Richie Shammah

Testing a hypothesis: can early-stage AI founders turn…

I'm exploring this question through Iscy Digital. I'm particularly interested in what happens before the usual growth metrics become meaningful: How founders find their first users How they validate positioning How founder visibility affects trust Which distribution channels actually produce conversations What happens when you document the experiments publicly I'm not approaching this as someone who has all the answers. I'm trying to learn through real founder conversations and small experiments, then document what the evidence shows. I'm also new to Buildside, so I'm going to use the platform rather than just talk about it. If you're building an AI/SaaS product and experimenting with distribution, positioning, or getting your first users, I'd be interested in hearing what you're currently testing. What are you trying to prove right now?