Taylor Schwarz

Building @ Haven

[Martian @withmartian]

Announcing Ship: an endpoint with the highest intelligence per dollar of any frontier model.

Today, Ship makes using Opus and GPT 5.6 Sol 50% cheaper guaranteed by a quality SLA.

[Martian @withmartian]

Introducing Code Review Bench v0: https://t.co/iAZDURyqol

The first independent code review benchmark. 200,000+ PRs. Unbiased. Fully OSS. Updated daily.

Tool performance highlights 🧵👇

Featuring: @augmentcode @baz_scm @claudeai @coderabbitai @cursor @GeminiApp @github @graphite @greptile @kilocode @OpenAIDevs @propelcode @QodoAI

[Moonlake @moonlake]

What if you could build a gameplay with precision, then restyle it to look like anything - anime, fantasy, cyberpunk?

Introducing Reverie: a real-time, programmable diffusion model trained for games, capable of conditioning beyond pixels.

AI tools are only meaningful when they can help realize creative vision, not replace it. Sign up for our hackathon in January below to be the first to build on Moonlake 👇

[Cyrus Shirazi @Cyrushshirazi]

Boring businesses are hands down the best companies to build.

Trust me. I’m two years into building a “boring” company and we’re already at $9M ARR.

Before I started @usehaven, I was obsessed with @sweatystartup boring business list.

I must’ve looked at it 100+ times. I even incorporated an LLC to start a lawn care company at one point.

Why?

Because I kept seeing the same thing:

Prospective founders spend way too much time trying to “think up” a brilliant idea instead of doing the boring, painful, guaranteed-hard thing that people will actually pay for.

Everyone wants the clever moonshot.
- The viral consumer app
- The next era AI solution
- Killer AR/VR
- Trendy bs like web3 and crypto

But nobody wants the actual work.

The real-world ops. The door-to-door grind. The face-to-face, hands-on, unsexy execution that actually turns into cash flow.

My mindset was the opposite:

Fuck it. I’m just going to do something boring, but do it exceptionally well.

The fact of this matter is… boring compounds.

Every day you show up, you get a little better.
Every client you save creates two more.
Every small refinement snowballs.

There is no silver bullet.

You don’t need a 6-month idea hunt, and you definitely don’t need the perfect concept.

You need to pick something real, painful, and valuable.

And then out-execute everyone else for a long time.

Most people are looking for leverage in the idea, but the actual leverage is in the consistency.

So here’s my advice to you:

Do the boring thing. Do it better than everyone else. And let compound interest do the rest.

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@levelusd Exciting! Great work team!

[Cyrus Shirazi @Cyrushshirazi]

Excited to announce the new Haven Startup Series! 🚀

We're showcasing the incredible founders we work with every day.

These are the people building the future.

Why?

Because there's no better way to learn than from those in the trenches.

First up: @nicoaferr, Co-Founder & CEO of Default

In this 3-minute episode, Nico breaks down:

1. His journey from parking software to AI-powered sales tools

2. Why he moved to NYC to build in-person

3. His vision for the next 10 million SaaS businesses

Nico, thanks for kicking this off. You're a special kind of founder.

Keep an eye out because we're dropping new episodes weekly.

Hit the link to get notified when the next video drops.

Let's cook 💪

https://t.co/PpJH3zfl6b

[Dara @daraladje]

Someone sent a box of meat to the Delphi office today.

I thought it was someone trying to tell me they had beef with me, but turns out it was just a gift from our wonderful bookkeeping friends @usehaven

[Cyrus Shirazi @Cyrushshirazi]

I had the pleasure of joining @APompliano on his podcast last week. Pomp is the man — it was an absolute blast chatting with him! 🙌

In 26 minutes, we covered:

✔️ The challenges startups face with traditional accounting firms

✔️ How Haven is revolutionizing accounting for startups and SMBs

✔️Our recent pre-seed fundraise and future plans

And more!

