Guy Fenton

building akai @deel
startup & tech enthusiast

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@Bouazizalex @ullastweets @ullastweets look forward to showing you next week!

[Akai @Akai_by_deel]

Hello, world. We'll take it from here.

https://t.co/dZ0kcLz4kh

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

https://t.co/0VSAPmjuNz

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

Packed house today at The Pitch by @deel in London 🇬🇧

Congrats to the startups that won! Next stop: NYC on May 5th.

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

Who's building a payments company?

We've built something at @deel that can 10x your team's productivity 🤯 No more banking portals, reconciling transactions or manual work.

If that's you, DMs are open.

[Sequoia Capital @sequoia]

In honor of 50 years of Apple, we're sharing - for the first time ever - Don Valentine's original 1977 memo for Sequoia's investment into Apple Computer. #Apple50

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

We've been testing our ATS with beta customers for the last year and the feedback has been unbelievable.

Hire, onboard, pay, manage and retain all on Deel 💥

[deel @deel]

Deel’s native ATS just dropped! 💥

Here’s what’s new...

[0:10] Headcount planning → Instant hiring
Approved roles become live reqs. No handoffs.

[0:19] Deel AI does the heavy lifting
Create job posts, and source in seconds.

[0:28] Built-in sourcing
Tap internal + external talent automatically.

[0:33] Smarter screening
Applicants matched against role criteria.

[0:39] Collaboration, streamlined
Interview review, feedback and decisions — all in one place.

[0:47] Analytics to hire smarter
See what’s working. Fix what’s not.

[0:54] Zero-friction onboarding
Offers flow straight into HR. No rework. One connected hiring workflow, end to end.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

At 8090, one of our best engineers is still in high school. How he got a job here is a story for another day but, more generally, brilliant kids like him, using AI, will rebuild our entire world for the better.

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

Deel turns 7 today.

When I joined in 2020, we had one product, one ICP and less than $1m ARR.

Today: 15+ products. $1.4bn ARR. 40k+ customers in 150+ countries.

Most startups don't survive 7 years. The ones that thrive don't just execute - they reinvent themselves every 18 months.

Happy birthday @Deel. The best is still ahead 🚀

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

We just wrapped The Big @deel 2026 - and this one felt different. 🚀

Today is also Deel's 7th birthday. 7 years, 40,000+ companies, $22B in payroll processed.

This year we connected every stage of the worker lifecycle into one platform. Here's what we launched 👇🧵

[Tara Keeney @tarakeeney]

He built a $17 billion dollar company by the age of 32.

I walked with @Bouazizalex , co founder of @deel 🌍

Full episode on my Spotify - link in bio!

Ps have you signed up to The Pitch? Enter with your 2 min pitch to win a $1,000,000 investment for your startup... https://t.co/HGNdPcPY2Y

Sponsored by @Lovable 💕

[Tara Keeney @tarakeeney]

He built @netflix ! 😱 I walked with @marcrandolph...

Full episode in my link in bio.

If you’re building anything, you need to watch this…

Sponsored by @Lovable

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@maxwallenberg @deel @iron Boom!

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@mflscout @deel @jpmorgan DMs open!

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@myriamafrica @deel @jpmorgan Yes all startups around the world can apply. We have regional finals in London, Paris and Berlin

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@BuilderEbony @deel @jpmorgan Tel aviv, Paris, Berlin, London, Singapore, New York, UAE

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@mflscout @deel @jpmorgan We’re sector agnostic - much more interested in finding bold, ambitious startups!

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@0xFForest @deel @jpmorgan We have a regional final in New York so all latam startups can apply!

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@copytrade_gg @deel @jpmorgan Let’s go! best of luck 💪🏼

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

Huge opportunity for any early-stage founders across the globe 🌎🚀

[deel @deel]

Calling all founders 📢

Deel is launching The Pitch — a global startup pitch competition, presented by @jpmorgan

Up for grabs…

💰 Up to 100 regional winners receive $50,000 in investment
🌍 Up to 10 global champions win $1M in investment
🤝 Plus access to exclusive startup perks and a global founder community

If you’re building something bold, this is your moment.

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/CjDotU4vPC

[Guy Fenton @guyfenton_]

@jaltma @vkhosla @rabois Great duo. Super insightful!