Umesh Khanna 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @forwarddeploy
2x Founder | 👼 forward deployed angels | @a16z | 🎓 alum @uwaterloo @kp_fellows fdangels.com San Francisco, CA Joined August 2015-
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 from @Anthropic is live on @designarena_ai Results coming soon :)
Claude Sonnet 4.5 from @Anthropic is live on @designarena_ai Results coming soon :)
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it’s been just one month since @dedaluslabs hosted @ycombinator’s first-ever overnight hackathon… here’s the recap 🪽 take a look to see what all the teams built! ft. our friends @convex_dev @Vapi_AI @browser_use @onkernel @_interfere @nozomioai @agentmail_to @autumnpricing…
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@salmanso_ When the internship asks for 4+ years of experience they are asking for a Waterloo intern
Founders – The Ultimate Early-Stage Angels List 📈 Looking for pre-seed and seed angels who actually write early checks? Here are the first 8 Forward Deployed Angels I’ve pre-vetted and trust with founders. These are the angels who get in the trenches and help when needed! 🚀…
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I got access to ChatGPT Pulse. It’s a new consumer feature that “pushes” daily updates to users based on what they care about. How it works + my thoughts 👇
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In 2010, a tiny popup reshaped how companies learned from their users. It was called KISSinsights. One question at a time, teams uncovered truths dashboards could never show. “What almost stopped you from signing up today?” “What information is missing before you choose a…
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Four new gems for you today. 1/ a facelift.
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The biggest mistake consumer AI builders make (IMO) is assuming users will figure out how to pick a model, find features, etc. Users don’t care that it’s AI - they care about the outcome they get from the product. The vast majority won’t spend time learning how to use an app.
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Introducing Cell. Make Your Product AI-native, or die. It’ll take less time than you think (sign up + info below)
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Logan Randolph joined Sierra in its early days to build out the design partner program. For the first time, he explains in detail exactly how he did it.
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I’ve seen dozens of FLORA copycats since we launched earlier this year On the one hand I’m like damn come up with your own idea On the other hand if I were them, I’d copy FLORA too
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I’ve always believed that opportunities live between fields of expertise. If something fits neatly in a bucket, it’s probably already priced in. This has been my investment philosophy, a metaphor for my career and where I like to invest. Am I Silicon Valley or Wall Street, a…
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Gotta betray my country for a sec Waterloo > MIT
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@forwarddeploy just launched forward deployed angels ask any questions about it here
@forwarddeploy just launched forward deployed angels ask any questions about it here https://t.co/086pZFqhtx
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it's a real offer
it's a real offer https://t.co/JrrTqcKdM2
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🇨🇦 Canadians in SF 🇺🇸 Last week, I was lucky to be surrounded by 150 of some of the best Canadians in San Francisco Good people should meet good people, so I kept the "Canadians in Eh I" series going From early engineers at OpenAI and Perplexity to first-time founders and…
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