Ben Klenk

YC S20 - Making it possible for anyone to start a food business

[lucas ochoa @lucas0choa]

@GautamBose18 and I left Google robotics three years ago with a simple bet: agents would be able to use the computer better than we do.

and it's happening: today, we are launching Ace: an agentic teammate with its own mac mini, email, iPhone and a seat on your team. It uses the tools like you already do. no new apps to learn, no APIs to build, nothing to migrate.

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@TalhaKhan_TK_ @_rachelbraun @TWiStartups low key until we raise that series A next year >:)

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@puf @Firebase you guys owe me a new heart, thanks for fixing it quickly

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@Firebase did your servers just go down in us-central?

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

20 minute outage...

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@paffleblap @Firebase back up for me

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@tommysearle7 @realHotplate COVID = Explosion of high quality professional supply. build for pros who have a burning problem (unemployment) and expand rapidly. iterate on UI/X so that when normal cooks come in, it's a beautiful, intuitive experience to run their Hotplate and serve their food

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@paulg wow it's been four months since you replied to this, time flies. we got into YC 9 days after this tweet, and now Demo day is coming up, you free for a call next week?

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

Which looks better? Chef photo for a homepage, or little food drawings?

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@mitchaiet @TexasDSHS no

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@maddstokess that's a retweet

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

one of our chefs opened tonight, a husband and wife. both refugees. they made $425 in two hours and sold out, could have made more. we did the math and saw that with a 20 hour work week, 3 month vacation they could make $85k a year. this is why I work on Hotplate.

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@keagansomething perfect

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Tabitha Brown has become a sensation on TikTok, where she gently shows her 2 million followers how to make simple vegan dishes. "Like so, like that." Her soothing tone is resonating widely at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has many of us on edge. https://t.co/cstaLw3b6V

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@marycatthew &

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@GurzSingh yes, found out from someone that they don't like posting on sm about it so I took the original tweet down :/

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@marycatthew 😳

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@nikillinit hey Nikhil, if you're in Austin you should check us out!

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

@notrealkeagan leave some comments on this content you rascal

[Ben Klenk @ben_klenk]

Anyone want to look over some flyer designs? Leave your comments at the link to lmk which content is best/what to axe. These are trying to appeal to a student audience so bear that in mind (zoom out when you click the link to leave comments)

https://t.co/dQ7p8htduv