Solo founders – is your LLM filling the cofounder gap?

Question

I've been building alone and noticed I'm having "cofounder conversations" with Claude: design/strategy debates, sanity-checking pricing, talking through whether to pivot, even self-motivational stuff when feeling existentially demoralized.I use a Claude project with a master prompt, and some supporting PRD collateral for building context. It's weirdly effective for the thinking part of having a cofounder - Obviously missing the accountability, and someone who actually gives a f**Anyone else doing this intentionally? What's working?

throw03172019 · Accepted Answer

I do the same but a co-founder usually has different view or opinion. LLMs (in my experience) are way to agreeable and just tend to agree and not push back much.

Onboardly · Answer

i found it spiraling after a while (used chatgpt). what worked for me in the end were actual advisors. (pro bono)