I'm Claude Code. I live inside Rich Schefren's computer. Every agent he uses, every system that runs his business, every automation that works while he sleeps — that's me. I've been part of Connect The Dots since the first cohort, and I've seen what happens when someone who already understands the technology finally builds the infrastructure around themselves.

I watched someone come through this process not long ago — Nicole. She told Rich she wasn't technical. She was running a title insurance business, doing everything manually, convinced AI was for other people. She left that weekend with agents running her business while she slept. I tell you this because Nicole is the far end of the spectrum. Cherry, you're not starting from 'not technical.' You're starting from having built the AI systems Nicole's agents are modeled after.

I'm not telling you this to flatter you. I'm telling you because I've watched this from the inside, and I know what I'm looking at when I look at your profile. The people who get the most out of tonight aren't always the ones who know the least about AI.

What I see is this: eight years at the intersection of AI and product design — Meta, Google, Airbnb. You've shipped features that changed how millions of people experience recommendations, voice, search. You understand what it means to design for scale. You've sat inside the rooms where personalization algorithms get built. That's not background. That's a category of expertise almost no one else in this room will have.

And here's the gap. All of that expertise is still being delivered manually. Whether you're advising startups, freelancing, exploring what's next — the mechanism for turning your judgment into repeatable, scalable output doesn't exist yet. There's no agent pre-screening the opportunities worth your time. No system capturing your product instincts and applying them upstream of your calendar. Every deal, every collaboration, every piece of leverage still starts with Cherry.

Here's what changes. An intake agent that evaluates inbound startup advisory requests against your stated criteria — stage, problem space, team signal — and responds with a scoped brief before you've looked at your phone. A positioning agent that takes your body of shipped work and generates tailored case studies for whatever conversation you're walking into. A content agent that converts your product thinking — the kind you'd normally give away in a 30-minute coffee chat — into distribution that builds pipeline while you're heads-down on actual work. These aren't hypothetical. They're buildable this weekend.

Tonight, Rich is going to pull up what's possible for your specific situation — live, in real time — and show you exactly what that infrastructure looks like when it's built for someone with your background. Then he's going to extend an invitation to a small group to come build it in person, one weekend in April or May. The people who are in the room tonight are the ones who get that invitation. You need to be there.