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Brex Open-Sourced Crab Trap to Secure Autonomous AI Agents
“We build this thing called Crab Trap, which we open sourced probably about two months ago, which is actually the way we use to secure agents at Braxton production.”
Pedro Franceschi Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 7:43 The Most AI-Pilled CEO We Know · Y Combinator
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The founders of Brex entered Y Combinator working on a VR startup
“There were the Brex founders, who I think were working on, like, a VR startup at the time.”
Pete Koomen Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 9:52 How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start? · Y Combinator
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Epstein: Early Brex lacked user account creation, requiring manual password emails
“Brex, you know, which was, sorry, I was a credit card for startups. They didn't even have a way to create user accounts. Like you just like emailed them your password and that's how they set up the account for you.”
Aaron Epstein Jul 12, 2024 ▶ 14:34 Why Startup Founders Should Launch Companies Sooner Than They Think · Y Combinator
Assertion Partly supported
Alströmer: Brex recruited its first 10 customers from its YC batch
“When Brex was in Wicomner in winter of 2017, they recruited the first 10 customers directly from the YC batch.”
Gustaf Alströmer Dec 29, 2022 ▶ 5:11 How to Get Your First Customers | Startup School · Y Combinator
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Alströmer: Brex co-founder Henrique Dubugras onboarded every early customer personally
“Customers just had a virtual credit card and Enrique from Brex actively onboarded every one of the customers himself.”
Gustaf Alströmer Dec 29, 2022 ▶ 5:34 How to Get Your First Customers | Startup School · Y Combinator
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Epstein: Stripe, Coinbase, and Brex are three top-10 YC companies
“It also turns out that three of the YC top 10 are transactional businesses too. So these are companies like Stripe, Coinbase, and Brex.”
Aaron Epstein Dec 15, 2022 ▶ 6:14 Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School · Y Combinator
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Caldwell: Brex pivoted to credit cards just six weeks before Demo Day
“And that was like six weeks before demo day.”
Dalton Caldwell Feb 15, 2019 ▶ 19:09 Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Launches with Dalton Caldwell · Y Combinator
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