Starter Story Career Change: Why I dropped everything to build AI apps | Starter Story
Jul 31, 2025
Dive into a fascinating career transformation as a physicist shifts gears to become an AI app pioneer. Discover how Neural Frames provides AI-generated music videos, targeting indie artists in need of visual content. Learn about the advantages of bootstrapping and focusing on niche markets. Nico shares insights on validating ideas through SEO and tackling the fears of a career change. With impressive metrics and growth strategies, he highlights promising AI business opportunities that reflect real-world impact and creativity for aspiring entrepreneurs.
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From Physics To AI Music Startup
- Nico left a physics career and built Neural Frames, an AI music-video platform.
- He started solo in 2022 and scaled to a team of five and $100,000/month.
Huge Visual Need For Musicians
- Musicians need lots of visual content and struggle to produce it affordably and quickly.
- Neural Frames fills that gap by generating music videos using several AI tools.
Programming Discovered During PhD
- Nico studied physics, completed a PhD, and discovered he enjoyed programming during simulations in 2018.
- He then joined a deep-tech startup and learned AI before launching Neural Frames in 2022.