Building in public
from Boulder, CO.

Hey — I'm Cole Genschaw, a junior at the University of Colorado Boulder. I started Vaugen Holdings as a way to build and operate a portfolio of focused, AI-first businesses under one roof.

The idea is simple: find problems worth solving, build products around them, and do it with the best tools available — which right now means AI. Each brand under Vaugen is its own thing, but they share infrastructure, a design language, and a single account system so users only ever need one login.

Lectiv, the first product, came out of my own frustration with studying. I'd spend hours making flashcards and summarizing notes by hand. There had to be a better way — and now there is. Parformance came from a lifelong obsession with golf and a gap in the market for serious amateur athletes who want real training tools.

I'm not trying to build the next unicorn. I'm trying to build businesses that are profitable, useful, and last. A collection of products that genuinely improve the daily lives of the people who use them.

Vaugen is a long game. I'm just getting started.