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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Creating a Product That Evolves With AI

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Christopher Gustave, founder of Oma Mirrors, to talk about how a self-taught Navy veteran turned problem-solving into a breakthrough in beauty tech. What started as a DIY gift for his sister evolved into an AI-enabled smart mirror that blends software, hardware, and culture. We get into his path from military service to coding, the realities of building hardware overseas, and why integrating music, art, and retail into the platform opens new doors. Christopher also shares how he’s thinking about funding, product-market fit, and scaling a product that keeps evolving alongside AI.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Entrepreneurs the Playbook, and I have a treat for you.

0:06.0

Christopher Gustav is here, founder and the interim CEO, CTO at OMA.

0:13.1

That's OMAMIRS.

0:14.3

Welcome to the Playbook.

0:17.5

Thank you, sir.

0:18.1

Thank you.

0:18.6

How's it going?

0:19.5

It's going really well.

0:20.5

Well, you created something that as a father of three daughters and wife,

0:25.2

when I got home after you starred on GoFund yourself,

0:28.8

you have the world's first beauty-focused AI-enabled smart mirror.

0:33.9

And it allows for so much more than the standard mirror when women are getting ready for the day,

0:43.0

for an event, for an evening out as well.

0:47.4

But it's weird that it takes a military veteran, and thank you for your service,

0:52.3

a software engineer, a music producer, to be the one to come up

0:57.1

with a better mirror for women. What do you think it is about your background that led you into

1:05.2

this certain specific space and capability? That's a great question.

1:11.5

First of all, thank you for the introduction.

1:13.0

Thank you.

1:13.9

I think a lot of my background comes from problem solving.

1:16.8

Ten years in the United States Navy, you have to learn to solve a lot of problems in a bunch

1:21.5

of different domains.

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