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Conversation with Dhravya Shah, Founder of SuperMemory 00:00 Cloudflare Culture & Working Under CTO 01:36 Autonomy, Writing Culture & Product Flywheel 02:45 Product Life Cycle: Idea to Launch 04:28 Demo Days & Engineering Writing Culture 06:32 Origins of Supermemory 08:00 Acquiring the Domain 08:59 Going Viral on GitHub & VC Interest 10:03 Turning Down Early Investment Deals 13:38 Early Investors & Susa Ventures 17:08 Shifting from Product to Infrastructure 18:49 The Market Street Epiphany & Shutting Down Products 22:04 Focusing on AI Memory & Continuous Learning 24:47 Inbound Go-to-Market Strategy 27:28 Testing Memory via AI Companions 28:11 AI Companion Dynamics & Psychosis Risks 30:31 Embracing Iteration Velocity 31:31 Lessons from Company Brain 33:25 Defining Good Memory Systems 34:32 Rethinking Memory Retrieval & Injection 36:45 Supermemory Architecture & Local Models 39:00 Memory for Continual Improvement 41:33 Agent-to-Agent Security Risks 43:32 Public Identity & Personal Growth 46:12 Productivity Philosophy

Conversation with Dhravya Shah, Founder of SuperMemory 00:00 Cloudflare Culture & Working Under CTO 01:36 Autonomy, Writing Culture & Product Flywheel 02:45 Product Life Cycle: Idea to Launch 04:28 Demo Days & Engineering Writing Culture 06:32 Origins of Supermemory 08:00 Acquiring the Domain 08:59 Going Viral on GitHub & VC Interest 10:03 Turning Down Early Investment Deals 13:38 Early Investors & Susa Ventures 17:08 Shifting from Product to Infrastructure 18:49 The Market Street Epiphany & Shutting Down Products 22:04 Focusing on AI Memory & Continuous Learning 24:47 Inbound Go-to-Market Strategy 27:28 Testing Memory via AI Companions 28:11 AI Companion Dynamics & Psychosis Risks 30:31 Embracing Iteration Velocity 31:31 Lessons from Company Brain 33:25 Defining Good Memory Systems 34:32 Rethinking Memory Retrieval & Injection 36:45 Supermemory Architecture & Local Models 39:00 Memory for Continual Improvement 41:33 Agent-to-Agent Security Risks 43:32 Public Identity & Personal Growth 46:12 Productivity Philosophy

37,915 views • 19 days ago

Conversation with Haroon, Founder of Rocket Money (ex. Truebill). 00:00 Intro & Entrepreneurship 01:15 Childhood & First Business 02:33 Founding & Scaling Webs 05:42 "The Floundery" Brainstorming 07:02 Team Strategy & Brotherhood 12:18 True Bill Subscription Pivot 16:01 Performance Marketing Math 19:18 Minimizing Team Dependencies 20:19 App Attribution & TV Ads 24:47 Talent & Leadership Philosophy 29:35 Workplace Culture & Feedback 33:01 Stepping Down as CEO 35:17 Post-Acquisition Reality 38:30 Wealth, Faith & Happiness 46:39 Figuring Out What's Next 50:44 Advice for Founders

Conversation with Haroon, Founder of Rocket Money (ex. Truebill). 00:00 Intro & Entrepreneurship 01:15 Childhood & First Business 02:33 Founding & Scaling Webs 05:42 "The Floundery" Brainstorming 07:02 Team Strategy & Brotherhood 12:18 True Bill Subscription Pivot 16:01 Performance Marketing Math 19:18 Minimizing Team Dependencies 20:19 App Attribution & TV Ads 24:47 Talent & Leadership Philosophy 29:35 Workplace Culture & Feedback 33:01 Stepping Down as CEO 35:17 Post-Acquisition Reality 38:30 Wealth, Faith & Happiness 46:39 Figuring Out What's Next 50:44 Advice for Founders

94,967 views • 1 month ago

Conversation with Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸, Founder and CEO of HeyClicky. 00:00 S5 IRL and closing Buildspace 05:47 Why not sell Buildspace 09:46 Buildspace legacy and reputation 12:10 Six months of traveling 15:46 Relearning personal happiness 22:46 Impact versus happiness 26:00 Rebuilding creative confidence 31:12 Collaboration and dream teams 36:01 Experimenting with AI projects 41:44 Hiring and team building 46:17 Democratizing AI models 52:33 Y Combinator and Clicky 1:00:11 Fundraising $12 million 1:03:52 Future success and inspiration

