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Founder @InteguruAI — Integrate without official APIs 🛠️ @YCombinator @Columbia @USC alum
Joined September 2013
Today we’re excited to introduce Integuru — the first AI agent to build low-latency integrations with platforms lacking official APIs 🤝. This open-source agent can build an integration in minutes through reverse-engineering internal APIs. Check out the details in this thread.
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Really excited to share what @alanlu1999 and I have been working on 🚀. @TaikiHQ is the universal API for tax documents. We extract tax forms and data from payroll and financial providers. Here to power the new generation of tax experiences!. See thread for more info 🧵.
.@TaikiHQ (YC W24) is the universal API for tax documents. Customers use Taiki to extract tax forms and data from payroll and financial providers. Congrats on the launch, @richardfzhang and @alanlu123!
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Behind the scenes at Demo Day. (I wanted a white wall as background)
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YC alumni features live launch, which happens every 2-3 weeks. So much great energy. Watched @christinacaci from @TrustVanta, @dakshgup from @greptileai, and more today.
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We're on the front page of Hacker News! . Come check us out 🚀
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Today marks a year of our YC section check-ins. Every month, we set goals and hold each other accountable, even through the holidays. Highly recommend that founders set up support groups. It's fun to build alongside hard-working friends!
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Meet the new (knockoff) hosts of the @ycombinator Lightcone podcast. Here talking about pivot hell, tarpit ideas, and talking to users. (Executive producer: @gustaf)
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Since the launch of we received requests from fintech companies to create a Venmo unofficial API. Today, we're excited to share this open-source API to power new fintech experiences 💵
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Can’t recommend people to apply enough. The group partners truly care about you. The community truly cares about each other. Now more founders get to experience this meaningful opportunity!.
For the first time ever, a YC Fall Batch!. Apply by August 27; batch starts September 29; Demo Day early December.
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If I could redo our YC Demo Day, I'd worry less about immediate outcomes and focus more on one simple question:. "What actually matters beyond this moment?". During YC, @alanlu123 and I prepared extensively. We rehearsed our pitch until perfect. We refined our deck
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Our new hire isn’t great at coding, but she is excellent at fetching API requests. Say hi to our office dog for the next two weeks!
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Our "beautiful" website is getting a lot of love on Hacker News
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Met students from @gosparksc on their semesterly bay area trip to visit startups. I’m lucky to have been part of this community. Everyone is infinitely curious and passionate despite inevitable uncertainty that naturally comes with high aspirations. Spark SC is a hidden hub of.
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@swyx Creator of @InteguruAI here. We’re flattered to have copycats. We focus on serving our users and do the best job at it. The rest is just noise.
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When your co-founder gets featured by Historic Vids.
This guy couldn’t find an internship so he built this robotic hand
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Instead of door-to-door sales, just go to Dolores Park on a sunny Saturday and approach every picnic group. 80% of the people there work in tech anyways.
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🔗 GitHub Repo. We welcome you to use, follow, and make contributions to Integuru!. Link here:
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Integuru reached 4k Github stars ⭐️. People are using @InteguruAI for healthcare, logistics, fintech, hospitality, AI, and even universal API products. We'll keep working toward platform interoperability!
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New blog post 📑. Get ready for a more connected web thanks to AI.
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❓ Why this agent?. Products need low-latency integrations with other services, but many lack official APIs. Examples include logistics software, financial services, EHRs, government websites, etc. To achieve low latency, developers must reverse-engineer internal APIs. But.
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Website update! Featuring some of our beloved customers 👀❤️. (Yes, the 1990s vibe is still going strong)
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We're excited to share a new open-source API for AppFolio, a leading property management software🏡. Details below 👇
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We’re flattered to have copycats. Our sole focus is serving our users and being the best at it. May the copying war of @InteguruAI begin. Enjoy the show.
the bros who were forking vscode have now moved en masse to reverse engineering APIs
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Super excited to announce that our team at @blockchainatusc is hosting the Southern California Blockchain Conference. We’ve invited the top founders, investors, and students in web3, with an emphasis on uniting SoCal crypto communities. See you at USC on Nov 10 and 11!.
