Umesh Khanna ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ
@forwarddeploy
2x Founder. ๐ ๏ธ currently @dropbox AI | ๐ช forward deployed angel | @a16z | ๐ alum @uwaterloo @kp_fellows
Founders have an incredibly difficult job. Creating something from nothing is insanely hard. I try to provide more than just capital and be as useful as possible in removing barriers so founders can focus on building. Itโs a privilege to be working with unapologeticallyโฆ
enough about forward-deployed engineers we need more forward-deployed angels was thinking about this because one of our angels Umesh Khanna (@forwarddeploy) has just been pulling up on Sundays and going deep with us on the product problems we're dealing with, designing growthโฆ
Hyperspell ร AgentOps @hyperspell is now the default context retrieval tool in AgentStack, @AgentOpsAI's curated stack for building production AI agents alongside @composiohq, @firecrawl_dev, @LangChainAI, and @perplexity_ai, weโre helping define the agent infra layer ๐
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In the words of Tyra Banks, โA smart model is a good model.โ Announcing FLORAโs Next Top Model โ a competition series pitting the hottest, top AI models in every category against each other. Which model will deliver mid outputs? Who will generate excellence and be crowned theโฆ
I can do the asian dad part.
fundraising advice: look for the investor who reminds you of paul graham, if paul graham were an asian dad. that's the kind of energy you want on your cap table
whoโs your favorite angel on your cap table?
(Virtual) Breaking into Angel Investing with a16z Scout, Umesh Khanna x.com/i/broadcasts/1โฆ
๐ฅ Jean Yang (@jeanqasaur) = Forward Deployed Angel ๐ฅ First of many videos in the new FD angels series! Thank you @bertgodel for chatting!
"It's like I'm a manager and I have a team of AI agents that are very capable." While most of us are still learning vibe coding, @kieranklaassen has figured out how to use 3 AI agents to build in parallel with Claude Code. In my new episode, he walks through: - How Claude Codeโฆ
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"How do you start angel investing?" A question that most operators and event founders I know are always asking about After investing in 20+ companies, I'm hosting a virtual session with @forwarddeploy, Scout at @a16z,ย on how to get started with angel investing and scouting onโฆ
You know the cut is going to be real good when they have this in the front
We're taking over a massive beachside mansion in San Francisco. August 13โ14. Excited to partner with @Wefunder to host The Drop โ a two-day founder experience at a private mansion in Seacliff. Weโre inviting some of SFโs top founders and builders to come together, off theโฆ
I'm looking for PhDs to join our SDR team. PhD stands for Poor, Hungry, and Desperate. I did not come up with this acronym nor do I officially endorse it. But it kinda makes sense. This "PhD" concept was recommended to me by a former CRO of a public company when we gave meโฆ
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For years, we assumed consumers wouldnโt pay for software. Now people are happily paying $200+/mo for products like Claude, Grok 4 Heavy and Gemini. Not because theyโre for everyone, but because theyโre 100x better for someone. The free tier is the funnel. The real product isโฆ
super curious on the behind the scenes from cognition and what I bet would have been a bidding match with @Replit
Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf. The acquisition includes Windsurfโs IP, product, trademark and brand, and strong business. Above all, it includes Windsurfโs world-class people, whom weโre privileged to welcome to our team. We are also honoringโฆ