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building apps that serve +1M users

New York
Joined June 2009
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SkyBuds just crossed 50,000,000 words spoken with our AI toys ! 🤯 we only started shipping 1.5 week ago there is no future where kids find a standard text based LLM any fun ;)
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Intelligence is the ability to get what you want. Wisdom is wanting the right things.
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started UGC in august. name a better time to be building.
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the harness in standalone claude.ai/design feels much better than the design artifact inside Claude. I hope the same tools survive the merge. @claudeai
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just finished a full redesign of Sona and I didn't open Figma once. haven't opened it in ~5 months actually. claude.ai/design has gotten that good.
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computah, audit my client + server code, security rules, and rate limits. install anti-pwnage measures /fast
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despite the doubts you voiced to me, your default response was action. I had no doubt you were going to succeed. It’s been great watching the come up, well deserved. keep going brother ✊
Replying to @hectorserrranoo
@luisbnyc was one of the first people to reach out to me during my internship in nyc. i remember leaving work to meet him at pi bakerie in soho, and he opened my eyes to all the different opportunities out there. seeing all the cool shit he was doing pushed me to keep going ty goat
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i just spent $200k telling new york to quit big ai the industry is obsessed with building bigger models, using more energy, and collecting more data we built EcoGPT to do things differently free AI, efficient models, and 435,978 trees planted try now: ecogpt.com
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My conversation with @luisbnyc who founded apps that scaled to over $1M+ in revenue. 00:00 Intro 00:23 Meet Luis: Split, Sway AI and Sona 00:35 Split: learning to code and finding a co-founder 02:30 Split's growth: word of mouth to 500K users 09:19 Sway AI: an idea found on Reddit 16:14 Going viral, the $30K ceiling and the influencer burn 24:02 $0 to $2M ARR in six months with ads 26:11 Sona: an astrology app with his sister 32:25 Choosing co-founders, remote vs in person 36:01 How he'd launch an app today 40:30 Eight apps in: why he keeps building 44:59 His sister as creative director 50:53 How Sona stays accurate and spreads by link 58:13 Astrocartography: half a month's installs in one day
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I’ve built apps that reached millions of users and generated millions in revenue. @benjiianc and I talked about how I got here, the mistakes I’ve made, and what I’ve learned along the way. My goal with sharing more is to help others build something of their own.
My conversation with @luisbnyc who founded apps that scaled to over $1M+ in revenue. 00:00 Intro 00:23 Meet Luis: Split, Sway AI and Sona 00:35 Split: learning to code and finding a co-founder 02:30 Split's growth: word of mouth to 500K users 09:19 Sway AI: an idea found on Reddit 16:14 Going viral, the $30K ceiling and the influencer burn 24:02 $0 to $2M ARR in six months with ads 26:11 Sona: an astrology app with his sister 32:25 Choosing co-founders, remote vs in person 36:01 How he'd launch an app today 40:30 Eight apps in: why he keeps building 44:59 His sister as creative director 50:53 How Sona stays accurate and spreads by link 58:13 Astrocartography: half a month's installs in one day
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RT @luisbnyc: I’ve built apps that reached millions of users and generated millions in revenue. Benji and I talked about how I got here, t…
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my family and I get to live our dreams because of the foundation others built. Living in another country is the fastest way to realize the privilege of living in this one. I owe this country everything. Forever grateful. Happy 4th. 🇺🇸
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when the product starts distributes itself >
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You are far more dangerous to your startup than competitors are. A hundred times more startups die from poor execution by their founders than are killed by competitors.
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