{"id":90199,"title":"Cactus - AI copilot for solopreneurs 🚀","tagline":"Automate admin tasks for solopreneurs like private chefs and caterers, so they can focus on doing what they love!","body":"# **❌ Admin is killing solopreneurs**\n\nEvery solopreneur starts their business because they love their work. Solopreneurs like private chefs, caterers, photographers, and personal trainers receive hundreds of inquiries weekly. They’re busy working, miss out on great opportunities, and can’t scale their business.\n\n# **💡 What we do**\n\nCactus (https://oncactus.com) answers the phone, qualifies leads, and handles bookings so the business owner has a full schedule of work. It is the AI Business Assistant that manages the admin so the owner can focus on what they love!\n\nCactus has empowered 100+ chefs and is growing rapidly! Next, we’ll expand to photographers and personal trainers.\n\n**Check out our [launch video](https://youtu.be/VWeQaySQnY8)**\n\n**1️⃣ We provide every solopreneur with a website**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/d1d7e29b-8f13-4677-aa86-4381df359716)\n\n**2️⃣ Our AI answers the phone and qualifies customers.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/3cdfc4f0-2b3e-4692-8126-247d4e5650e8)\n\n**3️⃣ And help solopreneurs manage bookings**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/af86c212-6e6d-428d-ae06-bce3cba64763)\n\n# **🎯 The Team**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/7959cd10-8d3f-4416-b16c-b3e74b135eac)\n\nAvinash (left) and Ajith (right) are batchmates from college. Avinash joined Ajith's previous YC startup, where they spent three years working side by side to build the product from scratch.\n\nThey became dads and started hiring personal chefs and started as a marketplace to onboard and match chefs with busy families. During the process, we realized private chefs struggle with operations and admin work. We started building AI tools for them and made some of them wildly successful.\n\n# **🙏 Our ask**\n\nIf you know any solopreneur or small business that could use Cactus, connect them to us at [**founders@oncactus.com**](mailto:founders@oncactus.com) or send them directly to my cell +1 (415) 747-2607.\n\nExamples of businesses that can use Cactus include private chefs, caterers, photographers, personal trainers, business consultants, coaching agencies, or any entrepreneur managing a high volume of inquiries or calls.\n\nWe are entrepreneurs and our mission is to make every solopreneur successful. Cactus will empower the first billionaire solopreneur.\n\n**👉 Try us out at [https://oncactus.com](https://oncactus.com) \u0026 Spiky will thank you!**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/ce23112f-5a3c-4bd1-9d18-2fb464fc33dc)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/0a211a5c-f622-486c-8d66-9f25c9b48c23)\n\n","slug":"NSp-cactus-ai-copilot-for-solopreneurs","created_at":"2025-05-08T14:08:33.111Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T07:10:13.658Z","total_vote_count":252,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/NSp-cactus-ai-copilot-for-solopreneurs","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=90199\u0026key=user_uploads/423660/0a211a5c-f622-486c-8d66-9f25c9b48c23","company":{"id":30543,"name":"Cactus","slug":"oncactus","url":"https://oncactus.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/dc921af3a03077384c1d7224eb024ee94e910b8d.png","batch":"Spring 2025","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","B2B","Home Services"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30543"}}