Scott Klipper Builds Trot My Tot to Book 149 Short-Term Childcare Gigs

3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · May 24

Over 600 users have joined Trot My Tot, Klipper’s web platform matching New York-area families with caregivers for short school pickups, drop-offs and other one-off childcare needs.
A half-hour pickup problem at home sparked the idea after Klipper found Facebook babysitter groups were ill-suited to on-demand, very short assignments.
One week of work on AI coding platform Lovable produced an early version, and Klipper later connected payments through Stripe and added identity checks including Social Security numbers and photos.
The service now has more parents than “trotters,” has capped caregiver rates at $25 for now, and sells $8-a-month parent messaging and $4-a-month caregiver profile boosts.
Klipper, a hedge-fund managing director, is part of a broader wave of “vibe coders” using AI tools to launch apps that previously would have required hiring programmers.

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