The real agentic engineering hack is to user-feedback-maxx
Through channels that persist: shared Slacks, Discord, Fireflies.
Then turn your agents loose and instantly ship fixes
Matt's guide is great but this line is pretty funny:
"They're so lit up by being able to build anything that they don't do anything else. Then they launch and there are no users." 😆
BREAKING: Spanish @factorialapp has JUST raised a WHOPPING $150m Series D at $2.5bn valuation! 🇪🇸
The round was led by @generalcatalyst (@pranavsinghvi), who have also committed an additional $540m through its Customer Value Fund.
This is AMAZING news for one of the top companies coming out of Spain.
I spoke to Founder and CEO Jordi and discussed:
0:00 - Introduction
0:21 - General Catalyst invests $150m in Factorial
1:10 - Why raise capital now?
2:28 - The relationship with General Catalyst
3:55 - How the Customer Value Fund works
5:24 - From HR software to AI-native workforce operations
9:00 - Leading AI transformation inside a company
11:18 - Why Europe is a great place to build
13:16 - Barcelona’s startup ecosystem
15:52 - Lessons from Silicon Valley
18:21 - Building a company for the long term
19:57 - What Factorial looks for when hiring
Congrats @jordiromero, @bernatfarrero, Pau Ramon Revilla, and the rest of the Factorial team!