Hovhannes Hovhannisyan

Co-founder & CEO, NovaNest Pro

I became the handyman. Now we are building every pro's AI operator.

In 2025, I flew from Barcelona to Los Angeles and installed cameras through Thumbtack. I lost leads while my hands were busy, automated the inbox, and began running jobs remotely. Today, with Anri and Hakob, we are building NovaNest Pro.

Hovhannes holding a drill while installing cameras in a customer's home in Los Angeles
A camera installation job in Los Angeles, 2025.
Nova is live on real work.
Built on paid leads, not a demo.
6
real leads handled on my account
2
jobs booked by Nova
$190
first autonomous booking
1
outside pro in trial

A real booking with no founder approving a message.

On my live Thumbtack account, Nova has handled six real leads and booked two jobs. For its first autonomous booking, a $190 California camera installation, Nova sent every customer message, quoted the job, scheduled it, and collected the address without any founder editing or approving a reply.

01
Reads the request and photos
02
Replies and quotes for the pro
03
Negotiates and schedules
04
Pro controls it through Telegram

The work showed me what to build.

01
I did the job.

I installed cameras and smart-home devices in Los Angeles through Thumbtack.

02
I automated my inbox.

A lead alert and AI-drafted first replies helped me win jobs while working.

03
We built the operator.

Every pro should own an agent that handles the phone work around the physical job.

Three founders, full-time.

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan Co-founder & CEO

Product, customers, and sales. Learned the problem by doing the jobs.

Anri Hayrapetyan Co-founder & CTO

Backend, infrastructure, and agent reasoning.

Hakob Beglaryan Co-founder & Engineer

Frontend development and user experience.

We are working full-time from Armenia and are prepared to move to San Francisco.

I have kept building products.

The consistent thread is turning a real operational problem into a product people can use.

2021 - 2024
Dataspot at SoftConstruct

Led a web analytics product for BetConstruct partners from idea to launch. Product page

2021
Interview Simulation

Co-founded an AI interview-practice product, built a working version, and received a $100,000 investment offer before stopping.

2020 - 2021
Menu.ai

Co-founded a digital-menu product for restaurants and built an MVP while learning how hard repeatable demand is.