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Built by Karl

He does not just talk about AI.
He ships it.

Karl has been building companies since 1996. These are the products he builds now with AI, and the stories behind them that he brings on stage.

Karl Lillrud on stage telling the story behind a product he built
Typo · Live on Windows and Mac · since 2026

Write naturally, without the typos.

Typo fixes common typos as you type, in almost every app on Windows and Mac: email, chat, documents and the browser. Correction runs privately on your own computer, and it stays out of password fields, terminals and code editors.

What it does
  • English and Swedish built in, 19 more languages as optional starter packs
  • Private by design: spelling is checked on the device, even offline
  • Token language: a special language that trims the filler from prompts to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools, so you spend fewer tokens
  • Press Backspace right after a fix and Typo puts back exactly what you typed
On stage

Typo is Karl's live case of what he teaches: one entrepreneur, AI coding tools and a clear problem, shipped as a real product on two platforms. On stage he shows how it was built, what AI did and did not do, and why privacy was a design choice from day one.

Your audience leaves with

  • How a small team ships a real product with AI as co-developer
  • Privacy by design: when AI should run on the device, not in the cloud
  • Why AI tokens are a cost, and how Token language cuts it
novaipulse.com
NOVAI Pulse website: Get found, cited and chosen.
NOVAI Pulse · Live in 12 languages · since 2026

Get found, cited and chosen.

NOVAI Pulse reads a website the way Google, an AI assistant and an AI agent do. It scores the site from 0 to 100 in each of the three channels, lists what is costing it customers, and builds an optimised new version from the site's own content while you watch.

What it does
  • Three channels in one pulse: SEO to be found, GEO to be cited in AI answers, and AI agent readiness to be chosen
  • A score per channel plus a priority list of what pulls it down, instead of an 80 page report
  • A new website built from your own content, with the score before and after side by side
  • Optional compliance check against Swedish and EU rules: privacy, cookies, consumer purchases and accessibility
On stage

NOVAI Pulse is how Karl measures what he talks about on stage: search has split into Google, AI answers and AI agents that act for the customer. He shows what an agent actually sees when it visits a website, and why a business that only optimised for Google is losing customers it never sees. This website is checked with NOVAI Pulse too.

Your audience leaves with

  • Why search has split into three channels, and what each one needs
  • What an AI agent needs from your website before it chooses you
  • How to measure AI visibility with one number per channel
amiai.theknowledgeformula.com
Am I AI website: Is this text actually AI-generated?
Am I AI · Live, free to use · since 2026

Is this text actually AI-generated?

Am I AI reads a piece of writing and answers YES, NO or review, with the probability behind it and a numbered list of concrete fixes. Every rule is auditable, nothing is stored, and the same verdict is available to other services through one API call.

What it does
  • Paste text or upload a file and get a verdict in under a tenth of a second
  • Model family attribution that is allowed to answer unknown instead of forcing a label
  • Provenance and watermark checks, plus a scan that flags where the tone shifts in mixed authorship
  • Concrete fixes for each finding, and a rewritten version you can check again
On stage

Am I AI is Karl's answer to the question every audience asks: can you tell when a text was written by AI? On stage he shows what gives AI writing away, why a detector should explain itself instead of just guessing, and how teams can write with AI without sounding like a machine.

Your audience leaves with

  • The tells that give AI writing away, and how to remove them
  • Why AI detection must be explainable and auditable
  • How to write with AI and keep your own voice
Karl Lillrud: podbooks free audiobook app icon.svgPodBooks

Free biographies, read by AI narrators

PodBooks · Free to listen, no account needed · since 2026

Free audiobook biographies, made by AI and checked by rules.

PodBooks is a free library of audiobook biographies of people who changed their field. Each book is researched, written, fact checked and narrated by an AI production line Karl built, with quality gates that stop anything unchecked from reaching a listener.

Listen to a preview

Ninety seconds from chapter one of each book, streamed from PodBooks. The narration is AI generated.

