Hashim Syed

Co-founder of @straitlyai and @xynth_m | Agentic ai @Meta, Infra @awscloud | @UBC

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

hey, i’m Hashim! just moved to SF to go all in on my startup!

a little about me:
> studied Math+CS at UBC 🇨🇦
> worked on AI at @Meta
> infra at @AWS
> scaled my last startup @xynth_m to $700k ARR
> currently building @Straitlyai - OpenRouter but 79% cheaper, with my brother @Mutchtaba2

if you’re in SF (or anywhere else really), say hi 👋

looking to meet other founders, and engineers building in the AI infra and agent space

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

You can still run locally tho!

https://t.co/cWahfbzqdq

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

Didn't expect to go this viral! Burned $2k+ in a day on api credits. Site is now down due to insane traffic.

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

Today I'm opensourcing Consensus: the first truth engine built on real human opinions.

Ask it anything. It reads 10,000+ posts and comments across X and Reddit to surface what people actually believe.

For example you can ask:

"Will AI destroy humanity?"

> 61% believe YES
> 28% believe NO
> 10% say that humans are the real risk
> 1% hold other beliefs

Every % is linked to the exact posts and comments behind it.

Consensus is completely free and open-source for anyone to use

Try it at: https://t.co/m17ApCRGqf

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

You can still run it locally using the github though https://t.co/cWahfbzqdq

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

Today I'm opensourcing Consensus: the first truth engine built on real human opinions.

Ask it anything. It reads 10,000+ posts and comments across X and Reddit to surface what people actually believe.

For example you can ask:

"Will AI destroy humanity?"

> 61% believe YES
> 28% believe NO
> 10% say that humans are the real risk
> 1% hold other beliefs

Every % is linked to the exact posts and comments behind it.

Consensus is completely free and open-source for anyone to use

Try it at: https://t.co/m17ApCRGqf

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@aryaan_smm yessirr

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@mrscrypto71 @MarlowStudent He got ngl

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@cgtwts I think this is the visual you might be referring to! Haha either way though thanks for using the product!

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@shiri_shh thanks g, but this one for the culture man

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@whaleintels @WhaleInsider Thanks let us know how it goes!

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@Oualid_f @PromptLLM waking up early, clearly right?

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@cgtwts Thanks man, we have been meaning to open source this for quite some time now !

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@aaliya_va Exactly !

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@VadimStrizheus Fellow drop out ! Letss goo, glad you like the tool !

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@babayagatwt Thank you! Viral posts are loud, not representative. That's why every opinion we aggregate links back to a real post behind it.

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@gianmauric Great question, we have filters specifically for this. It's still a work in progress, but we try our hardest to remove AI-generated engagement from our answers!

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@VadimStrizheus Thanks man really appreciate that!

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@TokenGremlin Thanks man i really appreciate that!

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@halemdim Yeah market research is just the tip too, the potential is honestly crazy. I find social truths to be most true.

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@worldteacherman Thanks really appreciate that !

[Hashim Syed @Hashim__Syed]

@PromptLLM yes market and eventually all social research !