Rajat Suri
@rajatsuri
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Helping skilled immigrants + re-inventing group chat. Dad of 👦🏽👧🏻. Co-founder Lima, Presto, Lyft, Tribe. Co-host of the Founders-in-Arms Podcast.
Joined February 2009
There are many songs about finding a mate and all the ups and downs related to that. But surprisingly few about the journey of raising kids and arguably the equally intense roller coaster of parenting.
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Finding opportunity in crowded markets isn't about avoiding competition—it's about finding the gaps. This insight from Hiten Shah perfectly captures something I've experienced firsthand across multiple ventures. With Lima, we entered the immigration space knowing there were
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One of the main reasons I switched to Mercury is because of all the headaches with money transfer in traditional banks.
My wife has spent >1 hr with Chase sending ME a wire. They keep saying it seems like fraud and have asked her (3x) how long she has known me, if she has ever met me in person, if we communicate on telegram, etc. I urge everyone to sign up for Mercury Personal to avoid this pain.
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Brian is right. If you’ve built some cool stuff and had success, you should do even riskier, high impact stuff next time time around. Sounds obvious but isn’t the path most choose. Too many people rest on their laurels or waste their money on material comforts.
I think once successful founders get liquidity they owe it to society to reinvest some of that capital into building hard, high risk, high potential things. I want to keep building cool new things that will accelerate human progress.
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The best AI song out there is actually a transformed retro version of a brand new Indian song. They made a classic version out of a new one and it’s fantastic. A template for the future where AI mods existing songs vs generating new ones.
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When you meet someone cool you'd like to stay in touch with, don't just add them on LinkedIn or X. Add them to a group chat related to your shared interests.
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Overall we do a really poor job integrating the parenting experience with careers. This is partly to blame for our fertility collapse.
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It's inevitable that at least one parent has to make a long-term career sacrifice when having kids. The surprising thing is that employers often don't have roles for that parent. A major loss of productivity to society when that happens. Great to see folks like @shl address it.
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Almost no one believes you can do it until you’ve already done it.
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Reddit stock soared more than 15% this morning after the platform reported Q2 revenue that surpassed Wall Street's expectations. Perfect timing to revisit our conversation with Steve Huffman about his ambitious vision for Reddit's future. With 100 million daily users and a $20
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South Bay >> San Francisco. Let’s move the center of early stage tech back down to the actual Silicon Valley plz ?.
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If you're young and single, consider picking a life partner outside your ethnicity or social circles. <20% of newlyweds today are mixed, quite low given the lack of barriers these days. I've found it to be deeply rewarding and enriching in ways that are continually unexpected.
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One of the many great things about building startups without being on the VC funding treadmill is that you can prioritize insights over short-term metrics. This is extremely powerful. A successful startup is essentially a collection of insights held dear by people who have the.
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The best gift you can give to your first kid is probably just a second kid.
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This is the clearly the template for the Democratic party moving forward - if they choose it.
Daniel Lurie is running a political masterclass. Majority approval rating across every major political group in the city. I would have thought this was ~impossible.
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Bringing back one of the most loved episodes on @FoundersInArms. The AI revolution has deeper roots than you think. @paultoo, Gmail creator & former YC partner, reveals how Google's "Did you mean?" feature was actually early AI. A fascinating look at how foundational
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WSJ is really doing a fantastic job these days, on all fronts not just Trump. Running circles around NYT as well as other international news sites. Highly recommend subscribing.
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