Ten years building products at Google, Cash App, and Duolingo. Now I build my own.
vyb
AI co-founder for builders.
What it is
vyb pairs each builder with a persistent AI agent that lives on their own server, holds full context across every session, writes code, manages ops, and shows up every morning with a brief. Applied to YC S26. First paying customer in March. Building because the people doing the most interesting work in the next decade aren't going to be teams - they're going to be one or two people with the right partner.
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Recent activity in vyb
chore(provisioning): prune stale snapshots; 408419822 is the sole base image
6d ago · Rocky Medure
docs(journal): record OpenClaw 2026.5.4 pool alignment + rollout
6d ago · Rocky Medure
provisioning: bump pool OpenClaw 2026.4.15 -> 2026.5.4 to match live gateway
6d ago · Rocky Medure
docs(journal): record e2e signup test + first-message cold-start warm-up fix
6d ago · Rocky Medure
provisioning: warm the gateway model path before marking a builder active
6d ago · Rocky Medure
provisioning: rebake base image on x86 to escape ARM capacity shortages
6d ago · Rocky Medure
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Nectar Candy Co.
Swedish candy cart, Pittsburgh.
What it is
A vintage Italian Ape Piaggio, painted Ferrari Rosso, loaded with imported Swedish pick-and-mix candy at $1.25 an ounce. Co-founded with Natalie LaRosa and launched February 13, 2026 - sold out on day one. The cart does popups, private events, and birthday parties across Pittsburgh. Everything running it - booking, a live find-the-cart map, crew shifts and SOP playbooks, the boost pay system, payroll, gift cards, Candy Club subscriptions, shipping, and a rotating monthly candy menu - was built in conversation with vyb. Two people run it like ten.
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Earlier work
Before I started building my own products with AI, I spent a decade designing at Google, Cash App, and Duolingo. Cash App and Stemstr are the two projects from that chapter I'm most proud of — one inside a company at scale, one an independent bet on an open protocol. Both shaped how I think about what design is actually for, and set the stage for what building with agents made possible. For a deeper look at past projects, visit rockymedure.me.
