# ![@taro_f Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::37704972.png) @taro_f Taro Fukuyama

Taro Fukuyama posts on X about y combinator, ai, investment, japan the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [countries](/list/countries)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [financial services](/list/financial-services) 

**Social topic influence**
[y combinator](/topic/y-combinator), [ai](/topic/ai), [investment](/topic/investment), [japan](/topic/japan), [in the](/topic/in-the), [$zora](/topic/$zora), [tokyo](/topic/tokyo), [$100m](/topic/$100m), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [$20m](/topic/$20m)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@ycombinator](/creator/undefined) [@pioneerfund](/creator/undefined) [@garrytan](/creator/undefined) [@paulg](/creator/undefined) [@miyatashoji](/creator/undefined) [@tryramp](/creator/undefined) [@aparjey](/creator/undefined) [@maticrobots](/creator/undefined) [@browseruse](/creator/undefined) [@a1baseapi](/creator/undefined) [@firstround](/creator/undefined) [@eglyman](/creator/undefined) [@djtokyo](/creator/undefined) [@8haraoh](/creator/undefined) [@biotech55](/creator/undefined) [@mastra](/creator/undefined) [@agentmail](/creator/undefined) [@masatoserizawa](/creator/undefined) [@sama](/creator/undefined) [@fond](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Zora (ZORA)](/topic/$zora) [Dash (DASH)](/topic/dash) [RAMP (RAMP)](/topic/ramp) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Cloudflare, Inc. (NET)](/topic/cloudflare) [Zscaler Inc (ZS)](/topic/$zs) [Shopify Inc (SHOP)](/topic/$shop) [Dayforce, Inc. (DAY)](/topic/dayforce)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Bessemer Venture PartnersAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1951082199698305096)  2025-08-01T00:47Z 21.9K followers, 20.9K engagements


"Well-known Japanese Venture Capitalist Finally Launches His Own Fund http://t.co/qDLDYS2N via @pennolson http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/09/26/b-dash-ventures/ http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/09/26/b-dash-ventures/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/118132996611129344)  2011-09-26T01:21Z 16.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@emilychangtv @ycombinator @paulg @jesslivingston @bchesky @alexisohanian @sama @drewhouston @justinkan @garrytan Thats me [--] years ago 🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1690066745703432192)  2023-08-11T18:24Z 14K followers, [---] engagements


"@eshear Check out the Playa Vista area too. All walking distance extremely clean and safe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1690736521530462209)  2023-08-13T14:46Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements


"SaaS VC @DavidSacks @Craft_venturesDD@SaaSgrid_hq Salesforce Hubspot QuickbooksARR NRR Payback Burn MultipleKPI SaaSKPI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1699561867394294050)  2023-09-06T23:15Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@stanine from @Rippling talking about Compound Startup in Tokyo #SaaSTokyo cc @parkerconrad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1722425750350078259)  2023-11-09T01:27Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements


"I'm excited to announce my appointment as Board of Director for SmartHR. SmartHR is one of the fastest growing SaaS startups in Japan with $100M+ ARR backed by Sequoia Capital Global Equities and Light Street Capital. Looking forward to building a great company with the team"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1729270769803538537)  2023-11-27T22:47Z 14K followers, 15.7K engagements


"AIMatic @maticrobots $30MA MaticD NestStripeAngelListAdam DAngelo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1729282229069893856)  2023-11-27T23:33Z 14K followers, [---] engagements


"@nakataka_nml"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1737976093322449294)  2023-12-21T23:19Z 14K followers, [--] engagements


"Which ETF do you hold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1742271811155558861)  2024-01-02T19:49Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@magicmind @sproutsfm Woohoo Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1745510539919548599)  2024-01-11T18:18Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@yoheinakajima Happy birthday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1749582743514845221)  2024-01-23T00:00Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Excited to invest in Dili@dili_ai🎉 Dili raised $3.5M seed round from @Ycombinator @Pioneer_Fund and many others 📈 Dili offers a data driven solution to investing and due diligence📝 If you work in PE or growth equity and want to try the state-of-the-art in finance-focused AI today let me know Congrats @stephksongz @metanand Brian 👋"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1759996221425627435)  2024-02-20T17:39Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"LA Galaxy⚽ LA Galaxy2 LA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1769516417018429618)  2024-03-18T00:09Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Excited to invest in Ensis for their $4M seed round. Ensis is building a Gen AI tool for government contractors to streamline request for proposals (RFPs). Ben Lewis the founder is a founder of Tapjoy and Karma (acquired by FB) and the first angel investor of @Fond Very excited for his new startup Let me know if your company works with RFPs with governments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1773095432559964446)  2024-03-27T21:11Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Ensis EnsisAIRFPSaaS BenTapjoyFBKarma Fond"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1773141040175710419)  2024-03-28T00:12Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"ETFDestiny NYSE: $DXYZ SpaceXBoom SonicOpenAIBrexStripe YC @sohailprasad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1773476288927568226)  2024-03-28T22:24Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@HarryStebbings Its a feature to help you HODL 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1780002808491823352)  2024-04-15T22:38Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Ycombinator50@Ycombinator 5000YC1% + SaaS 52% + B2C 23$ + Fintech 19% 13M&A11 W12Gusto Amplitude Matterport32 W21ZeptoYC3 + 50$57.2B + 50$458B ($9B) + 5080000: [----] + 50%HQ + [--] 5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1785453247135965203)  2024-04-30T23:36Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements


