Rory O'Reilly
@RoryOReilly
CEO of @KnotAPIs, @Millions, @XPN (Formerly @Gems) and http://gifs.com. Left @Harvard - #KnotAProblem
Excited to announce that @KnotAPIs is now collaborating with @PayPal. With Knot’s CardSwitcher™, PayPal users will soon be able to seamlessly add their PayPal branded cards as a payment method across their favorite merchants—making paying with PayPal easier. From day one, Knot…

why is this so inspiring to watch? goated
Ten years ago, @kieransoreilly and I were 19 and 20, sleeping on floors and building from hotel rooms, keeping @GifsCom online as it went viral across Reddit and Imgur. We had built a tool that turned YouTube videos into GIFs by hitting YouTube's API. Millions of users created…
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Ten years ago, @kieransoreilly and I were 19 and 20, sleeping on floors and building from hotel rooms, keeping @GifsCom online as it went viral across Reddit and Imgur. We had built a tool that turned YouTube videos into GIFs by hitting YouTube's API. Millions of users created…
Ten years ago, @kieransoreilly and I were 19 and 20, sleeping on floors and building from hotel rooms, keeping @GifsCom online as it went viral across Reddit and Imgur. We had built a tool that turned YouTube videos into GIFs by hitting YouTube's API. Millions of users created…
Shoutout to @DwightHoward for playing 3s for ~1 hour—had to hit a little MJ shrug after dropping a 3 👀 (Note: I know he could end me with a single jump - he was beyond nice and could score at will obviously)
Last month alone, @KnotAPIs made 30,000,000+ API calls directly to merchants. No screen scraping. No humans in the loop. No re-selling third party vendors. Just real home-grown infrastructure, and we’re just getting started 🦾
3rd in chips and @MohitVasudeva is coincidentally wearing a @KnotAPIs shirt! Let’s go Mohit!
The weekend is just taking off at @Thunder_Valley with @TheHendonMob Mid-Major Championship! 🚀 11AM - $600 Mid-Major Championship FLT C 4PM - $600 Mid-Major Championship FLT D $500,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL Catch Flights A & B recap below. ⬇️ 🗞️: pokernews.com/tours/rungood-…
Got a good chuckle seeing that Soham applied to @KnotAPIs (with a different Github though) If anyone sees this and wants to work only 1 job, feel free to apply!
Today @JoinAdro invited @kieransoreilly and I to @Nasdaq this morning for the Opening Bell Ceremony. One of the best parts of building in B2B enterprise SaaS: work and friendship blur constantly. Grateful to be here with our friends and work colleagues!


I’m in a random park in NY with: - a yc founder - a thiel fellow - a world-class skiier - a broadway singer - someone journaling while enjoying the view - f30u30 ppl (none of them in jail) - a guy in a gecko custome giving ppl therapy Nowhere else is like this
I’m in a random café in SF with: - a YC founder - Cursor employee - two guys talking about dimensionality reduction - exclusively effeminate waiters - a Japanese-style bidet - Christians - a bunch of baseball fans - this is the view Nowhere else is like this
@KnotAPIs + @PayPal : Now Live! We’re excited to share that PayPal is now live with Knot's CardSwitcher™. With this launch, PayPal users can seamlessly add their PayPal-branded cards across top merchants. This removes the friction of manual updates and makes it even easier to…
Not every day your company gets compared to a future WNBA superstar! “@KnotAPIs — Paige Bueckers. Young, exciting connector with superstar upside.” Huge props to @AlexH_Johnson for this gem. Go read the full article, it's scarily spot on and hilarious. fintechtakes.com/articles/2025-…
In honor of the 2025 WNBA season, which starts tonight, here are 16 WNBA player/fintech company comps. If you want the reasoning behind the comps, check out today's @FintechTakes newsletter!
I had the pleasure of speaking at OnePay Talks yesterday and left feeling energized. While most companies kick off all-hands with KPIs, @joinonepay starts with: 🎯 Mission 🔮 Vision 🙋♀️ Live stories from real customers — literally on Zoom with the team One customer shared how…


So grateful and beyond ecstatic to have spent NYC Fintech Week with so many of our customers, friends, and peers who are all pushing the industry forward. From presenting at @WellsFargo's Innovation Summit and connecting with leaders rethinking how finance moves, to co-hosting a…




I saw this yesterday on LinkedIn, and decided to spend my Saturday (and Friday partly) solving that. A very interesting challenge, and got to learn new things. I wrote about the experience and my solution on my blog. (Link in reply)
In celebration of Easter, we put together a fun little Easter egg hunt at @KnotAPIs - capture the flag style🐣 If you're up for the challenge, dive in and see how far you can get. And if you crack the final answer, let me know in DM! We're always looking for curious minds and…