Founder of Velocity Point · Author of 4 books · Building with AI

Dave Lawler

Builder. Writer. Founder. I build AI-powered businesses and write about what I learn.

Second Ring is live — call its AI receptionist right now

I spent three decades in enterprise integration — the unglamorous plumbing that lets large companies actually operate. When large language models made it possible for one person to do what used to take a team, I pivoted. Hard.

Now I build AI-native businesses and write, as I go, about what I’m learning.

Four books, one story

The AI memoir and the playbook that came out of it, plus a Bitcoin duo pitched at very different readers. One continuous line of thinking.

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Building with AI

Velocity Point is the company. Second Ring is the first product — an AI receptionist for service businesses. More in motion.

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How I got here

Thirty-plus years of enterprise integration. Then AI changed the rules, and I started over as a one-person company.

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