One key takeaway:

Exceptional customer service is an underrated growth hack for disrupting any industry. By prioritizing client needs and delivering world-class support, businesses can differentiate themselves and build lasting relationships with their customers.

Check out the full episode here 🎧

https://t.co/w3eymH7xgm

P.S. If you're a startup founder looking for a modern, personalized accounting experience, visit us at @usehaven — we'd love to chat! 🚀

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

Building @usehaven has been an incredible journey thus far.

There's still a lot of work to be done but this is a thrilling next step to continue achieving our goal of being the Accounting 2.0 for startups.

Stay tuned to what's to come. It's going to be an exciting year!

[Cyrus Shirazi @Cyrushshirazi]

I'm thrilled to announce that @usehaven has closed its Pre-seed and blown past $1 million in topline revenue 🚀

We've come a long way in a short time, achieving profitability within our first year and building an amazing team of 14 — and growing!

If you haven’t heard of us, here’s three things you should know:

1. We launched Haven in 2023 to be the Accounting 2.0 for startups — a real, personable, world-class accounting firm made for founders, by founders.

2. Well over 50% of our growth is driven by organic referrals, warm introductions, and inbound leads.

3. We're honored to serve over 120 amazing startups, including @meshpay, @withmartian, @coframe, PastSight, @Parcl, @getsalesbricks, and @AbstractOpsCo to name a few!

And now, we’re backed by some incredible humans, including…

Institutionals: @APompliano aka Pomp (Business Mogul and Investor), @charliefeng (cofounder of Clearco), @ericbahn (cofounder of Hustle Fund) and @MehreenNMalik (Founder ML Capital and cofounder of Humanism).

Founders/Operators: @haridigresses (Former COO of Forge Global), @bamazizii (cofounder of Mesh), @everettcookny (cofounder of Rho), @laurynmotamedi (Isford) (Head of Growth at Notion), @aarthir (CTPO of Rithum), @spaldrich (Board Member of Xero), @obviceo (cofounder of Obi), @andrewztan (Founder of Nova), @brettcalhounn (Serial Founder), @nicoaferr (cofounder of Default), and many more.

This funding will allow us to invest in a world-class customer experience, hire top talent, and fuel growth.

To our customers, investors, team, and supporters: Thank you for believing in us. We couldn't do this without you.

If you're a startup looking for a new kind of accounting experience, we'd love to chat. DM me or visit https://t.co/8iWpAmkdm5 to learn more.

Let's redefine accounting for startups 🚀

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 @usehaven 🚀🚀

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@adhoc97 @usehaven @Cyrus845 Pumped to have you on the team!

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 The main theme here - just get stuff done!

[Cyrus Shirazi @Cyrushshirazi]

In March 2023, I founded @usehaven with zero clients and no outside funding.

5 months later, we had 5 customers.

By January 2023, we were at 50.

Today Haven serves 107 clients and 7+ figures in Revenue — and we've spent less than $2k on marketing.

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 @usehaven It's been an incredible journey! The best is yet to come 🚀

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 The perfect moment will never come, you have to create it

[Cyrus Shirazi @Cyrushshirazi]

Speed is the ultimate business advantage.

Successful entrepreneurs:

- Make decisions quickly
- Communicate with urgency
- Take action without hesitation
- Prioritize speed and adaptability

They don't wait for the stars to align or for the perfect moment to strike.

They know that momentum is built through consistent, rapid progress.

[Martian @withmartian]

Some companies paid $40K for a booth at #Nvidia #GTC24. We paid $500 to rent a Cybertruck and got way more leads.
If you're not using our #ModelRouter in your AI application, you're overpaying too: https://t.co/sNeQ0IsUuK

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 every dollar counts!

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 You're going to hear "no" a lot more than you hear "yes" so the quicker you get used to it, the easier things get

[Taylor Schwarz @letsgetwavyy]

@Cyrus845 We're all working on our own individual projects but at the end of the day we're all on the same high level journey. Why not make that journey easier for everyone by providing value to each other?