I started coding at 13 because I needed money to help my family. That was the whole reason.

No CS degree. No team. No funding. Just me in Addis Ababa, building things and hoping they’d work.

My cofounder Alazar Solomon and I shipped 7 products. Got into Founders Inc in San Francisco.

But every single product taught me the same thing:
The ops layer will kill you before your idea ever gets the chance to.

We were spending 60 hours a week on outreach, invoices, content, finance, customer support — things that had nothing to do with why we started building in the first place.

And I kept meeting other founders with the same problem. Especially AI founders.

Building fully automated products for their customers. Running their own companies completely manually.

That irony broke my brain.

So we built RAVN.
An AI-native OS for AI-native companies. Every function of your business runs autonomously. You approve the 4 decisions a day that actually need a human.

My cofounder Alazar Solomon and I built this because I needed it. Because my dad needed me to need it.

If you’re building an AI-native company in 2026, this was made for you.

RAVN

• Name
DevFitness

• Test Link
https://devfitness.vercel.app/

• Twitter/X Link
• LinkedIn Link

• Description
A developer-inspired fitness tracking app built during the Vercel Zero → Agent Hackathon.

• Study Coach
• Test link
https://v0-study-coach-app-liard.vercel.app

LinkedIn post

We had some amazing projects submitted on May 2 ;)

Big respect to everyone who participated the creativity is next level!
Now it’s time to support them!

Go to the showcase page search the project name and vote for the projects every vote matters.

I’ve already shared some of the projects, check them out and show love.

Let’s push together and make Ethiopia win this :)

AASTU Tech Fest lineup just dropped… and yeah, Burhan is in the building ;)

See u tmrw 😅

A community’s worth isn’t in its size. It’s in the number of people who are better off because it exists

Well deserved @MessiBre🤩
Congrats again 💛🖤

Btw the next place is already claimed by us too🚀

Last time was so nice, I had to do it twice! :)

v0 sending $5000 v0 credits, $3000 Vercel credits, and Vercel Pro for 6 months to the same city in a global hackathon is just so awesome.

I'm genuinely so happy we brought v0 here :)

I just represented Ethiopia on the map, and we won the hackathon again too ;)

Big win for the community this is just the beginning :))

If you ever get an opportunity, don’t waste it use it, take it seriously, and turn it into something big!

@MessiBre got something big real visibility in the Vercel community.

Congrats again, I’m proud of you fr

Keep showing them who you are ;)

And I’ll keep hosting events, so make sure you join us next time :))

Thank you :)

800 😎

Some people collect logos in their bio. I’d rather follow a mission.

Be driven by goals, purpose, and a bigger vision. There’s always a greater plan waiting for each of us. You just have to open your eyes wide enough to see it.

You have your own brand, and you help others grow :)

You are loved when you’re born and you’re loved when you die.

In between you have to manage.

~ Arsene Wenger