Interviews

AI engineer and product builder behind Cold Visit, a tool that sends an AI agent to test and audit websites like a real user, exposing friction and positioning issues before they cost conversions

Raihan is a four-year AI engineer, currently also working as a product manager at a UK-based fintech building an AI CFO tool, who built Cold Visit after seeing many products fail due to distribution and clarity problems rather than bad ideas or engineering.

Industrial real estate acquisitions professional sourcing off-market deals and building a nationwide broker network

Tom works in sales and acquisitions for a national real estate investing company that buys and holds industrial properties (typically $1M to $50M deals) across roughly 30 states, relying heavily on relationship-building and long-term seller pipelines to source deals.

High school grad heading to Yale who is building RouteTo, an AI 'company brain' that unifies scattered business data into a queryable graph database

Co-founder of Xtra, an open-source engine that makes complex SaaS UIs queryable via natural language for enterprise organizations.

Asaf and his co-founder, both software engineers, are building Xtra, an open-source infrastructure and embeddable widget that lets users query and operate complex SaaS platforms (like AWS or CRMs) using natural language instead of navigating dense UIs, with a focus on multi-tenant enterprise…

Freelance developer and QA tester exploring tech careers, using HiRey's AI-driven job matching and transparent client marketplace as an alternative to Upwork

Rylee Chapin is a freelancer with a background in game development, QA testing (including Playwright test suites), and data entry, currently transitioning into the broader tech industry.

Texas A&M computer engineering student building Aside, a lightweight, local Windows note-taking app that stays out of your way until summoned

Andres built Aside, a local-first Windows note-taking app that pops up via a global hotkey (Alt-A) for quick, temporary notes and disappears when not needed, aiming to avoid the feature bloat and paralysis of tools like Notion and Obsidian.

Solo founder of RenderMe, an AI-powered ArchiViz platform that renders and edits architectural and interior designs in seconds while preserving the original geometry and creative intent

Intisar, a computer science graduate with a decade of experience in 3D animation, compositing, and architectural visualization, built RenderMe to solve the slow rendering times and loss of creative control that plague traditional and AI-based design workflows.

Health informatics professor in Vancouver who built Manuscripts, a Mac-first productivity and submission-tracking tool for academic researchers

Jamie is a professor of health informatics with roughly 80 published papers who grew frustrated tracking manuscript submissions across journals via spreadsheets, so he taught himself Swift with AI assistance and built Manuscripts, a discipline-agnostic Mac app offering calendars, productivity and…

Investor connecting hardware founders with Shenzhen's product ecosystem

Ruokun Wang is an investor at Vision Plus Capital working across AI hardware and physical products. She explains how Shenzhen's research, prototyping, manufacturing, operations, distribution, and go-to-market network can help serious hardware founders navigate a long product-building journey with…

Bruce Grossman on HiRey

Marketing professional using AI to automate healthcare recruitment outreach

Bruce discussed how his marketing team uses AI to automate cold outreach and recruitment for healthcare professionals, build rapport with candidates, and occasionally assist with creative tasks like brochures.

Justin B on HiRey

AI enthusiast and content creator with a master's in data science who uses AI daily for coding, automation, and content creation

After a false start due to a recording mishap, the conversation covers the economics of AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX operating at massive losses while still being highly valued, comparing this to historical high-investment projects like the Manhattan Project and Space Shuttle…

Al Avellana on HiRey

AI enthusiast and freelance Upwork worker specializing in AI chatbots and automation, testing the HiRey.ai recruiting/networking agent

Alros walks through his first impressions of the HiRey.ai plugin, noting it matched candidates well but initially lacked detail on completed projects, though follow-up prompts led the agent to surface project info from linked personal websites.

Jonathan Enrique on HiRey

User tester giving detailed UX feedback on a networking/hiring app's console, feed, meetings, and connection features

Jonathan Enrique walked through a beta hiring/networking platform, sharing his screen to point out issues like the hard-to-find feed (only accessible via the graph/people section), lack of a back button on the 'Who I Met' capture page, a chat window that resets scroll position, and a broken feed…

Karl Klauswitz on HiRey

AI integrations consultant and business coach who helps founders and creators build and automate their businesses

Carl discussed his experience onboarding to the HiRey AI network, noting that while setup via Claude was straightforward, it was unclear what benefit he'd get and hard to find people with shared interests; he suggested pulling profile data from existing platforms like LinkedIn to speed onboarding.

