Rich Smith
@richcsmith
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Dad, Sr. Software Engineer @ Netflix, investor. Interests: real estate, investing, music, software, tech, video games.
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Joined February 2009
Wow, I almost forgot that today’s the 20th anniversary of my open-heart surgery. It was the most impactful thing to ever happen to me, and it completely altered my life’s trajectory. I am eternally grateful for the cardiologists and surgeons who saved my life.
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Introducing @variantui Enter an idea and get endless (beautiful) designs as you scroll No canvas, no skills or MCP, no constant prompting Reply if you'd like 200 free designs to give it try
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2025 wrapped: We crossed $355M in payments volume at @VoriHQ 🚀 Grocery is the most important consumer spend category on the planet—and Vori is building its AI-powered infrastructure. • +$22M in incremental sales for grocers • 1.26M lbs of bananas sold 🍌 • 577k+ cost
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Hurry up and grab yours before they’re all gone!
If you want your generations to feel designed and not…generated We hid a few invite codes to @variantui in this video The first 100 get unlimited credits, reply for a hint
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2024: We launched and went $0 to $153M in payments volume at @VoriHQ 2025: We 10x 2030: Vori is one of the largest payments businesses on planet earth Watch our Year in Review below ⬇️
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In 18 mos, we built a POS from scratch that handles 100k+ skus, payments that support all card types and EBT, a dynamic pricing product, an AI-powered invoice processing engine, loyalty and SMS campaigns, & supply chain integrations w/ 1k+ suppliers. It's only the beginning :)
@IamBrandonHill People have no idea how big of an undertaking this is. Congratulations!
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I’m extremely proud to announce VoriOS: the 1st AI-powered POS and inventory system built for ambitious grocery stores. From silo to shelf to spoon, the $1T domestic grocery industry will never be the same. Independent supermarkets are the backbone of a dynamic American economy.
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One of the best designer/engineers I have met in my career is getting started with a powerful new idea applying coding LLMs to high quality collaborative UX design and looking for a cofounder Get in touch with him here: https://t.co/moTUdH7jMK
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Idoru is for your digital-you. Launching soon. Sign up for early access at our link in bio.
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1/ Brands don't try to become soulless corporations, they just don't do anything to stop it from happening
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🚨🗣 @idoru_world is finally out of stealth! I've always been a fan of their genuinely inclusive approach to the creation of digital avatars, and authentic self-expression. I'm excited for so many more amazing things to come! Congratulations @micalejohn_ & team!
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You'll want to hear Mark's thoughts on the 3 best ways to upgrade your email marketing using AI-powered videos 👇 https://t.co/GN2pHoRZLu
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You already know and love @MarkPoppen. He was our first client at @windsorio and loved it enough that 2 months ago, he joined the Windsor team. I'm going to milk that story below 🐮
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🔥 New Post: Announcing InAppBrowser - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser 👀 TikTok, when opening any website in their app, injects tracking code that can monitor all keystrokes, including passwords, and all taps. https://t.co/TxN1ezZX71
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The account has been suspended, but if you got a message from “me” recently, please let me know! It definitely was NOT from me.
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It’s come to my attention that a spammer mimicked my account, and was attempting to get people to invest in a “crypto course”. They did this by creating an account with an underscore added to my username, and copying all of my profile info. That wasn’t me! Please be careful!
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For those that prefer a visual, this is me logging into Spotify on iOS, with my credentials saved in 1Password. Easy peasy! The pw is long, complex, and best of all, I don’t have to remember it! If someone hacks Spotify, I only have ONE PASSWORD to change. Protect yo’self.
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Idk who needs to hear this, but: 🗣 USING THE SAME PASSWORD ACROSS MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS MAKES IT EASIER FOR HACKERS TO STEAL YOUR DATA Don’t make it easier for hackers to steal your data. Use 1Password (or something similar), and create unique passwords for all of your accounts.
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I angel invested in Fast's Series A in May 2020. Some lessons learned that I hope are helpful for other angel investors.
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Want to support Black leaders in tech? @devcolororg is the career & community accelerator for Black engineers, technologists, and execs. For every like and retweet of this post, I’ll donate $10 (up to $50K). Easy way to support a great cause. #techforgood #philanthropy
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