Jeremy Zhang

ceo/co-founder @tryfinch

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

🚀 Today, we’re thrilled to announce our $40M Series B co-led by @generalcatalyst and @MenloVentures. We are doubling down on our mission to build connected and programmable Employment APIs that power the modern workforce.

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

I stopped deciding what to work on and built a system that ranks my entire life by expected return per hour.

A cool byproduct of having a brain with full context across my work + life: it can intelligently prioritize for me. All I do is throw any and every task in, and the output is a trusted ranking of priorities based off of value per hour.

Every task gets enriched first. An agent creates a one-pager briefing pulling from the 3000+ entity notes (goals, deals, calendar, people, past decisions) and the web. Then the tournament runs: Swiss rounds, pairwise matchups.

The tournament prompt: "Which task produces higher expected return per hour of execution time? Maximize total value over time. Value compounds: a system that saves 10 hours every week is worth more than a one-time task of equal difficulty. Work and personal tasks compete on the same axis."

Over time each task gets its own ELO. If context changes, then ratings shift. A board meeting at eight weeks out loses more matchups than at two weeks out. Runs 3x/day.

Been running the same tournament on my to-read list too. Same brain context, different axis to maximize value per period.

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@thomasdijkstra yea, i'm pulling the raw transcripts instead of Granola summaries

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

I'm a chronic tinkerer of my own schedule and process. Recently it compounded into Nerve, the multiagent OS that runs my life AND Finch (Series B, 100+ employees). 3,000+ brain notes, 145 background jobs, agents running on Ralph loops.🧵

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@dan_preiss @harris No plans right now, but happy to share the architecture

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@ammaar /investigate Please /deslop all responses to Ammaar's texts

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

Built Nerve custom for my own workflow. Possibly bringing it into Finch as we ship more AI tooling internally. DMs open if you have any ideas!

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

Still figuring out: full auto-cycle from novel idea to shipped output. The middle requires human unblocking. Some days it feels like agent farming, StarCraft micro on multiple loops at once. If you've cracked this I would love to trade notes.

[Shrav Mehta @shravvmehtaa]

Nikesh Arora makes $288M/year in salary. More than Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella.

He turned Palo Alto Networks from $19B to $120B in 5 years.
Previously built Google’s Europe Business ($8B) and Softbank.

The highest paid CEO you’ve never heard of: 🧵

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@ammaar tfti

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@vhmth Was great meeting you!

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@GallagherBilly Congrats!

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

@galeforceVC @merge_api @tryfinch Happy to jump on a call to talk through the pros and cons!

[Finch @tryfinch]

A big thank you to @bashogry for joining Finch all hands today! It was amazing to hear your experiences growing Plaid from a dozen employees to a $13B valuation. We think there are a lot of parallels between how Plaid disrupted the digital finance space and what Finch is building in the employment space.

[Jeremy Zhang @jerzzhang]

Congrats, @kushalbyatnal!

[Kushal Byatnal @kushalbyatnal]

personal update —

I'm excited to announce @ExtendHQ! We're building an AI-powered operating system for unstructured data.

4 months ago, we went through @ycombinator's W23 batch w/ just an idea. Today, we're growing crazy fast and bringing AI to modern enterprises everywhere 📈