AI founder · San Francisco

Building The Future

I want AI to facilitate execution so humans can spend more time creating, imagining, and living.

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I’ve been building as a solo founder, but I’m ready to move faster with a sharp cofounder who wants to build something ambitious from the ground up with me.

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AgentCon

Silicon Valley

Founders Inc.

Venture Studio

The Residency

Founder Program

Frontier Tower

San Francisco

Soul Scape

AI Film Making

What I do

AI-native products with sharp distribution.

— 001 / Practice

AI Product Building

Rapidly designing and shipping AI tools across productivity, content, compliance, and automation.

AI AgentsSaaSUX

— 002 / Practice

Growth Systems

Turning ideas into distribution loops through content, outbound, demos, and founder-led selling.

DistributionSalesContent

— 003 / Practice

Execution Stack

Operating with high speed, direct feedback, and an obsession with making softwares feel and look perfect.

Design TasteIterationSpeed

14+

AI Systems Built

1M+

GENERATED MARKETING VIEWS

30+

Founder Conversations

Projects

Current build directions.

Four threads I'm pulling on with distinct surfaces but one operating philosophy.

— I.

Valegate Systems - Bank compliancy

AI tools for monitoring regulatory updates, comparing them against internal policies, and surfacing compliance gaps for financial services firms.

SAASB2BBANK

— II.

ClipForge AI - Social Media Agent

A system for converting long-form content into short-form clips using transcription, viral scoring, automated editing, captions, and publishing.

Creator ToolsAutomationVideo AI

— III.

LifeMax AI - Productivity App

An identity-driven personal operating system for fitness, habits, discipline, nutrition, cardio, journaling, and progress tracking.

APPB2CPRODUCTIVITY

— IV.

Other Business Experience

Residential Painting Company in Toronto
Dropshipping
AI movie director & sound designer

ExperienceOperatorCross-domain

Identity

Founder. Builder. Operator.

Build

Convert ideas into working software quickly.

Distribute

Get products in front of users, founders, buyers, and markets.

Compound

Stack product taste, network, speed, and execution over time.

“

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

— STEVE JOBS

My Journey

From doors to distribution.

Every venture taught a different lesson. Each one compounds into the next.

2023

Door to Door Services

Selling face-to-face. Learning rejection, persuasion, and the discipline of showing up.
2024

Dropshipping

First taste of digital distribution — ad creative, funnels, margin math, and feedback loops.
2025

Residential Painting Company

Operating a real-world service business in Toronto. Crews, contracts, customer trust at scale.
2026

Scaling AI-native Systems

Building software that turns ambition into execution — from San Francisco.

Contact

Reach Botao Tang.

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