The Dock with Omar Waseem

Zuhayeer is the founder of Levels.fyi, a platform that lets you compare salaries across big tech companies. This is the story of how he turned Levels.fyi from a side project into a million dollar startup. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Zuhayeer: https://twitter.com/zuhayeer · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Levels.fyi: https://www.levels.fyi Ti...

Evan is the founder of The SF Compute Company, a cloud computing company that sells GPU clusters for AI models. This is the story of how he became one of the fastest growing AI companies in less than a year by betting the entire company every month. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Evan: https://twitter.com/evanjconrad · Omar: https://twitter.com/omar...

Aman is the founder of Deeptrust, an AI deepfake detection startup that's helping you trust what you see and hear on the Internet. We talked about OpenAI's new text to video model SORA , the terrifying success rate of AI fraud, and how to (theoretically) scam someone for $1M using AI. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Aman: https://twitter.com/...

Prady is the founder of Sync Labs, an AI research company that’s building real time lip-syncing. This is the story of how he used viral Twitter marketing to build a deep tech research startup. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Prady: https://twitter.com/therealprady · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Sync Labs: https://synclabs.so/ Timestamps: 0:00...

Dylan is the founder of Evergreen, a crypto mining hardware company that he started out of his dad's garage. This is the story of exactly how he growth hacked his way to over $3.5 million in revenue. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Dylan: https://twitter.com/dylanmrose · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Evergreen: https://evergreenminer.com/...

Sharif is the founder of Lexica, a Midjourney killer that he grew to 1 million users with basically 0 zero employes. This is the story of how he went from couch surfing to building one of the most popular AI image generators. We're on Skool: https://skool.com/thedock Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Sharif: https://twitter.com/sharifshameem · Omar...

Rahul is the founder of Julius, an AI app that he scaled to 300k users in just 6 months. This is the story of how he pranked global news, met Elon Musk, and built a ChatGPT killer. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/studio Links: · Rahul: https://twitter.com/0interestrates · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · JuliusAI: https://julius...

Julian cofounded and scaled Wisdolia to over $300,000 in less than a year. This is the story of how he used TikTok marketing to go from an almost failing startup to a viral AI education tool. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: f.inc/studio Links: · Julian: https://twitter.com/InfiniteJulian0 · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · Wisdolia: https://w...

Alex Schachne cofounded and grew Leap from 0 to $500k+ in his first 10 months. This is the story of how he went from booking a one-way ticket across the country to building an AI company with a $10M valuation. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: f.inc/studio Links: · Alex: https://twitter.com/thealexshaq · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · Leap: h...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Steven Tey ⁠ (@steventey) ⁠ from Vercel to talk about why he joined the company, his secret for making projects go viral on Twitter, how Vercel got its name, the problem with conferences for devs, the importance of company branding, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Adi Baradwaj (@aditya_baradwaj) , ex-employee at Alameda Research, to talk about what went down at FTX, how he had his life savings stolen, his lavish life in The Bahamas, the red flags, the day of the collapse, the aftermath, his new company, and more insider info... The Dock is a Fo...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Farza Majeed ⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@farzaTV )⁠, founder of Buildspace, to talk about building the future of education, his take on college, the creation of Nights & Weekends, opening a physical campus, how he met the team, his biggest mistake, why he hates microwaves, and more... The Dock...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Dillion Verma ⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dillionverma) to talk about winning the Vercel Accelerator program, why he switched from the medicine path to engineering, a bet that made $5k in 48 hrs, why he left big tech, his 10 day silent meditation retreat, his framework for making money from side projects,...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Arib Khan ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @aribk24 ), founder of Musicfy,⁠⁠ to talk about hitting 1 million users in 6 months, getting into Founders, Inc., working for Buildspace, receiving cease and desist orders from top music labels, learning how to swim, having untraditional mentors, and much more.... The Dock is...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Rox Codes ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @RoxCodes )⁠⁠ to talk about building tools for creators, working for Mr Beast, sneaking into the Forbes 30 Under 30 lounge, getting his Facebook employee username blacklisted, the truth about Buildspace IRL, and roasting the f*** out of Vishal. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. sh...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Matthew Rastovac, ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mattrasto )⁠⁠, founder of Respell, to talk about building no-code tools for AI, starting a custom home building company, being friends with Sam Altman, almost becoming a pro gamer, creating a Bitcoin exchange at 14, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with John Coogan, ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@johncoogan) ⁠⁠, cofounder of Soylent and Lucy.co, to talk about the viral success of Soylent, the key to finding a good cofounder, starting a tech YouTube channel, joining Founders Fund as an EIR, things you didn't know about defense tech, clean energy takes, and much more......

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Kaito Cunningham, ⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@0xkaito) ⁠, co-founder of Utopia Labs, to talk about building a blockchain payments company, developing sustainable workflows, messing up an $8 million transaction, managing working with 4 cofounders, scanning his eyeballs with Worldcoin, his "human operating stack", and...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Will Depue, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @willdepue )⁠, previous founder of DeepResearch and applied research resident at OpenAI, to talk about living in Argentina, dropping out of college, building a computer in Figma, the truth about burnout, why he doesn't focus on Twitter growth, watching Dune 5 times, how to get started build...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Samraaj Bath, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠ @samraaj )⁠, CTO and co-founder of Bifrost, to talk about building a complex AI product, working at Expensify, starting an ice cream company, getting into Y-Combinator, work/life balance, being creatively unfulfilled, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Ben Levy, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠ @benmlevy )⁠, co-founder of Milk Road, to talk about growing a newsletter to 250k subscribers, losing everything to crypto, how to get connected with anyone, the future utility of crypto, what goes into a high value community, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, In...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Eric Zhu, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ericzhu105 )⁠, founder of Aviato and investor at Bachmanity Capital, to talk about being a 15 y/o founder, going viral for taking calls in his school bathroom, balancing school, partying with the founder of Google in a mansion, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders,...

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal  ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠  sit down with Kyle Brastrom ⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ @kylebrastrom )⁠, founder of Dive Chat, to talk about building a successful social network, the importance of real world connections, starting LA Tech Week, running coliving houses, why he's never had an Instagram, and making YouTube videos about drone racing. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show....

Omar  ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠  and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠  sit down with John Andrew Entwistle ⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ @jaentwistle )⁠, founder of Wander.com, to talk about building his first company Coder at 16, raising $130M for Wander, pivoting from an enterprise developer platform to real estate, how he got his nickname "The Shovel", and racing F4 cars. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn...

Omar Waseem ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Ayush Ranjan ⁠(⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ @ranjan3118 ⁠ )⁠, founder of Huddle01, to talk about building a Web3 video conferencing infrastructure, skipping his flight to India for Founders, Inc., issues with Twitter, startup markets in SF vs India, Web3 insights, Redbull F1, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more...