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Textio’s Founder Kieran Snyder on the Two Advantages Startups Have in AI (While Remaining Skeptical Of The Funding Gold Rush)

Hunter Walker

I was publishing quite a bit of original research about bias in workplace documents like performance reviews and job posts, a bunch of it went viral, and I got to know a lot of people who eventually became Textio customers. We had some unfair competitive advantages in serving HR buyers: we knew them all.

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Kindling Early B2C Growth: Getting to 1,000 Users

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Create viral content: Viral content can help you reach a massive audience in a short amount of time. However, it’s difficult to predict what will go viral, and this strategy is often more luck than skill. It’s so much easier to create content these days with generative AI.

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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – February 14 2025

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by Madrona Interesting stat: about 10% of Y Combinator companies achieves an exit – by Lenny Rachitsky Bonus: opening moves in global AI – report by Dealroom.co MEDIA OF THE WEEK The capital amount of M&As in the range of $100-$500m and $500-$1000m in Israel increased sharply, setting a decade record. Keep on creating.

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Requests for startups in 2025

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Sarah Guo and Conviction Capital Sarah Guo is the founder of Conviction, an early stage VC fund, Embed is an acceleration program launched by Conviction, investing $150K into pre-seed AI startups. Stripe anticipates these trends to create significant business opportunities for new and existing companies.

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