Octolane AI
@octolane_ai
Self-Driving AI CRM that writes, updates, and moves deals for you
What we shipped in the past 20+ hrs!!
Day 532 of shipping everyday until we replace Salesforce with @octolane_ai - The Self Driving AI CRM. 🛠️ What we shipped (past 20 hrs): 1. Inline editing no longer jumps to the top row 2. Gmail inbox query bug, squashed 3. Duplicate activities — removed 4. Multi-tag cells now…
Thanks to @ycombinator, we went from: → a scrappy prototype → to 7,000+ companies waiting → building in the dark → to shipping with real signal → lone builders → to learning from the sharpest minds in the game → quiet doubt → to “you’re exactly where you need to be” All…
That's what @garrytan, President & CEO of @ycombinator, said about him: “His perspectives are exactly what our founders need”. Meet @kul, twice-exited YC founder who just launched a new fund investing exclusively in YC startups. forbes.com/sites/dariashu…
“He acts before the market, trusts before the metrics, and stays through the hard parts.” The article also reminds us why @ycombinator is what it is today: 💡Acceptance rate under 1% 🦄 90+ $1B+ companies 📈 $800B+ in market value created Incredible write-up by @dasha_shunina…
That's what @garrytan, President & CEO of @ycombinator, said about him: “His perspectives are exactly what our founders need”. Meet @kul, twice-exited YC founder who just launched a new fund investing exclusively in YC startups. forbes.com/sites/dariashu…
Day 562 of building @octolane_ai - Self Driving AI CRM As builders, we need to pour our time into tons of things like product, people, decisions, problems, family. Delegating even a few small tasks through this kind of setup feels invaluable 💪 That's why I’ve genuinely started…
Of all the gifts @ycombinator gave us, the greatest was crossing paths with Kulveer Taggar. A human being who redefined what it means to truly show up for someone. @kul has helped my co-founder @halim__rafi and me navigate through some of the hardest moments building…
I wrote about how @ZeusLiving (YC S11) survived the pandemic in a thread that went viral with over 2M views. Here's the update and what I'm up to next. 2021: Zeus survived COVID 2022: Chewed glass & made the portfolio profitable 2023: Sold Zeus to @theblueground (40,000+ homes)…
Funny how “System of Action” is suddenly the hot new framework. April 4th, 2024 - YC Demo Day. We stood up and said: “Instead of a system of record, we’re building a system of action.” Not as a thesis. A product. We bet our entire company on it. Today, I read @BessemerVP's…
Founders and friends I admire called me within minutes. Others reached out over text, email, Linkedin and even Slack. Some messaged just to say, “I’m flying to SF this week, let’s work together.” One friend stayed on Zoom, co-working with me until I finally went to bed. A few…
I miss my mom so much right now. I wish she were here to see everything I’m going through, and what our team is building through it all. When I was little, she’d quietly cut fruit and place it by my study desk without saying a word. Then she’d leave, just so I could keep…
Dropped out of Duke and moved to SF with my best friend @halim__rafi to build. No playbook. Just conviction. Now I’ve got a view, a bed frame (finally), a standing desk still wrapped in plastic, and users lining up saying - “I’ve been looking for this. You’re building exactly…
I didn’t believe in ‘tools that spark joy’ until I used @linear . Linear is what Jira wishes it could be. It makes me feel like I’m moving at the speed of thought. 🔥❤️ We run all of Octolane’s engineering and product on Linear. It’s the command center of our team. It’s fast,…
Back in October 2023. We were damn sure we wouldn't make it to YC. It was midnight when we had our @ycombinator interview. Exhausted, we finished the call with hope and uncertainty. 6 AM the next morning. I woke up to an email from Harj, sent just 10 minutes earlier. Thought I…
Lessons I wish I learned earlier while building our startup: •Focus isn’t just about doing more, it’s about doing less but with full presence. •You don’t build something iconic by trying to “take over the world” on Day 1 •The only real goal is: make today count. Then the…
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today wasn’t about big milestones. it was about the kind of progress no one sees. deep work, small pieces clicking into place, foundations being set. Logged 12+ hours of focused work Prioritized my workout and full meals first, because if I'm not at my best, I can’t lift the…
Success isn’t about starting faster, it’s about staying focused longer.
Working from a café today. Laptop open. Coffee half cold. Heart full. It took me almost 500 days to realize: Success isn't about time. It's about focus. And not the focus everyone talks about. Not "work more hours" or "grind harder" focus. Real focus is understanding what not…
🚨 MCP AI Hackathon — SF Edition 🚨 Join us on May 1 for a full day of building with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). 👾 Build AI agents 🍱 Free food 🎥 Public demos 🏆 Prizes 🌉 Golden Gate vibes Backed by: @SnowflakeDB, @tryfondo, and @octolane_ai 🔗 Spots are limited →…
Day 484 building @octolane_ai 🚀 Cannot thank enough to @ycombinator and especially to our fantastic group partner, @harjtaggar for believing in us from day negative ❤️ Deep gratitude to everyone who believed in us—our incredible team, early customers, friends, family, and…
Congrats to the @octolane_ai team on their $2.6M seed! Octolane's self-driving CRM updates itself and takes action, so sales reps can spend less time on admin and more time closing deals. 100s of teams have made the switch from HubSpot and Salesforce. forbes.com/sites/dariashu…