Sam Feldt

I learned from building Fangage the lesson every tech founder learns: Don’t get too particular. Roll it out fast. Iterate later.

So when I started my next project, I told myself I wouldn’t overcook it, and I’d release v1 within a few months.

What happened? Two years have passed and I still haven’t launched. Clearly that didn’t work.

However, the one thing I did differently with Healify was validate it before I wrote a single line of code. I put out a waitlist and 10,000 people signed up.

That doesn’t automatically mean I have a successful product. It doesn’t even mean all 10,000 people will use it.

But it does tell me there’s something here.

Every name on that list proves the idea has weight.

So here's the honest advice:

If you can ship fast, SHIP FAST!

If you can't ship fast (like me), at least validate beforehand.

Knowing people want it is the difference between a simple two-year delay and a waste of two years.

Next step: actually launch the damn thing.

Imagine your mom got a phone call from an AI voice that sounds exactly like yours, asking for money.

Would she believe it?

The risks surrounding AI are always climbing, and I wanted to dive into some questions I get all the time.

So I'm starting a new monthly podcast in November with my good friend Heleen Dura - van Oord.

We’re keeping things snack-sized with 30-minute episodes, and bringing in an AI chatbot named Lola to help us tackle some of the biggest questions around AI.

First up: In the age of AI, is your voice still your own?

The first episode is coming soon. Follow along so you don’t miss it.

Any questions or AI topics you want me to cover in future episodes? Leave them below!

Had such a great time last week at @ADE_NL Industry as Investor chat.

Investing in the music industry can be a hit or miss. It’s taken me years to learn when to be a face in an investment, and when to invest anonymously. 

Last Thursday, the one and only @tinie and I got to dive into it: what it means to be an artist in music investing, the blind spots and advantages, and where the industry's going.

Thanks for having me up on stage this year.

Can’t wait to see everyone at ADE 2027 🔥

POV: your set starts in an hour and Rekordbox deletes your whole playlist the second you plug in your USB. No warning. Just gone.

I like the concept of the EU’s health data space; I don’t like where it could lead.

The EU announced the European Health Data Space (EHDS) last year to break down the silos between healthcare providers across the EU.

The problem for me is that the government ultimately controls the data and how it can be used. The better option is a solution where your health data stays yours.

I’m zeroing in on where most health data spaces fail: privacy.

That's why I'm building @HealifyApp so it

→ exists only in a decentralized, secure space, with a hospital’s level of data security. 
→ isn’t shared with anyone unless you specifically request it. 
→ isn’t used to iterate or train AI models. It remains only visible to you.

I want to know your thoughts: do you like where the EU is going or would you prefer to have that data in your own hands?