Rajat Suri
@rajatsuri
Helping skilled immigrants + re-inventing group chat. Dad of 👦🏽👧🏻. Co-founder Lima, Presto, Lyft, Tribe. Co-host of the Founders-in-Arms Podcast.
One of the many great things about building startups without being on the VC funding treadmill is that you can prioritize insights over short-term metrics. This is extremely powerful. A successful startup is essentially a collection of insights held dear by people who have the…
The best gift you can give to your first kid is probably just a second kid
This is the clearly the template for the Democratic party moving forward - if they choose it.
Daniel Lurie is running a political masterclass. Majority approval rating across every major political group in the city. I would have thought this was ~impossible.
Bringing back one of the most loved episodes on @FoundersInArms. The AI revolution has deeper roots than you think. @paultoo, Gmail creator & former YC partner, reveals how Google's "Did you mean?" feature was actually early AI. A fascinating look at how foundational…
WSJ is really doing a fantastic job these days, on all fronts not just Trump. Running circles around NYT as well as other international news sites. Highly recommend subscribing
There’s likely too much fear that AI models eat the app layer as they improve. For AI Agents to work, most enterprises will require a bridge between the AI and their specific workflows. It turns out the last mile of making AI Agents work in real, highly variable and hostile…
My kids (4 yo and 6 yo) play together so much now that it’s hard for us parents to get in a word edgewise. It’s glorious to see! But makes it impossible to separate them
I had a great conversation with @RajatSuri on @FoundersInArms youtube.com/watch?v=KqohDQ…
We’ve made it easier than ever to create content, but are we making it harder to create original ideas? @tripadler (Co-founder and CEO, @createdbyhumans) shares why the explosion of AI-generated output risks sidelining human creativity and why the future of books, music, and art…
Patent holders earn less than 3% of their innovation's total value. The other 97% spills over to society. This massive spillover effect means we systematically under-invest in breakthrough research. If you can't capture the value you create, you won't invest in creating it.…
The US could unlock a massive tsunami of entrepreneurial energy if it simply took off the country caps on green cards that prevent so many talented immigrants from India and China from quitting their big tech jobs to start a company as many desire to Instead they are held…
What does it mean to find product market fit? Our co-founder & CEO @adamnash reveals: It’s the humanity underneath, solving real needs for real people 📱🤝🧑🤝🧑
The best marketing happens when customers become your sales force. @adamnash (CEO & Co-founder, Daffy) breaks down why some products naturally spread while others don't. The key insight: customers don't become advocates because you pay them. They do it "because they actually…
The United States is a great country even if we sometimes get it wrong. Our constitution and culture is stronger than any bad policy or politician. Happy 4th all!