Ryan Serhant just gave the internet the best case for relationship intelligence I've ever seen... and he doesn't even know he did it. He talked about his "Two C's" networking formula: compliment and common ground. He talked about following up within 10 minutes of meeting someone. He talked about his contact list being "contact currency." He said his number one job as a salesperson is to create relationships — not to sell product. And he's right. But here's what caught my attention: He keeps messages unread as a visual reminder and continues to engage "until they buy or I die." That's one of the most successful real estate brokers in America — manually managing his follow-up. Personally. Every single contact. He can do that because he's Ryan Serhant. What about your team of 10 sales reps who each meet 15 people at a conference? What about the 80 leads from last month's event that nobody followed up with? What about the contact currency sitting unspent in your CRM right now? That's the gap we built BŪP for. The Two C's get you in the door. Relationship intelligence keeps you there - at scale, automatically, without a single lead falling through the cracks. Serhant sold $308 million in Palm Beach properties over the phone entirely because of the trust in the relationship he'd built. That trust doesn't happen by accident. It happens because someone showed up consistently, at the right time, with the right message. BŪP automates the showing up. You bring the relationship. Relationship intelligence for the modern economy. 🔗 buptechnologies.com 🔗 BŪP Cards → bup.cards 🔗 BŪP AI → bup.ai #RyanSerhant #RelationshipIntelligence #AI #Networking

We started by building you a networking employee. Today we're giving you the rest of the team. Since day one, I've said BŪP® builds Intelligent Products for the Modern Economy™ — and "products," plural, was always the plan. You met us through BŪP Cards. The tap. The instant profile. The follow-up that actually went out. Relationship intelligence, zero friction. You loved it. If @bupcards made you a fan, BŪP AI is going to make you a believer. BŪP AI is our autonomous assistant — and it doesn't just chat back. It works. ✅ It starts your day sorted: what needs you now, what can wait. ✅ It catches what goes quiet and drafts the follow-up before the deal goes cold. ✅ You speak a task out loud, and it's handled in the background — at your desk or on the go. It connects to everything you already use, so you don't change how you work. And nothing sends without your say-so. Copilots chat. Agents commit. The early access waitlist is open today: bup.ai Your assistant, always. @BupTechnologies #AI #AIagent #BuildInPublic #AIAssistant

We landed a government contract. Everyone celebrates the win. Nobody talks about the road to get there. Here's Here's what nobody tells you about that: 🟩 They don't move fast - and that's actually a test. Government procurement is slow by design. If you're not patient enough to stay in the conversation for months, you're not ready for the contract. The founders who win these deals are the ones who kept showing up after everyone else stopped. 🟩 The decision maker is never who you think it is. You might be pitching one person, but five others are evaluating you. Every touchpoint, every email, every follow-up is being watched. Your product has to be good - but so does your professionalism. 🟩 Compliance isn't a barrier. It's a filter. SOC2. Privacy-first architecture. Agency-safe by default. We built these into BŪP not because a client asked for them - but because we knew the clients we wanted would require them. Build for the room before you're in it. 🟩 Once you're in, you're in. Government relationships are long. The trust takes time to earn and almost nothing to lose. Which means every promise you make in that room, you better be ready to keep. The hardest part wasn't the product. It was proving we belonged in that room - and then showing up like we did. BŪP Cards is now serving public-facing government teams. Real connections. Responsible data. Stronger communities. If your agency or department is still handing out paper cards at community outreach events — we built exactly this for you. 🔗 bup.cards 🔗 buptechnologies.com @BupTechnologies @bupcards #government #governmentcontracts #procurement #govtech #startups

Your CRM knows your contacts. It doesn’t know your relationships. That’s the gap. And it’s costing sales teams more than they realize. Relationship intelligence is the layer between your data and your deals. It answers the questions your CRM was never designed to ask: who in your network is ready right now? Who have you been neglecting? Which connection is one conversation away from your biggest account? This isn’t a feature. It’s infrastructure. And it’s the thing most businesses are missing entirely. At @BupTechnologies we’ve been building this layer from the ground up - because the modern economy runs on relationships, not just records. You can start experiencing it right now. 👇🏽 🤝 BŪP Cards — relationship intelligence starts at the handshake. Every tap/scan captures a connection, syncs to your CRM, and triggers a contextually accurate follow-up automatically. No manual entry. No lost leads. → bup.cards ⚡ BŪP AI — the full orchestration platform is coming. Autonomous relationship intelligence that turns every interaction into an action. → bup.ai (coming soon) Relationship intelligence for the modern economy. → buptechnologies.com

The room is full of relationships you haven’t followed up with yet. 🤝 BŪP Cards turns every tap into more than a contact exchange — it captures the connection, drafts the follow-up, syncs to your CRM, and helps you move the relationship forward after the room clears. Because the best opportunities usually do not happen in the pitch. They happen in the follow-up. 💯 --- @bupcards - Relationship Intelligence. Zero Friction. Built by @BupTechnologies for relationship-driven professionals, teams, and organizations.

