Firecrawl pivoted away from Mendable despite hundreds of thousands in ARR
Nicolas Dessaigne · Startup Advice: AI GTM, Pivoting & How To Hire · Y Combinator · Oct 21, 2025 · at 16:55
Nicolas Dessaigne, YC Group Partner and Algolia co-founder, discusses pivoting while already having revenue traction, citing Firecrawl's origin as Mendable.
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“And I think that when they actually pivoted, they already had hundreds of thousands of dollars of AR. So, significant traction. Like, not like just you know, 200 bucks. Actually real customers. And big logos too.”
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