MAY · 2026
I wrote about AI beating DJs in 2017. Nine years later, here's what I got wrong.
In 2017 I tried to codify the DJ brain. The algorithm won. But it solved the wrong problem.
8 min
I've worked with AI for 15 years. Studied the science of music for 20. Shipped products, raised venture capital, built companies. Before all that, I was a professional DJ.

In 2017 I tried to codify the DJ brain. The algorithm won. But it solved the wrong problem.
I've been building products for 16 years. It took AI tools to finally make me a real builder — and the implications are enormous.
What happens when you close a company, move countries, and decide the next thing you build will be yours.
Building products alone, music × technology, and the honest reality of going from zero — delivered to your WhatsApp every Tuesday.