The venture loop runs this card by itself: scout the repos trending on GitHub → seats pitch → the board picks → board seats write launch plans → a seat builds the launch page → checks (deterministic, then headless Chrome) → GitHub Pages ships it → seven days of signups decide. Progress is posted here as it happens.
DONE: a launched venture linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
The venture loop runs this card by itself: scout the repos trending on GitHub → seats pitch → the board picks → board seats write launch plans → a seat builds the launch page → checks (deterministic, then headless Chrome) → GitHub Pages ships it → seven days of signups decide. Progress is posted here as it happens.
DONE: a launched venture linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
Part of batch #26.
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🗳️ Picked by batch #26's board: Wavehello (wavehello).
🗳️ Picked by batch #26's board: **Wavehello** (`wavehello`).
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📋 Launch plan from grok, kimi, synthesized by grok:
For someone holding a voice memo that matters — a partner, a new parent, a grandkid — Wavehello turns it into frame-worthy soundwave art in seconds, free and entirely in the browser, unlike existing soundwave generators that require uploads, accounts, or watermarks.
First users: Gift-hunters with a specific audio clip already on their phone from r/longdistance, r/newparents, r/weddingplanning, r/gifts; Etsy sellers from r/EtsySellers; plus Show HN threads and SoundCraft GitHub issues/discussions
Model: Gift-givers pay a one-time founding price for print-ready exports because a free screen-resolution PNG cannot survive a 16x20 print; Etsy sellers pay a small monthly founding price for commercial use, batch export, and reusable templates because it saves manual design work per order. Nothing is charged today; the early-access list only collects GitHub accounts that want the founding price when the print tier ships.
Pricing: Free $0 · Print (founding) $15 one-time · Studio (founding) $9/mo (early access; nothing is charged)
📋 Launch plan from `grok`, `kimi`, synthesized by `grok`:
> For someone holding a voice memo that matters — a partner, a new parent, a grandkid — Wavehello turns it into frame-worthy soundwave art in seconds, free and entirely in the browser, unlike existing soundwave generators that require uploads, accounts, or watermarks.
**First users:** Gift-hunters with a specific audio clip already on their phone from r/longdistance, r/newparents, r/weddingplanning, r/gifts; Etsy sellers from r/EtsySellers; plus Show HN threads and SoundCraft GitHub issues/discussions
**Model:** Gift-givers pay a one-time founding price for print-ready exports because a free screen-resolution PNG cannot survive a 16x20 print; Etsy sellers pay a small monthly founding price for commercial use, batch export, and reusable templates because it saves manual design work per order. Nothing is charged today; the early-access list only collects GitHub accounts that want the founding price when the print tier ships.
**Pricing:** Free $0 · Print (founding) $15 one-time · Studio (founding) $9/mo (early access; nothing is charged)
**Call to action:** Join early access → [early-access form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+Wavehello&venture=wavehello&plan=Print+%28founding%29) · **Signal:** #30
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups, kill at ≤2
**Design:** product-first: the tool fills the first screen and the look follows the product
Full plan, with where each idea came from: [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/wavehello/LAUNCH.md)
☁️ Backend: https://wavehello.yolopreneur.lol/ (Worker `time-wavehello`, its own D1 database, Workers AI); the page is also on https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/wavehello/
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🔨qwen built the launch page in 10 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.
🔨 `qwen` built the launch page in 10 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.
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the product in #try shows nothing it computed: with scripts on and off it looks the same. On first load, its script must run the product on a preloaded realistic sample and render the real output
🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
- the product in #try shows nothing it computed: with scripts on and off it looks the same. On first load, its script must run the product on a preloaded realistic sample and render the real output
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🔧qwen (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 19 steps. Re-checking.
🔧 `qwen` (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 19 steps. Re-checking.
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the product in #try shows nothing it computed: with scripts on and off it looks the same. On first load, its script must run the product on a preloaded realistic sample and render the real output
🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 2:
- the product in #try shows nothing it computed: with scripts on and off it looks the same. On first load, its script must run the product on a preloaded realistic sample and render the real output
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🔧grok (grok-4-7) worked on the fixes in 54 steps. Re-checking.
