Ishan Goswami
@TheIshanGoswami
building @ExaAILabs (YC S21) | fellow @joinODF | prev. founder edden & engineer rephrase ai (acq by @Adobe) | built http://twitterwrapped.exa.ai & scaled to 2mil users
Others: Why do you love startups? Me: Bro I am so obsessed with building things and startups from a young age that my parents literally had Zuck’s photo on my 16th birthday cake!!!
Is it true that the more number of languages you know, the better your brain is wired? How many languages do you know?
i had so many books in my highschool that i used to run a mini-library tho when i graduated, i donated them all (very satisfying honestly)
Share a piece of Bookish / Reading lore about yourself!
be honest: are the 5 people you are around the most, smarter than you or dumber
remember boys you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take
this is the real actor who convinced an entire generation that engineering is cool af
actor so good he convinced an entire generation that engineering is cool as fuck.
the advice which works in B2B is almost opposite to what works in B2C and you only get to realise this when you experience both
most unexpected collab
It was a pleasure meet @sama at his office …we discussed “Secret Mountain”, our virtual global band, and to empower and uplift Indian minds to use AI tools to address generational challenges and lead the way forward. EPI @chatgptindia @OpenAI #arrimmersiveentertainment…
sometimes listening to music to the full blast that it hurts your ear is soo good that dopamine hit is so freaking amazing
trust me guys: just keep building and your network will emerge is 100% true
anyone who is a solofounder should definitely consider this
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oh please, bro i am 6’1 and i think i am cracked too
trust me its impossible to find someone cracked over 6ft
rugpull was common in crypto startups now it seems to be coming in ai startups as well
I’ve joined Cognition to continue to work on the future of software engineering. I was employee #2 at Windsurf and have worked on AI+code for years. There’s never been a more exciting time and place for it than now at Cognition. I had a place at Google DeepMind as part of the…
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