ellis π
@hamburger
helping founders find their truth & share it with the π β’ past: @browsercompany @snapchat @verge @umich
finished up work at @browsercompany a few weeks ago.. an incredible time with a truly inspiring group π up next: something i've been wanting to try for a long time: working with founders to tell their stories! introducing... Meaning Ltd. πin bio!

βThere is more profound thinking going into ai note taking and customer support than the most important part of our humanity.β
Iβm blown away by the lack of any long term vision, mission or actually any narrative behind ai companions that are now popping up. The level of thinking is literally βwell men are lonely and canβt get laid so we will make an ai gfβ or as Zuckerberg put it βpeople have demand forβ¦
I believe designers are some of our most skilled & empathetic problem solvers Think outside figma, and who knows whatβs possible
To designers who want to start a company: you already know how. Same system thinking and tradeoff making with pixels and UX, then add capital and people. You got this!
*Home* is more than an address.... The new Nextdoor manifesto and mission is live π

Don't miss this Decoder episode with @hamburger There are few people who can clearly see an industry from both inside and outside at the same time. Ellis is that with tech & culture. theverge.com/decoder-podcasβ¦
Locket feels like the clear heir to Snapchat, from both a product and philosophy angle: β there's something really powerful about giving people a place where they feel like they can be their true selves and actually express themselves even more genuinely with their friends.β
βthere's that special feeling of actually using something and getting a lot of value out of itβ¦ Having built so much stuff, I realized how rare that feeling actually is, even when you're the one who's making it.β -@thefuturematt open.substack.com/pub/theupandupβ¦
βthere's that special feeling of actually using something and getting a lot of value out of itβ¦ Having built so much stuff, I realized how rare that feeling actually is, even when you're the one who's making it.β -@thefuturematt open.substack.com/pub/theupandupβ¦
tried out my favorite HIGH POWER AGENTIC use case: adding michigan football games to my calendar en masse...... it works in @ai_browser and @PerplexityComet but no @diabrowser yet
Me: don't do it... don't do it... don't jfucking do it Me: writes "and this is just the beginning"* π π
You have a way with words. So much fun working with you Ellis
So fun working with Austin and the Unify crew on their new mission and story β¨ β πΎππ πππππππ ππ ππ πππππππππ ππππ ππ ππππ π πππππππ, ππ πππ ππππ ππππππππ πππ ππππ π ππ.
Excited to share that weβve raised a $40M Series B at @unifygtm to transform growth into a science. Many of the fastest growing companies like Cursor, Perplexity, Flock Safety and Airwallex choose Unify to reimagine growth in an AI-native world. This round comes just 9 monthsβ¦
man every element of the comet onboarding was from arc π nice, tho... guess it's the new Best Practicesβ’
google pm: hi...... do you mind if i add another sidebar to ur sidebar? thanx...
