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Introducing Clado. We trained SOTA models to perform deep research for people on over 200 million+ profiles all from a simple prompt. We also curated complete alumni networks for 2000+ colleges/universities across the world. and we're live right now @ clado. ai


hard work is expensive regret is free.


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optimize for imposter syndrome


YC believed that bringing together smart technologists and giving them a strong community, it would cultivate the perfect environment for building the best startups. sdx believes the same. they introduced me to the world of startups, brought together the most ambitious…

introducing SDxUCSD, the home for UCSD's most ambitious builders, hackers, and founders. we're hosting our kickoff from 5-7pm next sunday (10/12). RSVP to meet the best builders at UCSD.



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announcing @nozomioai's $6.2m fundraise, led by @CRV, @BoxGroup, and @localglobevc. back to work now.


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goodbye sf 🫡 grateful for the time i've spent building an amazing product and solving hard problems w/ the exceptional @cladoai team and meeting the coolest hardware + software founders ever @fdotinc sf is a magical place where serendipity happens daily. be back soon!

ahamidi_'s tweet image. goodbye sf 🫡

grateful for the time i've spent building an amazing product and solving hard problems w/ the exceptional @cladoai team

and meeting the coolest hardware + software founders ever @fdotinc

sf is a magical place where serendipity happens daily. be back soon!
ahamidi_'s tweet image. goodbye sf 🫡

grateful for the time i've spent building an amazing product and solving hard problems w/ the exceptional @cladoai team

and meeting the coolest hardware + software founders ever @fdotinc

sf is a magical place where serendipity happens daily. be back soon!
ahamidi_'s tweet image. goodbye sf 🫡

grateful for the time i've spent building an amazing product and solving hard problems w/ the exceptional @cladoai team

and meeting the coolest hardware + software founders ever @fdotinc

sf is a magical place where serendipity happens daily. be back soon!
ahamidi_'s tweet image. goodbye sf 🫡

grateful for the time i've spent building an amazing product and solving hard problems w/ the exceptional @cladoai team

and meeting the coolest hardware + software founders ever @fdotinc

sf is a magical place where serendipity happens daily. be back soon!

in sd for 2 days who’s in town?

tomzhengy's tweet image. in sd for 2 days

who’s in town?

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Keep thinking.


after a week break from twitter 😌

tomzhengy's tweet image. after a week break from twitter 😌

The best way to get early traction & differentiation isn't talking asking potential customers or building a theoretical perfect product. It’s to launch the core product NOW. Your ICP will change, roadmap will change, speed will increase. If it breaks, good. If people complain,…

tomzhengy's tweet image. The best way to get early traction & differentiation isn't talking asking potential customers or building a theoretical perfect product.

It’s to launch the core product NOW. Your ICP will change, roadmap will change, speed will increase. 

If it breaks, good. If people complain,…

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People once trembled at lunar and solar eclipses. Kings staged sacrifices, crowds beat drums, all to fight shadows they couldn’t understand. Death is our modern eclipse. We fear it, surrender to it, ritualize it. Soon, as our knowledge advances, fearing death will seem as…

bryan_johnson's tweet image. People once trembled at lunar and solar eclipses. Kings staged sacrifices, crowds beat drums, all to fight shadows they couldn’t understand.

Death is our modern eclipse. We fear it, surrender to it, ritualize it.

Soon, as our knowledge advances, fearing death will seem as…

You can now apply to the YC winter 2026 batch! Good luck

tomzhengy's tweet image. You can now apply to the YC winter 2026 batch! Good luck

the best way to come up w/ startup ideas is still solving by solving your own problems: these come from your daily life or your job (you do niche work or work in a niche industry). we started by building alumni platforms and got dozens of schools emailing wanting the platform…

tomzhengy's tweet image. the best way to come up w/ startup ideas is still solving by solving your own problems:

these come from your daily life or your job (you do niche work or work in a niche industry).

we started by building alumni platforms and got dozens of schools emailing wanting the platform…

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YC is coming to Toronto! If you’re a student interested in starting a startup, or are in the early stages of building one, join us for founder stories & advice from YC partners @amiklas, @dessaigne, and @golda. events.ycombinator.com/canada-2025

ycombinator's tweet image. YC is coming to Toronto!

If you’re a student interested in starting a startup, or are in the early stages of building one, join us for founder stories & advice from YC partners @amiklas, @dessaigne, and @golda.

events.ycombinator.com/canada-2025

Groq enables us to productionize massively parallel LLM search

Two freshmen, no money, no plan. Just a side project to find alumni. Four months later, they went viral at Stanford, hit 40K DAUs, and got into YC. Now they’re attempting to build the internet’s most powerful people-search engine, already capable of running 10,000 LLM calls at…

GroqInc's tweet image. Two freshmen, no money, no plan. Just a side project to find alumni.

Four months later, they went viral at Stanford, hit 40K DAUs, and got into YC.

Now they’re attempting to build the internet’s most powerful people-search engine, already capable of running 10,000 LLM calls at…


aging backwards ;)

tomzhengy's tweet image. aging backwards ;)

6:00 - wake up, find out i’m under 18! 6:20 - walk carmel 6:40 - walk to equinox & quick breakfast 7:00 - push day :) 8:45 - sauna & shower 9:15 - in the office + took bryan johnson blueprint great sunday morning so far - what else should i try adding to this routine?

tomzhengy's tweet image. 6:00 - wake up, find out i’m under 18!
6:20 - walk carmel
6:40 - walk to equinox & quick breakfast
7:00 - push day :)
8:45 - sauna & shower
9:15 - in the office + took bryan johnson blueprint 

great sunday morning so far - what else should i try adding to this routine?

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