Rapheal Obodugo

I'm building Avae, an AI that handles tasks for you — booking travel, researching markets, managing your inbox, following up on things. We're in private beta with strong early traction.

Before this: built and exited MySub (360k users), led engineering at Derayah Finance, worked on infra at Meta.

I spend a lot of time reading. Mostly history, philosophy, and biographies — I like understanding how people thought and why systems work the way they do. Sometimes fiction when I need to escape.

I write about building products, execution, and lessons from operating in emerging markets.

I occasionally advise early-stage startups on product and engineering. Get in touch if you're building something interesting.