Rami Essaid

Founders often ask for my advice on how to scale a company. Every journey is different and I don't think I can give anyone a recipe for success. However, here are five things I regret doing and think others should avoid doing themselves. tcrn.ch/36f6Jzg via @techcrunch

Today I called and pledged $50,000 to support my senators if they vote to curtail ICE this week. I also promised to give that $50000 to primary them if they dont. Senators @AngelaAlsobrook and @ChrisVanHollen DO YOUR JOB. WEALTHY FRIENDS. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

We started @ruvopay to make moving money between Brazil and the U.S as easy as a Pix. The rebrand reflects that: a global dollar account built on modern rails, for people who live and work across borders. Pix. Crypto. USD. Visa. Save & invest. One wallet. This is Ruvo.

Also. @edels0n you need to do Scott Galloway a favor and help him find a better watch. I don’t think his Panerai is signaling what he thinks it is.

The best take on the Netflix / Warner bros merger from @karaswisher. Three layers deeper thought than every other take.

This year has had some wild headlines but “Hitler had a micropenis” was not on my 2025 bingo card of major headlines I expected. independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/…

I'm proud to announce @CentralHQX has raised $8.6M from @firstround to kill all back-office work for startups. Alongside YC, Ritual Capital, Multimodal Ventures, Alumni Ventures, SurgePoint Capital, Kulveer Taggar, JJ Fliegelman, Nate Matherson, and Richard Aberman. Story 👇

Simplex (@usesimplex) builds developer-first web agents that companies use to integrate with legacy portals. They're already in production, dispatching freight shipments, downloading customers’ invoices, and fetching websites’ internal APIs. ycombinator.com/launches/NbM-s… Congrats on the launch, @skarpoor12 & @marcon680!

Spring has arrived — and so has the latest batch of YC Demo Day Funds! Led by YC alumni @bhbryant, @ramiessaid, @JdotJdotF, @YahyaMokh, and @philipwinter_, these funds give you one-click access to the next wave of potential breakout YC startups. angellist.com/demo-day-funds…

At Theseus, we’re keeping good guys from getting killed.  Every morning for the past 14 months we’ve woken up thinking about how to help America and her allies fly unmanned drones in the toughest environments.  We have raised a $4.3M seed round led by @bigmekastyle and the team at @firstround to make unmanned missions possible without GPS. Thank you to all of our investors for believing in us, to our team for their unrelenting drive, and above all else, to the men and women who are fighting every day to keep us safe.

Congratulations @DevinMcCueEmery! Morning Brew Cofounder and CEO Steps Down as Publisher Eyes $70 Million in Revenue adweek.it/3CKSIwC via @Adweek

The AngelList Demo Day Funds for the YC Winter 2025 (W25) batch are live! Led by @bhbryant, @ramiessaid, @JdotJdotF, and @YahyaMokh, these funds provide access to the next batch of YC startups with a single check. angellist.com/investors/demo…

@sriramk @DavidSacks @realDonaldTrump Congratulations @sriramk!

Hey @edels0n. Another reason, and a much more important one for me, is that listening to you on YouTube allows me to skip more of the ads easily because I have YouTube premium.

That’s one way to filter out candidates 😳

Don’t give away startup equity to advisors. A. successful people will advise for free to give back B. successful people can invest C. If A/B fails: hire them as contractor with defined deliverables and pay equity monthly. Some rare exceptions - eg. branded scientists.

Huge congrats to Abdul & team. Cartage secures $3.3M to support shippers and carriers with automation freightwaves.com/news/cartage-s…

I love seeing @NCState getting a ton of love on today’s @theallinpod. Lfg #Wolfpack

@DevinMcCueEmery @mbdailyshow Ahhhh. So it’s really Megaphone’s fault. Here I was thinking it was all hair and makeup’s fault. My apologies!

@ramiessaid @mbdailyshow I happen to know that you have the technical skills to build an alarm clock that goes off variably based on when a new episode hits the feed... (But yes, Megaphone’s unpredictability when it comes to processing time annoys us too.)

The irrational anger I feel when my morning podcast doesn’t release on time for my morning routine. Get your shit together @mbdailyshow @DevinMcCueEmery

The AngelList Demo Day Funds for the YC Summer 2024 batch are live! This batch features 5 funds, led by @bhbryant, @ramiessaid, @JdotJdotF @YahyaMokh, and @RichAberman. Curious how you can gain exposure to the next batch of YC startups with a single check? 👇🏽