Today I'm announcing something I've been working on for the last 2 years: Alif.
When I started building my first company 5 years ago, I had no help.
There was no Founders, Inc. yet.
Buildspace didn’t exist either.
I wouldn’t have gotten accepted into any accelerator if I…
Looking to bring on an engineer to come hack on Vision Pro projects in the Studio
What you get:
- full time salary + equity
- dedicated growth/marketing team
- all your expenses covered
- a Vision Pro
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Rahul (
@0interestrates
) founded Julius, an AI app that got 300k users in 6 months…
& pulled off one of the greatest pranks ever
He shared the entire story — how he got his first 20k users from ChatGPT, why he built a mobile app, how he met Elon, and more
Now on YT👇
Never been this hyped to drop a
@thedockpod
episode before...
We talked to
@AviSchiffmann
about building
@internetactvsm
, dropping out of Harvard, getting international press, & creating the world's most famous COVID tracking site...
👉 Watch it here:
Today I’m excited to announce something big.
Rizz AI: An AI that teaches you how to talk to women.
Looking to close our round with a $9M post money valuation.
This will shift the social fabrics of SF. See how much rizz you have today 👇
Just dropped a pod w/ Farza from
@_buildspace
We talked about alt. life paths, the lore behind the team, how he convinced a16z to give him $10M, whether not it's becoming a cult, and more...
Full YT linked 👇
Just dropped the pod with
@zuhayeer
from
They went from a college side project to a company that generates millions in $$ from helping people build their careers
Link to watch the full ep 👇
Within the first 24 hours of launching Alif, over 200 applications came in.
Writing that announcement post, I hoped it would resonate with people.
But I didn't expect the sheer amount of support we'd get from the jump.
Thank you to everyone who shared across socials, dropped…
Alex cofounded and built Leap from 0 to $500k ARR + 250k users in under a year
We made a video where he shared the entire growth playbook — what worked and why, how much $ spent, etc.
Watch it now on YouTube 👇
For months, the
@fdotinc
YouTube channel wasn't growing, even though we were posting 3x a week...
Here's how deleting videos helped us reach the algorithm 👇
Dylan Made $1M in 3 Months Out of His Garage Selling Crypto-Mining Kits
I had him on the pod to talk about exactly how he growth hacked his way to $3.5M in revenue, how he plans to solve the impending energy crisis, and more.
Now on YT 👇
Last April, I committed to
@cal
over other schools because I wanted to be around people building REAL companies…
today marks the end of my first year - grateful to be able to say that I made the right choice 🤠
This week, I'm hosting a lock-in
- Doors locked from 7pm to 12am
- Hack, hang out, play smash bros, work out
- We'll order dinner and boba
@reply
below if you'd like to come! (SF, 9/15 spots open)
last August we started a podcast because
@fdotinc
had a pod studio and no pods (tbh)
@thedockpod
was born as an attempt to capture the energy in the Lab, but we took a break after 20 episodes bc we felt that smthn was missing
2 months later, we're back:
Hiring a studio engineer for a new consumer app we’re tinkering with at
@fdotinc
Requirements:
- strong full-stack developer
- good product sense
- self starter with lots of agency
What you get:
- full time tech salary
- complete flexibility over hours
- ability to work across…
Julian cofounded and built Wisdolia from 0 to $300k+ ARR in under a year
We made a video where he shared the entire growth playbook — working with TikTokers and how much it cost, the experiments that saved their company from dying, and more
Watch it now on YouTube 👇
Sharif (
@sharifshameem
) founded Lexica, an AI app that started as a side project...
until it got 1 million users in 2 weeks
We talked about everything — sleeping on Furqan's couch, shutting down his last co, why he has no marketers, AGI, Apple Vision Pro, etc
Now on YT 👇
We're trying to capture some of what it's like working at
@fdotinc
in this new series we're launching
It's not like any video we've put out before
👉 Watch the 1st episode here:
This week we announced our upcoming
@fdotinc
AI Hardware Residency.
TL;DR:
- access to workbenches, hardware equipment (3D printer, laser etcher, etc.), and mentorship.
- weekly internal demo days
- up to $50k investment
Starting April 1st. Apply now 👇
The Deepfake Expert: How to Protect Yourself From AI Scams
I had Aman Ibrahim on the pod to talk about OpenAI SORA, $25,000,000 deep fake fraud stories, and what the future looks like when anyone can generate a realistic video of anything/anyone in seconds
Now on YT 👇
new video w/
@FurqanR
just dropped on the
@fdotinc
youtube channel
we talked about building an mvp, finding your first users, and going to market
watch 👉
We’re launching Phase 1 of building the Tribe into a media empire
@feiprotocol
.
If you’re any of these (or know someone who is):
- Interested in DAO’s
- Good at writing
- A filmmaker/animator/producer
- A product manager
send me a DM, thanks :)
Watching this unfold firsthand was a masterclass in growth/marketing
They reached $500k+ ARR and 250k+ users from scratch in just 9 months, and it was fully calculated
Dropping a pod with Alex on Thursday about their entire playbook
STUDIO SPINOUT: Today, we’re excited to announce that Leap has raised $1.4M and officially spun out of the Studio.
Leap was cofounded by
@thealexshaq
&
@claud_fuen
in February of 2023 as the first company in Studio Batch II.
Read about the full story on TechCrunch 👇
Really been enjoying experimenting with content these last few months at
@thedockpod
Today I'm excited to share another show(/experiment) we've been working on: paradoxx at
@fdotinc
Here's what it is and why we started it 👇
new
@thedockpod
episode just dropped ft.
@andrewjaykeller
🫡
he talked about founding
@neurosity
, building airplanes at boeing, biohacking focus, deep work, what it's like starting a hardware company
...and he rapped
Some moments from ArenaX last year
Insane few days - new hires,
@fdotinc
investments, cool projects, etc.
Time to run it back
DreamXR starts in 10 days
a year ago today, we decided to start
@thedockpod
since then:
- 28 episodes filmed
- 2000+ clips posted
- 16M+ views across platforms
- 0 guests cried
drop a 🫡 if you've been along since the first episode
Just posted our interview with
@willdepue
, prev. founder of DeepResearch & research resident
@OpenAI
🫡
We talked about his framework for building anything, why he dropped out of college, how he chooses what to work on, and more....
Watch the EP here:
My closest friends have made millions off of Instagram pages they started in high school.
And everyone follows at least one creator who launched a CPG brand (Prime, Chamberlain Coffee, etc.)
Recently I've been seeing a rise in these 1M+ follower media publications/brands…
New
@thedockpod
episode just went live ft.
@ranjan3118
We talked about building
@huddle01com
, skipping his flight to India for
@fdotinc
, startup markets in SF vs India, and why you shouldn't launch a token
👉 Watch it here:
For every genius idea there are 100+ people trying to build the same thing.
Feels like the startups that win the most are the ones with distinct online voices/brands.
At the earliest stage - when everyone's MVP was built in 2 months - distribution is the moat
90% of startups fail — I genuinely believe that the Studio is a direct path to being in the succeeding 10%
Incredibly grateful to be a part of a launch like this.
Announcing the Studio 🛠️
▸ Join as a Studio Founder or Studio Engineer
▸ Move fast w/ eng, design, growth, and ops resources
▸ Get daily mentorship from
@furqanr
+
@hthieblot
▸ Receive a steady salary so you can focus on building
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