Javi Palafox
@jvpalafox
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Cofounder @ https://t.co/ENSve60RHU (@ycombinator S23) Building AI agents that speak on the phone.
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2011
The future of AI speech will be built on humanness. @elevenlabsio co-founder @matistanis: adding "ums" and pauses made people significantly more likely to stay on calls. Imperfection and humanness are what make people trust and engage.
Yesterday at @Stripe Tour London I spoke with @matistanis about passing $100m in revenue only three years after founding, their AI voice product, deepfakes, and how @elevenlabsio is staying ahead of the competition.
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Congratulations to @happyrobot_ai on raising $44M for their Series B less than a year after their A and 10x their revenue! 1/8 story of how @pablorpalafox , @jvpalafox, @PaarupLuis started and pivoted right at Demo Day while walking away from an idea that had made $70k in ARR
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This is not me. Well, it's me in the picture, but not in the interview 😅 Great overview from my brother and co-founder @pablorpalafox on how we're bringing to life the AI Operating System for the real economy with @happyrobot_ai Thanks @tbpn for the opportunity!!
BREAKING: @happyrobot_ai has raised a $44 million Series B led by Base10 Partners to accelerate its mission to build the AI workforce for real-world logistics and supply-chain operations. @pablorpalafox (Co-founder & CEO) joins TBPN at 1:40 pm PT to break it all down.
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News: Startup HappyRobot has raised $44M in Series B funding to build AI agents to logistics and shipping businesses. Led by 3 Spanish co-founders in the Bay Area, HappyRobot is an emerging example of a startup finding real traction -- and revenue -- bringing AI to a vertical.
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Announcing @happyrobot_ai's $44M Series B 🚀led by @Base10Partners with participation from @a16z, @arrayvc, @AvraCap, @Samsara, @tokiomarine, WaVe-X, @wilvc_us, @ycombinator, and other strategic investors. 🧵
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Big news: HappyRobot has raised a $44M Series B to accelerate our mission to build the AI-native operating system for the real economy. A huge thank you to @Base10Partners who led the round as well as @a16z, @ArrayVentures, @AvraCap, @Samsara, @tokiomarine, WaVe-X, WiL,
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NBER legend William Nordhaus found innovators keep just 2.2 % of the value they create. Every $1 in billionaire profit delivers ≈ $45 to workers + consumers. Billionaires = net-positive spillovers.
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We need memetic GTM
Running an AI startup today using a SaaS-era playbook or even previously “best-in-class” speed is like gaming on dial-up. By the time your GTM feels comfortably dialed-in or your strategic bets seem sure, the match is over. Markets are moving (and being won) at meme speed.
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Running an AI startup today using a SaaS-era playbook or even previously “best-in-class” speed is like gaming on dial-up. By the time your GTM feels comfortably dialed-in or your strategic bets seem sure, the match is over. Markets are moving (and being won) at meme speed.
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Marathon completed!
10X Engs. at work — Do not disturb! Want to build cool stuff like AI agents for logistics with a cracked team? Join us at @happyrobot_ai. P.S. Office upgrade to be unveiled soon! Office dog included :)
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Our end-of-turn detection model performs at 94% vs off-the-shelf models at 70%. 🧵
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Why work on the 127th SaaS tool when you can build mission-critical 10x software for a huge industry that runs on Windows 95 and duck-tape?
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The classic software startup writes code to solve users' problems. If AI makes writing code more of a commodity, understanding users' problems will become the most important component of starting a startup. But it already is.
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Super happy to announce that I’ve joined HappyRobot and moved to San Francisco! 🌉 After working remotely for a couple months and opening an office in Madrid, I have finally joined the team in person in SF. Read for a bit more context on what we are building!🧵
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"Robotics companies now are where LLM companies were five years ago. Sometimes in the next five years we will see the ChatGPT moment for robots." —@bobmcgrewai
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Just laissez-faire
It is time to restart Europe’s innovation engine. We have the Compass. We have the political will. Now, what matters is speed and unity. Because the world is not waiting for us ↓
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🚨 New @a16z thesis - an update on AI voice agents! 2024 was a huge year for voice agents, with massive model breakthroughs + hundreds of new startups. How has the space evolved, and where do we see opportunity in 2025? Our update + market maps for B2B and B2C 👇
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