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Jason Walls had spent twenty years pulling wire when AI handed him a second tool belt. Ninety-seven days later, his side project had Mark Cuban's attention, a piece in the Sunday Times, and 680,000 views.

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"I honestly don't care how it works. I'm just glad you started a business doing it."— Mark Cuban, replying on X · Mar 11 2026

Chapter one · The arc

From "put some respect on my name" to Anthropic's case study, Cuban's reply, and Shark Tank — in ninety-seven days.

2025 · 12 · 14
First test email to himself: "hello this is jason walls with EV charge Right put some respect on my name."
day one
2025 · 12 · 31
First paying customer hits a bug. He refunds her, then spends six emails personally walking her through the NEC 220.82 calc. This is who he is.
customer one
2026 · 03 · 11
Mark Cuban reposts the tweet. The cc goes to Mindy Zemrak at Shark Tank.
cuban
2026 · 03 · 12
Danny Fortson at the Sunday Times of London asks for a meeting.
press
2026 · 03 · 17
Anthropic reaches out. Shark Tank casting responds. Same day.
three at once
2026 · 03 · 20
ZombieWells built in forty-five minutes — a public-interest tool exposing abandoned, contaminated oil wells in Texas.
45 min build
2026 · 03 · 22
680,000+ views on ChargeRight. Paying customers. Day job: still electrician.
today

"AI handed me the keys to expertise I was priced out of my whole career. The least I can do is pay it forward — to the people who couldn't afford it either."

— from the Mission · CLAUDE.md · May 9 2026