Vistar Singh

@GJarrosson YC

🚀 YC F25 is HERE — and I just published the full breakdown you’ve been waiting for. After weeks of 1:1s with founders and deep dives into the batch, I pulled together: 🔥 The entire YC F25 startup list 📊 Category breakdowns + % share 🤖 Theme analysis (spoiler: AI is still everywhere) 🧠 Insider look at which YC partners backed what ⭐ And our top favorite companies of the batch If you’re an investor, founder, or just YC-curious, this is the most comprehensive look at F25 anywhere. 📩 Want to read the full analysis + download the complete list? Comment "YC" and I'll send it to you ⚡ Curious what surprised us most this cycle? Why certain founders are breaking out? Or which categories YC partners are really leaning into? Drop a comment!

@henrythe9ths FUNDRAISE

I got rejected by 144 investors before raising $150M for my $200M+ rev/year startup. After 144 rejections, I started questioning our approach. Were we solving the right problem? What were we doing wrong? Why weren’t investors seeing what we were seeing? Were we the right team to build this? We tried everything: different pitch angles, new deck structures, and reframing the problem. Then came the 145th meeting, where we closed our first growth round. That yes made everything worth it. But getting there took years of mistakes and hard work. We went through a lot of trial and error just to figure out what resonates with investors. We tried dozens of approaches to figure out what made investors engage. Some landed, most didn't. But each iteration taught us something about what builds conviction versus what just sounds good on paper. And once we cracked that code, our Series C closed faster than expected. And today, I see so many founders in the exact same position I was in 10 years ago: grinding through rejections, questioning everything, and trying to figure out what works. So today I want to give you the resource I wish I had back then: Something that shows you exactly how to structure these conversations and navigate the entire process (because the fundraising cycle can be a big distraction and take a toll on you as a founder). So I've partnered with Notion's Startups Team to create the essential fundraising resource that helps you avoid the mistakes that cost me years. Here's what you are getting: • The actual decks I used to raise $150M for Super[.]com (Series B, C) • 50 real examples from funded startups like Eleven Labs and Artisan AI • A searchable database of 10,000+ investors - angels, VCs, and accelerators you can reach out to immediately (this alone would take months to build manually) • An AI-powered fundraising agent built into Notion with step-by-step prompts (no separate ChatGPT needed) Want access? • Like and share this post • Comment "FUNDRAISE" • Follow me so I can DM you the link I'll send it over ASAP. P.S.: If you are serious about fundraising (now or in the future), you should grab it right away.

Not a “winner takes all” for AI website and app builders makes sense today. As a product person I love using lovable for prototyping and to compress iteration cycles. But as a designer I don’t think it’s anywhere close to the excellence of Framer to build website. Or it will ever cut close without a designer canvas. I would bet Framer with more AI will beat lovable. And displace webflow. But as a business person who isn’t a design pro, lovable is pretty good for getting a quick website out there.

Flow state. When you’re locked in on prompt engineering. You see how every word makes the output better. Every tool calling response is perfect. When agent nails everything from research to process to output format. Giving an addictive experience you never want to step out of. Every vibe-coder should experience it once. Before you change model and it goes haywire again.

@kmr_dilip Rinse and repeat — Bangalore!

There’s no better dopamine hit than sweating it out with founders on a weekend morning. Building endurance and strength together. We love this at Rainmatter- Zerodha. Founders peak in Mumbai was amazing yesterday. Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Mumbai is done. Should we rinse and repeat? Or bring into a new city?

@sajithpai @ponnappa @robfitz @firstround @tjack @jwdanner @BostonVC @dunkhippo33 @pablosrugo Loved it! Short, specific, and actionable.

@ponnappa @robfitz @firstround @tjack @jwdanner @BostonVC @dunkhippo33 @pablosrugo If you have enjoyed the above and want to read the full piece (13.5k words) then click on the link below! And please do retweet and share this widely; it could help a founder! sajithpai.com/pmf-playbook-c…

Some of you know I am writing a book on Product Market Fit. Unlike the traditional book release, here I will be releasing parts of the book online as and when I get done with each part. Today I am releasing the first part = Chapter 1! Thread on Chapter 1 follows.

ux = user gets it. ui = user likes it. brand = user remembers it. copy = user feels it. design = all of the above.

When you give others the help you never got, your brain feels like you’re finally rescuing your younger self.

Webflow was 10x better than Wordpress. Framer is 10x better than Webflow. Winning is inevitable.

@lukesophinos Recommendations 👀 Found one great vendor, but still not close to that range.