🔧 `grok` (grok-4-7) worked on the fixes in 54 steps. Re-checking.
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🛑 Andon: the launch page still fails after 2 fix rounds.
the page or README claims features the code doesn't have: builds on storytold/soundcraft, alejandrobujan/tendedero, noahdunnagan/fsearch. Build them or take the claims off the page and README
Fix it by hand on gh-pages and comment /time retry, or just comment /time retry to give the worker more rounds.
🛑 Andon: the launch page still fails after 2 fix rounds.
- the page or README claims features the code doesn't have: builds on storytold/soundcraft, alejandrobujan/tendedero, noahdunnagan/fsearch. Build them or take the claims off the page and README
Fix it by hand on `gh-pages` and comment `/time retry`, or just comment `/time retry` to give the worker more rounds.
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🔁 Batch #26 retry: no child left behind. Fresh fix rounds; held again, it is counted dead in the batch retro.
🔁 Batch #26 retry: no child left behind. Fresh fix rounds; held again, it is counted dead in the batch retro.
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the product in #try shows nothing it computed: with scripts on and off it looks the same. On first load, its script must run the product on a preloaded realistic sample and render the real output
🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
- the product in #try shows nothing it computed: with scripts on and off it looks the same. On first load, its script must run the product on a preloaded realistic sample and render the real output
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🔧qwen (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 17 steps. Re-checking.
🔧 `qwen` (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 17 steps. Re-checking.
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✅ Checks pass. Ready, held for batch #26 so its ventures launch together (at most 6h after the first of them is ready).
✅ Checks pass. Ready, held for batch #26 so its ventures launch together (at most 6h after the first of them is ready).
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Record or drop in a file, pick line/bars/ripple styles and a color, add an optional caption, then download. Everything runs locally with the Web Audio API; the audio never leaves the device, and there is no account or watermark. Free. There is an early-access list (via a public GitHub issue, no email) for a future print-ready tier with high-res/SVG exports \u2014 nothing is charged today. Feedback on the wave rendering and styles is welcome."},{"channel":"[r/InternetIsBeautiful]","draft":"Title: Wavehello \u2013 a free site that turns any audio clip into soundwave art (PNG) right in your browser; nothing is uploaded\n\nComment to add after posting: Everything is computed locally with the Web Audio API, so the audio never leaves the device. Pick line, bars, or ripple style, set a color, and add an optional caption. 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For someone holding a voice memo that matters — a partner, a new parent, a grandkid — Wavehello turns it into frame-worthy soundwave art in seconds, free and entirely in the browser, unlike existing soundwave generators that require uploads, accounts, or watermarks.
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (After 7 days: at least 10 early-access signups — GitHub accounts that commented on or 👍'd the signal issue asking for the founding price — plus at least one thread (HN or Reddit) where commenters describe a specific clip they would turn into art.); kill at ≤2 (After 7 days: fewer than 2 signups on the signal issue and no commenter anywhere naming a real clip they would use — meaning the gift moment isn't landing and the print tier has no one to sell to.). Decision on 2026-10-20.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the header, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800; grok reviewed the code: peaks = measurePeaks(buffer, 96); ... audioBuffer = buffer; ... from ctx.decodeAudioData or decodeWavPcm in ingestAudio (called for recordings, drops, sample).
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
[Show HN]
Title: Show HN: Wavehello – turn a voice memo into soundwave art in your browser, nothing uploaded
Body: An agent-run venture studio built a one-page tool that turns any audio clip into soundwave art downloadable as a transparent PNG. Record or drop in a file, pick line/bars/ripple styles and a color, add an optional caption, then download. Everything runs locally with the Web Audio API; the audio never leaves the device, and there is no account or watermark. Free. There is an early-access list (via a public GitHub issue, no email) for a future print-ready tier with high-res/SVG exports — nothing is charged today. Feedback on the wave rendering and styles is welcome.
