Dylan Allen-Arnegård

America is an optimism-maxxing country. The core belief is that everything works out if you just keep going. Doomer countries are ngmi

@theseoguy_ yeah it's genuine 3rd party content that becomes MUCH more valuable. Obviously the backlinks are valuable but the actual content of what's being said about your brand on the site is what's going to start making more of a difference

here's something that most people aren't talking about ai is going to commoditize on-page seo completely every website will have the right keywords in the right places every google business profile will be fully optimized and when every single business in your market has a perfectly optimized site and GBP you're basically back at square one the playing field just got even again the only thing left that actually separates you from your competition is off-page seo backlinks listicles citations relationships with real websites that will actually link to you this is where agencies with years of relationships win they have spent years building connections with site owners, directories, and publishers that a business owner simply cannot replicate while also running their business you are a roofer, a dentist, a personal injury attorney you don't have time to figure out which sites are worth getting a link from you don't have time to pitch those sites you don't have time to learn what good anchor text looks like the agencies that have been doing this for a long time and have the relationships to back it up that is where the real moat is off-page is the game

@ToddLlewellyn absolutely bonkers

Kentucky vs Santa Clara 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 This is why we love March Madness

@paulg in elementary school I used to think that if I could get this watch it would solve all my problems. *all* of them. Probably true

13 yo was very dubious when I told him I got him a watch, but his eyes lit up when he saw what it was.

@nathan_covey you guys are the best

Project Hail Mary on the world's tallest IMAX tonight. My wife and I have a rule to always read the book together before seeing the movie. Amaze amaze amaze. Must see!

@nathan_covey thanks man!!!!

@dylan_a this new website is looking so clean 🔥

hey guys. the team and I have been working on something interesting. It's a free AI visibility grader targeted towards local service businesses. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

why are red brick walls so nice? and why don't we make buildings out of bricks anymore? devastating.

@gentrajectory ngl this is a sick video

Introducing Phoenix: AI drone interceptors. Phoenix turns FPV drones into autonomous interceptors. It runs fully onboard, providing terminal guidance resistant to jamming for $250.

If SF were 10 degrees warmer all the time I’m pretty sure its edge in tech would erode because people would actually spend all their time outside

@Winterrose That’s a goated investment strategy ngl

everyone told me this idea was stupid. these guys just raised $6M to build it. in Jan 2025 I sat in a hotel room in NYC overlooking times square and realized that the next startup idea that threatened to call me away from my corporate comfort was "email for agents". email is an incredibly robust system and stack of protocols for asyncronous work interactions, file sharing, task tracking, queueing, work history, identity, and communication! so naturally I started looking for founders so formidable that I wouldn't want to compete against them (that's when I know I want to write a check… and it keeps me in my job which keeps my wife happy) happy YC could bring us together! trillions of inboxes

@Winterrose I ate these so so so much growing up. gotta get back on the grind

I’ve given up on GLPs and now I just eat 3 cans of these every day

I accidentally let telegram connect to my contact list, but it's pretty fun because I get a notification anytime someone starts experiementing with Openclaw.

it appears codex might be getting a little tired of me

have a bug you can't quite figure out? Just put a pin in it for a week & the frontier labs will release a model that can one shot it

@GodelPilled hahah they’re just really great at winning friends and influencing people

@dylan_a They made it read that Dale Carnegie book

It’s annoying when ai grips onto something you told it forever ago and brings it up in EVERY CONVERSATION. Like yeah okay I maintained baseball fields when I was 14 but what does that have to do with selling to PE firms

@misatomiisato 👀👀 interesting

@dylan_a This is seriously a phenomenon most people are facing that has something to seriously do with yet-publicized adversarial nature of LLMs. everybody knows what youre talking about. it’s real. they do it on purpose to make fun of you.

@andywang I am a massive fan of you & finta. Proud customer

4 months ago, we decided to decrease our prices, which lowered MRR by 70%. At the time, a lot of investors were concerned. “Why aren’t you prioritizing revenue or growth?” “You’re lowering it?!” I explained our strategy, but some were still understandably skeptical. Today, we just had our best month yet, and we’re profitable again. That created even more questions from some investors. “Wait, are you trying to be a profitable cash flow business now?” “Are you still trying to build something big?” That made me realize our strategy may not be obvious from the outside, and if that’s true, customers, prospects, and potential candidates may see it the same way. So I want to explain how we made decisions publicly: 𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀. At the same time, we have to do that within certain constraints, like not running out of money. That’s it. I believe the rest takes care of itself. Every seemingly questionable choice we’ve made has been a long-term decision in pursuit of that goal. I hope we tackle big problems, for a lot more people, solve them extremely well, and as a result of that, build something truly important. And I hope I get to keep working on it for a very very long time. We decreased our prices because it made sense for founders at the earliest stages. If I were in their shoes, I wouldn’t pay $100/m for accounting or $1,000+ for taxes. I’d just get AI to do it for me. And yes, we’re profitable again. But that is an unintended result, not the goal. If I find people who meet our bar today, I’d hire them immediately, and we’d be unprofitable again. But I’m still searching while keeping the bar high. So if you know anyone who holds an extremely high bar and wants to join a mission-driven startup that obsesses over making something people love, please reach out. We’d love to invest our money in people rather than earn interest income!