Today was a bit different — and honestly, a really refreshing change of pace.
We headed out to the Austin @boltnew meetup and got to connect with other builders in the community. It was great to step away from the screen for a few hours, meet some awesome people, and show off what we’ve been building with Story Hero.
Big thanks to Marcus and Jake for putting on a great event. Marcus shared his platform, deepinvent, and it’s wild what he’s doing with AI. Super inspiring to see someone going all-in and building something useful from the ground up.
🛠 Product Update
Even with the meetup, we made some progress on the tech side too. We pushed updates to our backend book generation that bring down costs — something that’ll help us keep subscription prices as low as possible for families.
That’s a key part of our mission: make Story Hero affordable and accessible.
👀 What’s Next
- Keep improving the story quality
- Generate better images
- Get a solid V1 out the door so we can start testing with real users
It’s been a big couple of weeks. Meeting people in person today reminded us we’re not just building tech — we’re building something that could actually help families.
Let’s keep going.
– Josh & Daniel