In 2019, I built a marketplace app using Bubble.io. It was like 99Designs for viral TikTok trends. We synced the data to Airtable, and that was my entry point into low-code software development.

Two weeks ago I admitted to feeling behind on agentic AI and resigned myself to waiting for the right moment.

That time came sooner than I expected.

Within days I had found yet another valuable entry point, this time called Hyperagent. For whatever reason (perhaps because it's from Airtable) it felt more approachable than the Claude Cowork and OpenClaw fomo videos I so colorfully referenced in my previous newsletter.

Pretty quickly I had two agents running: one that drafts templated sales proposals from call transcripts, and an A&R research chatbot in Slack that runs analysis and reports using data from the Soundcharts API (here’s a fun example).

It feels like the early days of my Airtable journey. I'm solving real pain with frontier tech, and my awareness is compounding daily.

If you've been circling this stuff and waiting for your sign to move, take a look at Hyperagent.

Speaking of entry points, my next guest on the Sound Systems podcast found his through a pair of drumsticks. Years of meeting fans on tour taught him how to grow an audience, and he's since built FanFlowy to help artists scale that process with an automated daily practice.

Click below to watch Sound Systems Podcast Episode 12: Stop Chasing Virality with Mark Roberge.

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