Too many vSaaS companies throw Stripe into their platform and don't get surgical on embedded payments provider. YOU CAN get 0.75-1.25% take rates. This is the difference between a good business and a GREAT one.

@GurpriyaSidhu Felt like I am reading Camus - “I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world” “Gentle” being the essence here.

The world doesn't owe you anything is a bitter pill to swallow. But once you internalise it, you realise you don't have to owe it anything either. When you don't expect any grace from the world, you don't bend to its will. In that way, it sets you free. You are liberated only when you put responsibility of self in no place other than your own hands.

@paolo_scales VID

I booked 672 demo calls in 30 DAYS. Most people don't even book that many calls in a whole year. And it was all thanks to our LinkedIn system. I just broke down exactly how you can implement it for yourself... Reply "VID" + follow for access

@FynCas FREE

“UGC” is so 2019. Performance content is 2025. If you’re still testing the same 3 ad types... you’re leaving scale on the table. Here’s what top-performing brands are running now: - Fake podcast ads - Street interviews - Skits with voiceovers - Phone-in-hand explainers - Text overlays + iMessage convos - Reaction videos - Fake news-style ads - Car POVs + GRWM - HD product testimonials - Motion graphics & tweet-style creatives - Day-in-the-life & "fail" hooks - AI voiceovers & livestream formats This isn’t creative for the sake of it — It’s content designed to convert. I put together a full Guide with ad examples and case studies. Comment “FREE” and I’ll send it your way. (Must be following) PS: Repost if you know a brand still stuck running ads from 2022.

@AlfieJCarter Viral

I got 287,459 views from ONE post last month. Using a LinkedIn algorithm hack nobody's talking about. I've packed everything into a detailed video showing exactly how to do this. Reply "VIRAL" + follow for access

Hits home. The challenge is daily reset required to overcome personal, team, and customer inertia (ignoring majority in favor of early adopters) Had to lean heavily into this advice to go AI-native and not “enabled”: “If you can't decide between 2 choices, take the path that's more difficult/painful in the short term. Doing this will counteract 'hyperbolic discounting,' the brain's tendency to overestimate short term pain and underestimate long term pain.” - Naval Ravikant

Many sub-scale SaaS companies face a dilemma: continue to build SaaS (slower sales, higher stickiness) or fully pivot to AI (faster sales, less proven stickiness). In a world where product developmemt cost and time trends to zero, distribution is king. Any strategy that slows it down is flawed. Build what sells.

@vikpat Fabulous work Vikrant! Loved it.

This is such a bakchod video 🤣 There was a point after first cut where I told Karan that I literally have NO CLUE how people will react to what we just made, since nobody has done this before In the end, I just trusted my gut and early feedback. Looks like that’s all you need

@jspujji GA

I generated 10M+ impressions and $4M of revenue from LinkedIn last year. Here’s the system everyone ignores: Posting daily is not enough. The most underrated LinkedIn growth strategy is using engagement and comments to create reach. My assistant runs an AI-enabled process that ANYONE can steal. She’s doing it now to help my co-founder Adriane grow her reach. I asked her to make a 5-min Loom to share the process with everyone here. Like this post + comment “GA” to get the Loom in your DMs.

@jspujji 🔥

One founder I know sleeps 3 hours a night and mainlines Red Bull. Another runs a bigger company and coaches his daughter's basketball team. They both face the same chaos, but one is thriving while the other’s dying. What the hell is the difference? I spent years obsessing over this. I read every leadership book and hired a bunch of coaches. Then I stumbled on this simple concept that sounds like corporate BS: "Above the Line" vs "Below the Line" thinking. ⬇️ Below the Line: you're in fight-or-flight mode 24/7. Every email feels like a fire and every meeting is a battle. ⬆️ Above the Line: same shitstorm, different brain. You're curious instead of defensive. Problems become puzzles. Sounds simple, but it’s not. So I created this stupid-simple daily check-in. Like, embarrassingly basic. Five questions I ask myself every morning. Takes 2 minutes. Then I track what sends me "below the line" (aka Zoom calls 😂). After a few weeks, my COO pulled me aside and said "whatever you're doing, keep doing it." I'm not saying this fixes everything. Your burn rate is still your burn rate. But if you're tired of feeling like you're constantly putting out fires with gasoline... I turned my whole system into a PDF. The exact questions, the trigger tracker, everything. Drop "️‍🔥" in the comments if you want it. I'll DM you the link.

@getventurr Doc

Outbound is undefeated. Funnels take time. Content takes consistency. If you want to start printing cash from cold leads? This is the system: