$10,000 in early access rewards over the next 30 days Refer a founder you trust, when they raise, you earn instantly Grab your link 👇

I love Dylan and the team go check them out if ur indie hacking or early stages

Pond is here to accelerate innovation, serving founders, investors and contributors. We solve funding, go-to-market, and your distribution. We are here to serve the new AI economy. We are here to serve humanity.

the single hardest part about scaling my app wasn't marketing, paid ads or making content it was having money to invest in the first place (i didn't want to work a normal job and i was broke) and now my boy Dylan is literally solving this problem for other founders

A great idea matters more than execution at the start. @IdeasDirectory is building a goldmine of startup ideas. Pond helps early-stage founders with fundraising, task delegation, and go-to-market. @IdeasDirectory starts one step earlier: giving founders a great idea to build. We’re excited to welcome founders from @IdeasDirectory to Pond!

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Quick q for founders What took you the longest when you were trying to grow your startup? Finding the right people to build with? Getting in front of investors? Both? asking for a reason 👀

Your NETWORK has been an asset this whole time You just didn't have anywhere to use it Today it changes👀

Last week in Tech & AI you need to know Things that matter if you're building or backing startups👇 - @AnthropicAI filed for IPO at a $965B valuation They spent years being the 'responsible AI' lab, last week they filed a confidential S-1 with Goldman, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley leading it - @SpaceX started its IPO roadshow targeting $1.75T a number that would make it the largest IPO in recorded history - @Supabase crossed $10.5B Two years ago vibe-coding was a Twitter joke, last week the infrastructure powering it crossed $10B in valuation - @tryRamp raised $750M They Picked one buyer 'CFOs', solved one expensive problem, priced it accordingly, boring beat everything else on the board this week - Alphabet raised $80B for AI infrastructure a raw compute buildout at a scale most countries can't match Average Series A hit $51.9M in 2026 Companies are raising $500M rounds and every headline is calling it 'AI funding boom' Here is the thing: 96% of founders will never raise a $51.9M Series A and honestly? They don't need to.. The round that takes you from your first $1K MRR to $50K MRR is still wide open That is the one that actually changes your business and that is exactly what @JoinPond is here for 💙

10 podcasts worth listening if you're building in 2026 1. Lenny's Podcast (@lennysan) one of the highest signal shows for builders right now 2. My First Million (@thesamparr @ShaanVP) business ideas, breakdowns, how real companies got their first traction 3. @ycombinator Startup Podcast: best for first-time founders 4. Startups for the Rest of Us (@robwalling) bootstrapped SaaS, he runs TinySeed & he knows the real numbers 5. Indie Hackers Podcast (@csallen) solo founders talking real revenue, the show that made build-in-public mainstream 6. How I Built This (@guyraz) origin stories of products you use every day, best for context on how long things actually take 7. AcquiredFM (@gilbert @djrosent) deep company dives Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, long but worth it 8. No Priors (@saranormous @eladgil ) AI investing and strategy, closest thing to sitting in a room with people who actually fund AI startups 9. Solo Founders (@solofounders) community and podcast built around the idea that solo is a valid path, interviews VCs and builders 10. Sweat Equity Podcast (@onlysweatequity) business brainstorm format hosted by Alex Garcia and Brian Blum for founders building without outside capital Save this to build better products💪

What one metric every startup founder should be tracking? (we'll share the most interesting ones later this week)

10 numbers VCs check before saying YES NRR LTV:CAC Price point Profit margin Monthly churn Time to $1K MRR Annual contract % MRR 6-month trend Payment failure rates Founder dependency score