Is it too late to get into AI? What if you have no technical skills? Patrick shares his story of coming from sales to accidentally building an AI business, starting with an emotionally supportive cancer survivor bot that he created because he wanted it to exist.

Is AI only for the highly technical and venture-backed? Not according to Patrick Belliveau. In this energizing and candid conversation, Daniel sits down with Patrick—managing partner at Gambit Technologies—to unpack how he went from zero coding experience to building AI tools that are changing lives around the world.

Patrick shares how he and his team built Ask Ellen, an empathetic AI companion for breast cancer patients, and turned it into a launchpad for a broader AI company—without raising a dime in VC funding. If you’re a business leader looking to cut through the noise and understand what actually works in AI today, this episode is for you.

🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

📌 For Business Leaders Exploring AI:

✅ Why bootstrapping keeps you closer to customer value—and ahead of the AI curve

✅ How to find your first real use case without boiling the ocean

✅ What “AI as an equalizer” really looks like in legal, healthcare, and beyond

✅ How to avoid building AI solutions that get crushed by foundational model updates

✅ The unexpected advantage non-technical founders have in the AI space

📌 For Aspiring AI Builders & Operators:

✅ How Patrick built a working AI prototype in 30 days with no coding background

✅ Why focusing on dignified answers was the key to Ask Ellen’s success

✅ What it takes to turn one good AI tool into a productized business

✅ How generalists (not just engineers) are shaping the future of AI

✅ Where to start if you want to experiment with AI today

🔗 Resources & Links

• Connect with Patrick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-belliveau/

• Learn more about Gambit Technologies: https://gambitco.io/

• Curious about AskEllyn? https://askellyn.ai/

• Subscribe for more AI Insights: https://manary.haus/podcast#haus

• Have a guest in mind? Reach out to Daniel at [email protected]

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