Blockchain@USC’s inaugural VanEck Southern California Blockchain Conference is coming on NOVEMBER 10TH AND 11TH! @USCMarshall x @blockchainatusc will be hosting the convention along with huge industry heads - RSVP in the link below! 👇🏽🧵.
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Everyone’s support for the launch of Integuru yesterday is beyond heartwarming ❤️. We will keep building (in public) to make platforms more interoperable.
Today we’re excited to introduce Integuru — the first AI agent to build low-latency integrations with platforms lacking official APIs 🤝. This open-source agent can build an integration in minutes through reverse-engineering internal APIs. Check out the details in this thread.
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A lesson that changed how I approach building a startup:. Customers don’t care about your vision. They care about their problems. 1. You might think your product is revolutionary, but if it doesn’t solve a real pain point, it won’t stick. 2. The best founders obsess over users,.
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Welcoming @JaesonMa (co-founder of @OP3Nworld_, @88rising, and others) to USC tomorrow night 🎉. We will talk about music, creator economy, and how web3 can power these industries. Jaeson is a true OG. @BlockchainAtUSC and @GoSparkSC are very excited to have him.
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Featured on the front page of @hackernoon. WooHoo 🚀. Been building a new platform with my good buddy @rolandtshen, and we wrote some thoughts down. Hear more of our story during the @mozillabuilders showcase this week.
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@swyx Shedding some light on the differences:. MitmProxy2Swagger focused specifically on outputting the OpenAPI docs of the network requests. @InteguruAI is the first solution to generate the entire integration code. Regarding the other one, I’ll let others be the judge.
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This month marks a full year of living in SF. The people, energy, and serendipity in this city are incredible. If you’re a current or aspiring founder, definitely consider moving here.
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This is the entirety of SF rental properties with EV chargers installed. We need to do much better. Can't wait for @andrewkouri to solve this problem.
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As a founder, I've found that "being grateful" is a superpower. Grateful for the team, challenges, supporters, critics, and everything in between. This becomes a powerful fuel for the whole company.
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Always so much good energy at the YC office. Innovation happens when you combine optimism and hard work.
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We thank our supporters through this journey so far, including:. @gustaf, @bradflora, @dflieb, @daltonc, @garrytan from @ycombinator. @brandonhoffman_, @antoniokey, @vcjesse1, @rolandtshen, @thejuliawu, @austen, @othman, @murphyrosecliff, @davj. …and many more. Let's build a.
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OpenAI released the o1 API this week, and we got right to work 🧑🏭. @InteguruAI uses AI to integrate platforms without official APIs. We compared o1 and 4o specifically for the integration use case. Check out the results in the thread below. (and yes, we can't wait for o3)
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OpenAI o1 supercharged @InteguruAI 🚀 Our open-source integration agent now supports more platforms than ever. In the spirit of ski season, watch how Integuru builds an eBay unofficial API to add a pair of skis to your cart ⛷️❄️
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@anquetil Will see a surge in number of startups if this is widely adopted. People would eventually start businesses with their friends instead.
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🤖 How does it work?. Triggering internal APIs means directly communicating with the platform’s servers. Like a human developer, the agent monitors network requests and maps out needed requests. It then generates the integration code based on this map.
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How to Launch Your Product on Hacker News 👇. 🤔 What's Hacker News?.Hacker News, by @ycombinator, is where the world's top developers share, discuss, and showcase ideas. At @InteguruAI, we've done a few HN launches leading to paying customers and great feedback. The community is.
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Today we’re excited to announce the Integration Affiliate Program🤝. @InteguruAI helps companies integrate platforms without official APIs. Many people asked to be an affiliate since our launch, and we listened!. We’re sharing lifetime revenue for referrals. This is valid for any
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Improvements in foundation models directly benefit the process of reverse-engineering internal APIs. We'll share how GPT-o1 can help compared to Preview as soon as o1's API becomes available.
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Signed a customer today whose product we use daily. Gonna be pretty cool to see ourselves in action!.
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It’s been about a week since Clubhouse started taking off in China. The app is so popular that invite codes are auctioned off. Similar to what happened in the US, early adopters are mostly in tech, who sway conversations to this space. Here are some trends I’ve noticed so far:.
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I can't express enough in words the impact that @dflieb has had on me as a person and founder. He's truly an inspiration. It makes me very, very happy that a lot more future YC companies get to benefit from his wisdom and experiences.
