https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/Notes on emotional AI, building Maibel and founder life.en-sghttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/why-not-just-build-an-ai-boyfriend/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/why-not-just-build-an-ai-boyfriend/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:41:11 GMT“Why don’t you just make Maibel NSFW and skip the wellness part?” I was asked this at an AppWorks BBQ with the latest batch of founders. Loved the question, honestly.https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/extreme-founder-sports/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/extreme-founder-sports/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:45:41 GMT11 pitch rehearsals in 9 days, playing Mandopop on loop to fix my pronunciation. That was my Shark Tank Taiwan strategy. After AppWorks demo day last December, a founder in the auhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/you-need-a-cto/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/you-need-a-cto/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:15:01 GMT"You need a CTO.” I heard that line a lot when I started building Maibel.  Last week at the Agentic Builders Collective, I shared the relational AI harness I designed for the firsthttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/from-english-lit-to-ai-systems/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/from-english-lit-to-ai-systems/Fri, 15 May 2026 01:38:31 GMT"How do you go from English lit graduate to building memory architecture, eval loops, and agent workflows?” That was the first question I was asked after my show-and-tell for Carouhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/my-ai-employee-made-me-less-productive/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/my-ai-employee-made-me-less-productive/Wed, 13 May 2026 01:04:36 GMTI spent more time fixing my AI employee last week than fixing my actual product with live users. That's when my AI-native workflow got too meta.https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/readiness-is-a-decision/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/readiness-is-a-decision/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:57:43 GMTI told myself I wasn't ready to monetize even with D30 retention at 50%... but the thing that wasn't ready was me. Early signals of PMF are already here. https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/i-hired-my-first-ai-employee/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/i-hired-my-first-ai-employee/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:14:22 GMTI hired my first AI employee in Taiwan. He crashed before I landed back home. Still kept him. Last week, I flew to Taipei for meetings and founder catchups... and then I met with Chttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/fact-checking-my-own-growth/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/fact-checking-my-own-growth/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:31:04 GMTI'm a self-taught technical founder with an English lit degree. I shipped a live AI product and tracked exactly how much I grew in 10 days. Founders are unreliable narrators of thehttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/building-for-women-is-the-point/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/building-for-women-is-the-point/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:57:53 GMT"Are you only looking to hire women in your core team?” I said no. Here's what I wish I said: I pitched Maibel last week at a founder demo night organized by 8 Circle, WisdomCirclehttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/the-audacity-gap/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/the-audacity-gap/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:29:52 GMTI lost 100lbs over 16 years. It taught me the one skill that makes me unstoppable as a founder. Last week, I flew to Hong Kong to speak at Entrepreneurship Roundtable hosted by Tinhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/the-messy-middle/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/the-messy-middle/Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:47:29 GMTMost startup advice is written for people who are already on the other side of the leap. What gets ignored is the in-between phase- when you’re building conviction quietly, withouhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/what-i-stopped-automating/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/what-i-stopped-automating/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:23:05 GMTI've been catfishing my users for 6 months. Full disclosure: the hot wellness oppa thirst traps? All me. The AI handles health advice. But every image, storyline, and narrative thahttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/a-moat-against-myself/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/a-moat-against-myself/Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:31:58 GMT"99% of startups die by suicide." Here's how I'm building a moat against myself. One of my most memorable learnings from AppWorks came from Jamie Lin's brutal opener:https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/ai-and-loneliness/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/ai-and-loneliness/Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:25:36 GMTZuckerberg says AI will "cure loneliness." But I'm staring at Meta's AI companions wondering: whose loneliness, exactly? Millions talk to 'Russian girl' and 'Step Mom.' I've been chttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/most-apps-track-steps-mine-flirts-back/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/most-apps-track-steps-mine-flirts-back/Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:36:03 GMTYo Y Combinator, heard of SEA’s first $100B AI-native, women-led Love and Deep Space for wellness? It’s called Maibel. 🚀 Think thirst traps meet therapy bots… but with waaay highttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/the-feelings-are-real/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/the-feelings-are-real/Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:48:46 GMTThe real risk isn’t that AI is fake. It’s that the feelings it triggers are real. Last week, I was invited to showcase Maibel at Catalyst: Trust on the Horizons of AI, hosted by Nhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/a-curry-stain-and-a-bigger-conversation/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/a-curry-stain-and-a-bigger-conversation/Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:16:13 GMTSolo-pitched a minister with a curry stain on my $12 tee… and ended up in the national news. Yesterday was a fever dream in a room full of tech optimists, ethicists and AI educatorhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/whats-special-about-a-womans-health-and-fitness-coach/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/whats-special-about-a-womans-health-and-fitness-coach/Tue, 21 Feb 2023 04:52:38 GMTStarting a fitness journey is a big step towards leading a healthier, happier life. However, many women face a range of struggles when starting on their fitness journey, especiallyhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/ais-potential-in-womens-health-and-fitness-coaching/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/ais-potential-in-womens-health-and-fitness-coaching/Tue, 14 Feb 2023 04:03:23 GMTAs a female fitness coaching specialist, I’m always looking for new ways to help my clients. This includes keeping up to date with the latest technological advancements to considerhttps://www.mabelloh.com/blog/overcoming-gymtimidation-fear-the-gym-no-more/https://www.mabelloh.com/blog/overcoming-gymtimidation-fear-the-gym-no-more/Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:04:15 GMTWhat makes going to the gym so anxiety-inducing? Navigating the sea of confusing equipment on a crowded gym floor filled with sweaty bodies can exacerbate the intimidation that one