
3x founder. Building AI tools for creators. Previously sold startup to Adobe. YC S22.

Built AI startup from idea to $1M ARR in 8 months
Left Adobe to start third company. Had idea for AI tools for creators. Zero revenue. 6 months runway.
Built MVP with Claude + Cursor in 3 weeks. Launched on Twitter. Got first 10 customers from DMs. Iterated fast based on feedback. AI did 80% of coding.
Hit $1M ARR in 8 months. 500+ paying customers. Raised $3M seed from tier-1 VCs. Team of 8. Profitable by month 10.

Needed to raise seed round fast. Never raised VC money before. Didn't know any investors. Had to learn pitch storytelling from scratch.
Used Claude to analyze successful fundraising decks, craft narrative, write slide copy, prepare for investor questions. Iterated 20 versions.
Raised $3M seed from Sequoia, a16z, YC in 2 weeks. 15 meetings, 3 term sheets. Deck is now used as reference by YC batch mates.

Growing fast. Support tickets exploded from 50/week to 1000/week. Could only afford 2 support people. Quality was suffering.
Built AI support bot using Claude. Handles tier-1 tickets automatically, escalates complex issues, learns from human responses.
Support team handles 1000 tickets/week (was 50). Response time: 4 hours → 15 minutes. CSAT: 3.2 → 4.6. Saved $300k/year in support hiring.

Zero audience. Needed distribution for product launch. Content marketing was key to growth but we had no content team.
Used Claude to help write daily Twitter threads about building in public. Shared lessons learned, metrics, customer stories. Authentic voice, AI speed.
Grew from 0 to 100k followers in 6 months. Every launch hit front page of HN/Twitter. Content drove 40% of signups. Zero ad spend.

Needed to acquire first 100 customers fast. No sales team. No marketing budget. B2B SaaS is hard to sell cold.
Used Claude to analyze ICP, generate personalized outreach messages, draft follow-up sequences. Automated entire sales process with AI.
Response rate: 2% → 35%. Meeting-to-close rate: 15% → 60%. Acquired first 100 customers in 3 months. $500k ARR from outbound alone.