PG knew about Delve for a long time back!
Paul Graham@paulg
My point here is not that I dislike "delve," though I do, but that it's a sign that text was written by ChatGPT.
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Prateek Sharma // Ahead VC
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Prateek Sharma // Ahead VC
@prateeks
Managing Partner at @Aheadvc. Writing pre-seed checks in applied AI -agents, voice, robots. ❤️ @parul8ue, living the dad life, coffee, sci-fi. IITB alum.
Palo Alto Bergabung Temmuz 2008
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Congrats to @bandiaditya, @kushagrasinha7 & the @noondesign team on coming out of stealth with a $44m raise. We at @aheadvc are so excited to be a part of this journey!
The best tools are built for an emerging future, they serve a user that did not exist in the past. For decades, designers and front-end engineers were completely different people. Different teams, different goals, sometimes even different office floors.
That boundary is dissolving. AI has made it possible for one person to operate in a broader scope and that means that older roles are merging together. Current incumbent tools (looking at you Figma) see this too and they are trying to apply a layer of AI on top of a stack that was built for a world that is just gone.
Noon takes a first principles look at the product design space and has built a design canvas that works on your production code, no translations or roundtrips needed.
Great tools see the future clearly, and empower the builders of that future. So excited to see Noon build this. This is exactly the kind of step function bet that we love to support at Ahead VC.
Aditya Bandi@bandiaditya
I’m thrilled to announce we’ve raised $44M to build a new home for product design. Meet @noondesign. No workflow is more broken and fragmented in 2026 than the product designers’. The very same people who care most about building software don’t have software purpose built for them. @kushagrasinha7 and I have lived this problem first hand as designers ourselves. That’s why we built Noon. The first product design tool that works entirely on your product code, so you can design not only how a product looks, but also how it works. With AI at its core that works in seconds, not minutes. For the first time, you can create, iterate, build, test and ship. All in one canvas. No translations or roundtrips to the codebase and back. Comment “Get Noon” and we’ll get you on the list for early access.
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I kinda get why Palmer makes this point. I used to think the same way a few years back but I have changed my mind.
Look at every single leader in Silicon Valley and they are essentially an influencer! Garry Tan, Elon, Palmer, Alex Carp, Marc Andreessen. The list is endless!
Of course, they are not just influencers. They are amazing CEOs, founders, investors. But leaning into the influencer playbook has multiplied their impact. So it’s a very smart decision on their part.
Kids sense this power source very viscerally. Like Bane said - “You merely adopted the dark, I was born in it”. Kids are born in this media landscape and they naturally know how to navigate it.
The guidance that we need to give kids is that becoming and influencers or YouTubers is actually a great way to build the world that they think should exist. Becoming influencers should expand their ambitions. It’s a rocket booster for their trip to the moon.
Jawwwn@jawwwn_
.@PalmerLuckey: “You can’t tell kids to follow their dreams when their dreams suck.” “Do you know what the #1 dream was for kids in 1971? Astronaut. We’d just gone to the moon. That’s a great dream.” “You know what the #1 job that kids most want today is? It’s social media influencer, professional gamer, YouTuber.” “The problem is—you can’t tell kids to follow their dreams, when their dreams suck.”
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The pattern continues
Eric Newcomer@EricNewcomer
Erik Torenberg to a16z Jack Altman to Benchmark TBPN to OpenAI three's a trend...
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@EricNewcomer Everybody wants an influencer/podcaster/youtuber!
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Erik Torenberg to a16z
Jack Altman to Benchmark
TBPN to OpenAI
three's a trend...
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nobody asked me to turn a $25M Series A announcement into a musical
i did it anyway
and here's how you win in 2026
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Launch days are the best days. Excited to see Noon finally out in the wild after knowing the team since their Fremont garage days. Congrats team @noondesign!
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There is a longstanding idea in software: WYSIWYG
@noondesign is a canvas environment where humans and agents can create, edit, and ship product design. Its substrate is code. WYSIWYG.
The canvas affords us selection-based workflows and structure that text alone can’t match.
Aditya Bandi@bandiaditya
I’m thrilled to announce we’ve raised $44M to build a new home for product design. Meet @noondesign. No workflow is more broken and fragmented in 2026 than the product designers’. The very same people who care most about building software don’t have software purpose built for them. @kushagrasinha7 and I have lived this problem first hand as designers ourselves. That’s why we built Noon. The first product design tool that works entirely on your product code, so you can design not only how a product looks, but also how it works. With AI at its core that works in seconds, not minutes. For the first time, you can create, iterate, build, test and ship. All in one canvas. No translations or roundtrips to the codebase and back. Comment “Get Noon” and we’ll get you on the list for early access.
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@kushagrasinha7 @bandiaditya @noondesign Congrats! All designers need to get their hands on Noon asap
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We raised $44M to build a new home for product design.
I’m thrilled to share what @bandiaditya and I have been building for the last year: Meet @noondesign .