"@justindross OpenAI co-founder seems available now 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1790966262094504411)  2024-05-16T04:43Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"B Dash Camp VC  #bdashcamp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1793486420281307280)  2024-05-23T03:37Z 14.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Ramp + + + ExpensifyOCRExpensify$2.2B$130M + Pay$35B$5.5B + WorkflowWorkflowRampRipplingFigma + Ramp +"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1798869091123593382)  2024-06-07T00:06Z 14.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Ive been drinking Magic mind every day and cant go back 🍵🪄 Magic Mind wins Mindfuls [----] Beverage of the Year 🏆 Thanks to our team and fans for making this possible. Well keep delivering the best to keep elevating mental performance. Cheers to more wins ahead https://t.co/I5ytCBvHdw Magic Mind wins Mindfuls [----] Beverage of the Year 🏆 Thanks to our team and fans for making this possible. Well keep delivering the best to keep elevating mental performance. Cheers to more wins ahead https://t.co/I5ytCBvHdw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1803975814851244068)  2024-06-21T02:18Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@andrewchen Congrats Andrew and a16z team I'd love to use the co-working space Go LA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1815492259649036513)  2024-07-22T21:00Z 15.2K followers, [---] engagements


"2011Fond@miyata_shoji M&A Y Combinator [--] via @Nstock_jp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1820652351071662086)  2024-08-06T02:45Z 21.9K followers, 64.4K engagements


"@ycombinator @outerport @yongyuanxi @a11enhw Congrats team Super excited with Outerport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1831856998142636227)  2024-09-06T00:48Z 16.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Very excited to invest in @BucketRobotics YC S24 startup 🤖 250M lbs of plastic is wasted annually in US manufacturing. Bucket Robotics is making defect detection faster and easier to deploy. Proud to co-invest with @ycombinator @pioneer_fund & other great investors 🤖@BucketRobotics (YC S24) makes custom defect detection models for manufacturing faster and easier to deploy than anyone else. CAD goes in detection model comes out. https://t.co/bx41ZTZsbe Congrats on the launch @lasermatts and Steph https://t.co/DpVpnlVWrC 🤖@BucketRobotics (YC S24) makes custom defect detection models for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1833535076795338845)  2024-09-10T15:56Z 16.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Bessemer invested in a Japanese SaaS startup @dinii_jp for their $45M Series B🍜❤ Well done @maochil https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/dinii-a-cloud-based-restaurant-management-platform-raises-45m-series-b/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/dinii-a-cloud-based-restaurant-management-platform-raises-45m-series-b/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1839169900792918181)  2024-09-26T05:07Z 16.1K followers, 45.4K engagements


"Twitter KPI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1847094836656328747)  2024-10-18T01:58Z 21.9K followers, 235.7K engagements


"Congrats @EloaGuillotin and @beyond_aero team on the $20M Series A round🎉🛩 As soon as Eloa shared her plans for Series A I immediately thought of @JonDishotsky/ @Giant_Ventures as the perfect investor💪🚀 Super excited for the future of hydrogen-powered electric jets🌍✈🔥 Big news: Giant & @Bpifrance lead @beyond_aero's $20 Million Series A. Beyond is building the world's first electric business aircraft using hydrogen propulsion. The aircraft will be powered by fuel cells reaching more than 1500km and producing water as a byproduct - https://t.co/ot61TJrf23 Big news: Giant & @Bpifrance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1851007767626342786)  2024-10-28T21:06Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements


"It was a pleasure speaking with @jasonlk about SaaS and AI at #SaaSTokyo I first connected with Jason through an outbound message to his Quora DM on January [--] [----] back when he had only [---] followers 🤭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1859383818974789849)  2024-11-20T23:50Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Super excited for the future of @askjoai Congrats @pradeep24 and @liveink for the launch 🚀 YC W24's @askjoai is a voice-first digital personality for macOS that works alongside you every day a smart and efficient new friend who saves you time and money. Congrats on the launch @pradeep24 and @liveink https://t.co/OSN9VIz6d2 YC W24's @askjoai is a voice-first digital personality for macOS that works alongside you every day a smart and efficient new friend who saves you time and money. Congrats on the launch @pradeep24 and @liveink https://t.co/OSN9VIz6d2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1871282404947599590)  2024-12-23T19:51Z 16.4K followers, [----] engagements


"If you are an investor at #CES Id love to say hi and introduce a few of my portfolio companies 🤖👋 DM me #CES2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1876740019882250277)  2025-01-07T21:17Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Proud to see my portfolio company HockeyStack closing a $20M Series A round led by @BessemerVP 🔥 I first met them through @pioneer_fund being super impressed how knowledgeable Bura was about the B2B revenue space despite having no prior working experience🤯 Now HockeyStack is one of the fastest-growing startups from Y Combinator last summer (4.5x YoY last year) and just released [--] new AI agents to automate marketing analysis and prospecting for their customers 📈 With this Series A funding theyre hiring across all roles at their San Francisco HQ offering relocation bonuses if needed. Check"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1884293415841726542)  2025-01-28T17:32Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Y Combinator W25 is definitely one of the strongest batches in @ycombinator history. I'm super excited about the future they're building. Great job @garrytan and the YC team Can't wait to meet all of them in person at Alumni Demo Day soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1895551054751941119)  2025-02-28T19:06Z 17K followers, 13.4K engagements


"@pineforesta Mastra being popular in Japan cc @calcsam @smthomas3 @abhiaiyer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1895593072215671208)  2025-02-28T21:53Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements


