AI Pays Taxes, Builds Product Roadmaps & Centralizes Knowledge with Solon Angel, Founder of Remitian

Solon Angel is the founder of MindBridge and now Remitian, and he’s been at the forefront of applying AI to deeply unsexy but powerful domains like accounting and tax compliance. In this episode, he shares the origin story of MindBridge, how a DeepMind demo changed his life, and what it’s like to build a modern startup where AI plays the role of a product manager, podcast producer, and even financial advisor. Solon also demoed his newest AI agent that proactively manages tax remittances before late fees hit. If you're wondering what the future of AI-powered businesses looks like, this is a masterclass. Timestamps: 00:00 — The DeepMind demo that inspired Solon 01:00 — Solon’s background and the early days of MindBridge 03:00 — The “dumb rule” state of AI in financial auditing 04:30 — Selling AI to skeptical accountants in 20150 6:00 — The staggering cost of late tax fees ($60B/year!) 08:00 — Remitian: an AI agent that pays your taxes for you 10:00 — Why Fellow is a core part of how Remitian runs 11:30 — How AI helps eliminate the need for a product manager 13:00 — Rewriting 3 years of code in 3 months with AI 16:00 — The shift in what matters: creativity over code 18:00 — Calorie-tracking app Cal AI and teen founders 19:00 — Solon’s AI-powered investment tool (+21% YTD) 20:00 — Live demo: AI agent managing tax payments 23:00 — Future vision: AI offering instant tax loans 25:00 — How Remitian uses Notebook LM for internal podcasts 27:00 — AI updates for board members in 10-minute clips 28:00 — Notion AI’s “research mode” vs. “ask” mode 30:00 — Predicting the rise of startups for content auto-archiving 33:00 — Solon’s final thoughts: beating billion-dollar firms with AI Tools & Technologies Mentioned: Fellow – Used for meeting AI transcripts, pre-reads, and knowledge sharing Notebook LM (Google) – Turns transcripts into internal podcasts Notion AI – Used for deep research, summarizing objections, and discovering product insights Slack – Centralized communication, connected with other AI tools Cursor – AI coding tool used to rewrite years of code in months Soft Type 2 – Mentioned in relation to efficient AI-based prototyping Cal AI – Food photo calorie tracker built by a 17-year-old founder ChatGPT Vision – Used by Solon to interpret emotions via facial expressions Custom AI Trader – Built by Solon for sentiment-based trading, outperformed the market Remitian's AI Agent – Calls users, checks funds, splits tax payments, and offers loans Subscribe at⁠ thisnewway.com⁠ to get the step-by-step playbooks, tools, and workflows.