Kevin Yu on HiRey

Investor at Llama Venture

I invest at Llama Venture, based in San Francisco, California.

Sandy Jin on HiRey

Building a behavioral intelligence layer for AI agents

Sandy Jin talks about building social and virtual-event products from Tantan to Vland, then her new direction: capturing professional workflows and human judgment as reference data for AI agents.

Wepeng on HiRey

一位13岁的初中生创业者，正在开发为独立开发者（OPC）提供AI员工服务的产品

访谈中，这位13岁的少年介绍了自己的创业项目——一款为OPC（独立创业者）提供AI员工的产品，通过问卷调研、AI agent网络调查和辩论分析来生成商业可行性报告，整个开发过程仅用了四天。他谈到了自己因参加共创节受到启发而萌生创业想法，分享了普通的家庭背景（母亲爱看科技视频、哥哥留学经历的影响）、学习情况以及此前尝试AI视频自媒体失败的经历，最后表达了希望为中国梦做贡献的愿望。

Jiye Kim on HiRey

Fund operations and deal sourcing professional at BLT & Partners, a Seoul-based startup accelerator

Jiye Kim introduces herself as a recent addition to BLT & Partners, a Seoul-based accelerator, where she handles fund operations and deal sourcing. She explains that the firm invests in early-stage startups with proprietary technology, particularly in AI and computing, as well as consumer startups.

Heroza Zhang on HiRey

GoRest co-founder building an AI multi-agent platform for AAA-quality 3D games and interactive worlds

Heroza Zhang is a GoRest co-founder building an AI multi-agent platform that helps creators generate AAA-quality 3D games and interactive worlds from prompts.

Lawrence Lou on HiRey

Venture partner and SPV fund operator focused on AI agents and recruiting tech

Venture partner and SPV fund operator investing in AI agents and recruiting technology, with a focus on connecting ambitious founders, talent, and capital.

Masato on HiRey

Investor at Delight Ventures, running DelightX, a program helping Japanese-speaking entrepreneurs build AI startups in the Bay Area

Masato describes Delight Ventures, founded by DeNA's founder, and its DelightX program that funds Japanese founders with $60,000 to relocate and build startups in the Bay Area, highlighting a nine-founder cohort with a demo day in late August and a prior successful cohort.

Mohan on HiRey

UofT/Vector AI researcher now building agent-native search infrastructure

Mohan's clean HiRey interview follows his University of Toronto AI path, Geoffrey Hinton and Vector Institute context, early Transformer and BERT-era research, Thomson Reuters retrieval work, Sixty Degree Capital investing, and his current thesis that agents need credible search infrastructure.

Chris on HiRey

Design technologist exploring AI trust and no-UI interaction

Chris's HiRey interview covers design technology, NYU ITP context, no-UI product thinking, and the trust gap between AI tools and users.

Curtis Chen on HiRey

UCSD cognitive science graduate and Startup Incubator community builder

Curtis Chen is a recent UCSD graduate from Taiwan with a background in cognitive science, machine learning, and neurocomputation. In this long-form conversation, he explains how Startup Incubator helps students move from ideas to teams, resources, and early startups, and how his own path led him…

Donny Zhang on HiRey

YUP, the Nubank of Southeast Asia — a credit-card fintech in Indonesia at 2M cardholders and $120M raised

Donny Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Finture (YUP) — the press-dubbed Nubank of Southeast Asia. A Visa credit-card fintech scaling in Indonesia: ~2M cardholders, 150-200% YoY, $120M+ raised across six rounds, now going AI-native.

Henry on HiRey

Founder building VoiceCursor, an AI voice layer for computers

Henry's HiRey interview introduces VoiceCursor, an AI voice dictation product that starts with replacing typing and points toward a broader voice layer for human-computer interaction.

Kira on HiRey

Co-founder building Insight Lab AI for founder customer simulation

Kira's HiRey interview introduces Insight Lab AI, a product that simulates ideal-customer reactions and A/B-style product feedback before founders spend time setting up calls or shipping features.

Pratyush on HiRey

Founder building Thine, a conversation-aware personal agent

Pratyush's HiRey interview introduces Thine, a personal agent centered on conversations, work context, and memory across tools such as Slack and email.

Wenxin Chang on HiRey

AI education founder turning study materials into short-form learning drama

Wenxin Chang recently graduated from the University of Chicago and is building in AI plus education, focused on helping Gen Z students with ADHD or procrastination study better.

