Twitter family — For 8 yrs I stayed low profile building (3+ companies worth $10b+). In the last year, I wrote for 100s of hours, compiling every learning. 2 books, 75+ threads, 190k+ followers. Here’s a massive thread roundup, and everything you need to build your startup:

I sleep like a lion.

For the three years, Bolt struggled. Since taking back the reigns, we have completed a total turnaround. My best friends joined the company. We work nights and weekends fixing everything. Bolt payments is now winning deals all day. The Bolt SuperApp is live. I could not be

https://t.co/GbFoyyspRT just re-launched. ♥️ Please send feedback.

I sleep best when I have conquered the day.

Cool kids choose Bolt.

With AI, top performers 10x while medium/poor performers show no improvement (or even decline… bad prompts, misuse of AI, etc).

Some really important shoutouts to @ZeroHashX @synctera @Plaid @PinwheelAPI @KnotAPIs @Persona_IDV and many others who were absolutely critical to this launch. Teamwork makes the dream work and this was a heroic team effort across countless teams and companies!

Everyone promised a SuperApp. We shipped it. 12 years since it appeared in our first pitch deck, the Bolt SuperApp is live. The West's WeChat Pay is here. 💳 One-tap everything 🪙 Crypto (lowest fees) 🤝 P2P (fiat + crypto) 🛍 AI shopping 🎁 Supercharged rewards 📦 Universal

How much are you paying for payments, all-in?

Last week, the Bolt team launched Activate to add extra incentives for startups to get started with Bolt. As a founder myself many times over, I can empathize with how important having a trusted partner is on the payments/checkout with fair rates, reliable support, and high

Bolt is the only payments platform who doesn't do volume-based rates or contract lock-ins. One price for all. Why should startups, where every penny counts, have to pay more than the big guys just because they're small? We have our customers doing $b's a year paying the same as

Founders have given me significant advisory shares in exchange for my feedback on their deck/fundraising strategy. Today, I come to you with a special offer. If you switch your payments to Bolt, I'll do it for free. Confirm you've switched over, send me your deck and a doc with

The biggest problem I hear from founders wrt payments is a) being gouged on fees and b) the fear of being shut down without notice. Our differentiator at Bolt is that we are built over several different acquiring banks and payments backends, giving us maximum leverage on fees and

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Thrilled to be keynoting the https://t.co/rUM9t6U3hl CoCreate Conference on September 4th. I’ll be diving into AI, commerce, and how the Bolt Network with Checkout 2.0 is creating the next era of trust and customer connection. Don’t miss it. If you’re attending, let’s connect.

Five months after his return as CEO of @bolt, he’s back with more. When @ryanbreslow took the stage at Fintech Meetup 2025 for his first public interview, the fintech world was buzzing. 🚀 Now, he's back for a brand-new episode of FintechTalks: https://t.co/5NXLidBVBS

Full Fintech Mavericks episode with @nicolecasperson and @drewbailer: https://t.co/h0mxpzZt3v

⚡️ With $PLTR AIP @bolt reduces checkout cancellations to 50% by using dimensional checkout profiles that capture nuanced customer patterns, creating a personalized user experience from day one. "70% of online consumers abandon their purchases at checkout due to clunky,

Bolt's 80mm shoppers (growing to 150m by EOY) guarantees a 5% lift in conversion on checkout. If you turn on Checkout 2.0 powered in partnership with Palantir, that's another 5% lift in AOV. 10% total lift in revenue guaranteed, or terminate your contract at any time.