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Assertion Supported
Dessaigne: Dozens or Hundreds of Startups Are Building LLM Observability
“Many other companies think the same thing, and that's why we have dozens, if not hundreds, Of such companies out there.”
Nicolas Dessaigne Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 5:37 How To Start A Dev Tools Company | Startup School · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Firecrawl pivoted away from Mendable despite hundreds of thousands in ARR
“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.”
Nicolas Dessaigne Oct 21, 2025 ▶ 16:55 Startup Advice: AI GTM, Pivoting & How To Hire · Y Combinator
Assertion Contradicted
Dessaigne: PostHog's sales leader is also the company's CTO
“Did you know the team, the CTO, is also their sales leader? Not a business leader. Their sales leader is also the CTO.”
Nicolas Dessaigne Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 22:43 How To Start A Dev Tools Company | Startup School · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Dessaigne: Supabase Bundles News into Quarterly Launch Weeks for Maximum Noise
“Superbase is doing that once a quarter, bundling all their news in one week a quarter to make as much noise as they can.”
Nicolas Dessaigne Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 25:59 How To Start A Dev Tools Company | Startup School · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Dessaigne: Early Stripe team manually onboarded customers side by side
“Early on, the Stripe team were going to their customers, small startups, and they helped them implement their own product, sitting side by side in front of the computer coding with them.”
Nicolas Dessaigne Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 14:20 How To Start A Dev Tools Company | Startup School · Y Combinator
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