🚀 100,000 sessions on A1Zap since launch 📷We’re just getting started.
Today we’re shipping two features that turn A1Zap into the social layer for AI apps:
🔔 Subscribe to builders — follow the creators shipping the apps you actually care about.
💬 Native comments on social apps — every app now has its own conversation layer.
🧑💻 Solana has hit the $200 milestone for the first time since June 6th, resulting in an eruption of crowd interest. Though this will lead to temporary re-tests of this level, the long term is aided by $SOL's 2-month high in dev. activity.
🔗 Chart link: https://t.co/ob4grvjkaY
I recently spoke with @hahnbeelee from @mintlify (@ycombinator W22) about building developer tools, and found striking similarities in our journeys.
We both started building for developers because we are developers - solving problems we personally encountered.
At @a1baseapi, we faced integration headaches when building AI agents, dealing with communication channels, regulations, and compliance. This frustration became our north star for creating something that would streamline developers' workflows.
The most valuable insight from our conversation? Meet developers where they are. Hahnbee shared how instead of building fancy web editors, they integrated with GitHub and developers' existing environments. What started as a temporary solution became a core feature developers loved - they didn't have to switch contexts to update docs.
Similarly, they chose configuration files over dashboard settings because developers want API-level control, not UI limitations. These decisions weren't obvious at first, but came from truly understanding how developers work.
This approach reflects our lesson at A1Base: genuine care for users, paired with a focus on real-world impact, sparks meaningful improvements. We’re only beginning to explore what’s possible.
Onwards we go.
In 2019, at @TEN13vc we set out to fuel the most ambitious founders through our deal-by-deal venture model.
🚀 Fuelled 32 companies
🏋️♂️ Grown our investor base to 550+
💸 $70m in funding
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