Looking for a technical co-founder to help turn a mobility prototype into a testable MVP
Hi everyone,
I’m building VozParking, a mobility product focused on one core problem:
Drivers lose time, attention, and confidence when trying to make a parking decision under pressure.
VozParking is not meant to replace Google Maps or Waze.
It is meant to sit on top of them as a parking decision layer, with voice playing an important role in reducing interaction with the phone while driving.
Current stage:
an early prototype already exists
the core product logic is clear
the next milestone is a usable, testable MVP
One of the key challenges is making the voice interaction layer actually work in a real driving context — fast, clear, and without turning the experience into friction.
What I’m looking for:
a genuinely hands-on technical co-founder who can help take this from prototype to MVP with speed, product judgment, and comfort around real-world interaction challenges.
This is not a freelance role.
This is not an idea-stage project.
And I’m not looking for someone who only wants to advise from a distance.
What matters most right now:
strong builder mindset
ability to work across product and engineering
comfort operating in an early-stage environment
interest in solving interaction, system, and usability challenges
interest in building something long-term
The challenge is not coming up with more features.
It is turning a promising concept into something people can actually use and validate in the real world.
I’m based in the Netherlands, open to Europe / remote.
If this sounds aligned, message me and I’ll share the current state and the next milestone.
I have very good reference for your problem You can contact "Elsner Technologies" Which is very popular in web and mobile app development, enterprise mobility solutions. You can reach out to them.
Hi, thanks for the suggestion.
At this stage, I’m not looking for an agency or outsourcing company. VozParking is still very early, and I’m focused on finding a technical founding partner or founding engineer who can work closely on the product, MVP direction, and early validation.
I appreciate the recommendation though.
Ohh, it's ok. Thank you
Hey Daniel,
If you're still exploring your options then maybe it'll be worth having a chat?
UK based engineer, working with startups for ~15 years and looking for something new to get involved in.
Hey Ben — yes, still exploring.
You can reach me at danielceo@vozparking.com.
In your first message, send a short intro that helps me understand who you are and how you think — for example:
your CV or LinkedIn
GitHub / portfolio
the strongest 0→1 product you’ve built
what you’ve owned directly in early-stage work
and your view on VozParking itself, not just your general background
That will make it much easier to see whether it makes sense to continue the conversation.
Hey — saw your post on IH about Vozparking. Voice-first parking is a genuinely hard problem: real-time NLP, GPS handoffs, SpeechRecognizer/Speech framework native bridges, all while the user's driving. Most dev shops can't hold that stack without making it a tap-to-navigate afterthought.
We're HiQByte — a 3-person senior mobile agency (Flutter, Kotlin, Swift). We've shipped hands-on for transport and location-aware products. Not looking to just "build features" — we'd come in as your architecture-first technical partner for the MVP sprint.
Not equity, but a focused engagement with full ownership transfer. Want to see a quick breakdown of what the prototype → production gap looks like for your use case?
hiqbyte@gmailcom
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out.
Just to be direct: at this stage I’m not looking for an agency or studio-style engagement. The current search is specifically for an early technical partner / founding builder type of fit inside the project structure, rather than a service-based MVP sprint.
That said, I appreciate the note, and I can see this potentially being relevant later if VozParking reaches a stage where a more focused external engagement makes sense.
Best,
Daniel
Sure reach out to us at contact@hiqbyte.in whenever you are ready
Hey, thanks for reaching out.
You’re reading the technical challenge correctly, but at this stage I’m not looking for an agency or paid development engagement.
VozParking is currently focused on finding the right technical founding partner / founding engineer, not outsourcing the MVP build.
Appreciate the message and the clear positioning.
Daniel
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I would be glad to explore the opportunity to work with you. We can connect via email at sandra.s@armiasystems.net
Additionally, could you please share your LinkedIn profile?
I look forward to discussing this further.
i will react on your mail.
Interesting problem. Before adding more features, I’d validate it with the smallest possible driving flow: spoken intent, one recommended parking option, one confirm action. For something like this, latency and trust matter more than feature count, so I’d test a narrow route and a small dataset first, then expand once drivers consistently understand the recommendation. If it helps, I’m happy to share feedback on the MVP structure and what to cut for the first usable version.
Appreciate this — your framing around keeping the first version narrow, usable, and trust-driven is very much in line with how I’m thinking about it.
If you’d like to continue the conversation, feel free to reach out by email at danielceo@vozparking.com and share a bit about your background and what you’ve built.
Hello Daniel,
Really interesting concept!! Voice-led parking decisions can make a real impact. At Code Colonies we collaborate with startups under our startup engine model, building products from scratch to MVP and beyond. We also have AI engineers on the team. Happy to connect and discuss this further!!
Thanks for reaching out. To be direct: are you offering agency/studio-style product development through Code Colonies, or is this about a specific hands-on individual interested in joining VozParking as a founding engineer / technical cofounder?
Yes, we do engage as a studio-style product team through Code Colonies.
We typically come in as a hands-on tech partner, bringing in our in-house team to build and scale products end-to-end, especially from early-stage to MVP and beyond.
That said, we tend to work quite closely with founders rather than as a traditional outsourced setup.
Happy to explore how you’re thinking about the tech side at VozParking.