We’re excited to welcome @dflieb as our newest Group Partner!. David co-founded Bump, part of YC's S09 batch. In 2013 Bump was acquired by Google, where he took Google Photos from inception to over 1B users.
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I'll be moderating the University Blockchain panel at SCBC this Friday with good friends from @CalBlockchain (@timg51237 @sehyunchung), @StanfordCrypto (@0xkydo), and @blockchainucla (@jackcorddry). Will talk about blockchain startups, edu, research, etc.
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Contribute to society by reporting spams in Discord DMs.
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A scary but liberating truth I learned as a founder in 2024:. Few people actually care about your startup. This means:. 1. Whatever you think is embarrassing really isn’t that embarrassing. 2. Any perceived public failure most likely isn’t that big of one. Free yourself of.
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Happy to be featured by @tryfondo — one of our beloved customers! . We’re working together to make taxes less taxing for all ✌️.
🚀 @TaikiHQ launched! Universal API for tax documents 💰. 🌐 ⚙️ Auto-extract tax forms and data from payroll and financial providers. 📄Help your users skip manual document uploads. Congrats @richardfzhang @alanlu1999!.
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👷♂️ This API fetches work order details from AppFolio, like the order number, date, property & resident info, vendor details & cost estimates, and more.
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.@coffeewithone carries a notebook of hidden insights for his company everywhere. This is the engine that powers the whole ship.
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The need for @TaikiHQ is at an all-time high.
A product I haven't seen built yet:. An automated tax document collector and analyzer. K1s, W2, 1099s, 1098, 1095-A, etc. There are endless docs to gather during tax season and it can easily take hours organizing, sorting, and sharing with your CPA or filing it for yourself.
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We started with banks laughing us out of meetings. They said, "Come back when you're established.". We wanted to make tax data accessible. But no one took us seriously. Today, we support companies across industries with API connections. Here's how:.
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Tokenized carbon credits platforms are the college tutor matching websites for web3. Every day you're just like, "Another one?!".
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R.I.P. to one of the greatest role models ever. #Kobe will live on in history and in our hearts. He was the embodiment of hard work, dedication, and passion. Condolences to his familiy 🙏🙏🙏
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Such a touching experience for an intern. My team at @alibaba_cloud gave me personalized gifts as my internship comes to an end. I’m so fortunate to have worked with some of the best talent and professionals. This group of people will hold a special place in my heart.
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Pretty cool to see people making YouTube Shorts about us 🎬.
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For founders, "Don't focus on competitors" is logical advice but emotionally hard to practice. Here's my framework:. 1. If you're a late-mover, competitors already exist. 2. If you're a first-mover, copycats will follow. Competition is inevitable — don't lose sleep over it.
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Integuru reached 2.5k stars on Github ⭐️. Really appreciate the enthusiasm from everyone in the community!
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Integuru reached 3k stars on Github today! 🌟. Keep the PRs and issues coming.
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Sharing a slide from our talk for YC healthcare companies yesterday on how to integrate with API-less EHRs/EMRs. The choice is between UI-based RPA and internal APIs. This advice applies to use cases beyond healthcare.
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the sheer potential for UX improvements within crypto is astonishing.
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Me: How many tutor pairing platforms can there be on a college campus?. Student Founders: Yes.
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Thanks for the shout @LangChainAI.
↔️Integuru. An AI agent that generates integration code by reverse-engineering platforms' internal APIs. You use create_har.py to generate a file containing all browser network requests The agent outputs Python code to perform the desired action.
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Universities often restrict resources to students within specific schools (e.g. business vs engineering). This is a prime example of politics over product. Successful alumni elevate the entire university, not just one school.
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We'll test o3-mini for the specific use case of reverse-engineering internal APIs.
OpenAI o3-mini is now available in ChatGPT and the API. Pro users will have unlimited access to o3-mini and Plus & Team users will have triple the rate limits (vs o1-mini). Free users can try o3-mini in ChatGPT by selecting the Reason button under the message composer.
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To give some thanks:. We'd like to thank our YC Group Partner @gustaf for his inspiring guidance since the very beginning of this company. Of course other YC Partners whom we work with as well: @bradflora @daltonc @dflieb @garrytan . @ycombinator is truly a special community!.
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Healthcare companies have turned to for integrations, including the eRSP unofficial API 🏥. This open-source API extracts essential data from the home care management platform.
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Metaverse unlocks new possibilities for people to make a living while doing what they love. Play-to-Earn games are a good example.
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Here's Integuru automatically integrating with @Mercury to create virtual cards. You can now set up actions like this on external platforms in just minutes:
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We’re seeing more voice agents choose our low-latency integrations. Many tried browser automation but switched after realizing the trade-offs, especially with real humans waiting on the line.
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College professors can benefit so much from better marketing. All this high-quality research (and researchers!) going under the radar due to poor distribution and promotion.
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💌 Our services. We offer services to (1) build custom integrations when the agent struggles or for your convenience, (2) handle hosting, and (3) manage authentication. We also open-source all integrations that we build on
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Really excited about @BlockchainAtUSC this year. We’ve got research articles, education curriculum, content, and of course amazing speakers coming your way.
Hey everyone! Blockchain@USC is SO excited to announce its E-Board for the 2022-2023 school year in the following 🧵:.
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Just got off the phone with a prominent universal API company using the Integuru agent. Pretty cool.
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Try browser automation to integrate with platforms that don’t offer APIs. Watch it break after a minor UI update. Scramble to fix it. Hit rate drops. Scripts get blocked. More fixes. More headaches. Latency slows everything down. Customers complain. Team wastes hours debugging.
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Increase in students taking a gap semester in the fall due to online school means new tech made for and by young adults. Stay on the lookout people 👀.
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Taxes affect every aspect of modern society, but how did this intricate system develop?. Here's a brief history of US taxes 🧵.
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Love it when people request @TaikiHQ unprompted.
I wish there was a fintech API that was like, "Here are all my brokerage and checking accounts, please just rollup all of my necessary tax forms when available into one downloadable package".
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📈What’s next?. Integuru already supports use cases like downloading documents, sending money, creating virtual cards…. There are still limitations due to current LLM capabilities, and we’re consistently working to increase the agent’s coverage and improve code generation.
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Kind of crazy how many people use AI for emails and job applications nowadays and don't expect others to notice.
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Been chatting with ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode while driving. It’s a great opportunity to learn and have an immediate sounding board for ideas.
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ChatGPT Deep Research + audio-play output = instant podcast.
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This healthcare voice agent was making a painful call to patients daily: "Actually, we had an error and need to reschedule. ”. Now they book 1000s of appointments without a single error. How? Here's what changed:. - They eliminated ALL scheduling conflicts.- They now process.
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Wrote this article on @readimprint , a blogging platform designed for the "rest of us" that @rolandtshen built. No paywall & you own your work 100%. Try it out.
"What we can choose though, is what we do and how we react, now knowing the existing gap between us and where we want to get. In truth, “playing catch up” just depends on how you choose to run and where you want to go.".
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Clubhouse is basically college frat parties for tech. “Do you know a brother” turned to “Do you know a user”.
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The fact that not enough people are talking about live shopping in the US still amazes me.
Two Chinese streamers sold 18 billion RMB (about $3B) worth of goods in a half-day livestream yesterday. 🤯🤯🤯. That's almost as much as Twitter's annual revenue ($3.72B).
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If you have an "implementation team", I'm talking to you. @InteguruAI helps enterprises migrate customer data from previous vendors. Lower switching costs ➡️ More deals closed. Imagine automatically switching a company over. Yes, it's possible. DM for details.
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Democratizing access for the everyday homeowner to participate in distributed computing? @AriSokolov and I have been working on an environmentally friendly model. Check out our journey so far 🌱.
Recently, @richardfzhang and I started a project to use excess solar energy for distributed computing. We realized that homeowners make 10x more from this than selling their excess solar energy back to the grid. Here is what we built and learned along the way. 🧵👇
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Proud to be working on Imprint. Share your thoughts, build up your audience, and make knowledge accessible again together with us one blog post at a time.
Last Friday, we launched on Product Hunt and ended up as No.4 Product of the Day 🎉. We aim to create an accessible and open social blogging experience for all. With your enthusiasm and support, we are now more motivated than ever to achieve our mission!.
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