The deeper cut

Founder briefs

One founder's story and the single insight worth stealing. The pieces you send to the friend who's building something.

Maya Okafor

Founder & CEO, Cindershell

She spent three years being paged by other people's broken background jobs. Then she built the runtime she wished she'd had.

Insight worth stealing

Build the tool for the person you were 18 months ago — specific enough that they feel seen, not the vague 'everyone.'

Devraj Anand

Co-founder & CTO, Tenscroll

Evals aren't a demo. They don't trend. Devraj bet his company on the least exciting problem in AI — and it's the one that compounds.

Insight worth stealing

The unsexy problem with no competition is a feature, not a bug — if the pain is real and recurring.

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