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Eric Lay

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CEO @virioai | content & ai gtm for b2b | ex pro lol gamer https://t.co/nn7KjwyAMl 🇨🇦

San Francisco, CA Katılım Nisan 2015
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
After 10 years of failed startups, I’ve finally found the next trillion dollar company. Introducing @VirioAI — the AI marketer for enterprise. As a teen I made content that did 1B+ views/month… …and earned <$10K. That’s when I learned: Views ≠ Pipeline Likes ≠ Revenue The problem wasn’t creating attention. It was turning that attention into revenue. Virio is built to solve exactly that: 1) Tracks your sales pipeline & marketing initiatives 2) Plans targeted content across your entire GTM team 3) Deploys messaging tailored to each decision maker To celebrate our launch out of stealth, I'm giving away our 16,456-word playbook that's generated $50M+ in pipeline. Repost & comment "Virio" and I’ll share it with you in a few minutes!
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
Come join the dream team!
Virio@VirioAI

Virio is giving away MacBooks to strangers who help us hire. Here are all the roles we're hiring for: Engineering - Founding Design Eng. $150K - $250K - Founding Harness Eng. $150K - $250K - Founding Infra Eng. $180K - $300K GTM - Enterprise AEs $350K - $500K OTE - Founding BDR $135K - $160K OTE - Founding Events/Community $150K - $250K - Founding GTM Eng. $150K - $250K - Founding Marketer $150K - $250K Client Success - Founding Account Managers $150K - $200K Ops - Chief of Staff $150K - $250K - Head of Operations $150K - $250K - Head of Finance $160K - $250K - Founding Recruiter $150K - $200K - Founders Associate $130K - $160K The comp is all cash base salary (AE and BDR are OTE) and you get cash bonus, significant equity ($400K+), and commission on top for certain roles + we offer relocation and visa support. Macbooks will be given at the 60th day of successful hire from intro :) Please help and support me by: - reacting, commenting, reposting this post - share with anyone who might be interested in joining a fast growing startup - apply directly with the link in the comments - pray I hit my KPIs with me

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Vivian Cai
Vivian Cai@VivianCaiIAm·
we’re at venue capacity, so if you’re on the waitlist and would still like to join send me a dm I’ll see what I can do continuing the lineup we have: - @VirioAI ($110M+ in pipeline, 42M+ impressions, and 14,000+ meetings booked) - @Sonilo_music ($10M Seed raised) - @AgentWebPro (YC W23) excited to see everyone tmr🫶
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here we go the lineup: @UseCorgi (YC S24, Series B, $268M+ raised) @plainsupport (Series A, $34M+ raised) @_ahacreator (Pre-A+, $10M+ raised) @shcallaway at @sazabi ($8M raised, YC P26) @JoinPond (Series A, serving 380 startups and 40k users) @RespanAI (YC W24) @ImpreziaAI (YC S25) @tryjanetai (YC S25) we’re not done yet, the list continues

