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Why We're Building Axotron in Public
Building in PublicMay 3, 2026·3 min read

Why We're Building Axotron in Public

We could have built in stealth. Here's why we didn't — and what we're learning by doing it differently.

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Nikhil

Founder, Axotron

We could have spent six months building in stealth, launched with a polished product, and hoped people cared. We've seen that playbook. It works sometimes. Mostly it doesn't.

Instead we're doing this differently — shipping early, writing about what we're learning, and letting the people who use our tools shape what we build next. Not as a growth hack. Because we genuinely think the best products are built in conversation, not isolation.

Axotron isn't a finished thing. It's a direction. Right now that direction is: give people AI tools that are actually useful, free to start, and honest about what they can and can't do. Everything else is details we're figuring out in real time.