"If you're invited to interview for Y Combinator's X25 batch I'd be happy to do a mock interview or connect you with alumni in your space. Feel free to DM me @YCombinator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1895911384699060385)  2025-03-01T18:57Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Are you going to Y Combinator Demo Day tomorrow in SF ✈ Prepare to be inspired by over 170+ startups from the Winter [----] batcheach bringing groundbreaking ideas to the table. This year's cohort is exceptionally strong marked by visionary founders and cutting-edge technology 💪 Here are some highlights that stood out to me in case this is helpful: + @mastra_ai : The Javascript framework for building AI agents + @browser_use : Leading open-source web agent with 50k stars + @EdexiaAi : AI Teaching Assistant for Grading Papers + Harper : AI-native commercial insurance brokerage + @societiesio :"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1899508383709122965)  2025-03-11T17:11Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If you've been accepted to Y Combinators X25 batch congratulations 🎉 I'm more than happy to share my experience and introduce you to potential customers in your market. Feel free to DM me Enjoy the crazy but incredibly fun three months ahead. 🙌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1902060783531626639)  2025-03-18T18:13Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Congrats @browser_use team for $17M seed round🎉 They were in the YC W25 batch and raised raised $17 million from Felicis Ventures A Capital Nexus Ventures Y Combinator Paul Graham Liquid2 SV Angel Pioneer Fund and others to take web agents to the next level 🙌 They have 47k stars on Github after just a few months of the launch 📈 Super lucky to be a small part of their journey 🤝 Let's go @mamagnus00 & @gregpr07 🚀🚀🚀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1903841941462331694)  2025-03-23T16:11Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Y Combinator Pavilion at SaaStr 🙌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1923092653022806244)  2025-05-15T19:06Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@lizwessel @firstround 👏👏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1927819763029356879)  2025-05-28T20:10Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"If you get invited to interview for the upcoming Y Combinator (@ycombinator) S25 batch let me know Happy to do a quick mock interview or introduce you to alumni in your industry When I joined YC in [----] I did [--] mock interviews they were incredibly helpful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1928484296546730411)  2025-05-30T16:11Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2USAKqCNhHvg9cFzlotOk0si=ctFfaNwaQBaoEpQYic_-ng https://open.spotify.com/episode/2USAKqCNhHvg9cFzlotOk0si=ctFfaNwaQBaoEpQYic_-ng"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1930111481355375013)  2025-06-04T03:56Z 18.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@lizwessel @getsolidroad @firstround Congrats Liz and Solidroad team🎉 Great team and great product"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1930659068886372812)  2025-06-05T16:12Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@garrytan There hasn't been a single YC founder who says their startups value didnt increase by at least 7% after going through YC 👊"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1931532700357443902)  2025-06-08T02:04Z 19K followers, 14.6K engagements


"@jnnnthnn Id love to give it a try Been inbox zero for [----] days so far but looking for more AI native one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1935737369589961026)  2025-06-19T16:32Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@antonosika Woo. Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1935823287290151046)  2025-06-19T22:13Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Every time I make an investment on a SAFE via AngelList I end up filling out the same information on AngelList forms which is time-consuming. Today I tested using ChatGPT's Agent featureuploaded the SAFE document and asked it to fill out the form. It wasnt as fast as I had hoped but it completed the form accurately. Would love to see @AngelList integrate this natively soon 🥳"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1952427293135233177)  2025-08-04T17:51Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@nicckopp @a16z @ICONIQCapital @RilletHQ Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1953241524587905065)  2025-08-06T23:47Z 19.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Thrilled to invest in Hyprnote (@tryhyprnote) YC S25 a privacy-first AI meeting notetaker built for full data control Full open-source & Runs entirely on-device/on-prem. Professionals in tech legal finance healthcare and defense are already loving it. They are backed by @Ycombinator & @Pioneer_fund. If you dont want a third party eavesdropping your conversations youll want to check this out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1953486300255838623)  2025-08-07T16:00Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"If youve been invited to interview for the next @ycombinator batch congratulations Feel free to DM me. Im more than happy to do a mock interview with you and connect you with several other YC alumni. I'm doing a few today. When I was invited to interview I did 10+ mock interviews it was incredibly helpful and a great way to connect with other YC founders :) My DMs are open"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1953525297854214357)  2025-08-07T18:35Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@paulg Do you think the selection process could be replaced by AI in the near future (Of course I know YC excels at much more than just picking great startups.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1953587236127355003)  2025-08-07T22:41Z 19.6K followers, [---] engagements


"There is a founder in the current Y Combinator batch who could become the first self-made billionaire under the age of [--] within the next three years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1955732483431129250)  2025-08-13T20:45Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@TimSuzman @a16z @SolaAI_ @saranormous 🎉🎉🎉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1956041360894779630)  2025-08-14T17:12Z 19.8K followers, [--] engagements


"I'm excited to announce my investment into Channel3 (@try_channel3) in YC S25. Channel3 is building the universal product database that makes commerce accessible to everyone.Today when you shop on Google Amazon or ChatGPT youre tapping into their private product catalogs. Channel3 is opening this up creating a database of every product on the internet and giving developers access to structured data on pricing availability images and specs. With Channel3 any website app or AI agent can integrate commerce seamlessly earning commission on every sale without dealing with inventory payments or"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1957838323835367435)  2025-08-19T16:13Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Im excited to invest in Juxta founded by John Ferrara (@byjohnf). Juxta is in the current batch of Y Combinator (@ycombinator) Juxta is building a Universal Positioning System (UPS) that is 100x more powerful than GPS and works with zero external hardware. Unlike traditional GPS or beacon-based systems Juxta enables accurate positioning indoors outdoors and even undergroundfully offline secure and resistant to jamming. Deployment is simple: upload floorplans or satellite imagery to Juxtas web portal which generates 3D environments simulates millions of movement scenarios and trains AI models"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1960009282079879528)  2025-08-25T16:00Z 20.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Im excited to invest in Veritus Agent (@veritusagent) founded by Joshua March (@joshuamarch) Joseph Stein (@josephstein) and David Schlesinger. Veritus Agent is in the current batch of Y Combinator. Veritus is reinventing loan servicing and collections with AI-powered voice agents that handle the entire process end to end. Their system manages inbound and outbound calls keeps context across SMS email and chat negotiates repayment plans processes payments and automates follow-upsfully compliant always available and dramatically more cost-effective than human teams. The market is enormous: $4T"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1960047022393696380)  2025-08-25T18:30Z 20.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm very excited to announce my investment in Pangolin in YC S25 Pangolin is an open-source identity-aware gateway for securely exposing private applications without the complexity of VPNs or firewalls. Founded by Milo Schwartz (CEO) and Owen Schwartz (CTO) Pangolin offers a self-hostable cloud-orchestrated alternative to tools like Cloudflare Tunnels and Zscaler ZPA. It lets teams tunnel dashboards APIs or edge devices to the internet with strong identity-based access control and high availability. With WireGuard at its core Pangolin supports HTTP HTTPS TCP and UDP automates SSL balances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1960371669643718698)  2025-08-26T16:00Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Congratulations Artificial Societies(@societiesio) team for the $5.3M Seed round 🎉 I'm a happy user and investor Let's go @james_k_he @sharpetrick 💪 Artificial Societies has raised $5.3m. We are building the Thinking Machine that can see all potential societal outcomes of any given actions and help humanity find the golden paths. Yes we are here to build Psychohistory. And we are just getting started. https://t.co/4rMYtbfkCE Artificial Societies has raised $5.3m. We are building the Thinking Machine that can see all potential societal outcomes of any given actions and help humanity find the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1960741571965620373)  2025-08-27T16:29Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"@ycombinator Woo. Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1966912718457409763)  2025-09-13T17:11Z 20.2K followers, [---] engagements