Last month I turned 31. This month, BŪP® turns 5. That's a lot of candles. And a lot of lessons. Here's what I know now that I wish I'd known earlier: 1. It's not a race. Entrepreneurship will make you feel like you're running out of time. You're not. The goal isn't to be the fastest — it's to outlast. The businesses still standing in year 5, year 10, year 20 aren't always the ones that moved fastest. They're the ones that refused to quit. 2. Be careful who you take advice from. Everyone has an opinion about your business. But before you let someone's words shape your decisions, ask yourself: have they done what you're trying to do? Respect doesn't equal relevance. Choose mentors who can truly empathize with where you are — because they've actually been there. 3. Your personal brand is your business. It's tempting to hide behind the product and let the features speak for themselves. But people don't do business with products. They do business with people they know, like, and trust. Put your face out there. Tell your story. Be the reason someone says yes. 31 years of living. 5 years of building. Still learning. Still going. 🖤 Loom Design BŪP INNO #GiveYourselfPermission #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #LoomDesign #BŪP #WomenInTech #TampaBay #PersonalBrand

5 years. BŪP® turns 5 this month — and I’m still pinching myself. We started with a vision: build intelligent products for the modern economy. Products that don’t just look good, but actually do the work. We’ve stayed true to that from day one. Today, BŪP serves enterprises and government organizations with teams of 100 — and we don’t take that lightly. When organizations trust you with their relationships, their pipelines, and their people, quality isn’t optional. It’s the standard. A lot has happened in 5 years. But one thing that’s been steady is BŪP Cards. Our flagship networking product just got a major update — including location intelligence that makes every connection smarter. BŪP Cards isn’t just a digital business card. It’s your AI networking assistant. One tap or QR scan. Your contact syncs. Your CRM updates. Your follow-up starts. And now, it knows where you are when it happens. That’s not networking. That’s relationship intelligence. And speaking of intelligence… We have some exciting news coming about BŪP AI. Stay close. 👀 To everyone who has believed in this company, supported this vision, and trusted us with your most important relationships — thank you. We’re just getting started. Five years in. The best is still ahead. 🖤 Martika the BŪP team bup.cards #BŪP #BŪPTechnologies #5Years #BŪPCards #AIForBusiness @BupTechnologies

Most AI tools are still built around the same assumption: You ask. They answer. At BŪP, we built something different. Our Relationship Intelligence Engine doesn't wait for a prompt. It watches every email thread, every calendar signal, every CRM update, every mention of a company you care about - and when something matters, it moves. Not a notification. Not a suggestion. An action. The engine observes what's happening across your entire relationship stack. It reasons about what the right next move is. It executes across whichever channels make sense -  and then it schedules its own next run. No human in the loop unless you want one. We've been building this for a while. The autonomous orchestration layer is done. The launch is close. Welcome to our Relationship Intelligence Engine. @BupTechnologies #RelationshipIntelligence #AutonomousAI #AIAgent

Enterprise AI isn't one-size fits all. Regulated industries need more than a terms of service checkbox. We built @BupTechnologies for both worlds — fast SaaS for teams that want speed, dedicated cloud for banks and institutions that need isolation. Same relationship intelligence. Your deployment, your rules. Proud to be building this as an @nvidia Inception company. Interested in being a pilot partner? 👀 My DMs are open.

a16z just dropped their 15 AI Ideas for 2026. 🤖 And I had to sit with it for a minute because... we've been building this. 👀 Here's what stood out: ⚡ "Systems of record lose ground" - The database becomes a commodity. Execution becomes the product. ⚡ "Multi-agent orchestration reshapes the Fortune 500" - Coordinated fleets of agents that plan, execute, and adapt together. ⚡ "Designing for agents, not humans" - Machine legibility matters more than UI. This isn't prediction for us. It's production. At BŪP, we're shipping the intent-to-action API for relationship intelligence. Small language models that map messy input to clean business intents. Orchestration that executes across CRM, email, calendar, messaging, and more. Results land in tools teams already use. ⚙️ No new UI. Full auditability. Governed agents that commit work. a16z sees the future. We're building it. 🤝 If you're tired of AI that chats and want AI that commits, let's talk. @BupTechnologies #AI2026 #AgentEra #AIInfrastructure #a16z #FutureOfWork #BuildInPublic

