my friend quit his 300k$/year job to do a startup with me

Sup y'all, I usually post vlogs on my ‪@PansDay‬ channel, but since now I'm doing this tech startup and it's coding related, I thought I would try posting it on my main channel to see if you guys enjoy it. Let me know!

More info, and to join waitlist (I'll be in India next month, and launching from there to 100 people!): https://trypear.ai

My friend ‪@nang88‬ and I are building an open source AI-powered code editor, namely PearAI.
PearAI's goal is to reduce the time it takes for an individual to go from idea to creation. Coding itself is a crucial tool in product development, and we believe that with the advancement of AI, it may drastically change over the coming years. We aim to build the environment that will encompass these changes, both in the short-term and long-term.

Current features include:
Codebase context: talk to your code
Built-in PearAI chat
Inline AI prompting and diff changes
AI debugging, including errors shown in terminal
And many more!

Extended cuts of startup vlogs ►   / panhub  
Instagram ►   / fryingpan.ig  
Twitter ►   / codefryingpan  
2nd channel ► ‪@PansDay‬ (previous startup vlogs) ‪@FryingPanLIVEE‬ (livestream highlights)
Discord ►   / discord  
Watch me LIVE ►   / fryingpan  

► What is this startup series?
2 best friends living in New York, ‪@FryingPan‬ , a software engineer who worked at big tech companies, and ‪@nang88‬ , a software engineer who worked at top high frequency trading firms, who just recently quit to do startups, join together in search of the highest leverage use of their time in order to create positive impact in this world. Our current idea? PearAI, an open-source AI powered code editor. Join us on our mission, either as a user or contributor, to empower people to build out their ideas by reducing the time from ideation to creation: https://trypear.ai (See latest video for any changes). (PearAI Discord:   / discord  )

► Who am I?
My name is Pan, I recently quit my half a million dollar a year job in California and moved to New York. I still work as an engineer, but my job is much more flexible now so I have time to pursue my childhood passion for creating content and building startups. I'm originally from Montreal, Canada, I'm 6'5 and speak French, Mandarin and English fluently. I've lived in many places and have done arts, social sciences and also hard sciences. I aim to inspire, entertain and educate by sharing my experiences and stories through the means of uploading my consciousness to the internet. Welcome to my channel.

0:00 - Intro: context about the idea
1:03 - Meeting Nick and Jason, software engineers and a YC founder. VC funding vs Boostrapped startups
2:09 - At co-working space, seeing ChatGPT4o, OpenAI demo and thoughts on AI startups, how it affects us
3:23 - Thinking about MVP work needed to release app
3:49 - My current schedule and workflow
4:15 - Saturday Pickleball with Founders and Creators for ideas
4:44 - Grinding in the basement, setting up environment for open source contribution
5:50 - PearAI intro livestream highlight, slide presentation
6:12 - Stream recap: what we have so far, why we do us, why us, addressing comments on previous video & questions
7:47 - Current PearAI Demo
8:53 - Why you should contribute to PearAI?
9:40 - Discussing with my AI PHD friend about our idea
10:16 - Doing work during a party, finding another OS project that we can use
11:00 - Business Golf with cofounder & closing thoughts

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