stavan

i have some news. i came to sf 3 years ago for @_buildspace. and never left. why? because of @fdotinc. it is magical. no other way to describe it. it's what i wished i had when i was starting my journey. a place where new ideas can find their first breath and flourish. in 3 years, i watched one empty room stretch into a 42k sq ft playground for builders of all kinds. @furqanr was our first and biggest believer -- no matter what ideas we had. from projects to houses to the first season of nights and weekends to bringing a 1000 people to fort mason to sage to figuring out what's next. literally whatever. he just believes. more than anyone i know. and that is infectious. today i get to share the i'm joining the team as creative director + partner. shaping culture takes a long time and i'm excited to craft this next chapter alongside an incredible team. we'll continue to try our best to convey what its like to be here through our digital stories. but if you can, pull up and feel.

@paularambles wild

@jmoonio incredible j moon you are the real deal

For the past 12 months, I’ve been heads down building a robot. Introducing Emma – an autonomous robot that scans farms, detects diseases, and measures yield. Currently deployed in 14 vineyards and orchards in CA and NY.

@super8n 👀

im hiring a video producer someone who can execute, write creatively & help me make films about wild people & startups you’ll be the first on the founders, inc media team im building competitive salary + upside if you’re interested just hmu with something cool you’ve made

@daniel_dhawan @levan congrats fam

We launched Rork just a year ago. On the birthday of Steve Jobs. At that moment, @levan and I had $15,000 in credit card debt, and I was sleeping on a mattress in a friend’s room in San Francisco. Since then: - We raised 2 rounds of funding - Rork became the #1 AI mobile app builder - We’ve crossed 1.5M+ apps built on Rork - Rork Max went viral on X with 8M+ views, adding $1.5M ARR every 3 days Thank you to our team, users, and investors who believed in us early. You changed our lives.

@declangessel beautiful

i went on a run in san francisco and brought my camera

@jeffreyando vibes

@hugothomel insane

i built the 1st "world model game engine" it makes games from scratch, all running locally on my Mac M1 - 30fps - 40ms latency - ⁠50 million parameters - trained on 15 min of footage made using only "synthetic" datasets this is the first of its kind, & you can try it now

@rohukrs beautiful

I’m treating my job search like a growth problem, and I’ve got 45 days to crack it. Instead of sending a resume, here's a 50-second video of my work. If you’re looking to grow your product through storytelling and filmmaking, let's talk?

i v ai

@crsamra proud of you

@samhogan @AmarSVS @atbeme @inference_net wow

Today I’m incredibly excited to announce that @AmarSVS has joined me and @atbeme as a co-founder of @inference_net Anyone who has worked with Amar knows he is a N=1 type of guy. His energy, raw horsepower, and dedication have allowed us to unlock exciting new opportunities and inspired the whole team. I look forward to many more years of partnership, ping pong, and late nights in the office.

@dasilvakareem congrats bro

Over the weekend I had a chance to use DGX Spark and hack a project together with some friends. everything is ran locally, $0 to run other than power and internet Try it here touristy.urbantech.dev/explore

@dsa incredible

Today is a day I’ll never forget. I grew up in Cupertino. My dad was a tech founder in the 80s/90s. I was in YC S07. LiveKit is my 5th company. The first 4 didn’t work out. I’ve had a lot of advantages — it still took 20 years to get here. Founders: keep taking shots.

@connorkapoor @fdotinc incredible

Started 2025 by booking a one-way ticket to SF, not sure what I was going to do. > Got invited to a @fdotinc week long sprint in Jan > was working on a kitchen appliance > needed cast parts for prototype kitchen appliance (literally impossible) > recalled my experience at Siemens energy, castings lead to 1MM+ delays and LDs > pivoted to a better quest > Invited back to F Inc, > built and launched the first instant quote tool for casting > founders inc backed me ❤️ > quit my full-time job > moved into a 400 sq ft garage space in March > made my first castings > iterated, relentlessly > raised a few more angel checks > got better at casting > got faster at casting > built custom hardware for casting > continued to build industry-first software > passed $1M+ in quoted volume > raised a venture round > shipped tons of parts > made my first hire > traveled to Boston, New York, Austin, Reno, Salt Lake City, LA & Atlanta (20k miles of travel) > met a ton of amazing founders > passed 2M+ in quoted volume > decided to relocate the business to Austin > LOI in on first factory space (moving soon!) > passed 3M+ in quoted volume 2025 was a fantastic year, these are just the things i can share now, I can't wait for 2026 and the exciting things to share soon!

@ruslanjabari lol

a gambling app when imessage conversations get stale

@hthieblot @fdotinc ❤️

2025 Wrapped W: • Gained 40k followers and posted a few bangers • Made 56 investments this year, many from cold DMs on here & who are solo founders. • First year with 3 kids 👶👧🧒 • 2,000+ ambitious founders visited @fdotinc • @stavan joined @fdotinc • Welcomed some incredible LPs to @fdotinc • We invested in as many hardware companies than software. • We 4x our number of applications year over year L: •Didn't see my family & friends in France this year •Didn't spend enough time taking care of my body •The Flu absolutely destroyed us for 3 weeks, did a pneumonia after.

@aadilpickle great read

wrote about something weird I figured out while doing SEO work a while back for some reason, midjourney ranks for what appears to be very specific gibberish that 1.3K people search for every month full thing here: aadillpickle.com/blog/midjourne…

@donjawns @dantelentini wow

What an era @dantelentini

@super8n i’m bringing my ipod classic

everything we own is becoming grey & dull so im hosting a "vintage tech competition" 50 contestants 500 viewers bring your favorite piece of tech on stage & show the world why you love it Dec 12 6pm @ fort mason lu. ma/VTC

@jalilwahdat legends

open for business