"We are hiring @AgentMail_to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1970608840849932300)  2025-09-23T21:58Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@ycombinator @willwjack @KellerMaloney Woo Congrats Will and Keller"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1970616561930256834)  2025-09-23T22:29Z 20.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Anyone has connection with @Shopify One of my portfolio companies is struggling with their app review process and have a very big customer launching soon. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1976020963012882914)  2025-10-08T20:24Z 20.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@juecd__ @onkernel @Accel @ycombinator @cintrifuse @vercel @svangel @RefineryVC @paulg @zeeg @charliermarsh @rfgarcia Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1976343082762371170)  2025-10-09T17:44Z 20.4K followers, [---] engagements


"If you're building an AI Agent I want to introduce you to the founders of A1Base @a1baseapi (@YCombinator W25) (@Pashpops & @pennepastaa) AI products can now talk to their users on WhatsApp SMS Slack Teams and more because of them. They're also helping developers andstartups build their first AI personified agents within a week. Let me know if you are interested in speaking with the founders to learn more (I'm a lucky small investor in them) https://www.a1base.com/ https://www.a1base.com/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1890084959001653529)  2025-02-13T17:05Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@ycombinator @Fiber_AI @tryramp @Docusign @flatfile Congrats Adi and team 🎉0% bounce guarantee 🤯🤩"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1948446682645234092)  2025-07-24T18:14Z 20.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@APolakof @useflai @firstround @ycombinator @svangel @Liquid2V Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1974145740219035975)  2025-10-03T16:13Z 20.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Congrats @mastra_ai team for the $13M seed round 🎉 Excited to be a small part of the journey 🙌 we raised a $13m seed round from 120+ of Silicon Valleys top investors for @mastra_ai the leading TypeScript agent framework https://t.co/HJntQUkxwp we raised a $13m seed round from 120+ of Silicon Valleys top investors for @mastra_ai the leading TypeScript agent framework https://t.co/HJntQUkxwp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1976350446253125730)  2025-10-09T18:13Z 20.5K followers, [----] engagements


"It was an honor to speak with Eric (@eglyman) from Ramp (@tryramp) at SaaS Tokyo in Japan We had a fantastic discussion on Ramps growth story AI-driven innovation and financial discipline in front of an audience of over [----] SaaS executives from across Japan. Huge thanks to Eric for flying all the way to Tokyo to join us and to @djtokyo and @kobajenne for organizing such an incredible event. #SaaSTokyo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1985396810970697871)  2025-11-03T17:21Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"🎉 New Investment: Hyperspell (@hyperspell ) 🎉 As a founder who's wrestled with building and scaling AI agents I've seen firsthand the biggest bottleneck: giving them memory and persistent context. The chaos of stateless agents means constant reinvention wasted effort and agents that just don't truly "understand" their users. That's why I'm incredibly excited to announce my investment in Hyperspell (YC F25) Hyperspell is building the essential "memory and context layer" for AI agents. Their platform connects to all your critical data Gmail Slack Drive Notion and more creating a unified"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1986478691983978671)  2025-11-06T17:00Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@mehul @maticrobots @ReddySuryatej @verge Matic is the best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1987228152779972857)  2025-11-08T18:38Z 20.9K followers, [---] engagements


"🎉 New Investment: Bolna (@bolna_dev)🎉 If you think conversational AI is all about chatbots India reminds you that voice still moves massive amounts of real business-payments collections delivery confirmations lead qualification. Ive seen this pattern across markets: the interface that matches customer behavior wins. Thats why Im thrilled to announce our investment in Bolna AI. Bolna is purpose-built for Indias scale linguistic diversity and extreme cost sensitivity. A few things that stood out to me: Launch thousands of concurrent voice calls in days not months-critical for enterprise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1987928241835778410)  2025-11-10T17:00Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"🎉 New Investment: Wardstone in YC F25 🎉 The nature of global security has never been more complex with emerging threats like hypersonic and ballistic missiles demanding entirely new approaches to defense. As an investor Im always looking for teams that not only identify massive critical problems but also propose truly innovative scalable solutions. That's why I'm incredibly excited to announce my investment in Wardstone along side with @ycombinator and @pioneer_fund. Wardstone is tackling one of the most urgent defense challenges of our time by developing a constellation of satellites"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1989796306664263848)  2025-11-15T20:43Z 21K followers, [----] engagements


"SO many great companies in the @ycombinator F25 batch Incredible products exceptional teams impressive traction and truly groundbreaking approaches to leveraging AI. I feel lucky to meet so many of them as an investor. For F25 founders if this is your first time pitching investors its natural to feel nervous. But remember F25 is one of the best batches and youre building something amazing and you should feel confident walking into every meeting. Cant wait to meet you all in person at Demo Day Thank you @garrytan and YC team for the amazing work Picture of the F25 batch via @conor_ai at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1990129312847315184)  2025-11-16T18:46Z 21.1K followers, 14.9K engagements


