Aurélien Vasinis

CEO & Founder @ Kuration AI - Don’t buy a database. Build the one that fits you - AI agents for B2B research automation.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

Ditch the off-the-shelf databases. Forge your own, in seconds.

Stop renting leads. Build your own empire—instantly

Why buy someone else’s list? Spin up your own...

Skip the middleman DBs. Craft your perfect list that match what you need.

Your data. Your rules. Your database.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

@RealFeatBit @SlackHQ Same over here. :/ all gone… hk based

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

This guy is rebuilding Microsoft Flight Simulator in the browser with Opus 4.6

Very impressive

https://t.co/ri1nsxarxZ

[Param @Param_eth]

Your startup is probably missing out on free money.

I built a FREE directory of $1.3M+ in startup credits:

$100K – AWS
$60K – Retool
$50K – PostHog
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$150K – Microsoft
$250K – Cloudflare
$100K – DigitalOcean
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41 startup programs.

Shipped → https://t.co/U6lHMovJuo

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

All 13.5 million jobs in Texas, visualized by sector in @Mapbox with block-level precision.

The newly-released 2023 LODES data is one of the most underrated public datasets.

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. I wanted to quickly share a few tips for using Claude Code, sourced directly from the Claude Code team. The way the team uses Claude is different than how I use it. Remember: there is no one right way to use Claude Code -- everyones' setup is different. You should experiment to see what works for you!

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

LinkedIn is not your TAM.

It’s just the part of your market that’s easiest to see.

If you think your total addressable market lives on LinkedIn, one of two things is true:

(1) you sell only to Western tech companies
(2) you haven’t gone deep enough yet

Because in many markets:

> company pages don’t exist
> decision-makers don’t post
> profiles are outdated or missing
> entire industries are invisible

And yet these companies:

> sponsor events
> exhibit globally
> sign six-figure checks
> fly teams across borders

Where are they hiding?

Not on LinkedIn.

They show up in:

> event exhibitor & sponsor directories
> PDF decks (sponsor prospectuses, floor plans, post-show reports)
> chamber of commerce member lists
> trade associations and industry bodies
> incubators, accelerators, and government programs
> export promotion agencies and trade missions
> procurement portals and tender databases
> certification bodies and standards registries
> local business registries and yellow pages
> Google Maps and review platforms
> conference agendas, speaker lists, delegate lists
> venue exhibitor archives and historical floor plans

LinkedIn is often just the tip of the iceberg.

Here’s the real growth ceiling nobody talks about:

What happens when you’ve already reached out to 100% of your LinkedIn “TAM”?

Do you stop growing?

Or do you admit your data source was incomplete?

This is why offline market data matters.

> Participation beats profiles.
> Spend beats posts.
> Presence beats content.

LinkedIn is a tool. One tool. Not the ONLY tool.

It’s just not THE market.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

hot take: owning your outbound infra is the only sustainable way to do outbound.

buying infra ready-made from providers is attractive because this is cheap.
but you will need to renew your infra on a regular basis. inboxes, warm-up, you better do your own...

owning the infra takes a bit more time, upfront investment, but you can keep it longer, forever!

price is a trap. you think it's cheaper, it's not in the long run.

this is like fast-fashion...
yeah, your t-shirt is cheap, but you need to change it every month because it does not age well....

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

my name stood out so much that he could not say "Hi Aurelien"

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

Online intent is getting noisy.
Not because buyers changed.

Because the internet is being eaten by:
> AI generated content
> bots
> fake traffic
> “engagement” farms
> inflated signals

So the classic playbooks are breaking:
> Website visits ≠ intent
> Clicks ≠ intent
> Ad retargeting ≠ intent
> Tech stack changes ≠ intent

What still matters?

Offline intent.
Real-world participation.

When a company:
> sponsors an event
> buys a booth
> sends a team
> hosts a private dinner
> puts their executives on stage

That’s not a signal.
That’s a budget decision.
And budgets don’t get faked by bots.

The next era of GTM won’t be “who clicked”.
It’ll be who showed up.

Offline intent = real money + real effort.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

what's harder selling to government or selling to someone in India? I am not sure. both equally hard?

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

I just built a “GTM plan generator” for B2B teams.

And I’m not putting it on our website yet!

Because I want to test something first.

Most teams don’t need more tools.

They need a clear answer to:

“Who should we target next… and why?”

So we built a new activity inside Kuration:

You drop your website → we generate a full GTM Research Blueprint:

> Best ICP segments to start with
> Custom filters to find the right accounts
> Custom signals (intent + fit + timing)
> Scoring model
> Exact sourcing plan (where to pull accounts from)
> What to enrich + what to prioritize

It comes as a full deck (like a mini consulting report).

And yes — you can replicate everything inside Kuration after.

