Aaron Aldana
Aaron Aldana, the builder behind Creai, Arbi and Activate
A website builder, a store that runs itself, a trading desk, a credit platform and a video studio — all live, all from the company he founded and leads.
Money, property, and systems that compound without you.
Live store numbers
Launch Log · Live
We publish our own store's numbers. Every day, zeros included.
Our AI-run store, Arbi, sells through its own site and TikTok Shop. These figures come straight from its order system.
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AI & Automation
What AI actually does for a business, and what it costs.
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Aaron Aldana
Aaron Aldana, the builder behind Creai, Arbi and Activate
A website builder, a store that runs itself, a trading desk, a credit platform and a video studio — all live, all from the company he founded and leads.
News
Creai Code puts Creai in the terminal
Open a folder, type creai and say what to build. Files land in your folder, edits sync both ways, and the commands are the ones developers already know.
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Creai now keeps every chat — and gives builders a public profile
Every Creation now has its own chat history, and every builder can claim a profile at creai.dev/@username with skills, links and pinned work.
AI & Automation
Brenna now talks: Aaron Aldana’s site assistant gets an open-source voice
The assistant on aaronaldana.com now speaks with Kokoro, an open-source voice model running on his own server instead of a paid voice service.
Sections
AI & Automation
What AI actually does for a business, and what it costs.
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Aaron Aldana
Reporting on Aaron Aldana, founder and CEO of Activate LLC, and the companies he builds: Creai, Arbi, Activate, OrcaCredit and more.
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News
What changed this week, and why it matters.
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Investing
Wealth automation, systematic strategies, and the mechanics of compounding capital.
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Real Estate
Short-term rentals, acquisitions, and the numbers behind the doors.
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Ecommerce
Suppliers, TikTok Shop, ads and margins.
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Launch Log
Our own AI-run store, reported with the real numbers.
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Real Estate
Mortgage rates just hit 7.40%. Here's what that does to a $400,000 loan.
The 30-year average is more than a point above last year. On a $400,000 loan, that's about $294 more a month.
Investing
What a robo-advisor really costs on $100,000
Betterment and Wealthfront charge 0.25% a year, Vanguard's works out cheaper, and Schwab's no-fee option keeps part of your money in cash. Here's the math.
Launch Log
Launch log #1: our store has zero orders, and we're publishing the number
Arbi now runs our own store and TikTok Shop. The live order count is public, zeros included.
Ecommerce
TikTok Shop with a US dropshipping supplier: the setup steps nobody warns you about
Warehouse binding errors, stock stuck at zero, wallet minimums and banned categories: the list we wish we'd had.
AI & Automation
AI that runs your company raised $30M. Here's what its own numbers say.
Polsia's founder says about 10% of the companies on it have made a dollar. What that tells you about autonomous business in 2026.
News
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