Brent J. Smith
@brentsmith1024
@KeelVentures
Introducing Keel Cohort 2.0. 4 weeks ago, I graduated from @Harvard. Today, I’m excited to announce Keel Cohort 2.0 — the premier early-stage AI accelerator in NYC. This summer, we’re backing 12 AI teams — 20 founders from 10 top schools. We’re running a 9-week program in our…
if aqui-hiring becomes the norm, early-stage VC will consolidate into the hands of a small few, a fraction of capital will be allocated to a fraction of ventures at pre-seed, and smart people will stop working at startups the Windsurf deal is truly awful for the ecosystem
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…
Hosting poker with @brentsmith1024 & @KeelVentures next week. lu.ma/lnp5kno9?tk=Gu… NYC founders come take my money
Next week, @brentsmith1024 and I are hosting a @bantervc x @KeelVentures Weird & Wonderful Dinner for the top builders & operators in New York. Reply @ or DM me if you'd like to join. LMK who is a must-invite.
we have a keel team looking to bring on several founding engineers competitive base + equity, full time in NYC ex prod, revenue generating, VC backed DM resume + 1 liner most impressive accomplishment🤝
One of our teams wants to call their venture “Toad Warlock” If this tweet gets 1K likes i’ll let them do it
founders just don’t need $500K at pre-seed anymore
doing YC made me less hungry. like bro if you see 6 zeros in your company bank account you're not going to feel any real pressure to make something work.
Going to Boston and NYC first week March with @TomsCe and @tommypotter_ Toms has raised millions and Tommy is one of the strongest nodes for impressive people I’ve seen as of late. Folks who have declined DOGE, laser physicists, etc… DM us.
Just migrated Keel completely to google workspace in 5 minutes lol Okay back to work
Microsoft’s workspace drives me nuts. I just spent the last hour unsuccessfully setting up authenticator. How does anyone put up with this lol
Microsoft’s workspace drives me nuts. I just spent the last hour unsuccessfully setting up authenticator. How does anyone put up with this lol
agreed, YC should be a means to an end, not the end in itself
i hate to be negative but YC should probably not accept people who constantly pivot around until they get into YC
I cofounded Endgrate as a scrappy Harvard freshman 2 yrs ago. Since then, we've quietly built the best integration platform on the market. Last year, we processed over 1B data transfers, mastered niche integration features, and stayed 100% bootstrapped. Year 3, let's do this.🚀
This tweet is exactly why people hate on YC lol
People hate on YC because they can't get in. Accepting only 1% of founders means 99% of people are losers. Losers then proceed to seethe about yc/sam/garry on anon accounts. Have fun being poor Srikanth @iamgingertrash.