RobinYou

Stake money on a goal and earn it back by following through.

Built: August 2025
Link: LinkedIn post ↗

Won first place at a hackathon on August 30, 2025 by building an AI that takes your $$

Specifically, I built RobinYou: an accountability app where you stake real money on completing tasks.

Here's how it works: based on everything it knows about you, the AI suggests what you should be working on. Then comes the interesting part - you negotiate specifics of the task and put real money on the line (say $10). Complete the task by deadline? Get your money back. Don't? Money's gone.

RobinYou chat negotiating a $10 stake on making a git commit by midnight

RobinYou payment screen titled Not lazy? Stake money, for $10

RobinYou chat asking for a screenshot of commits as proof, with a GitHub contribution graph

The idea behind it is simple - losing $10 hurts twice as much as gaining $10 feels good.