MENTIC IS LAUNCHING! We built an AI Advertiser that: 1. Autonomously launches your ads. 2. Manages and optimises while you sleep. 3. Tailors a strategy and executes it. Give it your URL, your budget, and your goal. Run the whole thing from Slack or Telegram. You own every account, every pixel, every audience. No huge retainer, no lock-in. Built for small businesses that want the work done without handing over the keys. Alpha's open — link in the comments.

Yesterday at San Francisco State University's Appathon — a mobile-apps hackathon — the Mentic team (Brittany Sosa, Bo Bredenbruecher, Maksymilian Rechnio) took first place with SnapChef: a mobile app that turns a single photo of your fridge or pantry into a live food inventory. SnapChef recognises products and their expiry dates, sends notifications before food goes off, and generates recipes from exactly what you already have — with integrations planned for connected kitchen devices like Thermomix.

Last Thursday, Mentic.io joined the inaugural cohort of Teleport SF — an accelerator backing teams shipping autonomous AI products. Out of the 001 batch, we're the team carrying the autonomous-advertising flag. Onboarding pilot users right after launch on 21 May.