Shafqat Islam

President @optimizely. Was Founder & CEO @welcomeSW (previously known as NewsCred). Immigrant. Small time angel investor. Die hard Tennessee Titans fan.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

World Cup is so amazing. And Morocco deserved that. Well done.

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@facecardxx @TrustlessState You have good taste. Those are 1 and 2. But Edition and 1Hotel (residences side so you're not dealing with the masses) are probably the next two.

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Really great ad

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

Questions are everything.

Because the people who never stop asking are the ones who find answers.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

On my way back from Cannes. Here’s 10 things I learned about B2B SaaS…

Just kidding. We drank a lot of rosé, went to parties, and took just enough photos to make it look like we were working hard (panels!)… and posted the pics on the company Slack for the suckers back home.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

What do you guys think? Real fresh not refresh!

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

We did a thing… it’s been a labor of love. Repositioning and rebranding the company takes a great team. And courage. My brief was simple: bravery will not be optional.

[Optimizely @Optimizely]

Meet the new Optimizely. The AI platform for marketing.

Because marketing’s been stuck in survival mode long enough. So we’re here to fix it.

One place to create and optimize every digital experience. With AI built into every part of how you work.
Now, you're free to grow.

[Optimizely @Optimizely]

Meet the new Optimizely. The AI platform for marketing.

Because marketing’s been stuck in survival mode long enough. So we’re here to fix it.

One place to create and optimize every digital experience. With AI built into every part of how you work.
Now, you're free to grow.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Congrats to @eoghan and the entire @fin_ai team. Good things happen to good people! We’re about a year behind them on a very similar journey at the same scale here @Optimizely. We are running a similar playbook. Standing should of giants etc 🚀

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Love love love this

[MC Bets @MCbets__]

“The Savior of the Broken”

Jalen Brunson

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

❤️

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The vibes couldn’t be more immaculate in America right now

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Wu tang not getting enough credit for the W

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Just flew from Melbourne to Sydney. NO ONE CHECKED ID. It’s not a thing. You just go through 2 min security and you’re at your gate. No lines, no ID checking, no stress. Magical experience. What are we even doing here in the US. Ugh.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Bot traffic just surpassed human traffic on the internet: https://t.co/0sTK4d4WoO

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Michael Jordan is the @natebain of basketball. The Titans social/content team keeps cooking at elite levels.

[Tennessee Titans @Titans]

You never know who you'll see on the street @Shift4

NFL Schedule Release Show 5/14 on @nflnetwork at 7PM CT

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

lol so true. @aatzberger always laughs at people who quickly exclaim “XYZ is dead” (apparently it’s an American thing).

[Akshay Kothari @akothari]

One interesting trend over the past year is how quickly vibes complete the full circle. In just the last few months, we’ve done multiple round trips:

- PMs went from “the role is dead” to “we still need PMs” to “PMs might be the most important function.”
- Software engineering went from “AI will wipe out coding jobs” to “new grads can’t get hired” to “software hiring is booming again.”
- SaaS itself went from “software is dying” to SaaSpocalypse to “actually, AI is software too. We are so back!”

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Not sure I quite understand this but I absolutely know it’s true.

[Cristina Vanko 💘 @cristinavanko]

the secret to the best relationships in nyc is spontaneity and down to clown energy

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

They literally cannot provision accounts for us fast enough and we have to wait days or even weeks. Never seen this before. Take our $$$.

[Pythia Cap: Partially Conductive @PythiaR]

Ant ARR now $44b vs $30b a month ago per semianalysis.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Random thought: Daft Punk's Around the World is one of the greatest tracks of all time. Not just dance music. All time. And DP are one of the greatest acts of all time. Its been 20 years since they did their legendary Coachella set.

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

Amazon is an insane company

[The Transcript @TheTranscript_]

$AMZN CEO: "If our chips business was a standalone business and sold chips produced this year to AWS and other third parties as other leading chip companies do, our annual revenue run rate would be $50 billion. As best as we can tell, our custom silicon business is now one of the top three data center chip businesses in the world. And the speed at which we've gotten here is extraordinary"

[Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam]

@HarryStebbings Want to interview me instead? :) Topic is: 400M ARR SaaS company. Is it dead or can it transform into an AI company. Hot topic given SaaSpocalypse and Mediallia going from 6B to zero today.