Devan Sood

@ new followers since moving to SF(!) — allow me to reintroduce myself: I'm Devan (day-vin), and I've spent my entire life in marketing. education started early, I started attending my dad's @uclaanderson marketing classes at ~11. I started a clothing company at 15, a tech startup at 18, and have been working in tech ever since. I ended up going to @babson, I consulted on early stage growth at some startups, I led growth at some other startups, and most recently I was building/launching new AI/video products @heygenlabs. now I'm onto something new, still lowkey for now, but ask me about it 👀 if we haven't already gotten the chance to know each other, my DMs are open and I'm excited to meet you! if you're interested in the long story, link's in my bio

@bihanmahadewa @creebeauvoir +1 for the melody

@creebeauvoir maps.app.goo.gl/YEPmuWgXyGL87t…

SF friends we need a venue !!

@omarwasm already done by @0xSuman x.com/0xsuman/status…

Who’s launching OpenGranola

@stvnzhn congrats bro!

my O-1 Visa just got approved! it has been an insane journey, but now I can finally call SF home❤️🇺🇸

@ybhrdwj investing early in this tweet

Travis, I love you but I ain't reading all that. I just cloned your voice with AI and turned the manifesto into a narrated video + added slop for focus. We are so back.

@haakamaujla @generalcatalyst Huge congrats guys!!! 📈📈

Announcing AgentMail's $6M Seed led by @generalcatalyst No pressure, right?

@haakamaujla @generalcatalyst Yooooo congrats guys!! Big time!!

@bykahlil @naturalpay 🫡📈 so excited for you guys

@devansood @naturalpay Thank you Devan!

I’ve known @bykahlil for years and have been watching him build @naturalpay since day 0 his clarity, tenacity, and rigor has genuinely inspired the way I move as a founder congrats team Natural for coming out of stealth!!

@vivianphung rt

anthropic vibe coded too hard

@vivianphung @ruedart Do it

should i go back to blue hair???

@sama what’s the goal?

I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.

walking for 2hrs throughout SF is like walking through 5 different cities

@bykahlil @bhargavyy @naturalpay @devannpatel super natural™️

@devansood @bhargavyy @naturalpay @devannpatel It’s natural…

Excited to share that @bhargavyy is joining @naturalpay as we continue building a world-class engineering team. When @devannpatel joined, he told me there were a couple engineers we had to hire. Bhargav was at the top of that list. He’s spent the last few years deep in payments at Affirm, Method, and Coinbase. He’s operated at scale, shipped in high-stakes environments, and helped grow serious teams. What matters most to me is that Bhargav is here to be great. During his work trial, we dropped him into a wide-open, ambiguous problem with zero guardrails. No hesitation. He brought structure, made decisions, and executed. He’s the fourth person relocating to San Francisco because of what we’re building. We opened seven new engineering roles this weekend. If you want to work on hard problems with an insanely high-caliber team, now’s the time. natural.co/blog/why-bharg…

@bykahlil @bhargavyy @naturalpay @devannpatel I knew I hit on a goldmine there...

@devansood @bhargavyy @naturalpay @devannpatel More from where that’s from soon

@DylanAbruscato @johnpalmer 🔥 take my money

@johnpalmer Need

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@bykahlil @nattycharlie @naturalpay Lfg huge moves!! congrats team

Today, @nattycharlie is joining @naturalpay as Head of Legal & Compliance, coming over from Stripe. Building an enduring payments company is of utmost importance to me, so I knew early on that we’d have to staff the team with some of the best people in payments. I started recruiting for this role in October, when Natural was all of 52 days old. More than a few people asked why a company that young was hiring for a role like this. For me, it was obvious. If you care about building something that lasts decades, you don’t treat legal and compliance as an afterthought. You build it into the DNA. I was fortunate to get to interview people from just about every major fintech, and finding someone who had the experience, was a cultural fit, and was ready to roll up their sleeves wasn't easy. From my first conversation with Natalie, the alignment was clear. Energetically, culturally, and from a product perspective. Natalie embodies the type of person I love to hire: obsessive about the work, wildly attuned to the details, deeply intellectually curious, and radically low ego. We’re lucky to have her, and I’m excited to keep building out our Legal & Compliance function the right way as we take on the most important problem space in payments. Read more about her decision to join in the blog she wrote. To the next few decades. natural.co/blog/why-natal…

@lexxbarn I’d love to hear more about your daily use cases

Can confirm

imagine spending - 80 million on a domain - 8 million on a super bowl ad website doesn’t load

@2irl4u if you find out pls lmk

What’s best 24/7 co-working spot in SF? I’m talking leave at 2am spots