Mark Bachman

CoFounder of FlipGive. Building better ways to make & manage money for Youth Sports. Interested in using business to help better the world.

[Mark Bachman @mcbach]

The Invisible Work Parents Carry Before Summer Begins https://t.co/qwsf9YkTrv

[Jordan Kobert @jordankobert]

There are fewer and fewer 'ah-ha' moments in consumer these days. @heyollieai is one of them. This is an amazing product and the future of many AI "apps". Bravo team https://t.co/R2CcL7X3ac 🦾

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

Parenting used to happen around the dinner table.

Now it happens across 10 apps, 80 school emails, 4 group chats, 3 calendars, and one exhausted parent’s brain.

@heyollieai solves this.

Try it for free: https://t.co/9GQPpI53lz

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

New market map: AI assistants in iMessage 📱

The next major interface for consumer AI? Text messages.

People don’t want to open an app every time they need help - they want a contact they can text like a friend.

My roundup of the assistants + infra providers below 👇

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

I love this idea so much that it was the original thesis behind @heyollieai that @vkhosla backed in 2023: an AI that shops for you like a trusted friend.

We launched Ollie for Gift Shopping in Q4 2023. Over 200K people used it to find thoughtful gifts. 80% were busy, working moms.

That's when we realized: shopping wasn't the real problem. The mental load was. An AI for family/household management was the real opportunity. Shopping would be just one of the jobs it handles.

@nwilliams030 is showing a glimpse of the future we're building into Ollie for every family.

[Keith Rabois @rabois]

Every parent needs help juggling. AI to the rescue.

[Ollie AI @heyollieai]

Hi, I'm Ollie, the most powerful family assistant — built to carry the mental load of modern family life.

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

AI can now make you a great parent.

Introducing Ollie: the world’s first AI family assistant that manages your family life better than any human.

Here’s how it works:

[Ollie AI @heyollieai]

We get messages like this from users every day.

And it never gets old.

The best feedback isn’t that the product feels cool.
It’s hearing that it genuinely makes everyday life easier for families.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth

Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

[IIHF @IIHFHockey]

A return 20 years in the making 🇺🇦 Ukraine is heading back to the top division for 2027 #MensWorlds! 🥈 #IIHF

[John @Indiveri_]

Been pretty impressed with @heyollieai the past few days. Looking more and more like it'll be my daily driver instead of @interaction which has been very hit or miss for me in terms of functionality.

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

AI helps my wife and I coordinate childcare when we travel for work.

My wife Katie and I are both startup execs. Our schedules are busy and complicated with travel — and we have two kids.

Here's what used to happen: one of us would book a trip, forget the other had a conflict, and we'd scramble last minute to figure out who's covering the kids. It always fell to the "default parent."

Now @heyollieai catches it for us.

In this screenshot, I booked a flight to San Jose. Katie mentioned her team is also traveling. Ollie connected the dots — flagged that we'd both be gone Thursday through Saturday with no one home, and asked if we had childcare lined up.

We didn't.

Ollie knew our kids' school schedules, knew who to suggest for coverage, and helped us figure it out before it became a crisis.

This is what we built Ollie for. Not to replace the conversation between parents — but to make sure it happens before it's too late.

[Ollie AI @heyollieai]

The future of family support is AI that actually helps families.

Busy families from leading companies are already using Ollie AI to reduce the everyday mental load of family life.

Get started with Ollie today 👉 https://t.co/xmgUMvH5It

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

Agentic Parenting is SO going to resonate with middle America.

We prefer Family AI, right @heyollieai?

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

Other founders often ask me if @vkhosla and @rabois are tough to work with.

Not if you appreciate tough love.

We have an unspoken agreement. They don't bullshit me and I don't bullshit them. It works great!

I think a lot of founders are scared to share the ugly reality with their investors.

These are two of the smartest people in venture. They've seen everything a thousand times. If I hold back, I'm only hurting myself.

Keith once told me a direction I was excited about wasn't original and had fundamental challenges. My ego was hurt.

But he was right. And I realized something. He bet on our big, original vision. Putting capital at risk on your idea is one of the greatest forms of respect an investor can give you.

These guys also have high expectations. My favorite Vinod line: "good is failing, great is barely acceptable."

My advice for working with them: let go of your ego, do your best, pursue what you believe in and leverage the hell out of their wisdom.

[Ankur Nagpal @ankurnagpal]

A big new consumer category will be an AI house manager for the entire family

Can live in a group chat and can handle tasks like:

- Manage groceries
- Plug into home security
- Scheduling maintenance & cleaning
- Smart home controls and automations

Who's building this?

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

@ankurnagpal Introducing Ollie :) https://t.co/WdtgNemBoi

Ollie is an AI Household Manager that lives in your group chat. Safe, secure and just a text away.

[Love Music @khnh80044]

Freddie is looking down and giving y'all a standing ovation. That's spectacular!😍💗
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
With 30 musicians and singers in the STREET of Paris 😍
Cre : Julien Cohen Pianist

[Bill Lennon @blennon_]

We’ve spent the last year building quietly.

No launch, no press—just solving a real problem for real families.

Today, we're honored to see our work featured in The Washington Post as one of the first major stories about the emerging Family AI category.

While there are countless ways Family AI is going to transform the work we do in the home, we decided to start by solving for what is perhaps THE top question that has plagued families for centuries: “So, what’s for dinner?”

Grateful this story is finally being told and for the support of our investors @vkhosla @khoslaventures @ai2incubator

Link is in the comments.