Conversation with Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸, Founder and CEO of HeyClicky. 00:00 S5 IRL and closing Buildspace 05:47 Why not sell Buildspace 09:46 Buildspace legacy and reputation 12:10 Six months of traveling 15:46 Relearning personal happiness 22:46 Impact versus happiness 26:00 Rebuilding creative confidence 31:12 Collaboration and dream teams 36:01 Experimenting with AI projects 41:44 Hiring and team building 46:17 Democratizing AI models 52:33 Y Combinator and Clicky 1:00:11 Fundraising $12 million 1:03:52 Future success and inspiration

69,623 views • 2 months ago

What does selling a company for 1.3 billion dollars actually feel like? Haroon's answer: "Whatever chase I had in me as an entrepreneur, I had accomplished. I felt like unicorn was enough. I'm okay if I never start another company again." Nobody prepares founders for the box getting checked. Startup culture is built for the chase: the next round, the next company, the next mountain. It has a thousand answers for the climb and nothing for what happens when you arrive. So we asked him. Turns out you only learn what was actually driving you after the chase ends. Most founders never get there. Full conversation with Haroon on YouTube & Spotify.

What does selling a company for 1.3 billion dollars actually feel like? Haroon's answer: "Whatever chase I had in me as an entrepreneur, I had accomplished. I felt like unicorn was enough. I'm okay if I never start another company again." Nobody prepares founders for the box getting checked. Startup culture is built for the chase: the next round, the next company, the next mountain. It has a thousand answers for the climb and nothing for what happens when you arrive. So we asked him. Turns out you only learn what was actually driving you after the chase ends. Most founders never get there. Full conversation with Haroon on YouTube & Spotify.

43,727 views • 1 month ago

Does selling your company for $1.3 billion change you? I asked Haroon what selling his company did to this faith. "You don’t technically earn or deserve any of what you’re given. That’s just what’s been written for you… If you’re not given much at all then you’re tested with poverty. If you’re given a lot, it’s a much more difficult test so what are you going to do with it?" The internet’s picture of a billionaire is someone who won and stopped answering to anything. Haroon’s picture is someone who now answers for more. Full conversation with Haroon on YouTube and Spotify.

Does selling your company for $1.3 billion change you? I asked Haroon what selling his company did to this faith. "You don’t technically earn or deserve any of what you’re given. That’s just what’s been written for you… If you’re not given much at all then you’re tested with poverty. If you’re given a lot, it’s a much more difficult test so what are you going to do with it?" The internet’s picture of a billionaire is someone who won and stopped answering to anything. Haroon’s picture is someone who now answers for more. Full conversation with Haroon on YouTube and Spotify.

34,665 views • 1 month ago

Today, we’re announcing: The Tournament. It's the world's greatest no-code hackathon. Presented by Alif x Replit. January 17-18, 2026. San Francisco, CA. I'll see you there:

Today, we’re announcing: The Tournament. It's the world's greatest no-code hackathon. Presented by Alif x Replit. January 17-18, 2026. San Francisco, CA. I'll see you there:

123,156 views • 11 months ago

Announcing our biggest project to date this Friday, featuring...

Announcing our biggest project to date this Friday, featuring...

115,469 views • 11 months ago

1 month into opening our new San Francisco HQ today. I want to bring together the best founders and creators in SF. Building something cool? Get a desk:

1 month into opening our new San Francisco HQ today. I want to bring together the best founders and creators in SF. Building something cool? Get a desk:

36,548 views • 7 months ago

Today, we're announcing Alif Sessions. 6 weeks to go from idea to product to revenue. Our first global, fully-remote program.

Today, we're announcing Alif Sessions. 6 weeks to go from idea to product to revenue. Our first global, fully-remote program.

36,425 views • 7 months ago

Today, we're announcing as Alif's official design partner. Every founder in our ecosystem now gets access to world-class creative direction - built by the same studio that's worked with Exa, Replit, Framer, and more. DM me if you're looking for brand/design/videos!

