SA Startup Week 2026

AI Toolkit for Founders

Makers Landing, V&A Waterfront · April 2026

Thanks for joining the session — here are the relevant slides about our AI Native journey, the tools we covered.

South African Startup Week 2026 — Cape Town Edition

Making AI Stick. What Actually Worked at Jem.

The biggest lesson from taking 50+ people AI-native: adoption is a culture problem, not a technology one.

Make It Fun

If it feels like work, people won't do it. Get everyone to their "aha" moment.

Hackathons

Low-pressure, high-energy, real output. Give people space to explore.

Weekly Demos

Show and tell culture. Celebrate what people build, share across teams.

Lean Into Failure

Give permission to get it wrong. Celebrate the learning.

Pay for Tools

Give people the best tools and remove every point of friction. The ROI is immediate.

AI Is Non-Negotiable

Incentives are tied to AI usage. Make it a requirement, not a nice-to-have.

The AI Toolkit For Founders.

These are the tools that get you the most value, fast - we use them every day at Jem.

Fyxer

$50/mo

AI email assistant that reads your history, learns your tone, and auto-drafts replies.

$25 discount on your 1st month

Try it

Wispr Flow

$8/mo

Voice dictation that works across every app on your computer.

Try it

Granola

$14/mo

AI notetaker that works on system audio. Pair it with Claude for 10x output.

Try it

Magic Patterns

$20/mo

Describe a UI in plain English and get a working, styled prototype in seconds.

Use code JEMX for 100% off the Starter plan for 1 month

Try it

Claude Chat

Free / $20

Use Connectors, and Skills for repeatable workflows.

Try it

Claude Cowork

Included in Pro

Connects to your local files and apps. Built for non-developers who want more power.

Try it

Claude Code

$20 / $100

Agentic coding for developers. Build apps, work on large codebases, use subagents.

Try it

Railway

$5 / Usage-based

Take your app live. GitHub to Railway for a simple deployment.

Try it

Jem’s AI Agents. 150+ and Counting.

During the workshop we showed you what AI-native looks like internally. Here are just a few of the agents running inside Jem every day.

Claudina

Let's us query all our employee & financial data through Slack

Lumina

Automated planning and curation of our content pipeline for marketing

Anvil

Streamline client projects from intro to scope and prototype in a few hours

Signal

Analyse trends and insights from support tickets to spot problems before they happen

How We Can Help. Your Next Steps.

Three ways to work with us, depending on where you are in your AI journey.

TRAIN

Executive AI Session

A hands-on working session where your leadership team identifies AI opportunities and leaves with a prioritised action plan.

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BUILD

JemX Build Sprint

We design, build, test, and deliver a working AI solution in 5 days — integrated with your systems. Longer engagements available.

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EMBED

AI Executive Retainer

A dedicated AI partner plus a tangible deliverable every month. You choose the problem, we build it. Plus ongoing advisory access.

Learn more

Connect and stay in touch.

Whether you want to explore AI for your business or just chat about what you saw today — reach out.

Simon Ellis

Co-Founder & CEO

Rob Gardner

JemX Lead