I’m building a more human future—one bold experiment at a time.

Founder, writer, and relentless question-asker exploring modern family life, tech and the tools that make us more human.

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I’m Avni Patel Thompson, a serial founder and writer focused on building more human systems. At the heart of it, I’m a mama trying to make the world a bit more workable—for all of us.

Spoken, published, shared

The problem came first. The company came second.

I didn't set out to build a startup—I set out to get parents back their modern villages. This talk is about what happens when you find a problem worth solving and build from there.

I shut down my company—and talked about it anyway.

Most people don’t talk about the end. But I sat down with Kat Manalac to unpack what it really feels like to walk away—from your team, your vision, and your first big bet.

“You never hear someone talk about the power of these models to help families. The idea that OpenAI's models could be powering that experience is what really sold us.”

—Brad Lightcap, COO of OpenAI
(on backing Avni’s vision for Milo via Business Insider)

What I Keep Thinking About

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Parenting Changed. Tech Didn’t.

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Holding the Future Together.

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There Is Gold in the Cracks

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Feel Something, Know Something.