Yusuf Young
I build technology that adapts to the people and companies using it. That is the thread through Aether Many, Works Like Us, Company Native, and FIRE Decision Lab. Before these, I built and exited FunnelBud.
What I am building now
Aether Manyin development
A personal AI agent that learns how you work, builds new abilities, and cooperates with other agents without giving up your control. I want people to own the intelligence that acts for them.
Works Like Uslive
Company-specific AI built around your knowledge, rules, and tools. Start with one measurable workflow and keep human approval where it matters.
Company Nativelive
A fully managed CRM built around how your company actually works. Company Native maps, builds, migrates, and improves the software; your company owns it.
FIRE Decision Lablive and growing
Free tools for testing a financial-independence plan, practising hard investment decisions before the consequences are real, and checking ideas against evidence.
What I have done
FunnelBudFounder and CEO
Founded and built the CRM and marketing automation company before Holdflight acquired it in 2025. Holdflight's acquisition announcement →
CirratoGlobal marketing
Built the company's inbound website and sales process.
OracleSales
Worked in technology sales before leaving to build FunnelBud.
What would be useful to discuss
Writing
- Privacy in AI agents is a judgment problem, not a classification problem
- The future of value [IN PROGRESS]
- How to combine bottom-up and top-down problem-solution finding to create genius level new companies
- What is CRM and how will it change in the age of abundant intelligence?
- The strategy mistake I made at FunnelBud for years
- The path from LLMs to AGI
- Comprehensive Guide: How to understand what your customers need based on qualitative interviews
- How the software industry will change when development cost nears zero (who will still make money?)