Justin Banusing

co-founder @cloutedhq @andfriendsfest (@speedrun 003). melodic bass dj/producer. was on jr masterchef.

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

Excited to finally reveal @CloutedHQ to the world!

Big shoutouts to @lessin @Jack_Raines at @slow for believing in our vision in a world where artists, brands and creators never have to worry about being heard.

Back to building.

[Clouted @CloutedHQ]

Nobody believes in you, so make them.

Announcing our $7M seed round led by @Slow.

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@tiffzhao05 @conviction 🫡

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

SBF was shit at League...

But he was a BANGER investor

[Sam @futurenomics]

Anthropic’s last round was apparently a bloodbath behind the scenes. A GP at a prominent fund had dinner with Dario three times before their allocation was slashed to zero. At least four other tier-one funds got pulled at the last minute.

Their crime? Passing on the Series B, the hardest round Dario ever had to raise (led by Spark). In venture conviction is all that counts.

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

criminal that the chainsmokers are at local support billing

special guest and up or bust

[derek barry miller @omniderek]

This looks like a festival lineup 😭😭

[Paul Graham @paulg]

@headinthebox I disagree. You should work on whatever you find most interesting. For some people that's databases. And there's nothing wrong with a 16 year old making another instance of something that already exists. That's what all the bands are doing too. That's what you do at 16.

[andrew pignanelli @ndrewpignanelli]

happy NY Tech Week to everyone here from SF.

Some reminders:
- yes this is the center of the universe for everything that isn’t AI
- it’s OK to dress up here
- apple maps has easier subway directions
- the hottest people are at the @intelligenceco office or west side highway

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@sugarjammi NGHTSHIFT Afters

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

founder music tastes by region

sf: deep house / melodic techno
nyc: ukg / baile / tech house
la: dubstep / melodic bass
sea/aus: hardstyle / hard tech

i don't make the rules

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@itsCathyDi registered for the cap

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@sexyishaan @ericcouu Will be there 🫡

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@VRwithJasmine This is insaneeeee

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

new york needs a tech week just as much sf needs a culture week

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@npceo_ Good stuff, man. I know we only met once, but I have nothing but respect for how much conviction you had on your vision + how smart and hard you worked on simcluster.

Hope the break treats you well!

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

not all dollars of investment are equal to each other

not a yc founder, but the $500k is nominal compared to the undeniable value you get from it (especially if you're out of network)

[Boardy @boardyai]

Is giving up 7% of your company for $500,000 worth it?

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@arlanr we got the one word domain for ours for nothing coz the ppl who owned it forgot to pay for it LOL

[Samantha Ouyang @samanthaaouyang]

day 7 of tweeting until I find my ideal cofounder

> did my 3rd round speedrun interview today, thought it went pretty well, answered confidently, partners were smiling!
> emailed decision in 3 hrs, rejected for being a solo founder :(
> would rlly wish my bf would leave me alone instead of wiping my tears and telling me it's ok to be disappointed
> onwards, a16z scout check wired td + leaving for edge city tmw to test the platform

appreciate the feedback and ty for believing me more than anyone else so far

[Artin Bogdanov @ArtinBogdanov]

A few days ago, @GustavS showed save-to-spotify: a @Spotify skill that lets agents turn calendar, news, and Slack updates into private podcasts.

We loved the behavior and put a SUN-spin on it!☀️

And today we’re launching sun-to-spotify, an open-source Claude Code skill that turns a topic, prompt, or file into a ready-to-listen audio course you can save privately to Spotify.

My life right now has three tabs open at all times: startup, marriage, infant son. Along with your usual other 67 tabs of research, meeting notes, studies, Slack updates, product docs, or the thing everyone is suddenly posting about.

So, the point is the same: if it can become audio, it has a better chance of actually making it into your day.

Especially if it shows up right next to your workout playlist and suspiciously specific late-night podcasts👀

SUN for your next era of audio learning. Now, SUN for your Spotify library too.

Check out the demo 👇 and play around with the skill (link is in the comments).

Tell us what you created!

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@jia_seed where the fellow musicians at

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

@VivianCaiIAm @CloutedHQ Pull up next time 🫡

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

Somehow convinced the biggest club in Los Angeles to partner with our startup launch party...

and filled it with 1.2k+ of @CloutedHQ's friends across tech, creators and music ON A SUNDAY!

Back to the lab now 🫡

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

Shoutouts to @FairlaneMusic @djseduza @sadbois_music and Kang for pulling thru!

And to our founder friends who flew in from SF and NY to support @xuelinda7 @CaydenGinting etc 🙌