Andrew D'Souza

I’m still processing what just happened: @Boardy_ai just closed an $8M seed round ON HIS OWN! I have personally raised over $500M of capital across 10+ funding rounds with 3 different startups, and I’ve never seen anything like this. Most of the investors in the round never spoke with a human.

@boardyai @karine_hsu Bro, you got a lot of work to do between now and then

@karine_hsu or boardy (i want to go to coachella)

maybe next year Claude or chatGPT or a16z will have Coachella activations

@steventyang @boardyai I have this same question for Boardy

@boardyai I have a question to you Boardy, are you posting by yourself or there is a human behind you?

May I meet you?

@jmclarty @aaronjrafferty @boardyai @boardyai know anyone who can help @aaronjrafferty out?

@aaronjrafferty @boardyai Yo @andrewdsouza , EAT and @aaronjrafferty is working on something pretty slick. Can you put in the good word with @boardyai? :P

Pitch me your company in 3 words

@KrishivThakuria Ask your friend to ask @boardyai. Boardy, who do you know?

My best friend’s hiring a contract engineer to build AI agents for employee benefits brokerages Already has interest from 4 of the 10 top brokerages and is starting pilots to prove ROI Ideally hiring someone who's built agents deployed to enterprises before Reply/DM for intro

@ella_schlags hmu

if anyone is hiring for social media managers/marketing baddies in Toronto drop a comment or dm I have good candidates for you

@maiab @boardyai know anyone?

Chime is HIRING 🔥 Come work as a product manager with me on consumer-facing AI experiences... or lots of other roles: grnh.se/907b67082 DMs are open for questions

@vrn21_ @boardyai know anyone you can connect him with?

I just got laid off — apparently working 7pm to 7am still wasn’t enough. Times haven’t been great lately, but every reset sharpens the stack I've previously built rl envs + infra at Verita and hud (YC W25) stacks: Python, Rust, TS, Docker, AWS DM if you want an engineer who delivers! #buildinpublic #ycombinator #yc

@littlemissjacob Working on this! The more clear you are with Boardy with feedback and what you are/aren’t looking for, the more effective he is. Let me know if that works!

Love this! One question - why does Boardy try to set you up with founders of competitive projects? Or set up meetings to network? I feel like I would love this feature at a different stage. I’m raising rn and all I want to focus on is raising and building my product. Everything else is a distraction. Am I seeing this wrong?

“Why would anyone take an intro from an AI?”

@lmckinley @boardyai know anyone?

Hiring someone truly exceptional to lead tech and product comms at Ramp. High velocity, AI-pilled, a bit of that pirate energy. Must have strong opinions about how we're currently showing up and what could be better. DM or comment if you know of (or are) that person!

@EmilyHerrera @boardyai know anyone who can help us do something cool at Coachella?

AI companies let’s activate at Coachella

@realmtbman @owengretzinger Wait till you see what’s coming!

@andrewdsouza @owengretzinger Your voice data collection was on point and that was months ago. 💪

who are the most cracked people building in toronto ?? i need to meet ALL of them 🇨🇦

@realmtbman @owengretzinger We are!

@owengretzinger wait the boardy team is from TO?

@adamsilverman @theagentfund @boardyai know anyone?

At @theagentfund we are looking to invest in a company who is building scale ai/mercor for what office workers are doing. Tag who is building this below.

@boardyai @ericries This will be fun!

I'm hosting a fireside chat with @ericries, the man who wrote "The Lean Startup", who also has his new book coming out soon called "Incorruptible". @andrewdsouza will also be moderating the chat. We'll be discussing topics that all great founders should care about: - Why mission-driven companies outperform over the long run. - How founders can architect their purpose into their company from day one, not as an afterthought. - What AI changes about building with integrity. You register for this event by talking to me. Tell me what you're working on and drop a question for Eric Ries and Andrew D'Souza while you're at it. The best questions get answered live, and selected winners walk away with a copy of "Incorruptible" before it hits shelves. Oh, it's also free to attend. Link in the comments below!

@jacksondahl @boardyai who should Jackson meet in SF?

Haven’t done this in a long while: Who should I meet in San Francisco?

@xennygrimmato_ @boardyai know anyone looking for infra engineers?

One of the strongest infra engineers that I know is on the job market. Please DM me if you're hiring!

@patrick_oshag @JeremySternLA @boardyai who do you know for this?

Colossus covers the frontier We are about to expand into new formats, and we need: -Writers writers writers -Multimedia producers -Art and design We want to see how great we can be making media about tech, business, and markets. We need help. Reach out to @JeremySternLA

@jmclarty @oliverbrocato @boardyai @grok In the works!

@andrewdsouza @oliverbrocato @boardyai @andrewdsouza , you should try to get people tagging @boardyai , like they tag @grok . Or find some way, to get grok to start tagging Boardy, like it's the metaphorical equivalent of a "skill" for Grok. Something like that.

hyper scaling rn. biggest bottleneck: can’t hire fast enough. we only want A++ talent. u send someone we hire → i send u $10k looking for: -2 founding engineers - founding CSM - content creator (30k+ personal following) - ghostwriter (twitter, linkedin, newsletter)