Nate Lee

Curiosity Is My Day Job

For the past decade, I raised capital, built companies, and backed a few projects.
Now I work as an AI researcher and indie developer.

Nate's AI Daily
AI Research Brief

Breakthroughs in AI start in papers — but hundreds drop every day. AI Research Brief screens them so you can track what's happening, where the field is heading, and what actually matters.

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AI News Digest

Too much AI news, too little signal. AI News Digest uses only primary English sources to deliver the facts — no hype, no spin. One quick read a day so you can stay informed and get back to work.

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Toolbox

Small tools I built and use myself. Since I use them daily, they'll always be maintained — feel free to use them.

Photo Slideshow, a minimal floating photo viewer for macOS
Open Source Swift MIT

You have tens of thousands of photos sitting in your library, untouched since the day you took them. Photo Slideshow brings them back — a transparent floating window on your desktop that quietly cycles through your photo library. No need to set aside time to browse albums; just glance up between tasks and there's a beautiful memory.

A menu bar app — doesn't take up your Dock, doesn't block your work, controls only appear on hover. Connects directly to your system photo library or a custom folder. Open and go.

You took all those photos. You should see them.

GitHub
CoverAI, AI video thumbnail generator
Open Source HTML+JS Coming Soon

A great video means nothing if no one clicks. CoverAI generates multiple high-quality thumbnails at once, supports uploaded assets and reference images, and adapts to all platform dimensions. My recent video thumbnails were all made with it.

Preparing for public release.

SubtitleAI, AI video subtitle generator
Open Source Python Coming Soon

AI subtitle tools on the market aren't great — filler words left in, technical terms butchered, awkward line breaks.

This tool is different. Best-in-class recognition model as the foundation for higher accuracy; AI automatically filters filler words for clean subtitles; provide a transcript or glossary for precise term and name correction, or let it self-correct; AI-optimized line breaks and timing for natural rhythm with no flickering.

Outputs SRT and FCPXML — imports directly into Final Cut Pro, and works with other editors too.

Not just "usable" subtitles — broadcast-ready subtitles.

Preparing for public release.

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