James Cadwallader
@thejamescad
Co-Founder, CEO @tryprofound
Apple Store NYC covering up the beautiful stairs to prevent people from slipping is v decel
Excited to welcome @brenolasserre and Luke Romero Di Benedetto to 🇦🇷@tryprofound (Profundo). Breno crushes frontend and design for web app + marketing. Luke joins from AeroLab, where he led all engineering. Want to join us in NYC or Buenos Aires? 📪 [email protected]
If you’re in NYC 🗽 and want to work at @tryprofound - DM me. We’re hiring across all roles: - Eng - Design - Sales/GTM - Ops
Today we're launching Profound's data-driven prompt recommendation engine. No more guessing what prompts you should be tracking for AEO. Our recommendation engine analyzes 100M+ real prompts to identify high-intent queries your brand should be tracking.
Introducing Profound Actions Turn your answer engine insights into visibility-driving content. No generic AI generated slop, just data-backed content briefs your team can run with. Now live across all plans. tryprofound.com/blog/introduci…
If the internet is the dual of next-token prediction, it’s also the dual of RL. We just haven’t learned to parse its implicit rewards yet. We are working on this btw
I dream of having a rich set of economically valuable RL tasks to train on, as wide and beautiful as the internet Does this pipeline for task creation look like... robotics? trading? enterprise metrics? research? coding? recommendation? video games? I think it's the absolute…
At SPC, we partner with founders to discard the good ideas in pursuit of great ones. Don't waste your time in local maxima, but take asymmetric risk to build generational companies. Our Founder Fellowship applications are now open!
1/ We're on the precipice of the most fundamental computing revolution I've seen in my life. You should have FOMO. Don't waste it in local maxima. The $1M @southpkcommons Founder Fellowship application is open. Here’s what it takes to build at venture-scale in the age of AI:
Wow ChatGPT now drives more traffic to my newsletter than Twitter.
Looking for an experienced growth Product Designer to come help us with checkout, conversions, onboarding, education, retention, etc at @tryprofound. Contract to hire (start tomorrow) or full-time. 📍NYC in-office only 📭 DM or email [email protected]
Huge show! We've got @levie, @DivesTech and @thejamescad joining live! Drop some comments -- we'll ask our great guests!
Google pushes AI mode, AI’s hiring divide and Box CEO on Superintelligence x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Getting offered at @tryprofound is really hard…
Working only 1 job is low signal in 2025. Do you have what it takes to be the next Soham Parekh? Introducing Startup Interview Simulator: convince (simulated) founders to hire you, and secure the biggest bag possible.
Mothers love sons who go on @tbpn
Going on @tbpn > therapy
Every founder I tell about Profound *immediately* signs up. I was with one of the founders yesterday and demand continues to skyrocket!
$20M to pioneer Answer Engine Optimization We're excited to announce Profound's $20M Series A funding, led by @kleinerperkins with participation from @khoslaventures, @nvidia, @saga_ventures, @southpkcommons, and @svangel.
SPC is where it all began!
📣 @tryprofound has raised a $20M Series A to pioneer answer engine optimization! After @thejamescad & @dbabbs met at SPC, they looked for the biggest opportunity to combine James' marketing expertise and Dylan's passion for visualizing complex data. They were early to realize…