Hunter Rice

Founder of Sendit (250m users). Took 7 consumer apps to #1 on App Store

[Orbit @orbitai]

Trying to personalize a product without knowing your user is like shopping for a gift for a stranger.

[Wes Bos @wesbos]

the four horsemen of the apocalypse

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

@rsg The only headwind is holders liquidating to prepare for SpaceX IPO

[Alec Dusheck @simplyalec]

@hunterrice i have a feeling that the infamous cold-start algo problem for new social platforms will become much less of an issue soon ;)

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

@venivci Insane KPI @OpenAI

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

@theaustinchang Yes. All else equal, more identity data points will create a winning edge

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

@vanders3nn This will be big especially if its answers are tailored to you out of the box

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

@vanders3nn Does this require behavioral context over time or is it personalized out of the box

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

https://t.co/4ylxHwVjim

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

Great thinking here 👇

[Eytan Elbaz @eytanelbaz]

@hunterrice Friends(ter) gave way to Interests and now to an Identity Graph

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

GC currently

[Randian Capital @RandianCapital]

How $SNAP can maintain its independence and shake off the market's concerns about its capital needs to scale the specs business.

$SNAP should explore a partnership with $APP where Applovin buys a meaningful stake in the company - 5-10%, and Applovin helps improve $SNAP's ad monetization and also offers $SNAP ad inventory on its platform.

This can also assuage the market's fears $SNAP lacks the capital firepower to scale the specs buisness.

@rfvivas

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

Musically → TikTok is the best example

Musically had location and friends

TikTok took this and added interests

One extra identity signal led the product from $1B to $1T

[Orbit @orbitai]

The products that win in the next era of consumer are the ones that attain more identity data points than their competitors

> Agents that act with your relationships, profession, and communication style in mind

> Recruiting that matches beyond resume keywords into working style and culture fit

> E-commerce that recommends products based on income, values, and lifestyle

> Travel that builds itineraries around your pace, budget, and interests

> Dating that matches beyond surface-level preferences into beliefs, daily routine, and culture

Orbit’s Identity Graph makes this possible

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

📈📈

[jai @jairad26]

is this the start of something wonderful and new

[Eytan Elbaz @eytanelbaz]

@orbitai Proud investor and a full circle moment. Semantics were pretty important to us as well when we were building AdSense https://t.co/uswWQchKlk

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

Insane.

[Orbit @orbitai]

The most important data layer for agents will be the one that helps them understand people.

With semantic search and advanced filtering, Orbit’s Identity Graph makes it possible.

Preview the identity layer of the internet. https://t.co/4WI7lEUkZP

[jai @jairad26]

building search is fun

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

True personalization has always been the goal

[Orbit @orbitai]

We’re now entering the final era of personalized software.

2000s: Social apps relied on the friend graph
2010s: Algorithmic feeds were built on the interest graph

Agents will require an entirely new graph to capture our full identities.

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

IRL is not for the faint hearted or the pessimistic

[Orbit @orbitai]

10 IRL Connection App Founders to follow on X.

A thread.

[Hunter Rice @hunterrice]

@orbitai @markpinc Does proven>better>new apply to book writing?