What is growthpilot-ai?

GrowthPilot AI is a full stack application meant to help startup founders think through business growth questions with help from AI, while keeping track of context about their business over time. It combines a FastAPI backend written in Python, a React frontend built with Vite, a locally running AI model through a tool called Ollama, and a separate service called Hindsight that stores memories of past business context and conversation insights so answers can be grounded in what has already been discussed. The backend exposes endpoints for handling business information, a dashboard, chat conversations, and a timeline. The frontend is described as a modern, animated interface using a glassmorphism visual style, meaning translucent, frosted-glass looking panels. To run the project, a person needs Python 3.10 or newer, Node.js 18 or newer, and Ollama installed locally with a working model such as llama3 downloaded ahead of time. The backend reads its configuration, including the Ollama connection details and the Hindsight API key and settings, from an environment file. The README's setup instructions are written specifically for Windows Command Prompt, walking through creating a Python virtual environment, installing backend dependencies, installing frontend dependencies with npm, and then starting the backend and frontend in separate terminal windows. Once both are running, the frontend is available at a local address on port 5173 and the backend API on port 8000. The README also mentions a backend smoke test script for a quick check that things are working, and a command to build the frontend for production. It notes that if the local Ollama model is not responding, the person should confirm it is running and that the model has been downloaded, and that if the Hindsight memory service is unreachable, the app is designed to keep working locally through a fallback behavior built into the backend, though the README does not describe exactly what that fallback does.