Welcome to Half Baked, the newsletter serving up startup ideas as talked about as SpaceX’s rumored $1.5T IPO next year 🚀
In today’s edition:
💡 An idea to make hotel stays even better
🛠 How to create beautiful UIs in Bolt
🔋 From $1M to $100M ARR in just 1 year, free Bolt codes + more
🔍 Japanese AGI, new vibe coding accelerator + more
🍻 An incredible product for all the (not so honest) students out there
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🏨 AI Hotel Concierge
Finding the suite spot
Available Domain: Commcierge.ai
The Problem: I don't know about you, but I love staying in hotels. Room service. Buffet breakfasts. Wearing a fancy robe and pretending I’m rich. It’s the life. But there's one thing that really bugs me about hotels…getting simple answers to simple questions. "What time does the pool close?", "Can I get extra towels?", "Where's the nearest pharmacy?" etc. Every question means either calling the front desk and waiting on hold, or walking downstairs sheepishly looking for an answer. Hotels have tried fixing this with apps, but nobody wants to download an app for a two-night stay (I don’t anyway). We think there’s a better solution. Here’s what we’re thinking.
The Solution:
💡 The Idea: An AI-driven digital hotel concierge that answers guests’ questions, allows them to interface with staff and helps them to explore local experiences during their stay.
❓ Product:
Guests scan a QR code in the lobby or room to instantly launch the interface in their browser - no downloads, no logins, just immediate access.
An AI Chat interface (fine-tuned on local data) answers questions like "Where can I get vegan pizza right now?" or "I need extra towels," instantly routing service requests to staff and dining/activity recommendations to booking engines.
A built-in "Experience Marketplace" also allows guests to book local tours, spa treatments, or late check-outs with one click using Apple Pay or Google Pay, with the revenue split between the vendor and the hotel.
🧑💻 Prototyping: Try the demo | Get the demo prompt
💼 Business Model: Hotels pay a monthly SaaS subscription (starting at $200/month/property) to use the platform, plus the platform takes a 10-15% affiliate commission on all external experiences (tours, tickets, transport) booked through the AI.
⭐ End Goal: Sell to a major travel agency (like Booking.com or Expedia) or hotel group for a 6-10x revenue multiple
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👨🎨 How to Create Beautiful UIs in Bolt
The Tool: Bolt.new is magic, but if you just ask it to "build a SaaS" for example, you get a messy, inconsistent app. To build something that actually looks professional without coding, you need to stop prompting and start architecting. Here’s how.
Step-by-step:
First, prompt Bolt to define your Global UI System: specific hex codes, typography, and button radiuses. This prevents the "Frankenstein" look where every page has a different style.
Next, ask Bolt to build reusable components (cards, navbars, buttons) before building full pages. Then tell it to assemble screens using only those pre-built components.
Upload a screenshot of a layout you love (e.g., Airbnb's search bar) and prompt: "Keep this exact layout structure, but apply my Global UI System defined in step 1."
As you build your app ask for specific flows one at a time: "Build the Onboarding," then "Build the Dashboard," then "Build Settings." Prompt like an architect, where Bolt is the bricklayer.
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🔋 Founder Fuel
🤑 The Money Shot: This company grew from $1M to $100M ARR in just 1 year. Here’s how.
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💬 Prompt Drop: This mega prompt will help you to go viral on social media.
🆓 Free Resource: This website gives a list of best practices and principles for designing user interfaces. Great resource to bookmark!
🔍 Founder Finds
🎌 Integral AI, a Japanese startup, claims it has built the world’s first true AGI system. Where did that come from?
🧑💻 Replit is launching an 8 week accelerator for vibe coders. Great idea, love to see it!
📖 Sam Altman is an avid reader. Here are 7 books he thinks we all need to read.
🛍️ Shopify has just launched SimGym, a system that creates “digital customers” that behave like real ones for merchants. Sounds like a Half Baked idea we would have come up with, super, super interesting.
🤖 The Pentagon has apparently just been ordered to start preparing for AGI. Probably means nothing…
🚀 If SpaceX does go public next year, Google may have pulled off one of the best investments of all time. Everything’s coming up Google right now.
🎧 Elon Musk just did a great interview, well worth a 2x speed listen (the man talks pretty slowly).
🍺 Drunk Business Idea: CalculatorGPT
Sick of having to learn things in school when AI exists? Looking for a way to cheat your way through every exam?
Introducing CalculatorGPT™ - the retro calculator with a dirty little secret. It looks like a classic TI calculator, but hidden inside is the full power of ChatGPT ready to ace your finals. Genius.
CalculatorGPT™ - take a calculated risk.
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