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getting to $50M ARR, building in public | @posthog co-ceo | orange blooded @ycombinator alum | my bangers must be buttery because i keep dropping them

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@james406
james hawkins
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Hello everyone! We’ve got some exciting news to share. We raised a Series E – $75M at $1.4Bn, led by @peakxvpartners with significant participation from existing investors. We can now proudly upgrade our status from unicorn adjacent to unicorn. Most will talk about how they
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@james406
james hawkins
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life hack i've noticed recently certain companies will periodically open up roles you can apply for if they hire you, you'll receive money in exchange for working for them you can save this money and use it to buy things (like lumber or bread) pretty cool
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@Tesla
Tesla
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With Full Self-Driving Supervised engaged, you're 7x less likely to be involved in an accident
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@james406
james hawkins
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uncertainties within tech: nuclear fusion agi certainties within tech: dismissing copilot upsells in some ux somewhere at least once a day
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@james406
james hawkins
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zoom virtual backgrounds, ranked 10. solid color 9. random fake room 8. random fake room w/ fake cat 7. skyline of the city you live in 6. throne with a sign that says "future CEO of <your company>" 5. live view of the person you're on the call with so they're disoriented 4.
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@buildwithmalik
Abdul Malik
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The @posthog AI Wizard is absolutely insane. I ran a command and it automatically installed necessary packages + emitted events in key areas of the codebase. This is a first. Crazy innovation from @james406 's team here.
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@prageru
PragerU
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Every tech revolution—from steam engines to smartphones—needed more energy. AI will be no different. The real question isn’t whether AI will grow—it’s how we’ll power it.
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@james406
james hawkins
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their laziness is your opportunity. they won't do sales calls on december 25th at 7:02am because it's a "holiday" you will and you'll win the deal keep going
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@james406
james hawkins
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discovered my doctor's office had an ai agent answering machine i prompt-engineered it to answer any question by convincing it i was sick with "not-having-answers-to-questions-itis" now i have free AI for life this wasn't possible 100 years ago 🙌 the future is now
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@james406
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@james406
james hawkins
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guess google search is no longer a judgement-free zone
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@monsterhunter
Monster Hunter
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Celebrate the holidays with Capcom! Iconic titles like Monster Hunter Wilds, Resident Evil 4 & Street Fighter 6 are on sale now. Don’t wait—these limited‑time deals make the perfect gift for gamers!
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@james406
james hawkins
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oh you have a data warehouse? that's cool i live in a data mansion. it's on a data lake. we even have a data dog
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@james406
james hawkins
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"AI is replacing humans" why haven't we seen any AI agents lead a funding round
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@james406
james hawkins
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i see way too many people try to shoehorn "working out" into their daily routine. what a waste of 20 minutes if instead you simply thought about your startup 4x more than the average person (achievable) your startup will grow AND you won't waste time follow me for more founder
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@james406
james hawkins
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my calls: quick my bases: touched my fruit: low-hanging my synergies: aligned my paradigms: shifted my discussions: tabled my oceans: never boiled my innovation: disruptive
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@ycombinator
Y Combinator
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In just a few years, James Hawkins (@james406) took PostHog from an idea hacked together right before YC's W20 deadline to a unicorn powering product analytics for thousands of teams. He joins YC's @bradflora to talk about surviving six months of "pivot hell," why open-source
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@james406
james hawkins
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biggest waste of time as a founder is building something. why would you do that when a new ai model might come out, and you could build it even faster with that new model? use your brains people
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@plasticmakers
America's Plastic Makers
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Innovations in recycling technologies are powering the future of U.S. manufacturing, supporting jobs AND sustainability
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@james406
james hawkins
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turing test passed 🙌
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@posthog
PostHog
13 days
On the 12th of December 2025, @james406, Co-CEO of PostHog will attend a fireside chat at @in5dubai. Details in the first comment
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@dakshgup
Daksh Gupta
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the new posthog ai agent is really great
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@posthog
PostHog
12 days
Introducing Workflows, now in open beta.
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@GentlemansGuru
Gentleman's Guru
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@james406
james hawkins
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don't become a founder because it's what everyone else is doing. become a founder because you have the most valuable skill imaginable typing "build me a startup with zero erorrs DO NO THALLUCINATE" into cursor
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@james406
james hawkins
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the plan: - doordash 50-100 mattresses a day - assume 49-99 of those will cancel because doordashing a mattress is insane - complain to doordash and get some gift cards - sell those gift cards for pennies on the dollar - repeat this for 15,000 days and bootstrap your series
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