Luigi Senese

Rome wasn’t build in a day.
But they didn’t have Claude Code

[Dom Italian Builder @dom_gag_96]

btw, something interesting is happening in Italy.

H-FARM just launched nAItive: a fully-funded, zero-equity fellowship for just 20 founders to build AI-native companies.

A 6-month program built around the idea that the next generation of startups will be orchestrated by humans + AI agents from day one.

Feels like one of the first serious bets on AI-native founders in Europe. 🇮🇹

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

Hardware!

[@levelsio @levelsio]

I don't know if it's obvious information or not but if you talk to random people in San Francisco the general thing they say is that software is commoditized cause so easy to make anything with AI fast (like how I cancelled all my SaaS subscriptions and just vibe coded a replacement for free) and that everyone smart is getting into hardware cause it's still difficult to enter, kinda related to the Midjourney Medical thing too

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

I met a 19 year old who makes $200,000+ building apps with AI and he can't even code.

1 year ago he was literally working at TJ Maxx.

He made a deck called "How to scale your app to $10k/month (easy mode)" and gave away the entire playbook on the pod:

1. Pick an idea you're actually passionate about. He proved this the hard way. The app he hated got 1.8M views and made $35. The app he loved made $17,000. Same month.

2. Build one "gotcha feature" anyone gets in 5 seconds. Take a picture of food, get calories. That's the whole pitch. 90% of distribution is nailing this. Gotcha features that include AI are working a lot right now.

3. Onboarding is where the money is. Educate, add social proof, personalize to create sunk cost, then hit them with FOMO right before the paywall.

4. Your IG is both a sales funnel for users and your credibility when pitching influencers. Three demos, clean bio, collab posts.

5. Distribution is a numbers game. Tailor your feed to your ideal customer, scroll and DM all day, hire a VA, get creators on the phone fast.

His name @GeorgeLampro20. It was fun hearing him share what is working in real-time from his POV.

Might get your creative juices flowing if building mobile apps with AI is exciting to you.

I love how simple his deck he showed is.

Full episode on @startupideaspod

Watch

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@did0f Pass by Napoli…we gonna take a dip in the water

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@did0f Fratm 🌋

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

Heading to Paris today for @VivaTech to meet with @JeffBezos
If you’re around ping me. #vivatech

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@pmitu an open-air drug market

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@dom_gag_96 @ivanfioravanti @Teknium @NousResearch 🌋

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@pcshipp Best learning from it?

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@Web3_Jarin Only if is meaningful 😅

[@levelsio @levelsio]

What to build as an indie developer in 2026

https://t.co/9NBtmviI8j

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@w_giulius 🤙🚀

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@dom_gag_96 How come I missed it? 🥲

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@EliasVeris @VivaTech Let’s meet mate

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@VivaTech See you in Paris

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@AlfieJCarter Is this part of the slack resources?

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@yanndine Do we have those on slack resources?

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@dom_gag_96 @Jakeronthia_ You gotta schedule a space so we can set a reminder from there

[Luigi Senese @ItalianMate]

@dom_gag_96 👏