Gautam Roy
@groys
Love sports and tech. Software Engineer @motive_inc. Previous gigs @houseparty and @Facebook
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6 months ago it looked like AI / LLMs were going to bring a much needed revival to the venture startup ecosystem after a few tough years. With companies like Jasper starting to slow down, it’s looking like this may not be the case. Right now there are 2 clear winners, a…
If Twitter reverts its code to the version from 1 year ago, do Twitter users on Threads still stick with it?
Sacramento Kings, with Majority ownership
🧵alert: Happy to be part of bringing advancements in AI/ML to the the underserved, but critical industry. Remember, trucks never stopped running even during pandemic. The drivers took the risk, it’s time to pay back. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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KeepTruckin Raises Fresh Funds Valuing Startup at $2.3 Billion
KeepTruckin Inc. raised $190 million in a new funding round that values the San Francisco-based provider of fleet management software at $2.3 billion.
Amazing Product from good friends @anothersumit @nitin_pande. Check it out!
Excited that @pacofetch is live on @ProductHunt -- help more people who need Paco discover it by participating in the discussion. producthunt.com/posts/paco
Home-cooked and other meals for Covid patients in Bangalore, Chennai, and Delhi - codifiedself.github.io/homefood/
Use this simple interface to search & reach out to home chefs delivering meals for #covid patients in #bangalore codifiedself.github.io/homefood/ Please RT and share as much as you can. Made this with help from @nitin_pande
Introducing new labor-of-love -- Paco (@pacofetch)-- Slack bot to unblock dev-teams.
This would help design better interview loops for senior engineers and fix hiring frustrations. Career development needs are also different for different archetypes.
i occasionally linger over the idea that we should have broadly shared terms for key engineering archetypes, post-senior SWE levels. Mentor Coding Machine Generalist Specialist Perf/Debugger ...
What do the polls say about which set of people actually get polled? #ElectionTwitter
This is huge
75% of our traffic no longer uses TCP but QUIC. Our library is open source and called mvsft lots more here: engineering.fb.com/networking-tra…
I write a new column: The inability of the US to make masks, protective gear, and even swabs shows that it has prematurely deindustrialized. The country abandoned manufacturing with gladness, under the delusion that the most valuable work was done onshore. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
A group of people I know are getting together to make $1500 loans to anyone needing a bit of help these days. 0% interest, and you have 2 years to pay it back. Link for the request form is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1Ze… Please retweet for distribution.
Silicon Valley’s top investing firm has a stark message on coronavirus: Prepare for the worst bit.ly/2wxg3zg
Since it's a wkend, some thoughts on parenting, running a startup, and leveraging time w a limited budget:
What the @#*($&# is product market fit? I've been trying to study PM fit for the last decade. First with my own startup (that never reached PM fit) and then with my < 300 companies I've invested in and the tens of thousands I've reviewed. Here are my thoughts on PM fit:
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