I built an app that turns your spare change into real gold.

Growing up in the Midwest, owning gold was never something I thought about. I figured people just bought ETFs if they cared about that stuff. Physical gold bars were for collectors or people with serious money — not regular guys like me.

That changed when I started dating a Persian girl in Los Angeles. Her family treated physical precious metals like common sense. Not an investment strategy — just real money. Something you could hold. Something the government couldn't print more of.

Then COVID hit. Inflation started running wild. My co-founder Matt and I kept talking about gold — how the price was surging, how it made more sense than ever to own some. But a 1oz gold bar was pushing $2,000. I didn't have that sitting around. And honestly? I didn't even know where to buy one. A pawn shop? Seriously?

That was the moment. It wasn't that people don't want to own gold. It's that nobody built an accessible way to get there.

So we built it.

Giraffe Gold lets you pick a bar — gold, silver, or platinum — link your bank, and accumulate toward it automatically. Monthly contributions starting at $50 plus round-ups on everyday purchases. Every coffee, every grocery run, every tank of gas moves you closer. When you hit your goal, your bar ships to your door — fully insured.

No lump sum. No brokerage. A real bar, in your hands.

We're pre-launch, launching on Product Hunt this Tuesday, and building our founding member waitlist now at giraffegoldbar.com. Would love the community's feedback — especially from anyone who's thought about owning precious metals but never knew how to start.