Rifath Shaarook
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Co-Founder, CEO - @catalyxspace | HF0 W25 | F Inc | Ph.D. Dropout
San Francisco, CA
Joined December 2012
Funding Announcement: @catalyxspace has raised a $5.4M seed round to build the complete back-end infrastructure for space — enabling both upmass and downmass for the next era of orbital logistics. This brings our total funding to $7.1 million. Exactly one year ago, my friend
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We were hitting the peak initial build of @catalyxspace when @taylorswift13 released her #TTPD. We were on our first mission. So now whenever I listen to TTPD, it just brings me back a ton of nostalgia. And for some reasons it feels so comfortable in this San Francisco rains.
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My favourite words of all time. 1. Closed Loop 2 Momentum 3. Opportunity
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Whenever I listen to Eenie Meenie, it reminds of VCs. The lyrics are perfectly tuned for it. Please don’t waste my time, time, time.
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My heart goes to everyone who has lost their loved once in this. May all their soul Rest in Peace.
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It’s heartbreaking to see news coming from the capital of India. Another act of terrorism. This should end. Not just reacting after every incident and proactively work against it. We should ramp up the defense and intelligence activities.
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Thank you everyone for your service.
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I want to learn genetics and get deeply into it. Recommend me some good books. Also for Microbiology.
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Coming to DC with my San Francisco wardrobe is my biggest mistake of the week.
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In DC for next 3 days. Would love to meet some interesting people. Please DM me if you wanna catch up over coffee.
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I just wanna quietly build for the next few months. If you ever spot me in SF. Don't ask me what I am building for fs. Unless you're my customer or writing a cheque.
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Get ready to apply to the world’s best startup program.
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Every couple of months of this year felt like a whole year. Not because it was slow but because the amount of progress we have made so fast. Every couple of months life took turns and looked totally different. First 3 months I was in hf0 then I was fund raising in SF. Then 2
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My salon appointment to shave my head got canceled so I gave myself one and honestly it looks good. Feeling proud of myself. 🥹😂
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Today is an emotional day. I’ve lost 100 lbs of my weight. In 8 month. The exciting part of how it’s completely powered by AI tools like @ChatGPTapp and the one being built by my friend @mkaleel. As a kid who grew up overweight in India where there’s no proper medical guidance
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I want to volunteer once a week. Most probably in a school or help teaching kids a bit of science. What are the best opportunities do so in SF?
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Can’t wait for the day when everything from my home to office to lab runs on @access_grid
Hyped on this! @HarlemCapital led the round, thanks to @hpierrejacques! @hf0 backed us originally, and doubled down - @davefontenot, @EmilyatHF0 & @escliu are GOATd. @ExceptionalCap invested, so me and @Marell_Evans could run it back. @spice_cap was the first check into
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