Why the same AI agent cannot write your spec, your code, and your tests. If you are using the same AI agent to write your specification, write your code, and write your test cases, you are doing it wrong. Not stylistically wrong. Structurally wrong, in a way that guarantees the
At AI Buddy, we spend our days inside the pipelines where software actually gets built, and the clearest signal from the last year is one most leaders still haven't said out loud. The single skill the industry paid the most for is the skill AI absorbed first. The
By Aukik Aurnab, CTO & Co-Founder, AI Buddy Catalyst Labs Imagine you’re on a call with a promising prospect. You’ve done your research, your pitch is polished and then they say, “Let’s revisit this next quarter.” Do you know exactly what to say next? If you hesitate,
Lessons on Brand Positioning, Meaningful Difference, and No-Budget Marketing from Invest Ottawa’s Traction Program Part 3 of the IO Traction Learning Series. Read Part 1 ("Stop Building What Nobody Asked For") on ICP validation and Part 2 ("Your MVP is the ugly duckling") on role
Lessons on Sales, Early Adopters, and the Revenue Engine from Invest Ottawa’s IO Traction Program Part 2 of the IO Traction Learning Series. Read Part 1: "Stop Building What Nobody Asked For" for the foundation on ICP and proto-persona validation. Nobody Buys a Product. They Buy Relief.
What I Learned About Customer-Centric Go-to-Market from Invest Ottawa's Traction Program Startups that Sell to Ghosts Die Uncomfortable fact: most startups do not fail because the founders didn’t know how to build. They fail because they built something for someone who does not exist. Or, they fail
How Retrieval-Augmented Generation evolved from a context hack into a reasoning discipline.
How AI in 2025 is leveling the playing field for small businesses and startups.