{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"START: Koby Conrad, Founder & CEO, Sunflower Sober: “The #1 AI Companion for sobriety\"","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7cdbb85e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":592,"description":"1.2 billion people struggle with addiction.\nThere will never be enough clinicians to treat them.\nKoby Conrad believes AI changes that equation.\nHis own story starts much smaller.\nHigh 24/7 from 19 to 24.\nHe got sober.\nTaught himself to code.\nBuilt a side project called Sunflower.\nYears later, that side project became a VC-backed company with a much bigger ambition.\nToday, Sunflower has:\n→ 500,000+ users and counting\n→ Grown from 200 to 100,000 monthly active users in under 6 months\n→ Reached a $1M run rate in about 10 months\n→ Tracked 109 years of sobriety every single day\n→ Expanded to users in almost every country, across 5 languages\nThe product combines consumer software with clinical care.\nA consumer app featuring:\nAn AI sponsor for addiction recovery\nVisual sobriety progression tracking\nA social network built for recovery\nCBT journaling and educational content across major addiction types\nAlongside a tele-therapy clinic:\n- Talk therapy in California and Texas, expanding nationwide with MAT\n- World-class doctors building the most effective protocols for addiction\nThe mission began with one billion sober days.\nThe team realized they'd reach that goal sooner than expected.\nSo they raised the target.\nOne trillion.\nKoby's growth philosophy mirrors the one behind his book, \"Channels of Growth\":\nDon't choose between product and distribution.\nBuild both.\nBecause at real scale, only a handful of growth channels matter. Find the one that fits your business—and optimize it relentlessly.\nHis biggest prediction isn't about sobriety.\nIt's about work.\nAt Sunflower, they call it 'Operation Ender's Game'\nMap every task.\nAutomate what AI can do today.\nDesign for what AI will do tomorrow.\nThe only role left? fleet operator.\n🎙️ Koby Conrad, CEO & Founder, Sunflower Sober on Fondo START pod\nChapters:00:49 – Koby joins the show\n01:10 – The pitch: a sobriety platform built for the age of ASI\n01:35 – Sunflower's origin as a learn-to-code project\n01:54 – Koby's own story: high 24/7...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}