Derrick Li
@TheDerrickLi
@aforevc . prev @usemacro, altimeter capital .
If there was a tutorial to life, it would actually be quite simple: 1) Read books to avoid the common time-wasting mistakes, most of the wisdom you need for a happy life is actually written down in timeless novels 2) Accumulate a wide range of experiences and meet a lot of…
Trying something new. Each week, I'll send out an assortment of links and my thoughts.
One year ago, I was sitting in my final high school class, so happy that my lifelong dream was finally coming true. I was headed to Stanford University for my four years of undergrad, followed by a master’s and PhD. It was the plan I had held onto since I was six. I couldn’t wait…
Huge congrats to @FastowMatthew, @AkashSamant4 and the entire Coverflow team 🚀 Brokers waste thousands of hours each year on repetitive, manual tasks like reviewing policy docs and juggling spreadsheets. Coverflow’s platform automates all of that. aijourn.com/coverflow-rais…
NotebookLM as an API - congrats @KarShreyas & @ShramanKar
Today, we're publicly launching Golpo, an API to create highly customizable AI-generated podcasts similar to NotebookLM from your own documents or topics in any language Features: - Prompt to customize - Give ANY documents in any number or type - Customize host voice…
PDFs suck. We just raised $17,000,000 in funding to fix this problem once and for all. Extend is building the modern document processing cloud. See how Brex, Square, Checkr, and Fortune 500s use it to process millions of documents:
Cheryl and Mike epitomize generosity; Cheryl's gift to a great cause in Mike's memory is a beautiful testament to the life, joys, and values they shared RIP Mike ❤️ musicacademy.org/music-academy-…
This gave me chills. Awesome lens. From @InvestLikeBest @patrick_oshag via @JamesClear Investor Rick Buhrman on the kindness of mastering your craft: INTERVIEWER: What is the kindest thing that anyone's ever done for you? BUHRMAN: ... our oldest son, Theo, who just turned…
"fearlessness and boldness is like the two of the best ingredients for making truthful art" youtube.com/watch?v=WH2Hwd…
We’re excited to introduce Retool Agents, your first fully autonomous AI team. Already, our customers have automated 50k jobs and saved $6B in manual work. This is in every department, including product, finance, operations, support, etc. The secret? Your existing hyperspecific…
@OpenAI’s reinforcement learning is a key breakthrough for tax & accounting. Excited to announce our collaboration with @Stanford @InteConsortium @CarnegieMellon for evaluation development and OpenAI’s RFT for trailblazing tax-reasoning models. We’ve partnered with the Tax…
So you're in your early startup days and looking for your first investor. For @AforeVC's @TheDerrickLi, what's more important: 👉 Founder insights, born from hypotheses testing and proving. = Less about revenue, more about: 1. The hypotheses you tested 2. What you've learned
Nuvo, a network for B2B trade, has nabbed $34M from Sequoia and Spark Capital | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/nuv…
Our founders continue to inspire us - in the past two months, Afore portfolio companies have raised over $109m combined. This follow-on capital comes from great investors like Accel, Altimeter, Audacious, Bessemer, Inovia, Insight, Nyca, and more. Excited to continue to support…
Develop Health — AI for Medication Access $7M+ ARR in 12 months, $20M ARR 2025E Raising $8 - $12M Series A
Excited for what's to come! 🧑🍳🍳 Thank you @sama! Let's go open source ❤️
👀 here to hear what’s happening. 💪 let’s go open source AI!