Ankith Harathi
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making games @closingtheory • past: founder @withmacro (acq) @gamersenseiapp (acq)
Austin, TX
Joined May 2018
I started a new company with @nitinrajini !. We’ve raised $2.3M led by @a16zGames SPEEDRUN for Closing Theory Studios - a new, independent game studio. Games have traditionally been all about fantasy, a hard fork from the real world. We started Closing Theory because we believe
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Get Househunt as soon as its goes live (date may be updated to release sooner).
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Super interesting screenshot - looks like duolingo is shifting away from their hearts system and moving to an energy loss mechanic for chess!.
Big news: the next subject @duolingo will teach is… chess ♟️. Strategy, logic, and a little bit of trash talk—coming soon to your app.
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RT @nikitabier: A common pattern in consumer AI over the last couple years:. An app that generates AI portraits of you will go viral—but th….
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RT @gauravmunjal: Airlearn turns ONE tomorrow 🎉🎉🎉. Here’s what we have achieved in the last 12 Months:.
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There's a narrative out there that if you take money from a big fund you'll never get any attention and it comes with a lot of signaling risk. This could not be less true with the games team at a16z. Speedrun and all of the people that make it happen are incredible.
new announcement from a16z:. startup founders -- come work with me 1:1 and let a16z invest up to $1M in your very early stage startup :). (yes, this is via a16z speedrun, and we are launching the next cycle today, taking applications over the next ~month. Here's how to apply:.
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Doing @speedrun was one of the best decisions we've ever made.
📢📢@speedrun applications are officially open for our 5th (!) cohort. 📈 Who should apply: builders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, and AI.🗓️ July 29 - Oct 10 at our office in sunny Santa Monica.💰 We invest up to $1M in every company selected.✅ Apply by: May 11
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29 straight days of posting 2x per day and finally had one go viral!
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Top 200 NA in league is even more impressive than 0 to $5M ARR in 30 days… insane.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund just led a 2nd round into Icon. To celebrate, I'll give you $69,420 if you refer someone I hire. We’ve gone from $0 to $5M+ ARR in 30 days, are extremely profitable, & will beat every company ever on the $1M to $100M ARR record (<12 months). Our team
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Another morning trying to not die
My life is so bizarre. I go around trying to convince people that dying is dumb and get called a weird motherfucker.
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The hype is real. Product Sense by @shreyas was incredible--one of the most eye opening and humbling experiences i've ever had. I've done my fair share of "traditional" education (college, bschool, startup accelerators, etc) but this course was unlike anything else. 30+ hours.
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This is why he's $10,000/hour on intro.
Ladies and gentlemen, I pleased to announce my latest app:. Introducing Explode.· Send disappearing texts & photos inside iMessage.· Only the sender needs the app: Drop them right into your chats .· Screenshots are blocked too. Why did we build it? Explode is a spite app. Yes, an
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What's the latest strategy for targeting TikTok/Reels to a specific country (like Canada)? Have heard that the newly reset phone + VPN or SIM method doesn't work well anymore.
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