🚀 Project Story: Founder Therapy
About the Project
I’m an aspiring founder and developer with 5 years of experience. Having co-founded a small startup and closely followed established founders’ journeys, I noticed how mental wellness is often overlooked in the startup world.
Founder Therapy was inspired by the need to support founders’ mental health through AI-powered journaling, mood tracking, and a supportive community, all wrapped in a calm, intuitive interface.
How I Built It
- Next.js with TypeScript for a modern, full-stack web experience
- Prisma ORM + Neon PostgreSQL for robust, scalable data storage
- Gemini API for advanced AI journaling and insights, providing empathetic, context-aware feedback and suggestions to help founders reflect and grow
- Eleven Labs for high-quality text-to-speech, allowing users to listen to their journal entries or AI insights in a natural, calming voice
- Tailwind CSS, ShadCN UI, Aceternity UI for a soothing, accessible, and beautiful user interface
- NextAuth.js for secure authentication and user management
What I Learned
- Integrating AI in an empathetic, user-friendly way
- Designing UI that balances productivity with calmness
- Making advanced AI and voice features feel natural and supportive
Challenges
- Creating a UI that feels modern yet soothing
- Making AI and voice interactions feel personal, not robotic
Founder Therapy is my way of making mental wellness a priority for founders, helping them thrive, not just survive.
Built With
- elevenlabs
- gemini
- neondb
- nextauth
- nextjs
- postgresql
- prisma
- typescript

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