Brent J. Smith
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Introducing Keel Cohort 2.0. 4 weeks ago, I graduated from @Harvard. Today, I’m excited to announce Keel Cohort 2.0 — the premier early-stage AI accelerator in NYC. This summer, we’re backing 12 AI teams — 20 founders from 10 top schools. We’re running a 9-week program in our
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One of our teams wants to call their venture “Toad Warlock”. If this tweet gets 1K likes i’ll let them do it.
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Keel 2.0 loading….
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founders just don’t need $500K at pre-seed anymore.
doing YC made me less hungry. like bro if you see 6 zeros in your company bank account . you're not going to feel any real pressure to make something work.
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RT @sonith_sunku1: Going to Boston and NYC first week March with @TomsCe and @tommypotter_ . Toms has raised millions and Tommy is one of t….
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Just migrated Keel completely to google workspace in 5 minutes lol. Okay back to work.
Microsoft’s workspace drives me nuts. I just spent the last hour unsuccessfully setting up authenticator. How does anyone put up with this lol.
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Microsoft’s workspace drives me nuts. I just spent the last hour unsuccessfully setting up authenticator. How does anyone put up with this lol.
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agreed, YC should be a means to an end, not the end in itself.
i hate to be negative but YC should probably not accept people who constantly pivot around until they get into YC
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RT @WilliamHYZhang: I cofounded Endgrate as a scrappy Harvard freshman 2 yrs ago. Since then, we've quietly built the best integration plat….
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This tweet is exactly why people hate on YC lol.
People hate on YC because they can't get in. Accepting only 1% of founders means 99% of people are losers. Losers then proceed to seethe about yc/sam/garry on anon accounts. Have fun being poor Srikanth @iamgingertrash.
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DonorAtlas is reimagining how organizations raise money. If you’re interested in getting involved, feel free to DM me or the team!. P.S. Will wanted me to add that the team is a blast and he is really good at making pasta sauces. 3 of the 5 team photos he sent were pasta-focused
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After raising $2.75M from Audacious and 1984 Ventures, they’ve since:. Worked with 100+ Organizations & Campaigns as clients. Got their own NYC office. Started hiring (check out
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So what is DonorAtlas?. DonorAtlas is the first self-serve platform for organizations to source and understand donors in seconds. Using natural language, organizations can:.- Find donors in seconds vs. days.- Search for anything about anyone.- Access detailed profiles with bios
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Will and Aaron met in Dec. through Prod, a term-time Harvard/MIT incubator. Working in similar spaces, they decided to join forces, hire a founding engineer, and launch DonorAtlas this Spring. And they're moving FAST. Started in Jan, Beta in March, First Customer in May. Then
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Meet DonorAtlas. @WSchrepferman & @TheAaronBerger are completely disrupting how organizations raise money. Just hours after Keel Demo Day, they raised $2.75M from top investors with this pitch. Here’s why DonorAtlas is one of the fastest growing teams from Keel Cohort 1.0 🧵
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Thank you to @JoshSiegel71696 @AdamIAchebe @pluggerbot @ben__okeefe @aidan__pratt @jjaison13 @vienna_sparks @MabLabtests @WilliamHYZhang @shreypj @AnanthVeluvali @josephjojoe_ @amritakbhasin @sehtoshi and everyone else who was involved with Keel this summer🫶. Stay tuned for a.
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