Alex Ruber
@alex_ruber
🇷🇴, co-founder of @encoreailabs (yc f24), @smoresmusicapp, ex arch/ios engineer @apple, ex flight engineer @nasa
Thank you so much @TechCrunch and @IndianIdle for covering us! I’m thrilled to be building @shopencoreapp alongside my good friend @parthematics! More to come :) ✨👗
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one of the best decisions i ever made was swiping right on @alex_ruber (on yc cofounder match lol) and then deciding to hop on daily google meet calls until we had paying users for something we both thought was cool enough apply to the fall batch! it’s a no brainer
Applications for the YC Fall 2025 batch are now open! Apply by August 4: ycombinator.com/apply
if you’re even thinking about applying to @ycombinator , just apply even if you don’t end up attending, filling out the app forces you to clarify your product, vision, and business model in a way nothing else will parth and i have had a blast building @encoreailabs and going…
Applications for the YC Fall 2025 batch are now open! Apply by August 4: ycombinator.com/apply
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day 143 of building candle, the duolingo for relationships we recently launched Canvas, a shared space where couples and close friends can draw, doodle, and leave notes for each other right on their Home Screen! in just a few days, over 250,000 drawings have already been saved…
#1 app for couples and friendships in the world soon: #1 overall Download the beta below 👇
day 124 of building candle, the duolingo for relationships back up to top 20 in the us, tried a new vid format, piggybacking off the last one but made it longer (~50s). just talking naturally to the camera about the product with example overlays for us, these convert way…
Did you guys get inspired by the app apps.apple.com/se/app/candle-… from @encoreailabs ?
day 142 of building candle, the duolingo for relationships you ask me what pmf looks like? and we’re just getting started, download the beta below 👇
day 140 of building candle, the duolingo for relationships one interesting insight from these last few weeks on hooks: content that prevents mistakes gets 2x+ more likes/saves than content that is informative as an example, for candle, that means instead of saying “helps…
day 139 of building candle, the duolingo for relationships made brand new ig accounts and started by cross posting our best performing founder led vids first. they’re finally starting to pick up again, and we’re back on the charts parth killed it with this one. Simple format,…
day 138 of building candle, the duolingo for relationships recent vids have not been hitting. spending more time learning more about marketing and different playbooks people use download the beta below 👇 apps.apple.com/us/app/candle-…