  • American narrator · 2.9 hFull book
  • British narrator · 3.3 hFull book
  • American narrator · 3 hFull book
  • British narrator · 3 hFull book
  • American narrator · 2 hFull book
  • American narrator · 3 hFull book
What it does
  • A book cannot be narrated until it has passed the fact check
  • Two voices per book: a narrator designed for that person's life, and a clear British or American narrator
  • Every paragraph is checked word by word by speech recognition, and anything off is recorded again
  • Listeners score each book from 1 to 10 and vote on which book is made next
On stage

PodBooks is Karl's proof that AI can run a whole production line, not just a single task: research, writing, fact checking, narration and quality control. On stage he shows where the rules sit, why the checks matter more than the model, and what it takes to let AI work at scale without losing trust.

Your audience leaves with

  • How to chain AI agents into a production line with quality gates
  • Why trust comes from checks and rules, not from the model
  • How listener feedback steers what gets built next
podbooks.theknowledgeformula.com
PodBooks Studio website: Turn any text into studio-quality audio.
PodBooks Studio · Live, start free · since 2026

Turn any text into studio-quality audio.

PodBooks Studio is the system behind the PodBooks library, opened up for authors. Upload a manuscript, pick or create a voice, and it handles chapters, pronunciation, performance and mastering, then exports a finished audiobook.

What it does
  • Upload a manuscript, EPUB or PDF; chapters and front matter are found automatically
  • 28+ natural voices, voice blending, voice cloning and a different voice per chapter
  • A verified lexicon for names, brands, acronyms and currency, so they are spoken right
  • Broadcast loudness mastering on every chapter, with a free plan for the first chapters
On stage

PodBooks Studio shows the next step after an internal AI system works: turning it into a product other people pay for. On stage Karl uses it to show how the same production line that makes his free library becomes a tool any author can use, and what changes when you go from your own use to customers.

Your audience leaves with

  • How an internal AI system becomes a product
  • Why quality gates matter even more once customers use it
  • Pricing an AI product: free to start, paid to scale
rebornonline.ai
Reborn Online website: Keep your website. Make hosting simpler.
Reborn Online · Live in 12 languages · since 2026

Keep your website. Make hosting simpler.

Reborn Online checks a business website, prepares a private copy on simpler hosting and shows every difference it detects before the owner decides. Nothing goes live until the owner approves it, and hosting is paid only after the preview is approved.

What it does
  • Free check, no card and no changes to the live website
  • A private preview next to the original, with each detected difference shown page by page
  • Shops, member logins and web apps are flagged before you pay, never moved by surprise
  • The domain and email records stay under the owner's control, and the plan can be cancelled any month
On stage

Reborn Online is Karl's example of AI removing cost instead of adding features. Most business websites mainly show pages, yet they run on heavy software and pay for it every month. On stage he uses it to show how to spot the work in any business that AI can make simpler and cheaper, and why a preview before payment builds trust faster than any promise.

Your audience leaves with

  • Where AI cuts running costs, not just adds features
  • Why a free preview before payment wins customers
  • Why honest limits sell better than big promises
noiceguard.theknowledgeformula.com
NoiseGuard website: Turn recurring noise into a clear, playable timeline.
NoiseGuard · Live web app · since 2026

Turn recurring noise into a clear, playable timeline.

NoiseGuard monitors noise on a schedule, captures every event above a threshold and turns the nights into evidence an authority can act on: a playable timeline, a frozen evidence report and the formal documents built from it.

What it does
  • Scheduled monitoring that arms itself, resumes if the microphone is unplugged and logs each event
  • Calibrated measurement microphones for absolute dBA values, measured against the local night limits
  • Complaints, supplements and reminders generated from the evidence, following the local legal steps
  • A shareable, frozen evidence report and a calendar of every disturbance
On stage

NoiseGuard started from an everyday problem: noise that never stops, and authorities that need proof before they act. On stage Karl uses it to show how to turn a personal frustration into a working AI system, and why evidence and process get results where complaints do not.