Let it go. LET IT GO. 🎶 That janky bot you duct-taped together in Q2? The one that "kind of works" but requires 47 workarounds, three Zapier prayers, and a blood sacrifice to your IT guy? Leave it in 2025. I'm serious. We spent this year experimenting. Throwing ChatGPT at everything. Bolting AI onto workflows like Christmas lights on a cactus. Hoping vibes and prompts would somehow equal strategy. And look... experimentation was necessary. You had to learn what AI could do. But here's what 2026 requires: Infrastructure. Not duct tape. The companies winning next year aren't the ones with the most AI tools. They're the ones with: → Intent engines that understand what you actually mean → Orchestration layers that execute across your stack → Guardrails that keep your data safe and your team compliant That's not a chatbot. That's a system. So as you're planning for next year, ask yourself: Is this AI helping my team finish work? Or is it just... talking? Copilots chat. Agents commit. Infrastructure scales. The cold never bothered me anyway. But that Frankenstein bot you built in April? It's time to let it go. If you're ready to move from AI experiments to AI infrastructure, that's literally what we're building at @BupTechnologies. Let's chat. #AI2026 #AIInfrastructure #LetItGo #FutureOfWork #EnterpriseAI #AgentEra

From our BŪP family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving 🧡

I enjoyed speaking at today's webinar: “Breaking Data Silos with AI & Standards: Driving Interoperability Across Global Energy Supply Chains.” —thank you, PIDX International community for having me! We walked through a plain-English look at how AI standards turn intent → action across the tools you already use. - Want to get more fluent in AI? 👉 Book a 60-min AI Strategy consult : calendly.com/martikajones/co… - Want your org to pilot @BupTechnologies AI relationship intelligence? 👉 Fill out our interest form: bup.ai/ #AI #Interoperability #Standards #BUPTechnologies #TampaBay

WOW! So much has been accomplished since our pivot to infrastructure, and I couldn't have done it without my team. 🤝 Today, I'm happy to announce that BŪP is now a member of the @nvidia Inception Program! 🎉 This program gives us technical resources, training, and a global network — exactly what we need as we scale our intent-to-action layer for relationship intelligence: secure multi-agent orchestration across enterprise tools. 🤖 Curious to learn more about our technology? 🔗 Visit buptechnologies.com @BupTechnologies #NVIDIAInception #AI #AgenticAI #RelationshipIntelligence #AIforEnterprise #EnterpriseAI

When the coffee kicks in ☕️ This is what one afternoon looked like: 🎬 editing short videos 🗂️ content planning in Notion 📊 updating the pitch deck 💻 coding Startup life often looks chaotic. It’s hats on hats. But here’s the truth: It’s not about doing everything at once - it’s about making sure the things you do all connect back to one mission. Founders: don’t get hung up on the chaos. Use it. Build systems so the energy compounds instead of drains. What’s your go-to productivity boost? ⚡️ #StartupLife #Productivity #PersonalGrowth

We're excited to continue building the future of relationship intelligence! 🎉 Learn more 👉 buptechnologies.com

What if you could just ask, “Who in my network can help with X?” and get the warmest intro path - instantly? 🤔 @BupTechnologies #RelationshipIntelligence #ONI #APIs #RevOps #BŪP

Imagine if your CRM replied before you did. 👀 What if your CRM sent the perfect “nice to meet you” before you even get back to your seat? That’s the power of invisible AI infrastructure. Something new is brewing at @BupTechnologies - Stay tuned. #AIInfrastructure #InvisibleAI #SalesOps #API #AIConsultant #AIInSales #BŪPTechnologies

I opened a CRM that looked “healthy.” Thousands of contacts. Colors. Columns. But nothing was moving. Records were tidy. Pipeline was quiet. Deals were dying in the space between “hello” and “next touch.” That’s when it clicked: CRMs don’t close deals. Relationships do. A relationship garden has rhythm—fast first reply, thoughtful follow-up, clear handoff, closed loop and a thank-you. First touch = your first reply after a lead arrives. Timing turns interest into momentum. This carousel shows what a real “relationship touch” looks like and why cadence beats volume. No hacks. Just the work that keeps leads alive. Want to get on the waitlist for “BŪP® 2.0”? Comment “GARDEN” and I’ll DM the invite link. Close deals, not tabs. #FollowUpIsInfrastructure #CRM #SalesEnablement #PersonaGrowth #SaaS #TampaBay

We rebuilt BŪP better than it has ever been. It took a few focused weekends and some energy drinks. Hard stop ✋ 🛑 Let me explain. I spent tens of thousands of dollars and years building BŪP. I bootstrapped. I learned. It was slower than I wanted. Capital was tight. We did what we could with what we had. Fast forward to today. You can build real products quickly for very little - with the right people, the right tools, and the right information. I was not salty about the past spend. I embraced it. I took what I learned from those years: cross-functional work, clear user stories, and listening to customers. I applied all of it to the tools we have now. Now, my product and development team ships faster and with more discipline. Strong design plus a technical team that embraces and uses AI well. That is our formula for speed and quality. The lesson: Do not get hung up on yesterday. Use what you learned to move today. 👈 BŪP 2.0 early access is rolling out soon. If you want to see what follow-up as infrastructure looks like, connect with me and I'll send you the invite link. Close deals, not tabs. @bup_ai #FounderJourney #FounderStory #LessonsLearned #BŪP #BUP #Infra #Startup #SaaS #Sales #buildinpublic