Mahdi Hotait

22, hypercompetitive, contrarian. Speedrunning retirement so I can take bigger moonshots.

Connect App consulting or investing

Right now

Deck AI An AI coach for Clash Royale $50k months
Solfa Duolingo, but for singing Coming to iOS · raising now · will hit $1M/month by EOY 2027
Antimeta A competitive Minecraft server Smash-style PvP and a skin economy you can trade in

Before this

UMD CS, ML and theory tracks Minors in psych and business · Class of '25, finished early
JHU APL Submarine simulation work on a Navy contract Back in high school
Fortnite Played pro for a while $24k+ in earnings · that's where the competitiveness comes from

Things I'm into

Competitive esports, lifting, running, soccer, pickleball, longevity, pharmacology, looksmaxing, product design, psychology, AI, social media, entrepreneurship, philosophy, history, fashion, traveling, and winning.

Takes

speed × taste = everything
good apps don't need hard paywalls
multi-month roadmaps are cope
b2b is boring and dying
consumers like being consumers
80% of saas has lost its soul
gatekeeping is for people who feel scarcity
intelligence is about to become a vanity, the same way strength did