Your audience leaves with

  • Turning an everyday problem into a working AI product
  • Why evidence and process beat complaints
  • How AI can carry paperwork from start to finish
A live countdown made with Count On It. Every click generates a new design.
Count On It · Live and free · since 2026

Countdowns people want to share.

Count On It makes animated countdown pages with a permanent link. Pick what you are counting down to, choose one of ten animated number styles, and generate a new look with one click. Anyone who opens the link sees the same design, and can make their own.

What it does
  • Four modes: a fixed date, a duration, a start to end range with progress, and a personal timer for each visitor
  • Ten animated number styles, from split flap and odometer to orbit rings and a particle swarm
  • One click generates new colours, fonts and an animated background, kept in the link
  • Share buttons, QR code, embed code and add to calendar. Free, just an email, no account
On stage

Count On It shows how fast an idea becomes a live product with AI, and how growth can be designed in from the first day. Every shared countdown carries a Make your own button, so each visitor can become the next creator. On stage Karl uses it to show product led growth that costs nothing in ads.

Your audience leaves with

  • Going from idea to live product in days, not months
  • Designing sharing into the product instead of buying reach
  • Why every visitor should be able to become a creator
clarityapp.se
Clarity website: Right customer. Right second. More closed deals.
Clarity · Live for telecom operators in Sweden

Right customer. Right second. More closed deals.

Clarity is a sales engine for telecom operators and their partners. It sees which business customers are about to renew or switch operator, gives every lead a buy score and lifts the hottest to the top of the call queue, with AI sharpening the selection around the clock.

What it does
  • A buy score for every lead, ranked Gold, Silver and Bronze, with renewal and porting timing
  • One engine for operator, managers, agents, freelancers and partners, white-labelled per customer
  • Softphone with one click per call, live call listening for coaching and real-time dashboards
  • EU hosted, built for GDPR, with role-based access and a full audit trail
On stage

Clarity is Karl's case for AI in sales that is about timing, not volume: the same team and the same number of calls, but each call made to a customer who is ready to talk. On stage he shows how AI ranks leads, why data quality beats more dialling, and how compliance is built into the flow instead of added afterwards.

Your audience leaves with

  • Why timing beats call volume in sales
  • How AI lead scoring lifts results with the same team
  • Building compliance into the workflow from day one

More products are added here as they launch.

Questions

Questions
people ask.

Why does a keynote speaker build software?

Because the fastest way to understand what AI can do is to build with it. Karl has been building companies since 1996, and his products give audiences real, current examples instead of borrowed case studies.

Can Karl talk about a specific product at our event?

Yes. The story behind each product fits into his keynotes on innovation, AI adoption and productivity, and can be tailored to your audience on the planning call.

Where can I try Typo?

At typoapp.ai, free for Windows and Mac.

What is NOVAI Pulse?

A tool that scores how well a website is found on Google, cited in AI answers and usable by AI agents, and builds an improved version. Try it free at novaipulse.com.

What does Reborn Online do?

It moves a business website to simpler, cheaper hosting after a free check and a private preview. See rebornonline.ai.

What is Am I AI?

A free tool that tells you whether a text looks AI-generated, explains why and lists the fixes. Try it at Am I AI.

Can I make my own audiobook?

Yes, with PodBooks Studio. Upload a manuscript and the first chapters are free.

What is Clarity?

A sales engine for telecom operators and their partners that ranks business customers by how close they are to renewing or switching operator. See clarityapp.se.

Where can I listen to PodBooks?

In the PodBooks library. Every book is free to listen to, with no account. The narration is AI generated.

How do I make my own countdown?

Go to Count On It, set what you are counting down to and pick a look. Enter your email and you get a permanent link to share. No password or account.

Karl Lillrud on the TEDxKedgeBS stage
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