How I Solved My Biggest Networking Problem with AI (And Why 500+ Professionals Need This)

Do you want another “app” for “business cards?” I dont.

I was at the AWS Summit in NY: 2025 in July, surrounded by brilliant minds - CTOs, ML engineers, startup founders. The kind of people whose business cards you don't want to lose.

But here's what kept happening:

Panel ends. I approach a speaker whose name I can barely pronounce. We have an amazing conversation about the future of AI, their thoughts and ways I can be of help or service and just cool builder vibes to work on some solutions using agentic workflows. The person wants to connect.

Then comes the awkward dance:

"Can I get your contact info?" Fumbling with phone "How do you spell that again?" Typing while he waits "Wait, is that a zero or an O in your email?"

By the time I've manually entered everything, the moment's gone. He's moved on. I've got a half-entered contact with probably the wrong phone number.

And don't even get me started on the "let's bump phones" suggestion. I'm not handing my device to strangers in a room full of cybersecurity experts.

Quickly saving contacts

The Solution I Wish Existed

What if I could just speak into my phone:

"Hey, just met Dr. Rajesh Patel, CTO at CloudScale AI, his number is +44 20 7946 0958, email [email protected]"

And instantly get a perfect contact card?

No app downloads. No account creation. Just Telegram (which everyone already has) and a bot that understands international numbers, handles multiple languages, and never makes typos.

Building Snapcontact

Workflow

Snapcontact is a Telegram bot that takes your messy voice messages or quick texts and transforms them into perfect contact cards. One tap to save. Currently, it works on Telegram as a bot. Will be extending this to Whatsapp and other messaging platforms if you all find it useful, in the field.

But here's the really cool part: it also timestamps everything in your Telegram chat. Six months later, when "Dr. Patel" becomes your biggest client, you'll know exactly when and where you met him.

Benefits of Snapcontact

• One-Tap, No Drama: Forget manually entering long numbers. Snapcontact gives you a native contact card you can save with a single tap. It's fast, clean, and just works.
  

• Voice Notes = Saved Contacts: Talk, don't type. Send a voice message, and the app transcribes it and saves the contact for you.
  

• No Sketchy Tech: Ditch the NFC phone bumps. Snapcontact uses a secure, private messaging platform to exchange information, so you don't have to worry about security risks.
  

• Total Recall: Every contact comes with a follow-up message that includes a timestamp and your original note. You'll never forget where or when you met someone.
  

• Works Everywhere: The app is built to scale and flex with technology advancement. It handles both domestic and international phone numbers, so you can network anywhere in the world without a second thought. PLUS it is coming soon to Meta glasses.
  

• Stay Ahead of the Game: This is the next level of networking. While others are still fumbling with business cards, you're building a professional network with an app that's built for speed and efficiency.

The Golden Age of IRL Networking

Why This Matters Now

We are living in a golden age of in-person connections. From AI conferences and coding summits to startup meetups, there are more opportunities than ever to meet game-changing people. As AI and automation continue to reshape our world, I believe that presentation skills, conversation, and building genuine human connections will become the next essential 'developer' language. This is natural language programming in its most advanced form—person to person.

So why are we still using methods from the 90s to exchange contact information? Your network is your net worth. Don't let that net worth get lost to typos and crumpled business cards.

Sure, there are apps like Popl and Siri that can enroll contacts, but what if you're in an area with only LTE and 3G? What about Android? We want Snapcontact to flex alongside your preferred OS, not against it. It's time to move beyond the business card and embrace a new way to connect.

Want to try Snapcontact?

I'm currently running a pilot program for professionals who attend 3+ networking events per year.

Send me a DM, and I'll show you Snapcontact, live, in realtime! DM me here: [email protected]

OR you can click this juicy call to action below. I NEED your feedback so we can expand this to Whatsapp as well as fine tune edge cases and implement localization for you people who love to travel!

So what do you think?

Your feedback on these ideas for business, mean alot to me. It is what keeps the momentum going. Let me know if Snapcontact would be something you’d actually find useful.

Thanks, and keep building, we need your output!

Until next time,