FaZe Apex

From 2011-2026, today I am closing my chapter with @FaZeClan Thank you to everyone that made it what it was ❤️

TryNearby's @FaZeApex went from making YouTube videos at 14 to co-building FaZe Clan, and now he's chasing his next big idea. Watch the full interview on YouTube to hear how his creator roots are shaping what he builds next. youtu.be/0dDMmST3rQY

@yousefhll @nourzahzah @runvendo @ycombinator 🔥🔥🔥

We're in YC. A few things from the last couple months: > Graduated from Stanford > @nourzahzah dropped out of Berkeley (one of us had to) > Turned down full-time big tech offers to go all in > Moved to SF full-time > Built @runvendo: one-click deploy and customization for any open-source software. > Next up: an agentic layer that plugs into a company's product and turns "I wish this product could..." into reality instantly. Want to bring an AI-native experience to your product, or interested in easily self-hosting your own software? We'd love to talk. Excited for S26. Time to cook.

@omarwasm Alif portfolio companies 🚀 inshallah 🙏

Proud to be one of the first investors in Yousef’s new company through Alif We first spoke about it in January, incredible to see how much progress they’ve made already!

@BrianMRey @ycombinator much love man thank you

@FaZeApex @ycombinator from growing up watching your videos, to getting old and building alongside you in public. couldn't have asked for it any different.

Have spent all of 2026 building something new post-FaZe. Excited to join @ycombinator this summer as I continue on this next chapter. Ten years ago I was 20, moving out of the FaZe House in New York to our new place in Newport Beach. This week I turned 30, and I’m feeling the same excitement here in SF that I felt in 2016. Excited to share more soon 🙏🏻

@exploitxbt @ycombinator Underrated tweet

@FaZeApex @ycombinator YY Combinator

@Nadeshot @H3CZ @ycombinator Appreciate you man.. and I see @H3CZ in the RT much love really appreciate you both

@FaZeApex @H3CZ @ycombinator I love this more than I can explain. Happy for you brother.

@amasad Thank you Amjad! Hope to continue to learn from you as we try to follow in your foosteps 🙏

It starts with a prompt — it’s a whole lot of work to get here — but it starts with an idea. Congrats Yousef and team!

@General Awesome man, congrats!

7 years ago I walked into Studio71 as Head of Gaming at 21….the youngest executive in the company. Before that I was a college dropout getting rejected from every job I applied to. Every MCN passed on me. Nobody wanted to bet on the kid who’d been making YouTube videos since he was 13. Studio71 was the first place that eventually offered me a job but only after I built my own business working with creators. Yesterday we bought the company. If you told 21-year-old me this would happen, I would’ve called you crazy. Hell, I still kind of can’t believe it typing this out. Work your ass off. Bet on yourself when nobody else will. Don’t take no for an answer. You can make anything happen.

@Sohaibashraf97 My guy had a great time see you soon iA 🙏🏻

Muslim Founder Pod @FaZeApex The nicest brother alhamdullilah

@yasser_elsaid_ @chatbase 🔥🔥🔥

9M ARR 🥳 So happy! @Chatbase is going to be a $100M ARR company. Some days I feel it's inevitable, we're past the hardest part, it's almost too easy. Some days it feels too hard and I need a miracle. Constantly moving between "I am a genius, how come no one is doing this" to "I don't know anything about anything". Follow to watch the journey, you will never be this early.

@MAZM0L @amasad @Replit Half half 🤣 it’s easy to find if someone looked but have pushed publicly yet

@FaZeApex @amasad @Replit is this public yet apex or only close friends know about it in sense?

@amasad Just crossed $100k ARR on a new company fully built on @Replit I just redid the whole website last night on Replit design + canvas with animations / sketching on paper and going back and forth with Agent 4 (I have 0 technical experience) Would love to show you inshallah what we’re building

@ItsZijZ @amasad @Replit Of course

@FaZeApex @amasad @Replit apex is vibe coding??

@Baxate @NaderLikeLadder I see two goats in this picture and they both have impressive facial hair

I had the pleasure of being there for this moment. The conversations between minds of this caliber during one of the most revolutionary times was a moment i will never forget. both @karpathy and jensen have the highest information density in their words of anyone i’ve met.

@zackhargett Congrats Zack!!

Updates: Happy to share Coconote has been acquired by Quizlet! • $6.7m ARR • ~50% ebitda • 1 billion+ organic views on social • $0 raised

@gustaf Hi Gustaf, I sent you a DM if you would be able to take a look.

@amasad Was blessed to get in on the last round and have used Replit almost everyday since, built out our entire new business on it. Cant wait to use Agent 4 to redesign the full website again 🔥

We’ve raised $400M at a $9B valuation. Investors include Georgian, G Squared, Prysm, 1789, YC, Coatue, a16z, Craft, and QIA, with strategic investments from Accenture, Databricks, Okta, and Tether. We’re also lucky to have incredible individuals backing us, including Shaq and Jared Leto. This funding will help us scale our ambition and expand beyond coding into AI systems that center human creativity. Replit is now used at 85% of the Fortune 500. We have an opportunity to help shape the future of work. One where AI abstracts away the boring parts and humans shine as creative directors. We’re also investing more globally, particularly in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Innovation can come from anywhere in the world, and we want to help unlock it.

@FaZeAdapt Absolute legend man THANK YOU 🐐❤️🙏🏻 @CallMeAgent00

Man, I love @FaZeAdapt 🙏🏻❤️

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@wwshaef Sent a DM

Exceptional pre-seed founders wanted. Low wages. Consistent doubt. Hazardous journey. Ferocious competition. Long months wandering pre-PMF. Honor and recognition in case of success. Camaraderie regardless.