Stian Hansen

VENTURES

Five ships. One harbor. One is launching, one is docked after a good voyage, two are floating on evenings and coffee, and three are at the bottom of the fjord, remembered fondly.

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Launching
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Exited
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Side projects
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In the fjord
Currently Launching2025
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Pulse

THE AI ORCHESTRATOR FOR YOUR IRL SOCIAL LIFE

Pulse is a mobile app for making and keeping friends. We match adults in the same city into groups of 8 to 15, add an AI host named Pip to the group chat, and give each group 10 days to meet in person. After the first meetup, groups unlock citywide plans and hangouts with other users in their city.

We optimize for repeat IRL meetups, not time spent in the app.

Aquabook, Norwegian salmon farm service boat
⚓ Exited2020 to 2023
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Aquabook

Uber For Salmon Farm Maintenance Boats

An on-demand marketplace connecting salmon farmers with maintenance boats on offshore farms. I co-founded Aquabook and led product and early GTM across 200 listed sites and a share of Norway's boat operators. Acquired by a Norwegian shipping broker.

THEGRAVEYARD

Every builder has one. These three are mine, buried with honors, remembered fondly, and occasionally revisited when the fog rolls in.

R.I.PWHARF175R.I.PTRADEIT405R.I.PBUILDINK620
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2017 to 2020

Wharf

What we built

Europe's first online wholesale seafood marketplace. $1M raised, $4M+ revenue across UK, Spain & China.

Cause of death

Ops became the bottleneck. Thin margins and cash flow won.

Lesson taken

"Revenue doesn't build a company. Leverage does."

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2017 to 2018

Tradeit

What we built

Bloomberg Terminal for global seafood. 9 LOIs signed after graduating an accelerator.

Cause of death

Couldn't agree on product or model. Runway ran out first.

Lesson taken

"Start narrow. Ship fast. Let customers steer."

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2023 to 2024

Buildink

What we built

AI product manager that wrote docs and specs for 300+ founders.

Cause of death

Usage without payments. Wrong team for the wedge.

Lesson taken

"Interest is usage. Fit is payments."

The WorkshopEvenings & coffee

SIDEPROJECTS

Small experiments that grew tent poles. Two directories I wanted to exist: one for the road, one for the AI frontier.

🌱 Active2024

Bobli

AI-powered directory for RV campsites.

Scrapes, ranks, and describes RV and camper sites across the Nordics, with AI-written summaries, real photos, and honest verdicts.

Visit bobli.no →
AI
🌱 Active2025

Search of AI

AI Discovery and Resource Hub.

A curated compass for the AI frontier: tools, papers, tutorials, and resources for builders trying to keep up with the wave.

Visit searchofai.com →
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