A plan you’d normally pay a consultant for.

I’m sharing it privately for now.

Comment GTM and I’ll DM you the link to get it + send you the full example report.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

AI productivity is overrated in Asia.
You hire people—not buy tools. Time saved isn't a buying reason; headcount is cheap and = status.
If your AI only does what an intern can, it's not a product.
Real value: new insight, new signal, new revenue.
That's why Kuration is built on outcomes, not productivity.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

2025 taught me one thing very clearly: research isn’t weekly for everyone.

Some teams need to:

Update a CSV once in a while

Research a PDF

Clean or enrich their CRM

Refresh a list every few months

They don’t need advanced workflows running on autopilot.
They don’t need to “be subscribed” all year.

For them, traditional subscriptions don’t make sense.

That’s why we introduced a $1/month access to Kuration:
Use it when you need it.
Buy only what you use.
No pressure to extract value every month.

We want Kuration to be available when research matters, not when billing cycles say it should.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

@beffjezos @grok real shit?

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

Curated snapshot below:
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↳ PALO IT - Stanislas BOCQUET | IT / Consulting
↳ Bistrochat - 🍴Hacene Taibi & Xavier Besnault | Restaurant Booking & Loyalty App
↳ AngelHub - Karen Contet | CrowdEquity Platform
↳ Le Club des cinq - French Learning Centre - Paul Chauvet | Learning Center
↳ Nextspace Bastien Cuny | Flexible Workspace
↳ Alea - Health Insurance & Benefits - Amelie Dionne-Charest & Julien Mathieu | Digital Insurance Brokerage
↳ L'Epicerie Fine Art - Baptiste Droniou | Art dealership
↳ Frenchie Toquee - Pauline Graillot | French best cakes
↳ CHEESE CLUB - Jacques Derreumaux | Cheese e-commerce
↳ Unity Partners - Thomas Hardy | Headhunting Services
↳ Bakehouse by Grégoire Michaud - Frederic Koerckel | Best egg tarts in town!
↳ Revowise Limited - arnaud Arnaud LACHERETZ, PMP | Digital Transformation Boutique Consulting
↳ HARIwtf
Wiresk- Pierre Stanghellini - Business Consulting / Automation
↳ OnTheList - Diego Dultzin Lacoste - Fashion circular economy
↳ Sparkmate - morgan pelissier | fully electric steel mills
↳ LORE | Creative Experience Agency - Beatrice Remy | Creative Agency
↳ Paul Lafayet | Pâtisserie Française - Christophe Younes | Retail Patisserie Francaise

And more coming!

Comment FrenchFoundersHK, I'll send you the full list.

Many in F&B...

If you want to connect with fellow Frenchies, look for a job in town, that list is a must!

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

So (too?) many French people in Hong Kong?

If you walk around Stanley Market or Sheung Wan, you are likely to hear the language of "Molière".

In total, between 25 to 40,000 French Citizens are in Hong Kong. (1,692,798 French living abroad...)

The largest French community in Asia. #1

Not sure why the French love HK so much....
MTR? Food? Weather? No capital gain tax? The list is long...

Unlike Japan or the USA, France does not have that many companies in town. BNP Paribas Societe Generale are among the most well-known ones.

Only 300 "French" companies, according to censtatd Hong Kong Government

So why so many French?

I have one explanation:

HK is an extraordinary place to start a business!

Many founders in town are actually French, including myself :D

466 Founders/Co-founders.

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

I honestly don't know why there are so many French people building in the MarkTech space...

Even though we grew up in a country where "sales" is seen as a F word...

interesting. I genuinely don't know why we have so many french founders in this space...

why so many Guillaume as well...

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

The new hack: cold calling with some real background noise... I just received a cold call from Odoo HK. I knew it wasn't a pre-recorded agent asking me if I wanted to borrow money in 0.1 sec, and the first word in English, not in Cantonese! 100/100

Well, it was just happy hour in their office... they should probably keep that vibe going everyday though.

All the cold calls I received are always the same... robotic voices, cantonese speakers, pre-recorded, sooooo annoying!

[Aurélien Vasinis @a_vasinis]

Scraping your competitor's followers is an incredible hack.

The signal is often very high quality. Especially for smaller/young companies.

Nobody follows a small LinkedIn page randomly. It means something.

But the list is NOT perfect.

2 issues:

(a) vendors/suppliers might follow the page (that's the case for Kuration AI and Rayda

(b) people looking for a job/investors/freelancers

For a larger page with more than 100K followers, forget about it; the signal is too weak. It means the company is running ads, too many random people might click follow...

Not the first time I received such an email "I see you follow".

I responded to explain why we follow Rayda... pitching Kuration - responding to a cold email with our own offering never works though.

Let's see.