Gene Sigalov

Gene Sigalov is the co-founder of Upfirst.ai, an AI receptionist replacing the front desk for small businesses — including his own law firm, where he's a practicing attorney.

In 2010, he founded SimpleTexting, a text messaging platform he bootstrapped to $20M ARR and 17,000 customers before selling for nine figures — all without ever taking a dollar of outside investment. He's now building Upfirst, which has grown to over 1,000 clients in its first year, with zero ad spend.