Ben O’Keefe

He turned up with surprise signed 5090s as gifts for the cs 153 students today at stanford what a mensch

@WilliamHYZhang Not pictured Billy being a chess grandmaster

I cofounded Endgrate as a scrappy Harvard freshman 2 yrs ago. Since then, we've quietly built the best integration platform on the market. Last year, we processed over 1B data transfers, mastered niche integration features, and stayed 100% bootstrapped. Year 3, let's do this.🚀

@josephsemrai Super cool demo! Excited to see it in action!!

Meet Context Autopilot It learns like you, thinks like you, and uses tools like you. With SoTA context understanding, it's capable of most information work today. Watch it beat a team of industry experts:

@brentsmith1024 More intense trailer than most marvel movies 🚀

Keel Demo Day. 08.09.24.

@jfudem Doesn’t matter if you ship on Friday if you work on Saturday

It's Friday and I feel like SHIPPING.

@brentsmith1024 @JoshSiegel71696 @AdamIAchebe @pluggerbot @aidan__pratt @jjaison13 @vienna_sparks @MabLabtests @WilliamHYZhang @shreypj @AnanthVeluvali @josephjojoe @amritakbhasin @sehtoshi Unreal experience.

Thank you to @JoshSiegel71696 @AdamIAchebe @pluggerbot @ben__okeefe @aidan__pratt @jjaison13 @vienna_sparks @MabLabtests @WilliamHYZhang @shreypj @AnanthVeluvali @josephjojoe @amritakbhasin @sehtoshi and everyone else who was involved with Keel this summer🫶 Stay tuned for a Demo Day recap, individual pitches, and more on the future of Keel🤝

Keel is over.  Last week, we wrapped up @KeelVentures with our FIRST-EVER Demo Day, with 12 teams pitching their ventures to a room full of NYC investors. How’d they do? In just 8 weeks, Keel Cohort 1.0… Shipped 11 products 🛠️ Signed 90+ paying customers 📈 Added $1.1M+ ARR 💰  Raised $2.8M+ 🚀  We even had a team raise their seed just HOURS after Demo Day.  Overall? Keel Cohort 1.0 killed it. And we’re just getting started🤝

We are officially half-way through @KeelVentures in NYC! In just 4 weeks, Keel Cohort 1.0 has: - Shipped 8 Products - Signed 50 Paying Customers - Added $400K+ ARR - Raised $450K Uncapped - Built autonomous drones, deployed APIs for APIs, sold 5-in-1 test strips for laced drugs, and so much more. 4 weeks down, 4 weeks to go. Stay tuned for even more progress from Cohort 1.0🚀

@brentsmith1024 @KeelVentures @shervin Thanks for great insights @shervin

Today, @KeelVentures hosted @Shervin for a chat at our NYC office! Shervin Pishevar is the founder of Telly and Hyperloop, and an early investor @ Uber, Airbnb, Snap, and more. He chatted with our teams on how to maximize collective talent in early hires, how to detect killer founders, and more on his founder and investor journey. Thanks for stopping by @Shervin! See you on August 10th for Keel Demo Day🤝

To kickoff Week 3 of @KeelVentures, we hosted a product workshop this morning with the amazing @BabakKia. As our teams begin to ship their products and GTM, walking through MVP, UVP, product Dos and Dont’s, and other helpful product tips could not be more important. Team spotlights coming soon…

4/ This means that the entire business of text message marketing will change. What do you think is an underrated feature in iOS 18?

3/ With wifi texting, the cost of text-based advertising can be reduced by ~85%. This makes it a much more compelling option compared to email advertising. With multimedia, it finally makes using images in text advertising a viable option.

1/ While everybody was focusing on AI at Apple’s event last week there was one feature that flew under the radar. RCS I believe that RCS is the most underrated feature introduced in iOS 18 for businesses. Here’s why.