Tony Arous

Security and engineering leader. Often writes about sports, tech, and stocks. @MoreSolutions. All posts are my own.

[Aaron Cort (AC) @aaronjcort]

@supabase just announced its Series E at $5B (four months after a Series D at $2B).

What drove this? From 1M → 4.5M+ developers in under a year, it’s now the default Postgres backend and the infrastructure behind AI and vibe coding platforms.

When I first met @kiwicopple, what stood out wasn’t just his technical depth — it was his clarity of vision and relentless focus on helping developers. That founder-led conviction + open-source ethos fueled Supabase’s breakout.

This year I partnered with @CraigCannon, @AntWilson, @Rorstro and the Supabase team through @craft_ventures OIR to codify growth — connecting community, product adoption, and monetization.

Here’s what I learned embedded as interim Marketing & Growth exec via @craft_ventures 🧵

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

As more comes out about the MGM cyber event, it’s going to raise the eyebrows of many similar businesses with weak and insufficient defenses… at least, I hope they recognize it and start acting.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

@SawyerMerritt Any chance they’ll add powered frunk to the X?

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

@Jason And likely outside the US

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

Amazing idea with real world use cases. Would buy in an instant

[Andrew Reed @andrew__reed]

Tinder, but for cancelling meetings on calendars.

If both people swipe on a meeting, it disappears. If only one person swipes, nothing happens. Standing 1:1s, etc.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

Wow, this is a new one from Amazon.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

@Jason 👋 please

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Made a playlist for your weekend hike

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

@qrsupport Why are you only refunding $89 from a $3,000 ticket when the return flight was cancelled, claiming that the one-way fare was only that much? This is pure theft.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

@Jason @DavidSacks @jlrdam2 @theallinpod @chamath @friedberg Say it ain’t so @Jason

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

@rjonesy My theory is Elon told him to make those changes and Parag agreed in an attempt to show loyalty to Elon.

Parag will still be fired. 🤣

[Andrew Anagnost 🇺🇦 @andrew_anagnost]

Autodesk’s latest impact report showcases a fierce dedication to creating meaningful change across our company, customers, and industries. Check out the report to see all we’ve achieved and learn more about the important work still ahead.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

This. 1000 times. Please none of this “hi” only in a DM. Add in the why so I can get you what you need

[Matthew Rechs 🏳️‍🌈 @MrEchs]

4. When I drop into your DM’s, I’ll always say “hi and why.” No suspense, no small talk while you are wondering what I want.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

We’re also searching for an experienced full stack developer to help us build out our insights engine. The position is open to all locations in the US. #jobs #hiring https://t.co/4VRlnYDV7d

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

I'm hiring a Director of Engineering to lead our new Trust Engineering capability. You'll lead an engineering team building our trust data platform, which encompasses data for security, privacy, availability, recoverability, and more. We're open to all locations in the US.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

We have a lot of new positions opening up in my team. I’ll be posting some here over the next few days. Please reply or DM me for details as we’re hiring aggressively across the US and Ireland.

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

Shape your future @Autodesk! We want you to help us achieve the new possible. https://t.co/eeRTnwHk28

[Philip Crowther @PhCrowther]

Six-language coverage from #Kyiv with @AP_GMS. In this order: English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

[Alex Bicalho @[email protected] @aebicalho]

Autodesk is looking for a Senior/Principal #SoftwareEngineer who can help build our Source Code Management, CI/CD, and Cloud Observability systems. Check out the posting and let me know if you or anyone in your network is interested! https://t.co/ukBFRGlGne

[Tony Arous @TonyArous]

Wow about time!

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

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