Christophe Delaune nous a quittés

C’est un crime.

Today @FortuneMagazine ran a piece on @Mercury celebrating: * 3 years of profitability * $650m in annualized revenue * 40% year on year active customer growth * Building a long term + sustainable + trusted service for our customers Thanks @agarfinks for the write up.

Buckle up, boys. It’s going to be a wild day on X.

OnlyFans asset values: Brand: $500 million Future Cashflows: $8 billion Customer List (filtered by politicians): $1 trillion

Si les propriétaires de plantations étaient racistes, ils n’auraient pas eu d’esclaves, c’est ça??

This is your periodic reminder that Gaming is larger than the Movie and Music industries COMBINED

Apple was asked by the judge to give up almost nothing in the first round of this lawsuit. They refused. Now they have to give up everything. Epic win by @TimSweeneyEpic and @MarkRein. Justice prevails in the end. Incredible day for app developers everywhere 🪩

NO FEES on web transactions. Game over for the Apple Tax. Apple’s 15-30% junk fees are now just as dead here in the United States of America as they are in Europe under the Digital Markets Act. Unlawful here, unlawful there. 4 years 4 months 17 days.

L’entrepreneuriat : dernière ligne de défense contre le déclin. La France s’enfonce. Croissance en berne, dette abyssale, bureaucratie étouffante, nivellement par le bas… Pendant qu’on débat de la répartition d’un gâteau qui rétrécit, d’autres pays construisent l’avenir. Mais

Joining people around the world in mourning Pope Francis today. He lived a life of extraordinary grace and deep compassion. May he rest in peace.

Sending everyone celebrating Eid al-Fitr around the world wishes of health and happiness. Eid Mubarak!

1/ Today, @Mercury announced a $300 million Series C in a mix of primary & secondary funding at a $3.5B valuation, led by @Sequoia, with participation from @sparkcapital, @MarathonMP, @coatuemgmt, @CRV, & @a16z. I’m deeply humbled by the growth we’ve experienced. 🧵

Only people who have taken products from zero to one are qualified to run a tech company.

🇫🇷 Le Chat by Mistral est numéro #3 des téléchargements d’apps de Productivité. On le fait passer #1 ? #SommetActionIA

“500 billion? Did I hear that right Masa?” “Yes brother. All for you. It’s all for you.”

Every founder right now who grew their apps entirely from viral TikToks

Timeless

I was at UMG at the time. Josh called, tells me about https://t.co/aj4LWsVwhZ and asks me "If we invest, are you guys going to f* us?". I told him "no, do it". At that time there was a 50% chance that something would happen internally on our side that would cause it to die. So

It has been 9.5 years since I met and quickly invested in the Series A of https://t.co/JXhYC1tz9s. Met and invested within two weeks. Wrote this in my memo: The prize here is very large. If any company can create a new network that allows users to create and share videos,