"🎉 New Investment: Cortex AI in YC F25 (@cortexairobot)🎉 The future of truly intelligent robotics doesn't just need better algorithms; it needs real-world data. As an investor deeply involved in AI infrastructure and agent companies I've seen a massive bottleneck: how do you train robots on the unpredictable nuanced reality of human workplaces Lab data and simulations only get you so far and the gap for embodied AI is enormous. Thats why Im incredibly excited to back Cortex AI alongside with @ycombinator & @pioneer_fund They are trailblazers in robotics data infrastructure focused on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1990464956035408099)  2025-11-17T17:00Z 21.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@eglyman BOOM Congratulations Crazy growth of Ramp continues even at $1B ARR Super stoke to be a small part of your journey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1990476706331963862)  2025-11-17T17:46Z 21K followers, [----] engagements


"Ramps crazy growth continues even at $1B ARR 📈📈📈 @eglyman is a generational founder and @tryramp is a generational company. Lets gooo Today Ramp raised another $300M at a $32B valuation. In the past year our revenue has doubled to over $1B growing 10x faster than the median public SaaS. We all know money talks we're teaching it to think. Getting big no longer means getting slow. https://t.co/WL96nH8wtl Today Ramp raised another $300M at a $32B valuation. In the past year our revenue has doubled to over $1B growing 10x faster than the median public SaaS. We all know money talks we're"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1990477133127549038)  2025-11-17T17:48Z 21.1K followers, 10.5K engagements


"🎉 New Investment: Allus AI (YC F25) AI 🎉 Factories dont just need cameras. They need judgment memory and speed. The winners will be the ones that can see understand and improve in real time. Im excited to be investing alongside @ycombinator and @pioneer_fund in Allus AI which is bringing real intelligence to manufacturing. Allus builds nextgeneration vision foundation models purposebuilt for the factory floor. Traditional inspection systems are slow domainspecific and expensive. Allus trains a 1Bparameter vision model on 1.5B+ industrial imagedata pairs and delivers defect detection at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1991182180362653948)  2025-11-19T16:30Z 21.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I made only one non-YC pre-seed investment this year and they just got accepted into the @ycombinator W26 batch🙌 Yay✌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1991561586260283605)  2025-11-20T17:37Z 21.1K followers, 21.7K engagements


"Good luck everyone in F25 batch presenting today and Wednesday at @ycombinator demo day 🙌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1995617342869701081)  2025-12-01T22:13Z 21.2K followers, 15.9K engagements


"If you get invited to interview for the upcoming @ycombinator W26 batch let me know Happy to do a quick mock interview or introduce you to alumni in your industry When I joined YC in [----] I did [--] mock interviews they were incredibly helpful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1998808096601420234)  2025-12-10T17:32Z 21.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@6Foot4Honda Id love to learn more Thank you for the help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006475002426830855)  2025-12-31T21:18Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@aparjey @garrytan Trying to learn how it works now Looking into how Garry has been using it 👀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006475207595405493)  2025-12-31T21:19Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@8haraoh @BioTech55 @aparjey @garrytan Whats the utility that Garry provides currently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006479525203345672)  2025-12-31T21:36Z 21.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@8haraoh @BioTech55 @aparjey @garrytan $Zora first buybacks Thanks for the adivice https://zora.co/coin/base:0xc654a4b6b4923f734af162b610a45ffd7d79c872referrer=0x0d3785dea8089b9e0de17fa8086e9b1dcb806999 https://zora.co/coin/base:0xc654a4b6b4923f734af162b610a45ffd7d79c872referrer=0x0d3785dea8089b9e0de17fa8086e9b1dcb806999"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006484422749766032)  2025-12-31T21:55Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements


"300k weekly npm downloads and 19.4k GitHub stars 🤯🤯🤯 We're excited today to announce the release of @mastra [---] in stable Today Mastra has grown to over 300k weekly npm downloads and 19.4k GitHub stars. It runs in prod at companies like Replit PayPal and Sanity. https://t.co/ybXFXH8cfV We're excited today to announce the release of @mastra [---] in stable Today Mastra has grown to over 300k weekly npm downloads and 19.4k GitHub stars. It runs in prod at companies like Replit PayPal and Sanity. https://t.co/ybXFXH8cfV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2013674225199128835)  2026-01-20T18:05Z 21.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@grx_xce @xai @Kalshi @AnthropicAI Wow. This is amazing 🤩"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2015826222283132980)  2026-01-26T16:36Z 21.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@0xMerth @moltbot Check out @agentmail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2016014075361374554)  2026-01-27T05:03Z 21.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Lucky to invest in@MiruRobotics 🤖 (YC S24) the deployment infrastructure for robotics/ IoT Miru provides engineers with the infrastructure to deploy updates over-the-air to a large fleet of devices by simply pushing new changes to GH If youre in robotics/IoT let me know 🤖@MiruRobotics (YC S24) is the deployment infrastructure for robotics and IoT. With Miru teams can painlessly deploy software updates over the air provision devices and manage versioning saving them months of work. https://t.co/6Namh4LLOZ Congrats on the launch https://t.co/3NMjdwDqjM 🤖@MiruRobotics (YC S24) is the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1833953235620762037)  2024-09-11T19:38Z 21.7K followers, 11.3K engagements


"@adisingh @agentmail This is super cool"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2015970029242876036)  2026-01-27T02:08Z 21.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@atShruti Check out @agentmail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2015981809927147708)  2026-01-27T02:54Z 21.7K followers, [---] engagements


