The Asperger Language: I Failed at Normal. I Won at Different.

FARI AI for the Common Good — and why 38% changed everything.

Yesterday, something snapped into place.

I stepped onto a stage at the FARI AI for the Common Good Pitch Event—a room filled with investors, economists, AI researchers, and the kind of audience that usually frowns before they smile.

And yet…
They smiled.

38% of them voted for NUL.
Public votes.
Not friends.
Not family.
Not random LinkedIn traffic.
The audience. The investors. The academics. The experts.

People who normally look at founders like they’re about to perform a dangerous magic trick.

And I walked off that stage thinking one thing:

I excel when the environment finally matches the shape of my brain.

Because the truth is simple:

I fail at “normal.”
I win at “different.”

What happened on that stage?

I pitched NUL — the Neuro Universal Language, the thing I’ve been building, refining, rewriting, and living.

I compared VR headsets to “prepping for intergalactic warfare.”
The audience roared.

I said our AI/AR glasses are at least wearable on a date.
More laughter.
Nods.
Actual emotional engagement — rare in pitch-land.

And I noticed something else.

Many brilliant teams were there…
but some were drowning in their slides.
Some were trying to pitch the entire history of computing in five minutes.
Some created pitch decks so dense they could be used as radiation shielding.

A pitch deck is not an investor deck.
And an investor deck is not a leaflet.
And a leaflet is… well… usually not a pitch deck either.

But the founders were strong.
Their ideas were sharp.
The ecosystem was vibrant.

It just made me realise — again — where I fit.

I belong in the space where ideas must breathe, connect, and hit.
I don’t belong where you have to pretend to be “normal.”

The high and the low

This is the paradox I live with:

The highs come from moments like this.
When my full brain gets to run.
When divergence isn’t a flaw — it’s an engine.

The lows?
My day job.
Where the part of me that won FARI just disappears into the wallpaper.
Where I’m not seen.
Where “normal” is the requirement and my value is invisible.

And that contrast…
that’s the part that hurts.

But yesterday made one thing painfully clear:

I am not supposed to shine in “normal.”
I’m supposed to build what comes after normal.

Graduation

Winning this pitch also meant something bigger:

We graduated from the FARI accelerator.
We’re officially out of the nest.
And we’re flying directly into the world we want to shape:

• AI for real people

• AR that doesn’t make you look like an astronaut

• Tools that translate ambiguity into clarity

• Technologies that make communication human again

NUL is no longer a concept.
It’s a movement.
A prototype.
A pitch that landed.
A room that voted.

And a founder — me — who’s finally embracing the truth:

I’m not built for normal.
I’m built for impact.

What’s next?

The same thing as always:

Build.
Test.
Learn.
Pitch.
Iterate.
Repeat.

But now with momentum.
Now with validation.
Now with a room of investors who felt what we’re building.

And with the quiet, electric belief that maybe — just maybe — I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.

If you’re reading this and you’ve ever felt like you’re failing at normal, here’s my unsolicited advice:

Stop trying to play their game.
Start building your own.

Because sometimes, all it takes is one stage, one room, one vote —
or 38% of them —
to remind you that you were never meant to fit.

You were meant to stand out.

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Mario
10¹³th Power
Neuro Universal Language — Where language fails, NUL succeeds.