How AI products come to life—straight from the builders themselves. In each episode, we dive deep into how teams spotted a customer problem, experimented with AI, prototyped solutions, and shipped real features. We dig into everything from workflows and agents to RAG and evaluation strategies, and explore how their products keep evolving. If you’re building with AI, these are the stories for you.
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How AI products come to life—straight from the builders themselves. In each episode, we dive deep into how teams spotted a customer problem, experimented with AI, prototyped solutions, and shipped real features. We dig into everything from workflows and agents to RAG and evaluation strategies, and explore how their products keep evolving. If you’re building with AI, these are the stories for you.
Building an AI Sleep Coach: How Rest is Making CBTI Principles Accessible to DIY Sleep Hackers
Just Now Possible
1 hour 6 minutes
1 month ago
Building an AI Sleep Coach: How Rest is Making CBTI Principles Accessible to DIY Sleep Hackers
What if you could get personalized sleep coaching—inspired by the same principles that cost thousands of dollars and have year-and-a-half waitlists—through a voice AI that checks in with you every morning?
In this episode of Just Now Possible, Teresa Torres talks with Martin Siniawski (CEO and co-founder) and Ignacio (CTO) from Rest about how they built an AI sleep coach inspired by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) principles. The journey started when they noticed users of their podcast app were listening to content to fall asleep, explored sleep audio solutions, and eventually pivoted to an AI-powered voice coach when LLMs emerged.
They share how they evolved from basic chatbots to a sophisticated voice-first system with memory, dynamic agendas, and RAG—all while navigating the tricky line between wellness and medical products. Their "one bite of the apple at a time" approach to building AI offers practical lessons for teams tackling complex, personal AI products.
Just Now Possible
How AI products come to life—straight from the builders themselves. In each episode, we dive deep into how teams spotted a customer problem, experimented with AI, prototyped solutions, and shipped real features. We dig into everything from workflows and agents to RAG and evaluation strategies, and explore how their products keep evolving. If you’re building with AI, these are the stories for you.
