Aarthi Ramamurthy
@aarthir
Followers
44K
Following
7K
Media
605
Statuses
13K
Building and funding companies. Ex - FB, NFLX, MSFT. Podcasting with @sriramk. aarthi at gmail.
San Francisco, CA, US.
Joined May 2007
Today I’m announcing Schema Ventures (@SchemaVentures) - a new early-stage fund backing exceptional outsiders building world-changing technology. Here’s why it’s personal 🧵.
162
51
1K
Great way to wrap @ycombinator AI startup school - @garrytan and @sriramk on all things AI, policy and 🇺🇸
6
5
85
We live in the best timeline for developers.
codex gets access to the internet today! it is off by default and there are complex tradeoffs; people should read about the risks carefully and use when it makes sense. also, we are making in available in the chatgpt plus tier.
1
0
17
Schema is personal. It’s focused. And we’re just getting started. Follow along → @SchemaVentures.
13
2
79
Schema is backed by legends I deeply respect including @gokulr, @pmarca, @lpolovets, @garrytan, @lachygroom, @joshbuckley, YC and more.
5
1
94
What we offer:.🎙️ Distribution — network and access when you need it. 📈 Founder-grade help — GTM, hiring, fundraising, staying alive.🤝 No ego. Just real support from people who’ve been there.
5
2
80
What we invest in:.🛠️ Industrial Software (robots + intelligence for factories, logistics, etc.).📊 Workflow Intelligence (cleaning up enterprise administrative sludge).💻 Dev Tools & Infra (increasing developer productivity).
5
2
89
My journey is the blueprint for Schema. A fund that backs founders at the very beginning - before a deck, before a cofounder, before capital. Founders building from lived experience and deep conviction.
3
1
72
I grew up an outsider, moved to San Francisco, built two startups, and shipped products at Microsoft, Netflix, and Meta.
1
1
72
RT @skrishnan47: It was an honor to talk to President Trump and HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Royal Court today as part of th….
0
358
0
See you at the founder event in SF this Friday! Excited to partner + hang out with friends from @DeVC_Global
1
2
12
Love the mission of @cosmic_robotics. Starting with commercial solar panel deployments, Cosmic has an ambitious mission to fix the critical infrastructure crisis, quickly and cost effectively. Congrats on the launch today, and proud to be an investor.
3
1
11
Blazing fast! Congrats on the launch, @sherjilozair!.
Today I'm launching my new company @GeneralAgentsCo and our first product. Introducing Ace: The First Realtime Computer Autopilot. Ace is not a chatbot. Ace performs tasks for you. On your computer. Using your mouse and keyboard. At superhuman speeds!
1
0
9
Love this thread.
A good reminder why you can pick up GenAI - and you probably should. Real story:. Small company, 5 devs. Last time they hired was 12 years ago. AI comes out: company wants to add AI feature. But they don't have the expertise. So hire an AI agency. Agency spend 3 months planning:.
1
0
7
This is an insane workflow for vibe coding. Thanks @andrewchen for asking the original question!.
@andrewchen I don't think the secret sauce is public yet. I can give you the fundamentals.- Grok 3 to transform a game idea in a game design document.- Grok 3 to define the best stack: front & backend for your game and ambition (multiplayer? etc).- Grok 3 to transform the game design.
0
0
4
YC has had such a positive impact on me and dozens of people I know. More than anything, it is the place where I first found “my people” and felt like I was a part of something really ambitious and really, really cool.
Y Combinator's 20th birthday is tomorrow. Here's what was happening on March 11, 2005: (Yeah, I know this tweet will get hidden because it has a link in it, and that I'm supposed to put the link in a reply. But that's so stupid that I refuse to do it.).
0
1
13