29,735 views • 6 months ago

Farza Majeed built buildspace into one of the most followed builder communities on the internet. Hundreds of thousands of students later, he shut the whole thing down very publicly. Then he did nothing for six months. He traveled across Morocco, Pakistan, and Europe. Sat in mosques and churches for entire days. And realized he’d been optimizing his entire life around a career built on personal unhappiness. He’s since started building one of the most promising consumer AI companies in the space - with a discipline he didn’t have before. Conversation with Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸, dropping Wednesday.

Farza Majeed built buildspace into one of the most followed builder communities on the internet. Hundreds of thousands of students later, he shut the whole thing down very publicly. Then he did nothing for six months. He traveled across Morocco, Pakistan, and Europe. Sat in mosques and churches for entire days. And realized he’d been optimizing his entire life around a career built on personal unhappiness. He’s since started building one of the most promising consumer AI companies in the space - with a discipline he didn’t have before. Conversation with Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸, dropping Wednesday.

12,844 views • 2 months ago

We just signed the lease on our new Alif HQ. It's 8,000 sq. ft., smack in the heart of San Francisco. I'll be honest - today, it's too much space for just our team + portfolio. So we're opening it up to the ecosystem, just in time for Ramadan. Apply for a desk:

We just signed the lease on our new Alif HQ. It's 8,000 sq. ft., smack in the heart of San Francisco. I'll be honest - today, it's too much space for just our team + portfolio. So we're opening it up to the ecosystem, just in time for Ramadan. Apply for a desk:

35,717 views • 8 months ago

Doctor, lawyer, engineer. But now there’s a 4th option. Introducing Alif Network.

Doctor, lawyer, engineer. But now there’s a 4th option. Introducing Alif Network.

35,475 views • 1 year ago

Today, we’re announcing Alif Summit. It’s a conference of the brightest Muslim builders in the world. And it’s happening on February 1st, 2025. In San Francisco, CA. 👇👇👇

Today, we’re announcing Alif Summit. It’s a conference of the brightest Muslim builders in the world. And it’s happening on February 1st, 2025. In San Francisco, CA. 👇👇👇

27,914 views • 1 year ago

Today, we're announcing Alif ١. It's a 5-week program to fast-track the most talented Muslim founders across the world into Silicon Valley. There was a lot to learn from Batch 0 — we really were building the plane as we were flying it. But as we made our way to Demo Day, it quickly became clear what made Alif special: It was the people. It was throwing a bunch of founders into an office together and watching them build relationships that would last a lifetime. It was watching them celebrate each others' wins as if it was their own. It was sitting in the room as they pitched to best VC's in the industry, while some of them had previously never even spoken to one. That's why, for this next program, we're doubling down on the people. Because it's hard enough to build something great. But to build something great alone? That feels impossible. So if you're a Muslim founder working on a big idea, we want to be your first believer. Alif ١ will kick off on December 1st. Applications are now open: Alif Bismillah

Today, we're announcing Alif ١. It's a 5-week program to fast-track the most talented Muslim founders across the world into Silicon Valley. There was a lot to learn from Batch 0 — we really were building the plane as we were flying it. But as we made our way to Demo Day, it quickly became clear what made Alif special: It was the people. It was throwing a bunch of founders into an office together and watching them build relationships that would last a lifetime. It was watching them celebrate each others' wins as if it was their own. It was sitting in the room as they pitched to best VC's in the industry, while some of them had previously never even spoken to one. That's why, for this next program, we're doubling down on the people. Because it's hard enough to build something great. But to build something great alone? That feels impossible. So if you're a Muslim founder working on a big idea, we want to be your first believer. Alif ١ will kick off on December 1st. Applications are now open: Alif Bismillah

27,608 views • 2 years ago

POV: "Bro we should film a podcast" gone too far Full Blake Anderson ep. now on YouTube

POV: "Bro we should film a podcast" gone too far Full Blake Anderson ep. now on YouTube

17,136 views • 2 years ago

Just dropped the pod with Zuhayeer Musa from They went from a college side project to a company that generates millions in $$ from helping people build their careers Link to watch the full ep 👇

Just dropped the pod with Zuhayeer Musa from They went from a college side project to a company that generates millions in $$ from helping people build their careers Link to watch the full ep 👇

18,233 views • 2 years ago

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