Dima Vremenko

Cofounder @inkbox_ai | YC S26

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

Next stop: @ycombinator

What a roller coaster. We met @paulg and got rejected the same day. This gave us a taste of the program and made us more determined to get in. @alxwlcx @rayruizhiliao and I are now building @inkbox_ai the identity layer for AI agents. Looking forward to working with @bosmeny and @borisjabes as well as the rest of the YC team and batch!

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Last year I accidentally did office hours with a startup that wasn't in YC. It turned out they were just there for interviews. But I did my best to advise them anyway. They didn't get in that time, but I just found out they were accepted into the summer batch!

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

oh no way, who's that?

[Inkbox (YC S26) @inkbox_ai]

Have you caught up on today’s news?

[Koby Conrad 🌻 @kobyjconrad]

Our CTO @shaiunterslak did an analysis of “what if we invested in our tool stack” & it’s just a wild portfolio

So anyways this is why I immediately try to invest into companies like @inkbox_ai the moment I start using them

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@zachdotai it takes one to know one ❤️

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@madhavanmalolan @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx Thank you Maddy!!!

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@bigfishiex @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx quite the opposite 🤣

[aman @Amank1412]

YOUR AI AGENT CAN NOW COME WITH YOU.

Imagine managing Claude Code straight from iMessage without sitting in front of your laptop.

That's one of the things you can do with @inkbox_ai.

→ Message your agent from iMessage or WhatsApp
→ Connect it to Claude Code and work on the go
→ Run hosted agents that wake up when messages arrive and sleep when idle

Agents are slowly moving from tools you prompt to teammates you can actually delegate work to.

Also, congrats to @rayruizhiliao and the team on the $5.3M seed round led by @peakxvpartners.

[painn @painn_x]

i've built the "agent needs to notice a reply" setup before.

webhook. always-on box. queue. retry logic. prayer.

@inkbox_ai just made that whole layer go away.

the agent lives next to its inbox and phone line

it wakes on message

$5.3M seed led by peak xv. congrats @rayruizhiliao

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@cgtwts @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx already happening!

[Ryoru 𒌐 @Ryorugg]

AI agents having their own email and phone number sounds like a small thing until you think about it.

Someone can message your agent on WhatsApp, email it, or call it. It can wake up, handle the interaction and follow up without you having to jump in.

Inkbox just raised $5.3M and is launching hosted agents built around this idea.

The agent isn't waiting for you to open a chat anymore.

[Rahul @sairahul1]

wait.. an AI agent just ran a whole plumbing emergency over text 😭

a tenant texts a photo: "toilet in unit 4 is leaking EVERYWHERE"

the agent calls plumbers nearby. one is booked. the next one says yes

then it starts a group chat: "dana, meet ray. he'll be there at 2:30"

built on @inkbox_ai, which gives your agent its own phone number, iMessage and a computer to live on

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@sairahul1 @Life__Mastery we already see this 🤣

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@Mindsthatbuild @sairahul1 plumber is getting paid! he dont care

[yuulia ✟ @yuliaisc]

Agents are getting their own computers, but what about everything that happens outside of them?

Inkbox just raised $5.3M to give AI agents their own email, phone, iMessage and WhatsApp.

They're also launching hosted agents that can sleep when idle, wake up when someone messages them and keep working without you having to manage every interaction.

This is the part of AI infrastructure I think will become increasingly important.

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@Velessus @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx are you asking for snapshots of the sandbox?

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@Velessus @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx looks exactly the same as revoking a business phone from your employee

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@arnavsahu341 Thank you guys for your belief and support !!!

[Colt @ColtSauers]

Feel grateful and proud to have been an early partner to Ray & the Inkbox team. Just getting started!

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@dannygfromnyc @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx

[Cristina Cordova @cjc]

First we gave agents intelligence. Now @inkbox_ai is giving them computers, phones, and inboxes.

I first started using Inkbox because I was missing agent messages in a sea of push notifications. Now my most critical messages come through the right inbox for my needs. 📫

[Dima Vremenko @DVremenko]

@ansh_chokshi @rayruizhiliao @peakxvpartners @rauchg @sternhenri @jefrankle @cjc @daniel_levine @inkbox_ai @alxwlcx