Matt S

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"you don't have to take a flight, you can also take a bus"

one right person can turn your entire life around and rocket start whatever you are doing. In SF, it's even 1000x amplified. (speaking from personal experience 🙏🏼)

how founders be applying to yc:

@vineerpasam and the values & intentions of people behind the business is the core. Without that even a grrat product with great distribution will feel off

@mattsbrain2 100%. In 2026 the product is the easy part. Distribution is the real moat.

You wake up and see a new competitor. Your same idea. Your same features. But they’re offering it cheaper and taking your customers. What’s the first thing you do?

@charu1603 @ycombinator @FenrockAI @MichaelFenrock it seems awesome, keep it up! 💪🏽

🥁 And we're live on @ycombinator! Fenrock AI (@FenrockAI) is building back office AI agents for banks. Process loans in minutes. Resolve customer complaints in seconds. Investigate 10x AML and fraud cases per analyst. 💰 My cofounder @MichaelFenrock built Apple's first privacy ML and invented novel techniques to train ML models without exposing private data. I've previously founded and scaled a healthcare startup to 6M users and 100 employees. We also built one of the first ai agents ever. Grateful to serve the backbone of our financial infrastructure! ycombinator.com/launches/PeY-f…

@vincentcadler welcome to the playground :)))

My SF chapter and journey officially started 🌁

live what I preach I also want people to go play ball while the work is getting done ☀️🧠

@arjuncodess @mil000 @brettcalhounn hmu, I could use it... I was kidding

@mattsbrain2 @mil000 @brettcalhounn yeah i get it but a 2019 business idea? i don't think you read it right tbh. here's a better analogy: AI-native, open source ManyChat-style tool with personalization. and yeah, we have the MVP.

We have capital that needs deployed. Who’s building the next big thing?

@arjuncodess @mil000 @brettcalhounn I don't mind the 2019 business idea, let alone the vercel kidding bro @mil000 put me on that flaming energy

@mil000 @mattsbrain2 @brettcalhounn what about this? please dont mind the .vercel.app link 😭 pilot-ops.vercel.app

@mil000 @brettcalhounn jokes jokes bro haha I invite you for a coffee in SF

@mil000 @brettcalhounn that's what your mom said

@brettcalhounn @mil000 Brett we on the very same page and your capital couldn't be deployed better. check brain2.chat/manifesto and lmk what you think

@mil000 Your mom

@utajenyAI it's called cali sober

@mattsbrain2 You way higher than your taste nigga

keeping up with my own expectations of me & my creations is the hardest part my taste is too high

@ItakGol thanks for this! golden knowledge

Just sold my company. Stepping away from VC for a bit. Here’s the early-stage fundraising playbook: 1.Raise only when it’s obvious you’re ready 2.Until then, tell investors you’re busy building 3.Ignore associates chasing you - if they want in, the partner will show up 4.Trusted signal is everything - the right angels can 10x your odds 5.Seed rounds should close in 2-3 weeks 6.Longer usually means you started too early 7.Compress the process - tight calendar, fast replies 8.48h silence = dead 9.Angels/small funds decide in 1-2 meetings 10.Big funds get 2 meetings + partner meeting 11.Skip pre-seed 12.Skip accelerators 13. Be confident and direct, never a douchebag 14.Enjoy

@superham nowadays the snow bunnies are too young to even know Shrek smhhhh

@mattsbrain2 Ask them which Shrek movie is the best

Met my wife at Balboa cafe

@samuel_spitz can't be more real. iykyk

The first shower after a long week sleeping at the office feels so good

@mattturck what do you think about mine? It's about how we are getting stealed from, each one of us, and we are okay with that 👀

The production of interesting X articles has now officially outpaced my ability to even bookmark them