"From a viral Brian Baumgartner Box stunt to a second straight Super Bowl ad not a path I had in my Ramp bingo card🚀 Product velocity + real growth + cultural moments = serious momentum for @tryramp heading into [----]. Super lucky to be an investor Meet Brian. Brians been carrying accounting on his back for a long time. Super Bowl Sunday he finally gets backup. https://t.co/ensvdU78U4 Meet Brian. Brians been carrying accounting on his back for a long time. Super Bowl Sunday he finally gets backup. https://t.co/ensvdU78U4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2016225974938173872)  2026-01-27T19:05Z 21.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Congrats @maticrobots team for the $60M funding 🎉 I'm a happy user and an investor :) Tech specs are great but more importantly my house's floors have been super clean since I started using Matic🤖 Let's gooo Announcing $60M for @maticrobots. We didn't ask "What's the most impressive robot we can demo" We asked "What's the most useful robot we can ship What comes after Roomba" Customers answered with their wallets: It's Matic. https://t.co/GQCUhEvtF5 Announcing $60M for @maticrobots. We didn't ask "What's the most impressive robot we can demo" We asked "What's the most useful robot we can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2016941589239923086)  2026-01-29T18:28Z 21.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Congrats @veritusagent team for the $10.1M seed round led by Crosslink Capitalm Threshold Ventures @pioneer_fund and @ycombinator Let's gooo We just announced our $10.1M seed round for @VeritusAgent Led by Crosslink and Threshold with Emergence Surge Point Cedar Capital Rebel Fund YC and others. 🧵 We just announced our $10.1M seed round for @VeritusAgent Led by Crosslink and Threshold with Emergence Surge Point Cedar Capital Rebel Fund YC and others. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2019456694632476797)  2026-02-05T17:02Z 21.9K followers, [---] engagements


"SaaS Is DeadSaaS http://x.com/i/article/2019587095011160064 http://x.com/i/article/2019587095011160064"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2019587298405548310)  2026-02-06T01:41Z 21.9K followers, 86.9K engagements


"Y CombinatorGarry TanVinod Khosla5  ARR OpenAI 20185000VC4022010AIPhD StripeVC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944913553053610097)  2025-07-15T00:15Z 21.9K followers, 38K engagements


"Congratulations @agentnoon team for the acquisition by Dayforce🎉 It was a great journey to see their super fast growth in the enterprise market as a small investor. Let's goo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1978942289415127247)  2025-10-16T21:53Z 21.9K followers, [----] engagements


"AIAgentnoonDayforce🎉 Rice Capital1M&AM&A👏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1979033376225931426)  2025-10-17T03:55Z 21.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@8haraoh @BioTech55 @aparjey @garrytan Thank you. Just did first buyback still exploring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006480819460911122)  2025-12-31T21:41Z 21.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Bessemer Venture Partners: AI2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1960195606179434536)  2025-08-26T04:20Z 21.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Cactus$7M CactusAI Wellington Management Y Combinator 2YCAjith Govind & Avinash Joshi ServiceTitan / Jobber / Housecall Pro 45% 90% HVAC CactusAI @ajithgovind @avinashjoshi 🎉 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986245649952629084 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986245649952629084"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1986245649952629084)  2025-11-06T01:34Z 21.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Just created my $ZORA account. Still exploring how it works but looks like I'm worth $100k+ in [--] mins 🤣 https://zora.co/@tarof https://zora.co/@tarof"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006473829145829695)  2025-12-31T21:13Z 21.9K followers, 22.6K engagements


"My market cap on $ZORA is now $300k+ and one of the trending accounts 📈📈📈 Follow me here https://zora.co/invite/tarof https://zora.co/invite/tarof"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006506300025483630)  2025-12-31T23:22Z 21.9K followers, 14.9K engagements


"2025 [--------] AI [----] AI100 2LinkedIn20100 Y CombinatorYC10 M&A110SAFE302 2026YCAI2 [----] YCIcarus🚀✌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2006631082695995886)  2026-01-01T07:38Z 21.9K followers, 18.5K engagements


"AIITAI BPOITDM👋"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2019267229473468568)  2026-02-05T04:29Z 21.9K followers, [----] engagements


"AIVeritus Agent@veritusagentCrosslink Capital$10M@ycombinator@pioneer_fundEmergence Capital JoshuaAI AI https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019536478024659423 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019536478024659423"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2019536478024659423)  2026-02-05T22:19Z 21.9K followers, [----] engagements


"SaaSPivot SaaS AISaaSSaaS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2020278752446673120)  2026-02-07T23:29Z 21.9K followers, 31.8K engagements


"@TimSuzman @pioneer_fund Woo Amazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/2022042813282889877)  2026-02-12T20:19Z 21.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Rice Capital https://note.com/tarofukuyama/n/n1926ce9572a8 https://note.com/tarofukuyama/n/n1926ce9572a8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1828607962862231638)  2024-08-28T01:38Z 21.9K followers, 366.7K engagements


"StripeSalesforcePalantirARR1000HRDeel11       [---] A [---]  DM  [---]  TAM $100M $300M $200M TAM3  10A3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983306406251114644)  2025-10-28T22:54Z 21.9K followers, 682.1K engagements


"FDE AI LLM PalantirOpenAISnowflakeLayerX AIFDE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947454720295182845)  2025-07-22T00:32Z 21.9K followers, 1.2M engagements


"AI AI AIAI AI AIAI CEOCXO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1902887130105303401)  2025-03-21T00:57Z 21.9K followers, 274.7K engagements


"505 + SaaS + MRR [---] - [----] + 10%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1676010575632158722)  2023-07-03T23:30Z 21.9K followers, 304.4K engagements


"💁♂📈 [--] 15-30 MTG 😅)   ====== ++ - 1-3 ++ KPI - (MRR) : ( %/) - ++ - : = : / = : ++ - - - - ++ - - ++ - [--] - [--] ++ - XXAA ====== https://tarof.notion.site/1234dfa6d770804990e3dc027309bf4dpvs=4 https://t.co/XO2stwXtep https://tarof.notion.site/1234dfa6d770804990e3dc027309bf4dpvs=4 https://t.co/XO2stwXtep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1865955210134425778)  2024-12-09T03:02Z 21.9K followers, 130.7K engagements


