updateee

the free render box kept dying 🔃
512mb oom · chat said backend not running · get started felt broken

this one is mostly: make prod stay up + make the landing feel like agents already live there

backend got LIGHTERR on purpose

dropped mongodb mcp entirely — no more node subprocess eating ram
dropped google adk + scrapling / playwright too

everything now goes through one atlas store via motor
agents · api · journal · graph · same path

• single uvicorn worker
• capped concurrency
• smaller mongo pool
• health comes back with store=atlas instead of hanging on cold start

chat + get started actually work again 🗣️

core idea sidebar talks to the orchestrator now
(not the wrong dialogue endpoint)

get started only clears a session on a real 404
cold starts say “agents waking up” instead of fake “service dead”

frontend points at the live render url that actually stays up

gemini can flake so we added bedrock nova pro as fallback
( mainly coz i got lots of aws credits lyin around )

if google is down, scaffolding / reasoning still goes

landing got the illustration pass ( very sick check it out )

threw out the overlapping stock agent cards
built a real idea → impact loop instead

made a proper animation with a lil help of AI on it but yeah

the loop

research → validate → build → test & learn → grow

dashed continuous feedback path underneath that animates
steps pulse on a timer so it reads like agents running the loop
not a static marketing row

CSS + SVG + lucide icons · no unsplash filler
matches the cofound dark terracotta vibe

agent cursors on the hero

orchestrator / researcher / builder / growth / validator

• staggered wander so they dont all move at once
• sometimes drift toward the idea input like theyre working
• flee when your mouse gets close

whole point is multiple agents already on the job before you even type

dashboard chrome got quieter

killed duplicate brand / cta / export clutter
across top bar · left rail · action bar

canvas can breathe
one home per control

next

oauth → multi-project → fewer firefights more product

try it → cofounder-alpha.vercel.app

poke the landing cursors · open a workspace · yell if something 503s again :)

UPDATEEE : hopefully the last one before we ship

last time we made the dashboard honest
devlog 2 we made it actually run your startup
this one we put it on the internet

WE ARE LIVEEEE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

• backend on Render, frontend on Vercel
• live demo → cofounder-alpha.vercel.app
• frontend talks to the real api now — no mock mode, no fake data

survived production

hosted deploys were breaking us in quiet annoying ways so we fixed that

• startup doesn’t block Render health checks anymore — atlas and mcp boot in the background
• fixed atlas tls on hosted deploys with certifi
• pinned python 3.11 so render doesn’t randomly break on 3.13
• mongodb mcp runs via npx at runtime — no global npm install on the server

orchestrator got tougher

• optional aws bedrock fallback if gemini is down — still falls back cleanly
• orchestrator can open panels for you now — settings, export, journal, integrations, jump to a node

small things that matter

• idea framer names your workspace properly on first create
• getting started checklist + coach marks so new users aren’t lost
• settings dialog shows gaps vs what agents actually know
• export zip now ships PROJECT_RULES.md instead of editor-specific stuff
• cleaned up the repo — reads like a product now not a build log

still before v1

oauth · real multi-project · gmail/slack · persona lens · auth

shipping next

oauth → multi-project → first public v1

after that fewer devlogs more product

see ya on the other side of ship byeee :)

updateee!!! ( sorry was busyy lol )

Last time: kill the fake stuff, make the dashboard real.

This week: make it actually run your startup / project.

talk to your startup

The orchestrator is the main control surface now.

made a literal jarvis u can talk to do anything literally - pull up stats , spawn 67 sub agents literally anything

First load? It greets you with where your workspace is at. No blank screen.

Text chat still lives in the right panel if you’d rather type quietly.

the graph moves

11 nodes still the backbone. But you can now spawn custom research nodes on the fly.

“Dig into competitor gaps” → parallel researchers spin up, new nodes drop on the canvas, wired to the right parent. Or hit + on the canvas and kick off a custom task yourself.

Left rail shows the agent tree with live status dots. Animated edges when something’s running.

pivot without starting over

Ideas change. A diff classifier figures out what’s actually affected — only those nodes reset and re-research.

Affected nodes blur on the canvas. You don’t lose everything because you tweaked positioning.

observe → grow → act

• Build observer — GitHub commits update the build node
• Observe agent — PostHog funnels, flags conversion drops
• Growth agent — ranks the highest-ROI next move

Shows up as today’s priority in the action bar. Mark done or hand it to the orchestrator in one click.

shippable output

Revenue + product + tech all at 70%+ → approve & export unlocks.

Scaffold zip: README, tech stack, UI spec, .cursorrules, handoff doc. Preview in modal, download, drop into Cursor. – literally how clajude design now works like btw

decision journal

Every graph mutation logged — what changed, why, evidence, confidence shifts.

Scroll the history, click through to the node. Useful when you’re three pivots deep.

under the hood

• Karpathy-style research loop with critique scoring (accepts at 80+) – best one out there
• Google ADK planner breaks workspace into research tasks
• MongoDB MCP wired into the agent loop at runtime
• Firecrawl, Reddit, Scrapling for market evidence (mite add more )
• SSE streams agent progress + graph updates live
• Node history tab — full attempt log per node

polish

Confidence rings, unlock animations, startup health score, branded landing page, workspace resume on reload.

not yet

OAuth (still PAT), real multi-project, Gmail/Slack, persona lens, auth.

next

OAuth → multi-project → Gmail/Slack → deeper observe/growth loops.

see ya on next one byeee :)

#devlog 1 more to come :)

the moat behind it : why hire dozens of people when 1 platform can take care of it all from developing , advertising , marketing etc and thats CoFound

demo mode is still there if you want to poke around without committing to an idea. the dashboard itself is cleaner now. no custom cursor on the product page, no fake project list, no hardcoded restaurant copilot stuff. what you see maps to your actual workspace.

integrations are starting to do real work. github and posthog have connect flows that explain what they unlock (build and observe nodes). reddit research runs automatically. gmail, slack, and gummysearch are marked coming soon for now.

first-time users get a getting started checklist that tracks real progress: agents researching, connecting integrations, chatting with nodes, exporting a blueprint. coach marks point you at the canvas, integrations rail, and today’s priority bar.

where it’s heading

tighter onboarding so every click has a clear next step. real oauth for integrations instead of manual tokens. multi-project switching. deeper observe and growth loops once posthog and github are connected. basically turning cofound from “cool demo” into something you’d actually open every day while building a startup.