Martin Hunt

building @goldmansachs, @columbia, firefighter @nccde

[Martin Hunt @MartinHuntJr]

Day Zero all over again 🚀

[Jared Friedman @snowmaker]

Garage has mostly flown under the radar, but it's one of the most successful new marketplaces of this decade. They're now selling more than $100M / year of used fire trucks and other equipment.

But what impresses me most about @MartinHuntJr and @alazsengul is how focused they've been. They started Garage to solve a problem for some of the overlooked, hard-working Americans who keep our society functioning, and that's exactly what they've done.

[Jared Friedman @snowmaker]

Garage has mostly flown under the radar, but it's one of the most successful new marketplaces of this decade. They're now selling more than $100M / year of used fire trucks and other equipment.

But what impresses me most about @MartinHuntJr and @alazsengul is how focused they've been. They started Garage to solve a problem for some of the overlooked, hard-working Americans who keep our society functioning, and that's exactly what they've done.

[Martin Hunt @MartinHuntJr]

@make_robot_go @roboticscorp So pumped!! 🚀

[Alaz Sengul @alazsengul]

Why does no one know the world’s best chocolate store is in SF

[Alaz Sengul @alazsengul]

Excited to share that Garage has raised a $13.5M Series A, following our $4.5M seed round last year.

When @MartinHuntJr and I started on this over a year ago, we set out to modernize how fire departments and local governments buy and sell their equipment (from radios to fire trucks).

Today, equipment bought on Garage already serves millions of Americans across all 50 states, helping cities stretch their budgets further.

[Alaz Sengul @alazsengul]

we're hiring for an engineer in-person in nyc! send anyone you can rec my way

https://t.co/1TJ8WTZy6a

[Jared Friedman @snowmaker]

Amazing to catch up with so many alumni at the YC reunion today. Energy was incredible.

[Martin Hunt @MartinHuntJr]

@AlecStapp Also, the stats are skewed by the reality that many fire departments have consumed the EMS agencies in their cities (ex: FDNY). Many of these firefighters are cross-staffed on ambulances on a daily basis.

[Martin Hunt @MartinHuntJr]

@AlecStapp 3) Yes, medical calls make up a lot of fire dept call volume. This is a good thing. Local governments have come to the consensus that paid firefighters (see #2) can be utilized to save lives across fire, rescue, and EMS. This is NOT a reason to hire less firefighters.

[Alaz Sengul @alazsengul]

TechCrunch featured!

https://t.co/JJlVlTMPfB

[Martin Hunt @MartinHuntJr]

@annarmonaco @TechCrunch @tryparadigm @ycombinator 👀🎉

[Jared Friedman @snowmaker]

A highlight of the YC batch was the founders of @adagyrobotics taking over a corner of the YC office to develop their robot control software.

YC's first office shared space with @tlbtlbtlb's robotics startup, so it was a fun throwback to have robots in our office again.

[Lina Colucci @lina_colucci]

YC Demo Day finished. The skies parted. And confetti fell on San Francisco for about 5 minutes 🎉

🥳 Congrats @ycombinator W24 batch! 🥳

[Martin Hunt @MartinHuntJr]

👀🚀

[Alaz Sengul @alazsengul]

TechCrunch featured!

https://t.co/JJlVlTMPfB

[Jared Friedman @snowmaker]

When startups start taking off, the founders usually can't tell what's changed. It's some combination of all the random things they did to make it take off, but it's hard to say which ones.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

I don't always invest in funds, but when I do, I prefer Wayfinder.