Michael Tan
@TheManMikeTan
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Building @firstharmonic
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2015
Excited to finally launch @firstharmonic. We are a small team of former operators who invest in early-stage companies and run what we believe is the best go-to-market program in the world for early-stage founders. I’m working alongside @ROWGHANI , @JdotJdotF, @miamabanta, and
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Excited to announce our $11M Series A, led by @ROWGHANI from @firstharmonic. Our AI agents automate and strengthen compliance workflows for financial institutions, including @Chime , @BiltRewards , & @CelticBank. Thanks to our customers, team, & investors :)
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Working with the next household name in this list (currently ~Series B stage), where a staggering ~1/3 of the team is former founders. They are hiring! Message me for details.
• 50 former founders work at Cursor • 35 former founders work at Notion What other companies do this?
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Founding Beacon with @nilamg has been the most intense but also fulfilling time of my life. In just a year, we’ve grown to a team of 30+ and acquired dozens of mission-critical software businesses that quietly power everyday life, helping them bring AI to real-world industries.
Introducing Beacon: the AI holding company for Main Street. Today, we're announcing a $250M Series B led by @generalcatalyst, @lightspeedvp & D1 Capital to give mission-critical software & services businesses a permanent home that preserves their legacy & scales their ambition.
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Excited to announce our $4.3M Seed Round, led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Alt Capital (Jack Altman) and First Harmonic (Ali Rowghani) and the public launch of Alleviate Health. Alleviate empowers research sites’ best recruiters to connect with more
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If we ever get an office I hope it vibes like this
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I get asked a lot what it was like to work with Steve Jobs. Probably the biggest thing I learned is that there is no "good enough" when it comes to the basics: communicating, motivating, and most importantly, thinking. Steve was obsessed with the quality of his own thinking. He
I love the description of Pixar as a miracle factory. How do you create the conditions to make special outcomes more likely? @ROWGHANI helped build Pixar, working closely with Steve Jobs and Ed Catmull in their golden era. He also worked closely with the Twitter founders and
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I love the description of Pixar as a miracle factory. How do you create the conditions to make special outcomes more likely? @ROWGHANI helped build Pixar, working closely with Steve Jobs and Ed Catmull in their golden era. He also worked closely with the Twitter founders and
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In middle school, with money earned performing magic shows I opened my first investment account. At Stanford, captivated by the markets, I realized a paradigm shift was on the horizon. Today, I am excited to announce our $5.7M raise, led by @novaholdings. With the
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Your AI Agents can only analyze 1GB of data Enterprises have 1,000,000x as much data We fixed that... It took 3 years and building an entirely new execution environment to pull this off. TextQL lets AI agents analyze your ENTIRE enterprise data - not just the 0.0001% they can
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A sign I love in a founder (or in anyone): when I talk to them my brain is working overtime just to keep up. Super high clock speed, rapid-fire thoughts, always asking thoughtful questions, they are always three moves ahead. Your brain leaves the conversation a little tired.
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Today, everyone gets an iOS developer... In their pocket 👖📱 For the first time in human history, you can build a mobile app on your phone... And then immediately share it with your friends. No coding, just ideas. Officially on the App Store.
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Have a friend who's currently a technical PM at a FANG company who's driven meaningful impact (>$1bn rev) across 2 key business lines. Looking to find an early stage company to dedicate ~70 hours a week / 6 days a week to. DM if interesting.
Have a few hungry generalist friends (3-5 years of experience) who have worked at places like McKinsey, Goldman, VC firms, business/finance operating roles at larger companies and are excited to join earlier stage companies. Smart people, great experience. Comment if interested.
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Have a few hungry generalist friends (3-5 years of experience) who have worked at places like McKinsey, Goldman, VC firms, business/finance operating roles at larger companies and are excited to join earlier stage companies. Smart people, great experience. Comment if interested.
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“Magic becoming average” is happening so fast
Hedonic adaptation Aka the reason why I feel AGI fears are (somewhat) overblown — our standards for excellence will continuously raise as magic becomes average. What’s “magical” will continually be redefined and there’s an infinite ceiling Can’t run out of ingenuity :)
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