Product design today is caught between canvas and code. Everything in between is translation, and that's where things slow down and inevitably break.
As product designers ourselves, Aditya and I have experienced this breakdown firsthand. We were frustrated that traditional tools limited us to visuals, and AI tools made us sacrifice precision.
So we set out to rebuild product design from the ground up, with AI at its core. With Noon, you design how a product looks and how it works, directly on top of your product code. It understands your design systems and helps you work faster, without sacrificing craft.
We’re grateful to have the backing of incredible leaders from companies like Stripe, OpenAI, Apple, Microsoft AI, Perplexity, and HubSpot. Because they've lived this gap themselves.
Sign up for early access: noon.design
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@bandiaditya @noondesign So excited for this launch! Congrats @bandiaditya , @kushagrasinha7 and the entire @noondesign team!
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I’m thrilled to announce we’ve raised $44M to build a new home for product design. Meet @noondesign.
No workflow is more broken and fragmented in 2026 than the product designers’. The very same people who care most about building software don’t have software purpose built for them. @kushagrasinha7 and I have lived this problem first hand as designers ourselves.
That’s why we built Noon. The first product design tool that works entirely on your product code, so you can design not only how a product looks, but also how it works. With AI at its core that works in seconds, not minutes.
For the first time, you can create, iterate, build, test and ship. All in one canvas. No translations or roundtrips to the codebase and back.
Comment “Get Noon” and we’ll get you on the list for early access.
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I kinda get why Palmer makes this point. I used to think the same way a few years back but I have changed my mind.
Look at every single leader in Silicon Valley and they are essentially an influencer! Garry Tan, Elon, Palmer, Alex Carp, Marc Andreessen. The list is endless!
Of course, they are not just influencers. They are amazing CEOs, founders, investors. But leaning into the influencer playbook has multiplied their impact. So it’s a very smart decision on their part.
Kids sense this power source very viscerally. Like Bane said - “You merely adopted the dark, I was born in it”. Kids are born in this media landscape and they naturally know how to navigate it.
The guidance that we need to give kids is that becoming and influencers or YouTubers is actually a great way to build the world that they think should exist. Becoming influencers should expand their ambitions. It’s a rocket booster for their trip to the moon.
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.@PalmerLuckey: “You can’t tell kids to follow their dreams when their dreams suck.”
“Do you know what the #1 dream was for kids in 1971? Astronaut. We’d just gone to the moon. That’s a great dream.”
“You know what the #1 job that kids most want today is? It’s social media influencer, professional gamer, YouTuber.”
“The problem is—you can’t tell kids to follow their dreams, when their dreams suck.”
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@bindra_dhruv @zamana_hq Guys trust me on this, get the toilet paper on day 1 😀 congrats on the launch, the videos are awesome.
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The entire Zamana team moved into our company house (Zamansion) with 1 rule: we will not buy a single thing unless @zamana_hq recommends it to us…
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This is amazing to see and so much stands out.
First, legendary investor investing in a generational company. It is fun to see these historical artifacts.
Second, Apple grew 20X in a year! 750K to 14m in sales.
Third, the estimated TAM was ">$500M". Understatement of the century! Right now the market cap is close to $3.8T. It is so hard to estimate TAMs in strong PMF categories.
Finally, the deal was "rich". 600K for 10% was too pricey for Sequoia back then. Wow, how the times have changed :D
Sequoia Capital@sequoia
In honor of 50 years of Apple, we're sharing - for the first time ever - Don Valentine's original 1977 memo for Sequoia's investment into Apple Computer. #Apple50
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@rrhoover Unfortunately some founders might just take this as confirmation ☹️
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The best way to raise a round is to hire an advisor to cold email VCs
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@kislayverma @clairevo Don't worry about a mac mini, start with whatever old laptop you have. I'm doing this with an old macbook.
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Such a cut above the usual getting started tutorial!! Thank you @clairevo
Now scrounging around for a mac mini
claire vo 🖤@clairevo
I’ve spent at least 100 hours setting up, training, and working with @openclaw Read the docs. Peeked into the source code. Edited config files by hand. Walked friends though their setup. Then, I wrote down everything I know. Here it is: The Ultimate 0 > 🦞 Guide ty ty to @lennysan @nateliason @davemorin @steipete @lindsmccallum @elawless for early feedback. gl hf snap snap 🦞lennysnewsletter.com/p/openclaw-the…
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delhi is so over. in this financial year, this is very tough, i am taking my talents to bangalore. i feel like it's going to give me the best opportunity to win and to win for multiple years and i feel like i can compete down there.
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I’m leaving SF.
Everyone’s cosplaying as founders.
Very few are actually building.
Finito. I’ve been here for 19 years. Will miss the views and the weather.
If you were starting today, where would you go?
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On the one hand you see younger and younger founders show up at YC.
On the other hand...
Hayley@hayleyhalv
The majority of @atlas startup founders are over 35 years old for the first time. We’ve seen a surge in startup formation across all age groups, but the over 35 set has grown the fastest.
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