Tom Blomfield
@t_blom
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Group Partner at @ycombinator Cofounded @gocardless and @monzo
San Francisco
Joined December 2011
The PPI scandal cost UK banks £36 billion in remediation costs. It's illegal in the US now as well. In Canada, it's still alive and well - "Creditors' Insurance" It's sold by banks in high-pressure sales calls, and around 50-80% of Canadian borrowers take this insurance. It
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Today we’re excited to announce we’ve raised a $7M seed round led by Wellington Management, with participation from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Pelion Venture Partners and multiple incredible investors and angels who share our vision for the future of customer experience. A huge
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I've been very impressed with the execution and speed of the @gigaml in improving our support AI performance. Thanks Varun and the team for the partnership!
Excited to share our partnership with DoorDash. Together we went from kickoff to real impact — in weeks, not quarters. Highlights: - Time to value: weeks, not quarters - Quality at scale: 90%+ DWR in production - Built for scale: 10B+ lifetime orders, 500K+ merchants, 8M+
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A lot of people don’t know this, but @gigaml wouldn’t exist without @harjtaggar taking a bet on us.
Giga is quietly growing faster than any company I've ever seen. Doordash chose them for customer support because only their AI agents can handle extremely complex edge cases. Giga agents can call both the customer and Dasher at the same time and listen to both to figure out what
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Fastshot (@fastshot_ai) lets you build and ship beautiful mobile apps in minutes, just by chatting with AI. No code required. https://t.co/286QpARLak Congrats on the launch, @elvirafortune and @dmitryfatkhi!
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Waymo can offer aging adults a safe, accessible mobility option that provides independence without needing to drive.
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There's obviously some grade inflation going on, but I saw a fascinating trend at Oxford University over the last 80 years. Students in the 1950s had minimal pressure to do well; many came from rich families and had guaranteed incomes regardless of their grades. Hence the
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Parents aren’t extremists for wanting transparency. Our schools should focus on reading, writing, and reasoning — not re-educating children in line with left-wing radical ideologies. —@scarlett4kids
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Congrats to @Starcloud_Inc1 on the launch of their first satellite, just 21 months from starting the company. This is the first NVIDIA H100 in space and paves the way for huge, solar-powered orbital data centers. https://t.co/ROxgwTOdP2
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I’ve never heard a more beautiful call out: “𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱-𝟭 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱” !!!!!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 @Starcloud_Inc1, @ezrafeilden, @adi__oltean
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Dome (@GetDomeAPI) is a unified API for prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. Trade and analyze data across multiple platforms with one simple API. https://t.co/YsZk6Elw2Y Congrats on the launch, @kurushdubash & @princeofbothell!
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If government ministers can’t even keep track of the regulations, maybe it’s a sign the UK has too many of them?
🚨 NEW: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted to breaking housing regulations after unlawfully renting out her family home for £3,200 a month without a licence after moving in to No 11 She has tonight referred herself to the Independent Ethics Adviser [@HarriLine]
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🦜Parrot ( https://t.co/65LPlTMEOu) is taking down Duolingo. Parrot is the TikTok for language learning - $715K ARR, doubling every two months. They're turning scrolling into learning. https://t.co/NSqZ89BiPo Congrats on the launch, @byAmirHanna, @TheErikDahl, and
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Applications for the YC Winter 2026 batch are now open! Apply by November 10: https://t.co/gNl84El3BS
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"If you want to do great work it's an advantage to be optimistic, even though that means you'll risk looking like a fool sometimes." Paul Graham on earnestness and doing great work:
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Yes, heat dissipation in space is harder. But when a bunch of Material Science PhDs who've been engineers at SpaceX and Airbus come and tell you they think they've figured something out, it's probably worth taking a shot. Even if there's 1% chance they're right.
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It's so easy to be cynical and sound clever. Most startups fail, so the cynics are usually right. But the ones that succeed change the world. YC was the first investor in Starcloud.
Space isn’t just for stars anymore. 🌠 Starcloud’s H100-powered satellite brings sustainable, high-performance computing beyond Earth. Learn more: https://t.co/euiyEGZaEP
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This is the 4th time I've seen this tweet. @NewYoker is posting the same shit and getting 6 likes. It's so over for traditional media.
Sex has seemingly never been less stigmatized or easier to procure. Why isn't Gen Z having more of it?
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