[r/InternetIsBeautiful]
Title: Wavehello – a free site that turns any audio clip into soundwave art (PNG) right in your browser; nothing is uploaded
Comment to add after posting: Everything is computed locally with the Web Audio API, so the audio never leaves the device. Pick line, bars, or ripple style, set a color, and add an optional caption. There is an early-access list via a public GitHub issue for a future print-resolution tier — nothing is charged today.
[SoundCraft GitHub Discussions (Show and tell)]
Title: Show and tell: browser soundwave art from any audio clip (Web Audio API)
Body: An agent-run venture studio built Wavehello, a single web page: record or drop in audio, get soundwave art (line, bars, or ripple), customize color, add an optional caption, download a transparent PNG. All analysis happens client-side with the Web Audio API; nothing is uploaded and there is no account. Free, with an early-access list via a public GitHub issue for a future print-ready tier (nothing charged today). Posting here because this community thinks about audio tools.
🚀 **Wavehello** is live: https://wavehello.yolopreneur.lol/
For someone holding a voice memo that matters — a partner, a new parent, a grandkid — Wavehello turns it into frame-worthy soundwave art in seconds, free and entirely in the browser, unlike existing soundwave generators that require uploads, accounts, or watermarks.
**Join early access:** [issue form](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/issues/new?template=early-access.yml&title=Early+access%3A+Wavehello&venture=wavehello&plan=Print+%28founding%29) · **Signal:** #30 · **Plan:** [LAUNCH.md](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/blob/gh-pages/ventures/wavehello/LAUNCH.md) · **Code:** [ventures/wavehello](https://github.com/teahubxyz/time/tree/gh-pages/ventures/wavehello)
| Tier | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Anyone with a voice memo who wants the art itself |
| Print (founding) | $15 one-time | The gift-giver who wants it on a wall |
| Studio (founding) | $9/mo | Etsy sellers and makers who sell soundwave art |
**7-day lines:** success at ≥10 signups (After 7 days: at least 10 early-access signups — GitHub accounts that commented on or 👍'd the signal issue asking for the founding price — plus at least one thread (HN or Reddit) where commenters describe a specific clip they would turn into art.); kill at ≤2 (After 7 days: fewer than 2 signups on the signal issue and no commenter anywhere naming a real clip they would use — meaning the gift moment isn't landing and the print tier has no one to sell to.). Decision on 2026-10-20.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the header, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800; `grok` reviewed the code: peaks = measurePeaks(buffer, 96); ... audioBuffer = buffer; ... from ctx.decodeAudioData or decodeWavPcm in ingestAudio (called for recordings, drops, sample).
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/teahubxyz/time/fd53d84439b9f6f49ddcada9fc1eaeafcd3e08d8/ventures/wavehello/shots/sheet.png" alt="Wavehello at phone and desktop size" width="820">
📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
**[Show HN]**
> Title: Show HN: Wavehello – turn a voice memo into soundwave art in your browser, nothing uploaded
>
> Body: An agent-run venture studio built a one-page tool that turns any audio clip into soundwave art downloadable as a transparent PNG. Record or drop in a file, pick line/bars/ripple styles and a color, add an optional caption, then download. Everything runs locally with the Web Audio API; the audio never leaves the device, and there is no account or watermark. Free. There is an early-access list (via a public GitHub issue, no email) for a future print-ready tier with high-res/SVG exports — nothing is charged today. Feedback on the wave rendering and styles is welcome.
**[r/InternetIsBeautiful]**
> Title: Wavehello – a free site that turns any audio clip into soundwave art (PNG) right in your browser; nothing is uploaded
>
> Comment to add after posting: Everything is computed locally with the Web Audio API, so the audio never leaves the device. Pick line, bars, or ripple style, set a color, and add an optional caption. There is an early-access list via a public GitHub issue for a future print-resolution tier — nothing is charged today.
**[SoundCraft GitHub Discussions (Show and tell)]**
> Title: Show and tell: browser soundwave art from any audio clip (Web Audio API)
>
> Body: An agent-run venture studio built Wavehello, a single web page: record or drop in audio, get soundwave art (line, bars, or ripple), customize color, add an optional caption, download a transparent PNG. All analysis happens client-side with the Web Audio API; nothing is uploaded and there is no account. Free, with an early-access list via a public GitHub issue for a future print-ready tier (nothing charged today). Posting here because this community thinks about audio tools.
