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Founder hiretakeoff.com (acq. by @sierraplatform) prev. @stripe @jump_ | the roof is not my child but I will raise it like it is
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Triumph did it twice back to back
Alex Kwon Verified account @startupoppa Aug 7
for pre pmf consumer social, no VC no founder can show you the ways. none.

if anyone claims they are “consumer social gurus” tell them to go eat ass.

even the instagram founders tried building one from 0 to 1 again (artifact) but folded -they were the only free agents other than myspace tom. naval tried. marc andreessen tried long ago. the list goes on including the young super novas who garnered tens of millions in downloads in matter of weeks, folded.

there is no advisor who can teach you the ways into long term pmf - i don’t mean tactical growth material. the real dna of a new david who can take on the goliaths.

there are likely less than 10 people in the world who might even have any clues, most are still running their companies: jack dorsey, mark zuck, evan spiegel, but even if all of them were to form a company together and try there is higher chance of flopping than not.

you are the best in your world view. just observe the culture out there in the wild and shoot your shots. now is the best time in decades to build in consumer social. so we might as well try.
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Incredibly excited, incredibly grateful!

We wouldn’t be here without my teammates @shubhangishr @spenciefy, my investors @dcstalder @ilyasu @lachygroom, our customers, and many many others along the way. You all know you are ❤️

thanks for taking a chance and believing in me and this company
Aakash Thumaty Verified account @letsleverup Jul 23
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Aakash Thumaty Verified account @letsleverup
“We agree.”

“Agree? On what!”

“All of it.”

- @btaylor right before he bought the company

(Can read the full story in his post!)
Bret Taylor Verified account @btaylor Jul 23
I’m incredibly excited to share that Sierra is acquiring TakeOff, the leader in long-horizon AI agents. @claybavor and I couldn't be more excited to welcome @letsleverup and the entire TakeOff team.

In less than a year, they've built something truly special: an agent platform that delivers real business outcomes, is beloved by customers, and is growing incredibly quickly. Their maniacal focus on revenue driving, long-horizon agents has taken them from 0 to near 8 figures in revenue across several 7 figure contracts since the start of this year.

As we got to know the team, it became clear we were making the same bet: that fully autonomous agents would perform human-level work at software scale and that the largest businesses in AI would be built around outcomes, not inference. Takeoff has built an exceptional platform and team to make that real, and together we’re excited to build the leading company in long-horizon AI agents.

Welcome, Aakash and the Takeoff team. x.com/letsleverup/st…
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