Andrey Akselrod

Building something new | Board Member & ex-CTO @ppl_ai. Founder and ex-CTO of @Smartling. Writing great software and drinking great coffee. Mace & kettlebells.

[Richie Serna @RSerna2010]

Today @finix is excited to announce we’ve raised $75M in Series C funding led by @AcrewCapital, co-led by @lightspeedvp and @leappartners.

When we started Finix, we were big believers in the developer movement. We still are! Since then, we’ve recognized that there’s been a major shift in the market. Even businesses that have developers don’t want to spend their time or resources on payments — they want highly brandable and configurable payment components. From startups to publicly traded companies, merchants to vertical SaaS companies, customers of all sizes are taking advantage of Finix’s no-code solutions. Today, every feature in Finix's broad product suite is now available in no-code, low-code and API-driven solutions.

If Adyen is for the enterprise, Square is for card present SMBs, Stripe is for the developer-centric startup, Finix is for the 22M businesses without enough developers.

Read more here: https://t.co/JBaxHRusIV

[Andrey Akselrod @chelya]

@RSerna2010 @finix @AcrewCapital @lightspeedvp @leappartners Congrats!!! This is HUGE!

[Andrey Akselrod @chelya]

@darynakulya @OpenPhone Love it! I am always a proponent of not hiring support folks for a while letting founders/head of product handle all the support.

[Andrey Akselrod @chelya]

@snowmaker @bling0 2.5 out of 3 is ✅ in my case.
1. Co-founder ✅
2. No idea is good enough. Struggled with this one. It is tough second/third time around. Finally made a decision. ✅
3. New industry, but the one I have a ton of expertise in. Half ✅

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Oh no.

[Andrey Akselrod @chelya]

.@Superhuman ❤️ @Grammarly awesomeness

https://t.co/ocmfF9GQid

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

The Stars and Stripes fly again over Embassy Kyiv. I can announce that we have officially resumed Embassy operations in Ukraine’s capital. We stand proudly with the government and people of Ukraine as they bravely defend their country from Putin’s brutal invasion. Slava Ukraini!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Without additional weaponry, this war will become an endless bloodbath, spreading misery, suffering, and destruction. Mariupol, Bucha, Kramatorsk – the list will be continued. Nobody will stop Russia except Ukraine with Heavy Weapons. #ArmUkraineNow

[Andrey Akselrod @chelya]

@smartling To all #interpreters who could help displaced Ukrainians - pls register. #StandWithUkraine

https://t.co/UCr10a4Oo7

[Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill]

Next week on our Twitter Space, @ahl and I are going to be joined by @chelya to talk about an essential and urgent issue: what we in tech can do to help Ukraine. Please join us: Monday, 5p Pacific. https://t.co/Tbn6opiYk5

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

Russia continues holding hostage over 400.000 people in Mariupol, blocks humanitarian aid and evacuation. Indiscriminate shelling continues. Almost 3.000 newborn babies lack medicine and food. I urge the world to act! Force Russia to stop its barbaric war on civilians and babies!

[Mykhailo Fedorov @FedorovMykhailo]

We are grateful to @Dan_Schulman for #StandingwithUkraine and for suspending business in russia. It makes a huge difference. @PayPal we welcome you in Ukraine! Your presence will provide more financial freedom to 40 million of Ukrainians in these difficult times.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ukrainian Ambassador holds up a tweet from Lavrov and advises Russian diplomats that they can obtain assistance for mental help from the NHS by dialing 111

[Anonymous @YourAnonTeam]

Anonymous stands with Ukraine. Russia we are coming for you. #Anonymous #OpRussia #Ukraine #Russia.

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

This was the world’s largest aircraft, AN-225 ‘Mriya’ (‘Dream’ in Ukrainian). Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’. But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state. We shall prevail!

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

Horrific Russian rocket strikes on Kyiv. Last time our capital experienced anything like this was in 1941 when it was attacked by Nazi Germany. Ukraine defeated that evil and will defeat this one. Stop Putin. Isolate Russia. Severe all ties. Kick Russia out of everywhete.

[Alisa Cohn @AlisaCohn]

So fantastic to see the cofounder of @Smartling and CTO of @ppl_ai, @chelya! We had the chance to chat about the lessons he learned on his journey from founder to leader. Thank you for endorsing my book From Start-Up to Grown-Up!

#startups
#leadership

[Ben Daters @Daters4]

BREAKING NEWS 🚨 @ppl_ai has acquired Hero Research!! A state-of-the-art Salesforce productivity app and rebranded as https://t.co/ry3o4mO1vu. It allows sales reps to effortlessly access and make updates to Salesforce!

[martin_casado @martin_casado]

The tech hiring market is going crazy right now. Most recruiting firms I work with are saturated with demand and don't have the people to handle all the searches. 🚀🚀🚀🚀

[Comparably @Comparably]

@ppl_ai Congrats on being named #7 on @Comparably's Top 50 list for Happiest Employees in 2020, as rated by your employees. See the full list here: https://t.co/ow6cy7e5cR