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Joined July 2014
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Brycent retweeted
Our last Friday at @fdotinc
We were down to our last $300 and @hthieblot told us to get 500 users who can use @ProjectX_Cloud to run Blender by Monday and then we can talk about investment on Monday.
We honestly had nothing to lose. So @bishalctl, @runallapps and I sat by the ocean in Fort Mason and thought of doing everything we can to hit the target.
That evening @brycent posted a video about us and that went insanely viral.
We got 2000 users that night, broke our production server twice and worked till 4 in the morning and walked back to our hostel oscillating between hope and despair.
The video crossed 2M+ views the next day and we broke our servers again!!
We woke up next morning with an investment offer from @fdotinc and an interview from @ycombinator.
We went with YC as we were already diluted by another pre-seed investor.
Will always be grateful to @hthieblot for the offer, @fdotinc is one of the best places to build the most ambitious companies.
But I learnt one thing through this experience: If we are brave enough to go till the last mile, the universe finds the way for us to achieve it all :)
Brycent retweeted
Twitch’s CEO calls streamers with 300-400 viewers “medium creators.”
Your odds of getting there:
You’re 8-40x more likely to get into Harvard.
2-10x more likely to play D1 basketball out of high school.
That’s not medium. That’s the top 0.5% of Twitch.
And even they have to make money off the platform to get by. That’s insane.
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Brycent retweeted
⭐ This U.S. Govt Fires Jensen ⭐ PSA has a Huge Problem ⭐ Ranking Every YC Partner ⭐ Reviewing Viewers Startups ⭐ nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/2evBrYBYy…
Brycent retweeted
I find myself giving this advice pretty often, figured I should share it publicly
Once you're paid enough to live, the ONLY thing that matters is that you're surrounded with awesome fucking people.
Brycent retweeted
Y Combinator startups are now coming out of stealth and launching phones that are built for the AI era.
It'll be insanely tough to get people off the iPhone but it's dope to see founders taking big hardware swings!
🤝 Paid partnership
We switched 10 people from iPhone to Blue. Weeks later, none of them want their iPhone back.
Introducing Blue: a phone you just talk to. Tell it what you need, and it gets done.
It has all the context, can use every single app, and even triages your notifications.
We built it for people who always have a little too much to do. The ones buried in messages, notifications, and to-dos.
If that's you, get yours today.
Backed by Y Combinator + 70 other VCs & angels.
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Brycent retweeted
We switched 10 people from iPhone to Blue. Weeks later, none of them want their iPhone back.
Introducing Blue: a phone you just talk to. Tell it what you need, and it gets done.
It has all the context, can use every single app, and even triages your notifications.
We built it for people who always have a little too much to do. The ones buried in messages, notifications, and to-dos.
If that's you, get yours today.
Backed by Y Combinator + 70 other VCs & angels.
heyblue.com
Brycent retweeted
YC Startup @bron_app amassed 10 million views in 24 hours for getting cease and desisted by Lebron James and Luka Doncic.
Here's why I think this was their master marketing plan...
LeBron James' reps sent a cease-and-desist letter to the 'Bron AI' sports betting app.
James is aiming to get the sports betting app to stop using his likeness without authorization, a spokesperson for LeBron told Front Office Sports. spr.ly/6017BHFcn1
Brycent retweeted
During my first weeks in SF, I let Perplexity's CEO walk right past me while I sat on a park bench. A week later, I did the same with Naval Ravikant at a Blue Bottle.
After that, I started going up to anyone I recognized. That's how I've met founders from Ramp and Lovable.
Worst case, it's a random guy you were sure was Seth Rogen lol.
Brycent retweeted
LIVE: Chatting about Nvidia, Reviewing Startups, Pull up!
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Brycent retweeted
I am travelling the country for 30 days straight in search of the next $100 BILLION DOLLAR startup.
DAY 4 → I stopped by @convex, a startup that has raised $100,000,000+ to build real-time databases that automatically update web and mobile apps whenever their data changes.
30 days of startups is powered by @framer, the pro site builder with a world class design agent.
What startup should we visit next?
Brycent retweeted
We raised $1M from YC & Afore to leave Goldman Sachs & build an agent that trades for you.
The top 1% gets a “money guy.”
Today we’re introducing Volaren so you can have one too.
Volaren is designed to plug into your brokerage accounts and explain why your portfolio moved, suggest what to do next, and trade it for you.
• Web, app, or text message
• Copy trade top investors/politicians
• Deep financial analysis
• Agents that reason like humans to trade your best ideas
Try it now:
volaren.com
Investing involves risk, and past performance does not guarantee future results. For informational purposes only, not a recommendation or investment advice. Other fees may apply, please review Volaren’s website and disclosures in full.
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The announcement frames the founders as leaving jobs at Goldman Sachs after raising funds, but their prior post states the Goldman roles were summer internships before they incorporated; Volaren is in early beta on a waitlist with mostly simulated features.
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Brycent retweeted
I’ve spent years building technology to help others. Today, I’m the one asking for help. ❤️
I’m facing surgery for endometriosis and a 12 cm ovarian cyst, and I’m raising $50,000 to protect my health and future.
Every donation and share brings me one step closer to recovery. 🫶
🔗 Link to donate: gofund.me/4d4a09cdf
Thank you for being part of my story. ❤️
Brycent retweeted
Really proud of my "Life with Claude" series in partnership with Anthropic.
3 episodes so far.
Across platforms they have achieved:
• 25M+ organic views
• 1M+ organic likes
Why do these videos work?
They follow a specific framework I'm calling the SANE framework.
(Which I just made up)
My rule for these episodes is that if an idea doesn’t hit all four, I don’t make it:
S – Story-driven
The videos aren’t about the product. Claude is a character in a fictional world, but the story always comes first.
A – Aspirational
You see yourself in the main character’s life: whether it's the cars, the tech, the homes, the nature, the lifestyle. The audience has to want to be there.
N – Novel
Every video is a 1/1. A new story, format, or visual style each time. Pattern interrupts are everything.
E – Educational
A very common comment: “Holy shit, Claude can do that?!”
Each episode shows real capabilities across the Claude ecosystem, and why they matter in everyday life or work.
I am of course biased, but I’d put this series up against any creator-led brand partnership this year.
Brycent retweeted
When we were talking with our YC partner when we were debating whether or not take the offer, he mentioned that the most incredible thing about YC is seeing how cracked your group around you is, which in hindsight, usually is an enormous boost of motivation if you have the right mentality
