hetianye

Family business operator, angel investor. Ex-software engineer and startup founder. Proud MIT alum, GA native, and first generation immigrant

[hetianye @hetianye]

@suzannexie Congrats Suzanne!

[1990 Institute @1990Institute]

📣 Join us Sept 6 at the College of San Mateo for the 1990 Institute Youth Symposium.

🎤 Speakers, 🎬 film screening, 🎭 comedy, 🍱 food & more — all celebrating Asian American youth & community.

🔗 Click the link below to register!
https://t.co/qrNMZLGQQo

#1990Institute

[Amit Gupta @superamit]

I’m hiring a product designer for Sudowrite.

This is a dream job for a designer who loves to write.

The beginning of the listing is… a mini therapy sesh for me.

You’d think it’d be chill after that. But no, it goes on to talk about our company cult…

https://t.co/1rmPoXCQGv

[hetianye @hetianye]

@suzannexie @neo @Forbes @TrueBridgeCP Congrats Suzanne!!

[Alex Yancher @AlexYancher]

On today’s episode of the Operators Podcast, I was thrilled to announce @PassportGlobal1 most significant milestone yet: our acquisition of Brand Access!

By bringing Brand Access onboard, we’re supercharging our internationalization solution with in-country fulfillment enablement and local-marketplace management capabilities - a game-changer for large DTC brands.

Why did we make this move? Because we heard what our customers need:

💸 Huge Cost Savings for Brands: Local fulfillment cuts shipping costs, returns costs, and duties are assessed on the cost of goods imported, not on the retail value

⚡ Faster Shipping: Customers want to get their stuff faster! In-country fulfillment enables this

🔑 Flexibility: With in-country logistics and marketplace management, we can now offer brands multiple ways to grow—whether that’s cross-border shipping, setting up a local presence in key regions like Canada, UK and EU, or expanding on local marketplaces like https://t.co/2kBad0z9H2

🌟 New Verticals: For brands in categories where cross-border shipping isn’t ideal (think large/ fragile items or ‘dangerous goods’), these local solutions provide a clear path to international growth
This solution is ready today, thanks to our 3PL launch partners who are already enabled with a global network of warehouses: Bergen, Capacity, DCL, Outerspace, ShipBob, Shipfusion, and ShipMonk.

Thank you to Craig Walsey, CEO of Brand Access, and the rest of the wonderful Brand Access team for building such an amazing company and for your trust in forging this partnership.

And a big thank you to @seanfrank , @JasonPanzer , @mbertulli , and @mikebeckhamsm for having me and Craig on the Operators podcast to share the big news!

Let’s build a future where international growth is easy.🚀🌍

[hetianye @hetianye]

@AlexYancher Congratulations @AlexYancher and @PassportGlobal1 !

[Forta 🏰 @FortaNetwork]

The future of security is onchain, too.

Today we’re sharing a sneak peak into the next phase of Forta…

Forta Firewall.

[hetianye @hetianye]

Two of my favorite things in the world

[Eric @ericxtang]

Today I found out @livepeerstudio is powering the @burningman live streaming.

[Eric @ericxtang]

Today I found out @livepeerstudio is powering the @burningman live streaming.

[Patlytics @patlytics]

We're excited to announce Patlytics’s $4.5M seed round led by Gradient Ventures, with participation from 8VC, Liquid2 Ventures, Tribe Capital, Vermilion Ventures, Gaingels, Alumni Ventures, Position Ventures and partners from premier law firms and Datadog President Amit Agarwal.

[Doug Petkanics @petkanics]

And just like that, node operators on @Livepeer are beginning to earn ETH for performing generative AI compute tasks in addition to transcoding.

[Suzanne Xie @suzannexie]

Applications now open for Neo Accelerator! 🚀

Intensive 3-month program for pre-seed & seed cos with awesome benefits: $600K for 1.5% + an uncapped "floor", $350K+ in partner credits, and a world class group of tech leaders to see your pitch, invest alongside us, and mentor you

[Suzanne Xie @suzannexie]

I'm incredibly excited to share that @neo is hiring an Investment Associate to join our team!

[Tesla Optimus @Tesla_Optimus]

There’s a new bot in town 🤖

Check this out (until the very end)!

https://t.co/duFdhwNe3K

[james yu @jamesjyu]

Today's a big day for Sudowrite. We're launching Story Engine, an AI tool for writing long-form stories.

Our awesome team worked with hundreds of novelists for months to build the ideal interface for writers and machines to collaborate on a narrative.

[Suzanne Xie @suzannexie]

Thrilled to share that I’ve joined @Neo as their first Investing Partner! I’ll be investing in startups across early and growth stages and am excited to meet and support exceptional founders on their journey.

[Suzanne Xie @suzannexie]

Enjoyed my chat with ⁦@sarthakgh⁩ about the financial stack for B2B SaaS businesses, integrated revenue tooling like ⁦@stripe⁩, and my previous companies 💸🛠️📈🙌 https://t.co/kaedaSkI54

[Lauren Berson Sugarman @LaurenBerson]

I couldn’t be more proud to share that today, @conceive is live in public beta. After far too many years of struggles with infertility, and hundreds of conversations with many of you — patients and providers — we’ve built the solution I wish I had.

https://t.co/4QpeHflbLh

[hetianye @hetianye]

@AmandaMGoetz Been following your inspiring journey. You’ve got every reason to be proud of what you’ve achieved. Live your life the way you want!!

[Alex Shevchenko 🇺🇦 @AlexAuroraDev]

The last three weeks introduced a drastic change in my life and I cannot be silent about it. Now I'm homeless, along with millions of others.
The thread is rough. But I have no other words for this. I cannot be polite when my people are dying.
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