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Niklas Stephenson

@nikstep

Founder of https://nitter.cf/t.co/GGDT5d2Oxa, Firmafon, and Openli. Former VP at Trustpilot, Whimsical and more

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Joined April 2008
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Okay, I am doing it! I am building Firmafon anno 2026, stay tuned.
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One of the questions we got this week was when to hire when AI lets us do so much as a small team. Here's my take:
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Full episode: youtu.be/cces88RCJXQ
Q&A: How is AI changing the way we build startups?

Q&A: How is AI changing the way we build startups?

How is AI changing the way we build startups? And do we still need ...

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I am pretty sure this is the best landing page in the world: anoma.ly/hex/
Hex: local voice dictation

Hex: local voice dictation

Private, local voice dictation. Hold the shortcut, speak, and release.

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The biggest surprise with Phone​.inc is how little has changed since I built Firmafon more than 15 years ago.
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Full episode: youtu.be/cces88RCJXQ
Q&A: How is AI changing the way we build startups?

Q&A: How is AI changing the way we build startups?

How is AI changing the way we build startups? And do we still need ...

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The wife is on a plane to China for work; the kids are sleeping, and the Orbs are orbin. The entire family is taken care of.
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The Q&A we did recently just went live. Check it out if you want to hear a bit about how we're working at Phone​.inc! Thanks for all the great questions 🙏 youtube.com/watch?v=cces88RC…
Q&A: How is AI changing the way we build startups?

Q&A: How is AI changing the way we build startups?

How is AI changing the way we build startups? And do we still need ...

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I have started to react to messages from my agents. This is weird
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Recording podcast in person is 1000x better then remote
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This blog by @mijustin is one of the most important once in 2026 justinjackson.ca/communicati…
We have a communication problem

We have a communication problem

This message thread could have been a meeting.

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I am muting “Duo” soon
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I have never been really good at taking notes but as my work is getting more and more busy, I need to get more organized around my thoughts. What are the best note-taking tools you have used? Without being a prolific note-taker yourself, it needs to work on Mac and iPhone. It needs to have MCP access and preferably the app should be updated to iPhone Duo
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I was a huge iPhone mini fan, I love the size of the outer screen of the iPhone duo!
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The dream usecase for iPhone duo: @AmpCode !
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My toilet brakes are going to be long now…
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It's so frustrating working with Shopify's app ecosystem.
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With all the AI slop being released now, we're betting on ultra personal and human content instead.
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Clip from this week's podcast: Watch: youtu.be/h5Z4zbg3yv4 Listen: stillearly.fm/episodes/the-p…
The podcast is in person now

The podcast is in person now

In this episode:- Why Phone.inc gives away phone numbers for free...

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We need to deregulate the EU fast.
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My head of operations merged her first PR today. @AmpCode enabled her to fix the issue by herself.
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