Krutal Desai

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

Happy 20th, twttr.

“It is not a very complicated application – and which is what makes it so addictive and at the same time annoying.” @om on July 15th, 2006 https://t.co/i0DUGhFABe

[Nabeel Hyatt @nabeel]

@om found in my DMs.

[suryasays @suryasays]

@om was a real part of the silicon valley fabric for me. i met him in 2007 and we stayed in periodic touch. i will miss his thoughtful company and presence.

love to his little bro's @krutal @hnshah

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

I keep reposting people’s memories of @om because every one of them has a piece of him. He was the one with the words. Now all of us are using ours to feel him here. Rest in peace, Om. https://t.co/QcdIOConnR

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

A beautiful tribute for an incredible human. https://t.co/8MFu8u21HX

[moe @moe_naqvi]

I didn't know Om Malik, I met him a few times through @hnshah and @krutal . What I did do, like so many people, is read or watch him speak on technology for most of my adult life. He wrote this in July of 2014 and it could be published tomorrow and still be relevant, perhaps more so. RIP.

"You should presume that someday, we will be able to make machines that can reason, think and do things better than we can,” Google co-founder Sergey Brin said"

"To paraphrase Peter “Spiderman” Parker’s Uncle Ben — with big data, comes big responsibility. The question is will the gatekeepers of the future rise to the challenge?"

https://t.co/sEm8WNvcwG

[Krutal Desai @krutal]

June 24, 2026, the world lost an incredible man.

After a long journey with his heart, @om passed away peacefully at Stanford Hospital, surrounded by the family and friends who loved him. I am deeply grateful that I was able to spend time with him during his final week and to be there in his final moments.

It’s hard to put into words what Om meant to me.

He wasn’t just a friend or mentor, he was family. He would introduce me as his son, and that’s exactly how he treated me. He was the first person to truly believe in me, the first to invest in me, and one of the people most responsible for the person I’ve become.

When I met him, I was just 17 or 18 years old. He was the same age then that I am today. It’s strange to realize I’m now standing where he was when he changed the course of my life.

One of my earliest memories of him was his 40th birthday party. It was at a local bar, and since I wasn’t 21, I figured I’d have to stay outside. Instead, Om came out, found me, and made sure I was included. That was who he was, he made everyone feel like they belonged.

When I made the decision not to finish college and instead pursue a career in tech, Om never questioned it. He believed in me completely. More than that, he sat down with my parents and helped them understand that I knew what I was doing, that I was in good hands, and that he would watch over my path. Looking back now, I realize how extraordinary that was. He wasn’t just giving me advice, he was taking responsibility for me. That’s the kind of man he was.

Over the years, he became the first person I called whenever I needed advice. No matter the situation, he always seemed to know exactly what to say. He had a rare gift of seeing 20 steps ahead while explaining things with remarkable simplicity. He gave wisdom freely, never seeking credit, only wanting to help others succeed.

He was also the officiant who married my wife and me, a moment I’ll forever treasure. He wasn’t just present for the milestones in my life; he helped make them possible.

If you knew Om, you knew his love for espressos, photowalks, beautiful pens, and, of course, technology. He was endlessly curious, always learning, always teaching, always thinking about what came next.

For nearly half my life, he has been one of my constants. My sounding board. My mentor. My father figure. My rock.

Thank you, Om, for believing in me before I believed in myself. Thank you for standing beside me when others weren’t sure. Thank you for every conversation, every lesson, every opportunity, and every moment of encouragement.

I will carry your wisdom with me for the rest of my life. I hope to honor you by being for others even a fraction of what you were for me.

I am deeply grateful that I was able to spend one last fathers day with him and to be there in his final moments.

I love you. I’ll miss you more than words can express.

Rest easy, Om.

[Jeremy Yudkin @yudDIDit]

Today, @editframe emerges from stealth. Agents need video.

Editframe Agent Skills:

npm create @editframe@latest

Just prompt Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex and get a working video or a full interactive GUI.

This video was created just by prompting 👇

[Soso Sazesh @sososazesh]

After spending the past year and a half putting the pieces in place, we're thrilled to launch 43 today to back ambitious founders at the earliest stage https://t.co/PfWkuN3JoA

[Krutal Desai @krutal]

@sososazesh and team 43 are a great balance of operators and company builders that I’m excited to be an LP with! After working closely with Soso for years, it would be a great advantage for founders to work this team. (I plan to do so soon again myself)

[Soso Sazesh @sososazesh]

After spending the past year and a half putting the pieces in place, we're thrilled to launch 43 today to back ambitious founders at the earliest stage https://t.co/PfWkuN3JoA

[Nima Wedlake @nimajw]

(1/4) Excited to share The Appraisal, a monthly newsletter on publicly traded real estate technology companies. The first issue just dropped!

https://t.co/TZwogsJDFw

Like most technology categories, real estate tech co's are trading down meaningfully this year, driven by...

[G-Eazy @G_Eazy]

Gordo's on college ave >>> any taqueria in the universe

[Walter Chun @CoachWalterC]

Thank you! Go Bears and Go Owls!

[OM @om]

Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with SoftBank-led $170M Series C – @TechCrunch congrats @krutal Abe & Henry https://t.co/3UkM59WCK0

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

At my startup, @usefyi we have pivoted from a document search tool for everyone to a security product used by IT people. We've also changed our name to Nira (@niradotcom).

The pivot got kick-started when someone used our product in an unexpected way. Here's the story…

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

I loved startups before everything became a startup.

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

Remembering the time in 2005 that @yahoo exec told me that @reddit was a "rounding error" compared to them and asked the room why this meeting was even happening. 😆

Fight on, founders. No one will believe in you until you believe in yourself.

[Krutal Desai @krutal]

I always look forward to @photomatt product recommendations!

[Matt Mullenweg @photomatt]

I took a different approach for the pandemic edition of "What's in My Bag", lots of links and items I wouldn't normally mention or include: https://t.co/aP7nzO3Jzy

[Krutal Desai @krutal]

@jack and @photomatt on Remote Collaboration, Finding Serendipity, and the Art of Deliberate Work https://t.co/uq2IEhKXrG