Dylan Terrill

a quote for the turbulent times: “Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to scratch, to get back up when you’ve been knocked down, to push forward – ever forward. It means sacrificing everything if necessary, to carve out a place for your own existence.”

finally can have some peace from spam calls with this verizon outage

@slow 21st-century Coast Guards idea is very timely 👀sam.gov/workspace/cont…

Undersea infrastructure is the single most fragile layer of the global economy yet nobody in tech is paying attention. Here are the facts: > Big Tech secretly owns half of the world’s subsea internet > China’s shipbuilding outpaces the U.S. by 232× > Deep sea mining is already the size of Mongolia > Underwater drones just dropped from $200k → $10k > Red Sea attacks have hit 100+ commercial ships The ocean is the next trillion dollar frontier, and @angelesahr just mapped the opportunity in her latest research deck. See replies for deck access.

@yrechtman @slow @KevinColleran Congrats!! 👏

Some very happy and surprising news: I'm a Partner at @slow :) In an interview @KevinColleran asked me “where do you see yourself in five years” and I answered “not at Slow!” But big things take time and now I have more time to see things through.

@njavwamutambo @ycombinator good luck!

Submitted our @ycombinator S25 app. Caantin is now powering over 60K AI calls/month for Africa’s largest financial institutions. Replacing BPOs isn’t theory—it’s happening. Excited for what’s next.

@Thecalebnnamani really liked this, thanks for sharing

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As kids, we believed we could fly, rule kingdoms, and live happily ever after. Then adulthood taught us to dream smaller. To "be realistic." I wrote about how we slowly move from dreamers to doubters—and how to find our way back. I highly recommend for young career people 👇🏽

@sgrin77 @mrstephendeng super helpful. thanks!

@dylanterrill @mrstephendeng 2/Collateralizing Remittance Flows, 3/ fx backed lending

It really doesn't matter how you dress up your African remittance / b2b cross-border company. Tell me how you are/plan on improving: * flow of funds (speed, cost, accessibility) * FX liquidity + risk * compliance / security

@sgrin77 @mrstephendeng @sgrin77 what does lending look like for a remittance biz? I could an opportunity tied to trade: cross-border transactions need financing & FX. is there a lending opportunity built on money movements itself? or perhaps just using that data to make a credit decision...

@mrstephendeng My prediction is remittance is no longer a “business”—it’s infrastructure. Winners will monetize *around* transfers (lending, FX, loyalty). Losers? Those still charging $10 to move $200. Adapt or evaporate.

@mrstephendeng makes sense! seems to have a lot of opportunity there

@dylanterrill ah, much more backend b2b. few want to touch the maze that is African currency payments/collections, esp. early on.

SIlicon Valley stablecoin startups are recognizing that African markets have uniquely high demand for their products. Many run LatAm + Africa strategies from Day 1. As I've said before, as much as Africa needs crypto, crypto needs Africa. Buckle up.

@mrstephendeng right, I meant if you're seeing more consumer or b2b focussed startups from SV to Africa vs simply USDC, USDT, etc? would be curious about platforms competing against incumbents like yellow card, etc.

@dylanterrill It's an alternative pool of USD that lives on the internet. So it spans across both on the backend. B2C and B2B flows eventually mix in the FX markets.

@ay_o Really liked this, thanks!

It was a pleasure to meet the President of Ghana @NAkufoAddo🇬🇭 We had a quick chat the path to legalize okadas in #Ghana 🏍️ #UNGA2024 #UNGA79

@james_mcwalter @paces_ai @navitascapital @ResoluteVC Congrats James and team!! Well done 👏

Delighted to announce @paces_ai's $11 million Series A! This funding allows us to continue the incredible growth we have had over the last two years as we accelerate the transition to a green economy. This funding, led by our amazing partners at @navitascapital and @ResoluteVC, @ycombinator, @SuffolkTech_VC , @mcjcollective, @SomaCapital, @climatecapital and others will enable us to expand our capabilities in solving grid and permitting problems for our solar, battery, wind, EV charging and data center developers and get more projects built. Building Paces is the most impactful work of my life. We have built 1% of Paces. Back to work to build the rest.

@aaronqfu @KauffmanFellows Congrats Aaron!

Excited to share a bit of a dream come true today - joining @KauffmanFellows' community of global VCs!

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The western world can comprehend this level of fame

@Shah_Srkiann exactly. I don't think anyone else has been this famous for this long.

@dylanterrill Pop stars can but movie stars cant.. Only those pop stars who are in trend and that trend changes after every 2 or 3 years.

Deeply troubling that automakers are sharing detailed driving data with insurance firms without explicit consumer consent. Insurers are using this private info to jack up rates, violating privacy & overall fairness. nytimes.com/2024/03/11/tec…