First Turn Labs
Built to test the future in public.
From crypto-native consumer products to AI coordination tools, these projects are our way of exploring where software is going by shipping.
Thesis
We build software to pressure-test our convictions.
We use projects as probes. Each one is a practical experiment in how new infrastructure, including AI agents, blockchain primitives, and lightweight workflow software, can create real behavior change.
Otto
The operator system for real businesses.
Otto is the operator system for real businesses. It helps teams build, run, and manage AI agents that actually do the work, without stitching the stack together themselves. The product surface is not a demo wrapper or a bag of disconnected tools. It is one operating loop: a builder for shaping workflows, a shared Brain for context, a live operator console for real threads, and an approvals queue for policy-checked actions that need sign-off. The deeper bet is that serious agent infrastructure becomes useful when it is packaged for operators, not just developers.
- Build, run, and manage agent workflows in one system
- Builder, Brain, live operator console, and approvals queue share the same runtime
- Policy-checked actions stay auditable, reversible, and operator-controlled
A face helps the product feel like a group member, not another dashboard.
Dadbot
An AI group member that lives in the chat and turns loose social energy into real-world plans.
Dadbot is an AI group member that makes friend groups hang out in real life more often. It lives inside the chat people already use, absorbs the social risk of being the planner, and knows when silence is better than another bot reply. The system combines a single-brain agent, a Should-I-Speak governor, group memory, reservation coordination, events, polls, sports updates, media reactions, and safety controls. The product bet is simple: better social software should reduce planning friction without asking people to join another network.
- Lives inside existing group chats, with no new social app to open
- Uses a Should-I-Speak governor and trust ladder to avoid becoming noisy
- Turns vague intent into polls, reservations, reminders, and recaps
RoastMyWallet
A playful crypto app testing how advanced blockchain features can power fun, consumer-facing experiences.
RoastMyWallet is an experiment in making crypto more entertaining, inspectable, and culturally legible. It explores how wallet data, onchain primitives, and proof-based features like Merkle proofs can be packaged into a product that feels fun instead of purely financial. It is part toy, part interface experiment, and part thesis test: can advanced blockchain infrastructure become invisible enough to power consumer apps people actually enjoy using?
- Tests cutting-edge onchain and proof-based features in a consumer format
- Makes wallet behavior more social, visual, and engaging
- Explores whether crypto UX can feel playful instead of clinical
The Garage
A lightweight CRM and next-generation scheduling system for small businesses that run on relationships, not enterprise software.
The Garage is a modern operating layer for small, service-based businesses. It combines lightweight CRM, scheduling, and customer coordination into a simple system built for real-world operators, the kind still running important parts of the business through texts, paper calendars, and memory. The goal is not bloated software. It is cleaner workflows, better visibility, and a more natural way to manage time, customers, and repeat engagement.
- Built for high-trust small businesses with messy real-world workflows
- Combines scheduling, simple CRM, and communication in one place
- Focused on usability over feature bloat
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