Viraj Ala @VirajAla21
Interviewing The Top 1% Of Silicon Valley | Ex-White House, Deloitte instagram.com/viraj.ala/ LA & UC Berkeley Joined April 2025-
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Imagine selling your company for š šššššš¢š” šš¢šššš„š¦... Then becoming anĀ š®š§š©šš¢š š¢š§ššš«š§Ā at a startup. That's the story of Vinay, the founder of Loom. (ššš šµš©š¦ š§š³š¦š¦ š“š¤š³š¦š¦šÆ š³š¦š¤š°š³š„šŖšÆšØ šµš°š°š šŗš°š¶ š¶š“š¦š„ š§š°š³ šš šš°š·) -ā¦
Two years ago, Lawrence moved into Stanford for his freshman year. Fast foward to todayāand he's a dropout who raised $4.2 MILLION for his startup. Seems like any other success story, no? It isāuntil you realize that just weeks before... Lawrence got hit by a carāand almostā¦
I met the most unhinged founder in Silicon Valley. And no, it's not Roy Lee. It's @ericzhu105 ā the founder of Sperm Racing. Most people know him... As the guy who build a company in his high school bathroom. But you probably didn't know... - that's he's just 18 years old -ā¦
At 28 years old, Tanay Kothari has raised over $56 MILLION for Wispr Flow. Most people will look at that number and have one thought: "šāšš” šš¹ šš š¼ ššššš š¤šš”ā šš¦ šššš?" But online, things may look like an overnight success. Remember though, thatā¦
At 16, Kumar packed his bags in India and moved to SFāto build a startup. The craziest part? He's 21āthe AKA same age as me š¤Æ And after getting into YC, raising over $1 Million... (all while staying commited to his partner) He did teach something really important to me: -ā¦
I've been hearing this conversation a ton around SF... "šš š¢š¬ ššššššššš..." "š¬š š¶š š® šš®ššš² š¼š³ šš¶šŗš²" So I thoughtāwhy not ask a YC founder directly? And Nehaāthe founder of April (YC S25) told me... YC's something worth talking about...so much soā¦
Adam built his first startup when he wasĀ 13. 13 years laterāhis startup went more viralāthan Cluely š¤Æ Taking the risk of moving from Israel to SF was something he never expected. But 15 million views later, it worked out for him š¤ Shoutout to @adamcohenhillel for the vid!
Charlie Kirk dying, finding life on Mars, and a16z owning TikTok in the span of one week š¤Æ
The most high signal thing a founder can do is wearing a Rakhi.
We've been getting tons of great questions on the new Susa Fellows program. So, we decided to open up office hours for the next 2 days to answer questions about the program & application. Given the demand and folks working long hours on the weekdays, we'll be extending theā¦
We've been getting tons of great questions on the new Susa Fellows program. So, we decided to open up office hours for the next 2 days to answer questions about the program & application. Given the demand and folks working long hours on the weekdays, we'll be extending theā¦
It's no secretā@UWaterloo is the most underrated builder university out of them all. @shaheersan told me that HALF of the @OpenAI intern class was from @UWaterloo. Us Bears really gotta step our game up š¤
Someone needs to build B2B SaaS for laundry dude Just spent 5 hours drying my dress shirt š
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