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AI Readiness Pulse
Founders Team

This short assessment helps the Founders Team identify where SurgeU and Life Surge can become more AI native in operations, workflows, decision support, and team execution. There are no right or wrong answers. The goal is to create a clear baseline, surface the highest-value opportunities, and guide the next stage of practical AI adoption.

AI Readiness Pulse Survey: Founders Team
SurgeU

Thank you for taking 5-7 minutes to share your perspective. Your confidential input will help baseline our collective understanding of AI and ensure our upcoming one-on-one conversation is tailored, productive, and valuable. This is a crucial first step in our strategic exploration.

Atomicon 2026 · Newcastle on Tyne · 16 June
Field Kit

Thank you for being in the room.

You showed up, you ran the Friction Test, and you came as an implementer. This is your field kit. No signup. No funnel. Just the tools to start operating Monday morning.

Heads up: the full field kit drops at the end of Atomicon today. Bookmark this page. The deck, the ROAR Stack one-pager, and the Friction Test worksheet will be live here by close of conference. The ROAR Stack of tools below is live now.
Kevin Lyons · Founder, ROAR Labs

The Field Kit.

Live by close of Atomicon today. Check back this evening.

PDF Live tonight

The Friction Test · Slide Deck

All 42 slides from the talk. Live here by close of Atomicon today. Use it as a worksheet, not a souvenir.

PDF Live tonight

The ROAR Stack · One-Pager

The exact tools Kevin runs his agencies on. Live by close of Atomicon today.

PDF Live tonight

The Friction Test · Worksheet

The four questions and a place to write your answers. Live by close of Atomicon today.

The ROAR Stack.

The tools Kevin actually runs on. Plain links. No affiliate codes. No tracking. Live now.

AI Operators

Perplexity
Research and Computer. The container Kevin runs most of his work in.
Claude (Anthropic)
Long-form reasoning, document work, and Skills.
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
GPTs, voice, image generation.
Google Gemini
Long context, multimodal, Gems.

Automation & Workflow

n8n
Self-hosted automation. The backbone of every ROAR build.
GoHighLevel
CRM, calendars, conversations. White-labelled where it counts.
Zapier
When n8n is overkill and you need one trigger fast.

Voice & Audio

ElevenLabs
Voice cloning and AI voice agents.
Plaud
Pocket recorder. Transcripts that feed the second brain.

Image, Video & Design

Higgsfield
AI image and video. Brand-consistent, on demand.
CapCut
Fast video editing on desktop and mobile.
Canva
Quick design when you need to move.

Knowledge & Second Brain

Obsidian
Local-first notes, plain markdown, graph view.
Notion
Shared workspace and docs.
Google Workspace
Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail. The bedrock.

Build & Deploy

Replit
Where ROAR Labs ships front ends fast.
GitHub
Source of truth. Where every build lives.
Coolify
Self-hosted PaaS. Where ROAR Labs hosts its services.
Cloudflare
DNS, CDN, edge. The front door.

Stop prompting. Start operating.

If something in the talk landed, let's keep going. Tell me what you want to operate and I'll help you find the friction.

Let's ROAR!
Or stay in the room.

Follow along after the talk. Long-form thinking on LinkedIn, the build in real time on Instagram.

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