David Wachs
Founder & CEO, Handwrytten. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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David Wachs is the founder and CEO of Handwrytten, an automated handwritten notes platform. He previously founded the mobile marketing platform Cellit and contributes to Inc. Magazine.
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18statements
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Everything David Wachs said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Wachs: Hardware moat protects Handwrytten from being vibe coded by AI
“That whole moat is I think it's what's going to save us because if we were just a software company, I mean, we could be vibe coded in a weekend.”
Wachs: In-House Robot Manufacturing Costs Handwrytten a Fraction of Competitors
“What I can tell you is because we build them internally, it's a fraction of the cost of anybody else out there.”
Wachs: Handwrytten Is Avoiding European Expansion to Prevent Distractions
“You know, there's been talks about expanding into Europe, but the problem is there's so much opportunity here. I just don't need the distraction of dealing with Europe, you know.”
Wachs: Search engine marketing does not work for Handwrytten
“Because SEM doesn't work, we've done, we've gone the SEO route.”
Wachs: Simply Noted and Letter Labs are Handwrytten's only main competitors
“The competitors we run into are Simply Noted, and I'm going to stay above board in what I say about them, and then a company called Letter Labs. Those are the two.”
Wachs: Handwrytten sent about 6 million notes last year
“And we push about last year, I want to say we pushed about six million notes.”
Wachs: Handwrytten Operates Around 200 In-House Built Robots in Arizona
“We build them ourself in Tempe, Arizona and we've got about 200 of them”
Wachs: Handwrytten did $9.4M in 2024 and $9M in 2025
“2024. We did 9.4 million. 2025, full transparency, we actually went down a little. We were only at nine million.”
Wachs: Handwrytten on track to reach $10M–$11M revenue
“This year, we are fully on track to break 10 to 11.”
Wachs: Handwrytten made $350,000 in profit in 2025
“It was relatively breakeven. We had a whopping 350,000 dollars in profit.”
Wachs: Handwrytten will launch non-handwritten businesses to leverage hardware CapEx
“We we're actually rolling out some alternative businesses that will leverage our CapEx, but won't be handwritten note related”
Wachs: Handwrytten Leases About 30 Robots for $1,000–$1,250 Monthly
“We've only got about 30 out in the field. Each one you can assume is about a thousand to 1250 dollars per month per robot. They cost us much less than that to, you know, on an annualized basis to build, so there is good margin there, and those accounts tend to…”
Wachs: Handwrytten Uses Computer Vision for Note Quality Assurance
“So we use QA or computer vision to QA the notes.”
Wachs: Handwrytten's Mobile Apps Process Only 30 to 40 Notes Daily
“Honestly, the iPhone app and Android app are very, very small portion of our business. I'd say maybe 30 to 40 notes a day go through that.”
Wachs: Handwrytten will offer cookie fulfillment alongside handwritten notes
“We are gonna start doing cookies as our first fulfillment item. It'll be a box of two big cookies with a note.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens David's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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 TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER | Founder & CEO, Handwrytten | 1 | 18 | — | full record on Top Founders → |