Lance CTK
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CEO of t0, an Airwallex company. Founded @getopenpay (sold to @airwallex). Venture Partner at @BessemerVP. Prev @google @cresta @Box
Joined December 2011
OpenPay joined @airwallex , and I couldn’t be more excited. We started the company 2.5 years ago with the belief that founders building subscription businesses should only need to use one product to handle all things payments. We began under unique circumstances. Unlike many
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AI-native CFO built on top of existing financial infrastructure will win!
Everyone wants to fund “AI-native” companies right now. But the biggest opportunity might lie elsewhere. The fintechs that have spent years building real financial infrastructure - acquiring licenses, connecting to payment networks, handling compliance and data at scale are
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Remote vs in-person isn’t really about water-cooler chats — it’s about pace. As a founder, it’s just harder to set tempo remotely. High-trust, senior teams can still pull it off — but it takes intention
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If you are a cracked engineer in SF come build this future! DM me
The next decade belongs to agentic finance — where intelligent agents reconcile, forecast, pay vendors, and optimize yield autonomously. No dashboards. No busywork. Just a self-driving finance function. SaaS gave us visibility. AI gives us velocity. That’s exactly what we’re
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Sky is the limit for @anythingai with @dhruvtruth and @marcuslowe_ at the helm. Proud to have a front row seat watching them ship features like they are a team of a 100 (hint, they are not). Can’t wait to see what you do with this capital
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The problem with most vibe-coding companies is that they don't provide all the infrastructure that nontechnical users need to launch a functional product. Anything is attempting to solve this problem.
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Honored to join @awxjack and @airwallex to build the future of finance. Airwallex has a 1-of-1 unique platform and distribution to change the game in many ways. This is only the beginning 🤘
Today we welcome @getopenpay to @Airwallex. Together, we’re launching the first truly global billing platform, one that lowers costs, increases revenue, and helps businesses scale subscriptions without borders.
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@designarena_ai It's not just a pretty face. Anything includes everything. No extra tools, keys, or set up required. - Backend - Database - Auth - Payments - AI models - Storage - Logs - 100s of integrations All "just work" together in 1 place.
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Can someone give me a good reason why the scales on the y-axis is all out of whack
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I’m Shawn, founder of https://t.co/6SYcxgwroZ, former researcher at Meta and CS PhD at University of Cambridge. Today we’re launching https://t.co/6SYcxgwroZ: we built the world’s first Large Visual Memory Model - to give AI human-like visual memories. Why visual memory? AI to
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Subscriptions are our specialty — recurring billing, dunning, analytics, and white-glove migration all included. Start at https://t.co/Q5yPf33TJO 💳
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OpenPay is the best growth platform that offers subscription management, billing, analytics, and optimization, all in one place. Trusted by leading brands like Lucid, OddsJam, and AccuWeather,...
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🚨 Big win for US app devs: Apple must now allow external payments — no App Store cut, no control over your checkout flow. OpenPay can help. Host your subscription checkout off-app, keep 100% of revenue, go live fast. DM me if you're building.
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We just shipped the first 100% AI-made app direct to the App Store You can too. Introducing 1-click App Store submit in Create. Reply for early access
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We're cooking something new: the fastest way to go from idea -> iOS & Android apps - Prompt to mobile app - Beautiful designs out of box - Instant App Store publishing Join the beta today
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Introducing Carl, the first AI system to create a research paper that passes peer review. Carl's work was just accepted at an @ICLR_conf workshop on the Tiny Papers track. Carl forms new research hypotheses, tests them & writes up results. Learn more:
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Encrypt all chains. Introducing Seismic, the encrypted blockchain.
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Wrote a piece on DeepSeek-R1 and its contrarian way of training reasoning models, and what that might mean for startups:
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and Some Implications for Startups
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A must-read for anyone navigating the complexities of payments! Discover how payment orchestration reduces risks, boosts success rates, and powers scalable growth. @getopenpay is leading the charge. #PaymentOrchestration #BusinessGrowth #OpenPay #StripeAlternative
Payment orchestration is a game-changer for businesses. 🚀 Learn how it reduces risks, boosts success rates, and streamlines global operations. Discover why OpenPay is leading the way: https://t.co/dOtil70HhP
#PaymentOrchestration #OptimizePayments #DigitalCommerce #OpenPay
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A/B testing is the secret to smarter subscription strategies. Check out this article from @getopenpay on how to use A/B testing to optimize plans, boost conversions, and drive growth.
Small changes, big results! 🚀 A/B testing is key to optimizing subscription plans, boosting conversions, and reducing churn. Learn actionable strategies and see how OpenPay empowers smarter decisions: https://t.co/hwOjyUfuS7
#ABTesting #SubscriptionOptimization
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Are you optimizing Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) in your subscription business? 🚀 In my latest article, I share actionable strategies to boost LTV through onboarding, engagement, and retention—and how OpenPay makes it easy to succeed. Have a read -
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