Yasser Elsaid

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May 2, 2026
Disclosure
Chatbase skipped VC fundraising because rapid traction left no time to pitch
“I thought I was going to do that, but because the product went so, like, it got so much traction so quickly, the reason I didn't do this is I didn't have the time.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 11:05 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 positive
Insight
Bootstrapped company equity is more tangible than high-valuation VC options
“I actually think it's more real than when you're raised, like, at a high valuation that the company needs to, one, live up to, but then surpass for your options to, like, start to be worth something.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 58:30 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chatbase scaled from zero to $1 million ARR in 117 days
“I think doing that helped a lot into, Getting me from like zero, basically to one million AR in a 117 days.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 7:33 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Yasser Elsaid uses Claude Code directly despite his team using Cursor
“No cursor, no. Like, the team uses cursor, but I feel like I'm one step removed from, like, the code that I just use cloud code directly.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 56:20 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Outcome-driven engineers will thrive; craft-focused coders will struggle in the AI era
“The people that like coding because of what, how powerful it is, those people will thrive in, in this era. And I think people who like coding for the craft of coding will Probably have a bad time because that's not gonna be like the biggest thing in coding any…”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 54:52 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 bullish
Disclosure
Chatbase's sustained profitability enables aggressive VC-style hiring and scaling
“We're now at a point that we can function as a VCVAC company because we've been profitable for so long that it's as if we raised already, and, like, we can, now I have the mindset of being as aggressive with things like hiring and scaling,”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 52:45 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chatbase currently serves 10,000 active enterprise and mid-market customers
“We have 10,000 active customers.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 21:01 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
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