When Patrick Maina founded Neriah AI, a consultancy that helps brands stop being invisible to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, he had a problem that his own clients would recognize: he needed to look credible before he had time to build anything. Patrick was already pitching. He didn't have a site to send them to.
Who is Patrick Maina?
Patrick Maina is the founder of Neriah AI, a consultancy focused on Answer Engine Optimization, the discipline of ensuring your brand is cited accurately by the AI tools your customers already use to find answers. His core conviction is direct: "Most brands are invisible to AI, or worse, misrepresented by it." Neriah AI exists to fix that. The firm tracks how brands surface in LLM responses and implements strategies to improve their visibility, so that when someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity for a recommendation in their space, they are the preferred answer.
Patrick is building in one of the fastest-moving corners of modern marketing. As search behavior shifts away from clicking through lists of links toward receiving synthesized answers directly from AI tools, a new discipline has emerged: AEO, or Answer Engine Optimization. In plain terms, it means optimizing not just to rank in Google, but to be the answer that AI platforms choose to surface. That shift is happening fast, and Patrick is one of a small number of practitioners helping brands navigate it.
The challenge, invisible to prospects, not just to AI
There is an irony in building an AI-visibility consultancy: your own online presence has to work hard from day one. Patrick's clients hire him to make sure they are not invisible to AI search, so his own site needed to establish instant credibility the moment he shared the link.
He was already in conversations with prospects, already pitching, already explaining the Neriah AI value proposition in real time. What he didn't have was a professional place to send people afterward.
"In the startup phase, speed is a competitive advantage."
, Patrick Maina, Founder, Neriah AI
Without a professional site, there was no streamlined way to bridge the gap between an initial conversation and a formal proposal. Prospects couldn't independently verify the scope of Neriah AI's services. Without a site, every follow-up required another round of context.
Patrick knew the answer wasn't to spend weeks wrestling with a complex web builder. Every day spent on developer work was a day not spent on client work. He needed a path that respected both his time and his professional standard.
How Patrick built Neriah AI's site with Solo
Patrick found Solo while exploring Mozilla's ecosystem. What he found was a tool aimed at exactly his situation, built for solopreneurs, no technical background needed, and fast.
"Unlike complex builders that require long lead times," Patrick said, "Solo allowed me to leverage AI to launch a polished, professional site in hours. It's a tool built for solopreneurs that values speed without sacrificing the clean aesthetic required in the AI consulting space."
Patrick didn't have to write his own copy or source images, Solo handled that. The platform includes free custom domain hosting and is designed for non-technical users, so the setup that typically requires developers took Patrick a fraction of the usual time.
Patrick timed it:
"45 minutes. That's all it took to get the first version of Neriah AI live. I needed to bridge the gap between a conversation and a professional proposal, and Solo allowed me to launch a high-quality site in the time it takes to have a lunch break."
, Patrick Maina, Founder, Neriah AI
The results, founder mode unlocked
Before Solo, Patrick had no professional web presence and was acting as both the web developer and the founder of a new consulting firm. Those two roles compete directly for the same finite hours in a day.
After 45 minutes, he had a polished, live site at soloist.ai/neriahai that he could share instantly with any prospect. Patrick's own words capture what changed:
"Solo allowed me to stop acting like a web developer and start acting like a founder. Solo simplified the technicalities of domain hosting and UI design into a few clicks."
, Patrick Maina, Founder, Neriah AI
The shift is qualitative but meaningful: Patrick could spend his time on the work only a founder can do, building relationships, refining his AEO methodology, closing business, instead of debugging templates and writing boilerplate copy.
Want to launch your website?
Patrick went from zero web presence to a polished, client-ready site in 45 minutes, without touching a line of code. If an AI visibility consultant can build a professional site in the time it takes to have a lunch break, so can you. The Solo AI Website Creator handles the content, the design, and the hosting, so you can get back to the client work.
Frequently asked questions
What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?
AEO is the practice of structuring and optimizing your content so that AI-powered tools, like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and voice assistants, can easily understand, trust, and cite it as a direct answer to user queries. Unlike traditional SEO, which aims to rank pages for clicks, AEO targets being selected by AI platforms as the authoritative source when someone asks a question in your space. As more searches end without a user ever clicking a link, being the answer, rather than just ranking for it, is becoming a core part of digital visibility strategy. Neriah AI specializes in exactly this.
How long does it take to build a website with Solo?
Patrick Maina built the first version of his Neriah AI site in 45 minutes. Solo's AI handles the time-consuming parts, generating site content, curating images, and setting up hosting, so you're not starting from scratch. Most solopreneurs get a professional, shareable site live in well under an hour.
Is Solo free?
Yes. Solo includes free custom domain hosting with no ads. A Pro plan is also available for solopreneurs who want additional features and customization options. You can get started at soloist.ai.