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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
I got pitched a startup mid driving test. The founder: my DMV instructor. 50 years old. I don't own a car. So I rented a Corolla from a company that exists purely to rent cars to adults taking the test. Instructor included. Ten minutes in he clocks I'm a founder and starts pitching me between turns. His company: a marketplace to teach immigrants to drive in the US. He asks if I think investors would back it. I'm parallel parking. He's walking me through the model. Then, casually: his daughter. Ten years as an operating partner at a top VC firm. So my driving instructor is raising, and he's wired into venture. Nobody in this city would blink. I once said every ambitious founder should spend three months in SF just to see what "possible" looks like. This is what I meant. I crossed the world twice for this energy. SF, I'm staying. Glad I made it. Again.
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
Founders should stop spending hours making a post look "perfect". Nobody cares how polished it is. They care that you actually have something to say, and that you show up every week.
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
Been thinking about this as we scale: in-office only creates value when the team's actually there together to collaborate. Problem is it's a slippery slope. Let one person cut a couple hours, then it's a half day, then a full day, then two people, then everyone. Loosening is easy. Tightening back up is nearly impossible. The real solve isn't policing hours. It's recruiting. If you hire people who genuinely want to be there, you're not fighting them to hold the line. You just don't let the wrong people in.
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Livia Han 🐯
Livia Han 🐯@livtoshare·
Bittersweet news, my chapter at Tofu has come to an end. It's been a life-changing experience, and I'm so grateful for the work we did together, and all the fun we had on the journey!!
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Mark Grinev@markgrinev·
best decision i’ve ever made
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
I'm giving away 5 iMac's Refer someone we hire at Virio → it's yours Here are all the roles we're hiring for: Engineering - Founding Design Eng. $150K - $250K - Founding Harness Eng. $150K - $250K - Founding Infra Eng. $160K - $300K Sales - Enterprise AEs $300K - $500K OTE - Founding Events/Community $150K - $250K - Founding GTM Eng. $150K - $250K - Founding Marketer $150K - $250K - Founding BDR $135K - $160K Client Success - Strategic Account Managers $150K - $200K Ops - Chief of staff $150K - $250K - Founding Recruiter $150K - $200K - Head of Operations $150K - $250K - Founders Associate $130K - $160K PS: these are just the BASE salaries, every role can get $1M+ in equity on top, plus relocation, visa support, free equinox, breakfast, lunch and dinner on top. Please help and support by: 1. reacting, commenting, reposting 2. tagging or sending this to a friend who may be interested in joining a fast growing startup 3. applying down below (my dms are rough)
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Andrew Yeung
Andrew Yeung@andruyeung·
Catan is the most accurate personality trait ever invented. You can learn a lot about someone in one game of Catan. e.g. - The hoarder who stockpiles resources and never trades is the person IRL who splits every check. - The revenge player who spends the entire game trying to get back at someone for robbing them has a massive chip on their shoulder and holds grudges. - The kingmaker who never wins but is the loudest person at the table is the planner of the friend group. - The quiet person who says nothing, barely trades, and wins out of nowhere is the most dangerous person in any room.
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
@AmolParikh10 they thought i was trying to work in the US without visa authorization.
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
Three years ago, the US government kicked me out. This 4th of July, I'm proud to call this place home. The last time I tried to move to San Francisco, I never made it past the border. 12 hours in a white detention room. Question after question. Wondering if my dream was over before it even began. From that day, every US trip turned into a nightmare. I had to arrive 5 hours early to airports, carry stacks of documents to “prove” I would leave, sit through interrogations every single time, and miss flights I’ll never forget. 1 year ago, I decided to fight for permanence and applied for an O-1 visa. After more than $15K in legal fees, six recommendation letters from industry leaders and months of gathering proof for every achievement it became official. The US now calls me an “extraordinary individual.” I think about that a lot on a day like today. This country turned me away and I still wanted in. Not because it was easy, but because there is nowhere else on earth where someone with no connections can show up and build something great. San Francisco took me in. People here bet on me before they had any reason to. I am grateful for the second chance. Grateful for the people who wrote those letters. Grateful to be building here. Happy 4th. Glad I made it.
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Eddie Jiao
Eddie Jiao@eddiejiao_obj·
What if your whole computer were just pixels streamed to you from a model? I’ve been working with @zan2434 and @drewocarr to imagine a version of generative computing that’s much more flexible and visually rich than the GUIs we have today. (Video is sped up and edited)
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Zain Shah@zan2434·
Imagine every pixel on your screen, streamed live directly from a model. No HTML, no layout engine, no code. Just exactly what you want to see. @eddiejiao_obj, @drewocarr and I built a prototype to see how this could actually work, and set out to make it real. We're calling it Flipbook. (1/5)
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Elly Dai 🌁
Elly Dai 🌁@_ellydai·
hiii it’s elly!  i’m new to x, so here’s an intro I’m an australian 🇦🇺 born chinese 🇨🇳, now living in sf🌁. just joined @variantui as a design engineer and storyteller current hobbies:  > love chatting about export controls > long walks near data centers > memorizing org charts > touring frontier labs > pilates  let’s connect if you have security clearance or you’re a member of technical staff ;)
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
@bnj @variantui love this! such an absurd and brilliant idea for a tool
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Ben South@bnj·
We made a tool that lets you absorb the vibe of anything you point it at and apply it to your designs It's absurd and it just works Style Dropper, now available in @variantui
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Michelle Liu
Michelle Liu@michelletliu·
digital sketchbook ✍️
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Eric Lay
Eric Lay@itsericlay·
@DrCapsoul love this! Ghost Panel solves such a real workflow pain point
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Evan
Evan@DrCapsoul·
Been building a lot with Claude Code and Codex lately One thing I kept running into was how awkward it is to iterate on WebGL and Three.js scenes once they're already working So I built Ghost Panel 👻 Generate controls. Tweak live. Export to code. Disappear before shipping
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Eric Lay@itsericlay·
@covacut love this! micro-design details make all the difference
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cova@covacut·
the year of micro-design. 🏷️
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