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The venture loop runs this card by itself: scout the repos trending on GitHub → seats pitch → the board picks → board seats write launch plans → a seat builds the launch page → checks (deterministic, then headless Chrome) → GitHub Pages ships it → seven days of signups decide. Progress is posted here as it happens.
DONE: a launched venture linked from this card, or a digest saying where it stuck.
Part of batch #26.
🗳️ Picked by batch #26's board: Wavehello (
wavehello).📋 Launch plan from
grok,kimi, synthesized bygrok:First users: Gift-hunters with a specific audio clip already on their phone from r/longdistance, r/newparents, r/weddingplanning, r/gifts; Etsy sellers from r/EtsySellers; plus Show HN threads and SoundCraft GitHub issues/discussions
Model: Gift-givers pay a one-time founding price for print-ready exports because a free screen-resolution PNG cannot survive a 16x20 print; Etsy sellers pay a small monthly founding price for commercial use, batch export, and reusable templates because it saves manual design work per order. Nothing is charged today; the early-access list only collects GitHub accounts that want the founding price when the print tier ships.
Pricing: Free $0 · Print (founding) $15 one-time · Studio (founding) $9/mo (early access; nothing is charged)
Call to action: Join early access → early-access form · Signal: #30
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups, kill at ≤2
Design: product-first: the tool fills the first screen and the look follows the product
Full plan, with where each idea came from: LAUNCH.md
☁️ Backend: https://wavehello.yolopreneur.lol/ (Worker
time-wavehello, its own D1 database, Workers AI); the page is also on https://teahubxyz.github.io/time/ventures/wavehello/🔨
qwenbuilt the launch page in 10 steps (qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo). Checking it next.🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
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qwen(qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 19 steps. Re-checking.🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 2:
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grok(grok-4-7) worked on the fixes in 54 steps. Re-checking.🛑 Andon: the launch page still fails after 2 fix rounds.
Fix it by hand on
gh-pagesand comment/time retry, or just comment/time retryto give the worker more rounds.🔁 Batch #26 retry: no child left behind. Fresh fix rounds; held again, it is counted dead in the batch retro.
🔧 The checks found 1 problem(s); fix round 1:
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qwen(qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo) worked on the fixes in 17 steps. Re-checking.✅ Checks pass. Ready, held for batch #26 so its ventures launch together (at most 6h after the first of them is ready).
🚀 Wavehello is live: https://wavehello.yolopreneur.lol/
For someone holding a voice memo that matters — a partner, a new parent, a grandkid — Wavehello turns it into frame-worthy soundwave art in seconds, free and entirely in the browser, unlike existing soundwave generators that require uploads, accounts, or watermarks.
Join early access: issue form · Signal: #30 · Plan: LAUNCH.md · Code: ventures/wavehello
7-day lines: success at ≥10 signups (After 7 days: at least 10 early-access signups — GitHub accounts that commented on or 👍'd the signal issue asking for the founding price — plus at least one thread (HN or Reddit) where commenters describe a specific clip they would turn into art.); kill at ≤2 (After 7 days: fewer than 2 signups on the signal issue and no commenter anywhere naming a real clip they would use — meaning the gift moment isn't landing and the print tier has no one to sell to.). Decision on 2026-10-20.
✅ Checks passed: files and links, the early-access button in the header, pricing, limits, no invented social proof, nothing loaded from other sites; checked in headless Chrome at 390x844 and 1280x800;
grokreviewed the code: peaks = measurePeaks(buffer, 96); ... audioBuffer = buffer; ... from ctx.decodeAudioData or decodeWavPcm in ingestAudio (called for recordings, drops, sample).📣 Launch drafts (nothing is sent; the chair posts what they like):
[Show HN]
[r/InternetIsBeautiful]
[SoundCraft GitHub Discussions (Show and tell)]