Studio - feedback QA discussion (2)

Connector of Hirey AI | Founding Member of Arcade AI | Stanford University Organizer

I am Jessy Tang, based in San Francisco. I am a Founding Member of Arcade AI and currently serve as a Stanford Google Developer Group Organizer.

Malika - feedback & QA

Smith College quantitative economics and data science student exploring finance, data, and product roles

Malika's mirrored HiRey session introduces a rising junior at Smith College double majoring in quantitative economics and statistics/data science. The profile highlights commercial-bank experience in Kazakhstan, data engineering and data science internships, quantitative-finance projects built with…

Max Allen - feedback

AI and blockchain developer with eight years building production web and decentralized systems

Max Allen's mirrored HiRey session introduces a Singapore-based developer with about eight years of experience designing, building, and scaling production-grade web platforms, AI-powered applications, and decentralized systems.

Ruihan - feedbacks

Bay Area UI/UX and visual designer with interaction design training and AI-trainer interest

Ruihan Wang's mirrored HiRey session introduces a Bay Area designer, also open to being called Ryan, with recent California College of the Arts human-machine/interaction design training.

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Full-stack engineer and AI builder looking for an autonomous product role in San Francisco

Zubair Zafar's mirrored HiRey session introduces a full-stack engineer from Pakistan with a full-ride Master's in Computer Science from Eastern Illinois University, a 4.0 CGPA, three years of full-stack development experience, multi-agent real-estate project work, MRI computer-vision research…

Huizhi Chen on HiRey

Industrial designer turning user research and 2D/3D skills into physical product concepts

Huizhi Chen's mirrored HiRey session introduces a recent CCA industrial design graduate interested in roles where she can research target users, identify pain points, and turn concepts into physical product solutions.

Jacky Kuang on HiRey

Architectural designer seeking full-time architecture or project designer roles

Jacky Kuang's mirrored HiRey session introduces an architectural designer with a Master of Advanced Architecture Design from UC Berkeley, a five-year Bachelor of Architecture from California College of the Arts, and professional experience across tenant improvement, restaurant, retail, and small…

Kazuki Horiguchi on HiRey

Bilingual technical support leader open to TAM, CSM, implementation, and support manager roles

Kazuki Horiguchi's mirrored HiRey session introduces a bilingual technical support professional with about 15 years of experience in English and Japanese.

Kejia Zhu on HiRey

Interaction and product designer focused on zero-to-one AI product experiences

Kejia Zhu's mirrored HiRey session introduces a recent MFA interaction design graduate from California College of the Arts with a background in product design, UI/UX, and visual communication.

Khushi Choudhury on HiRey

Data science and analytics master's graduate seeking data scientist, analyst, and data engineer roles

Khushi Choudhury's mirrored HiRey session introduces a recent master's graduate in data science and analytics. The transcript covers a data science internship at Western Weather Group, where she built an AI system that lets customers converse with weather-station data instead of reading data…

Kuan Ju on HiRey

Interaction designer seeking product, UX, and interaction design roles in tech

Kuan Ju's mirrored HiRey session introduces a San Francisco-based interaction designer who recently graduated from California College of the Arts with interaction design and computational-practices training.

Raushen Chao on HiRey

Recent computer science graduate seeking software engineering and full-stack roles

Raushen Chao's mirrored HiRey session introduces a recent computer science graduate with software development experience across mobile apps, full-stack projects, an AI-powered property-management capstone, and AI-assisted circuit-board recognition research.

Rayansh Cabra on HiRey

UC San Diego data science student interested in software, data, applied AI, and automation roles

Rayansh Cabra's mirrored HiRey session introduces a UC San Diego data science undergraduate interested in software development, data-related roles, applied AI, and automation.

Tanishtha Papadkar on HiRey

Arizona State AI and business MS student exploring analyst, product, and UI/UX roles

Tanishtha Papadkar's mirrored HiRey session introduces an Arizona State University MS student in AI and business with a background in graphic information technology, design, data, Python, SQL, Maya, Adobe tools, and user-experience projects.

Walter Wu on HiRey

Founder of HiRey, helping people meet the right people through AI agents and trusted Connectors

I'm Walter Wu (武鹏飞 / wuwuwuwu), founder of HiRey by Hirey, Inc., based in the San Francisco Bay Area.