Keith Bender @keith__bender
🏗️ Joined July 2011-
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this YC co by @noah_yin7 just put out an AI generated launch video as full of historical characters as the FTX super bowl commercial with Larry David. just as good and probably .001% the cost youtube.com/watch?v=VOZJwx…
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Windsurf to @cognition_labs = fastest first call to close acquisition -- and now of course @HarryStebbings is fastest with the full story. a great one with @ScottWu46! youtube.com/watch?v=Xz060_…
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Awesome hearing @dkhos share his journey to becoming Uber’s CEO. Huge thanks to @pearvc and @keith__bender for hosting such an insightful conversation 🙌 Now I’ll be on the lookout for a masked Uber driver 👀
Keith Bender retweeted
Congrats to all the founders of PearX Summer 2024. This was an amazing demo day! @pearvc You did it! 🙌
Thanks for joining! We think that Reid (left) could be the next @patrickc (right) 🙃 ... since you joined for both demo days, hope you would say you agree!
Thanks for joining! We think that Reid (left) could be the next @patrickc (right) 🙃 ... since you joined for both demo days, hope you would say you agree!
Keith Bender retweeted
Keith Bender retweeted
🍐 Pear Demo Day giving early YC Demo Day vibes - SF at its best
"ripping" is in. "crushing it" is out. that happened fast! when bragging about your portfolio companies, it's crucial to get the jargon du jour right (don't even try with "killing it" or "up and to the right")
PearX applications open🔓now. Come build with the best crew here at @pearvc. Top of my wishlist for this cohort: 1. Actually useful AI applications 2. Actually useful AI applications 3. Actually useful AI applications
PearX applications open🔓now. Come build with the best crew here at @pearvc. Top of my wishlist for this cohort: 1. Actually useful AI applications 2. Actually useful AI applications 3. Actually useful AI applications
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PearX W25 applications are now open! Read more about what we offer here: pear.vc/pearx-w25-appl…
Who are all of these employees throwing their @suno_ai_ AI song making spend on their @tryramp company card?! ramp.com/blog/q2-2024-a…
Officially the coolest college classmate accomplishment! Congratulations @FaulknerKristen!!! 🥇
Officially the coolest college classmate accomplishment! Congratulations @FaulknerKristen!!! 🥇
A hack night for the people! Now everyone can build agents with @wordware_ai. Check it out, win a scooter (then race me on a scooter) lu.ma/sbo1syks
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No more naked LLM access! After months of hard work, our team is thrilled to bring you our #1 most requested feature — Guardrails Server. As more engineers put @guardrails_ai around their LLM in production, we’re making Guardrails deployment easier than ever. Why this matters:…
Proteus is a shape-shifting Greek sea god. Fitting name for the slickest real-time expressive video generation engine we've seen! API access coming soon from @apparatelabs. Congrats on the reveal @willbokuishen!
Proteus is a shape-shifting Greek sea god. Fitting name for the slickest real-time expressive video generation engine we've seen! API access coming soon from @apparatelabs. Congrats on the reveal @willbokuishen!
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Congratulations, @pejmannozad! Back to back 🏆
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