd show up to pitches/sales calls knowing nothing about who I was talking to. Felt unprepared. Lost deals. What I Built:
Briefing AI = Paste calendar invite → Get CIA-style dossier in seconds. It extracts attendees from your calendar text, generates:
1) Executive summary
2) Attendee profiles (role, background, priorities)
3) Company and Attendee insights
4) Talking points
5) Red flags to avoid The Tech:
1) Next.js 15 + Cloudflare Pages (serverless)
2) Brave Search API for Attendee and company insights
3) Mix of GPT + DeepSeek models for calendar parsing, Attendee enrichment + briefing generation
4) Stripe for payments ($49 Founder's Lifetime Deal)
5) Device fingerprinting for 1 free briefing (then paywall) Why Not Just Use ChatGPT?:
You can! But:
1) ChatGPT = 10 min of prompting ("extract attendees" → "research Sarah" → "summarize")
2) Briefing AI = seconds (paste → done)
3) ChatGPT = loses history
4) Briefing AI = saves to dashboard I'm not trying to compete with ChatGPT. I'm just making one specific workflow 10x faster. What's Next:
Right now, we do some research with Brave Search API but everything else is 100% AI-generated. I'm adding:
1) Real-time LinkedIn/Google search (v2)
2) PDF export
3) "Share briefing" for viral growth
4) Get Text/SMS briefing before an important meeting Honest Feedback Request*:
This is my first HN launch. I need brutal honesty:
1) Is this actually useful or am I solving a fake problem?
2) Would you pay $49 for this?
3) What features am I missing? Try it free (no credit card): [getbriefing.io] (I'm offering a $49 Founder's LTD for 7 days, then switching to $19/month. Trying to validate quickly before building more features.) Thanks for checking it out! |
1) This is just a ChatGPT wrapper: My answer was Uber is just a taxi wrapper. The value is 10x speed + consistent format. Try both and tell me which is faster.
2) Can I use this for my team: this is in the roadmap