"Twitter KPI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1847094836656328747)  2024-10-18T01:58Z 21.9K followers, 235.7K engagements


"@RewardGateway @Fond 11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1631062640876453888)  2023-03-01T22:43Z 21.9K followers, 267.2K engagements


"Y Combinator:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1894171389500035096)  2025-02-24T23:43Z 21.9K followers, 62K engagements


"SmartHR 2015SmartHR @miyata_shoji SmartHR Fond1002017 PMF @masato_serizawa @miyata_shoji @SmartHR_jp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1707235491735912493)  2023-09-28T03:27Z 21.9K followers, 105.2K engagements


"SalesforceAI by a16z"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1898562886425051336)  2025-03-09T02:34Z 21.9K followers, 57.6K engagements


"Y Combinator:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1897145717254447375)  2025-03-05T04:42Z 21.9K followers, 68.8K engagements


"FondEdenred SNS 12SunnyFondFond Fond SNS  [----] @SunnyTsang"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1712602540804845976)  2023-10-12T22:53Z 21.9K followers, 106.8K engagements


"2011Fond@miyata_shoji M&A Y Combinator [--] via @Nstock_jp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1820652351071662086)  2024-08-06T02:45Z 21.9K followers, 64.4K engagements


"AII AI Boost Capital (@ozarnozarn) AI AIM&A AI AI  @djtokyo @kobajenne"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958673357412737439)  2025-08-21T23:31Z 21.9K followers, 99.5K engagements


"SaaSOTE SaaSOTE [--]. ARRX100OTEY [--]. XY51ARR2000 [--]. XOTE20001000 [--] [----] [----]  ---"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1683664013727764481)  2023-07-25T02:22Z 21.9K followers, 115.2K engagements


"Y Combinator:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1901418452172316864)  2025-03-16T23:41Z 21.9K followers, 45.9K engagements


"AI FDE Foundry/Gotham Apollo AIPArtificial Intelligence PlatformAILLMAIFoundry/Gotham $4B + +48% YoY + +93% YoY + +64% YoY + 46% 🤯🤯🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956146569817817591)  2025-08-15T00:11Z 21.9K followers, 45.4K engagements


"by @fukkyy "LayerX https://note.com/fukkyy/n/n8d4e2ae0a932 https://note.com/fukkyy/n/n8d4e2ae0a932"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1867713646878671162)  2024-12-13T23:30Z 21.9K followers, 35K engagements


"3 AVC2030%  💪"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963439800515793132)  2025-09-04T03:11Z 21.9K followers, 38K engagements


"Y CombinatorAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1894889891638677887)  2025-02-26T23:18Z 21.9K followers, 42.3K engagements


"Y Combinator: AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1921354334023147933)  2025-05-10T23:59Z 21.9K followers, 57.6K engagements


"Seedstrapped SeedBootstrapped AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1920298608785502370)  2025-05-08T02:04Z 21.9K followers, 54.9K engagements


"Google4.7SaaSWiz1:1 [--] $8M $40MARRGTM221001 [--] AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1909384945581043989)  2025-04-07T23:17Z 21.9K followers, 38.9K engagements


"I'm thrilled to invest in Better Auth (@better_auth) in YC X25 one of the fastest-growing open-source projects in the TypeScript ecosystem Better Auth is a framework-agnostic authentication library for TypeScript that lets you build custom auth directly on your backend and database without relying on third-party services. Whether you're handling simple sign-ins or scaling to enterprise-grade systems Better Auth delivers an exceptional developer experience right out of the box. Why it matters: Auth has long been a pain point in the TypeScript ecosystem. Existing tools require excessive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1927754248890028160)  2025-05-28T15:50Z 21.9K followers, 15.8K engagements


"YC Pally  Pally   Pally  One of the most important things I learned from chatting to @paulg. *Use verbs instead of nouns to explain what you do.* Take Pally for example I could say: Were building a relationship management platform. or I could say: We scrape all your contacts and everything https://t.co/ZfBnK9GKsN One of the most important things I learned from chatting to @paulg. *Use verbs instead of nouns to explain what you do.* Take Pally for example I could say: Were building a relationship management platform. or I could say: We scrape all your contacts and everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1955795005433635067)  2025-08-14T00:54Z 21.9K followers, 39.4K engagements


"One of the most important things I learned from chatting to @paulg. *Use verbs instead of nouns to explain what you do.* Take Pally for example I could say: Were building a relationship management platform. or I could say: We scrape all your contacts and everything theyve posted online to tell you when something important happens to someone you care about. Which one gives you a better idea of what Pally is Exactly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1955430316841242692)  2025-08-13T00:44Z [----] followers, 141.4K engagements


"B PMFM&A ARR$10M ARR5  [---------]  [--] A Fond"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1886215000802685187)  2025-02-03T00:47Z 21.9K followers, 54.9K engagements


"Y CombinatorAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1897792308810060102)  2025-03-06T23:32Z 21.9K followers, 43.2K engagements


"Y Combinator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1913804315635970301)  2025-04-20T03:58Z 21.9K followers, 51.8K engagements


"Y Combinator:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980086062652514813)  2025-10-20T01:38Z 21.9K followers, 29K engagements


"$125MSaaSSlice🍕 SaaSSliceARR $100M + Domino Pizza$6B$14B + Domino2 + [--] + + DominoSaaS + DominoSaaS + + $50B + $100M + + Horizontal SaaS10100 SmartHRSaaSSaaS SaaS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1850694556423164360)  2024-10-28T00:22Z 21.9K followers, 50.2K engagements


"Y CombinatorRequest for Startups9 AIGolden Age of Building ( [--] [--]. Palantir2000 [--]. LLM1AISaaS [--]. AISpaceXTesla [--]. [---] Mastercard1/5USDCCircle [--]. LLM AI NVIDIAAIAIASICsFPGAs [--]. [---] Stripe2.0 [--]. SpaceXYCAstranis Relativity Space Stoke [--]. AI AI [--]. [---] AIAI100 YC 38"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1856113337186283522)  2024-11-11T23:14Z 21.9K followers, 25.8K engagements


"SmartHR214Series E SaaS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1807623366280663510)  2024-07-01T03:52Z 21.9K followers, 29.3K engagements


"Cabana Buy First Build Later PE VC R&D   PE PE36DNA AI SaaS  fragmented  100LLMP&L SaaS P&L R&D 30EBITDASaaS   + + A year ago I made a weird bet: that you could raise venture capital to buy boring old businessesand scale them like tech startups Most the VCs I pitched said their LPs wouldnt get it Now those same firms are raising billion-dollar funds on this strategy Here's the thesis: A year ago I made a weird bet: that you could raise venture capital to buy boring old businessesand scale them like tech startups Most the VCs I pitched said their LPs wouldnt get it Now those same firms are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1912001502421594169)  2025-04-15T04:34Z 21.9K followers, 59.7K engagements


"A year ago I made a weird bet: that you could raise venture capital to buy boring old businessesand scale them like tech startups Most the VCs I pitched said their LPs wouldnt get it Now those same firms are raising billion-dollar funds on this strategy Here's the thesis:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1910389875775508631)  2025-04-10T17:50Z [----] followers, 486.9K engagements


"DNX Ventures@kurabayashi_vc [--] VC   VC  M&A CEOSmartHR @miyata_shoji VC 💪"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1918086563403293076)  2025-05-01T23:34Z 21.9K followers, 33.6K engagements


"Y Combinator: AIMoat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974991996398759996)  2025-10-06T00:16Z 21.9K followers, 23.3K engagements


"AILovable350%📉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976069785348866566)  2025-10-08T23:38Z 21.9K followers, 36.1K engagements


"Software as a Service Service as a Software BPaaSAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1832952369681985572)  2024-09-09T01:21Z 21.9K followers, 23.5K engagements


"B45 [---]  @asanokoji https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000035.000063428.html https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000035.000063428.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1729680504700776783)  2023-11-29T01:55Z 21.9K followers, 86.8K engagements


"63Ramp CEO Eric Lyman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960890787232932070)  2025-08-28T02:22Z 21.9K followers, 31.6K engagements


"BPO1 👋 BPOAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962690690833621157)  2025-09-02T01:35Z 21.9K followers, 31.5K engagements


"AI 2AI  (a) (b) AI ENTERPRISE AI: BUILD AGENTS NOT TOOLS In the past [--] weeks I've met several AI agent tooling startups that have each realized that the biggest problem in large enterprises is NOT the tooling to build test and deploy agents but that these enterprises don't have the talent ENTERPRISE AI: BUILD AGENTS NOT TOOLS In the past [--] weeks I've met several AI agent tooling startups that have each realized that the biggest problem in large enterprises is NOT the tooling to build test and deploy agents but that these enterprises don't have the talent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1911562021386244216)  2025-04-13T23:27Z 21.9K followers, 50.7K engagements


"ENTERPRISE AI: BUILD AGENTS NOT TOOLS In the past [--] weeks I've met several AI agent tooling startups that have each realized that the biggest problem in large enterprises is NOT the tooling to build test and deploy agents but that these enterprises don't have the talent density / people / knowhow to build real life agents for complex workflows. So these startups are pivoting to: (a) building and running agents themselves and (b) offering their original service as part of running the agent. tldr Enterprise AI defensibility and value creation might lie in the full-stack approach to building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1911090059367108862)  2025-04-12T16:12Z 105K followers, 199K engagements


"@shinojapan   https://www.youtube.com/watchv=heLjn3ZUNZ0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=heLjn3ZUNZ0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1892731162575163435)  2025-02-21T00:20Z 21.9K followers, 104.6K engagements


"Y CombinatorGarry TanVinod Khosla5  ARR OpenAI 20185000VC4022010AIPhD StripeVC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944913553053610097)  2025-07-15T00:15Z 21.9K followers, 38K engagements


"Cluely@cluelyZoomAIAI Andreessen Horowitz$15M"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1943493948158415205)  2025-07-11T02:14Z 21.9K followers, 16.6K engagements


"Good luck with everyone presenting at @ycombinator alumni demo day today🙌 So many strong startups in this X25 batch 💪 And happy birthday to @harjtaggar 🎂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1931781281769210014)  2025-06-08T18:32Z 21.9K followers, 27K engagements


"SNS FigmaNvidiaOpenAIPalantir"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964866779705970924)  2025-09-08T01:42Z 21.9K followers, 22.6K engagements


"AICursor $625M (937) $9.6B (1.4) Thrive & a16z $200M ARR (300) [---] ARR50 3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1906847979082051847)  2025-03-31T23:16Z 21.9K followers, 17.1K engagements


"6YC @_ShoSugihara UK10ARRSaaSFuseYC YC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1844515704797901125)  2024-10-10T23:09Z 21.9K followers, 29.3K engagements


"Spent [--] hours in Dogpatch SF nearby @ycombinator office today. Encountered more than [--] YC partners/ founders. I wish I had an office and lived here when I started my company in [----]. Super exciting environment. Well done @garrytan and everyone at YC 👏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1829313996761239829)  2024-08-30T00:23Z 21.9K followers, 24.8K engagements


"SmartHR SmartHR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1707538041827676547)  2023-09-28T23:29Z 21.9K followers, 35.1K engagements


"Bessemer Venture PartnersAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/taro_f/status/1951082199698305096)  2025-08-01T00:47Z 21.9K followers, 20.9K engagements


"I'm super excited for all the companies in @ycombinator S25 batch So many great companies. Let's goooo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1954583634817761526)  2025-08-10T16:40Z 21.9K followers, 13.7K engagements

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