David Reche

Founder @cerclihq (YC S23) Online since 1996.1rst computer (Spectrum), I was in IRQ. Software Engineer at heart, X-@careem | Angel @aureusvc

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

Cera’s been busy. ��
From Dubai to San Francisco, turns out everyone is tired of reading 187 CVs before lunch.
Hire better with Cera: https://t.co/TM15BzsUys

#AIHiring #Recruitment #HRTech

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Ramp just published the best guide out there on how to get your company AI pilled:

1. The second best time to start is today
2. Treat AI proficiency as a learning curve
3. Embrace creative destruction
4. Build from the center, drive from the spokes
5. Give people a stage, not just a mandate
6. Get people to the "Aha" moment asap
7. Make it a competition
8. Remove every constraint between your people and AI

Honestly, #8 should probably be first because most companies don't get past procurement.

Full guide below:

[Boris Wertz @bwertz]

very good GTM advice - go read & bookmark!

[David Reche @twopac]

Great chat with @inc_arabia announcing our round, what is next and how we see @cercliHQ evolving.

[Inc. Arabia @inc_arabia]

With #Germany-based Picus Capital (@picuscap) making its first investment in the #MENA by leading #UAE-based Cercli's (@cercliHQ) US$12 million Series A round, we spoke to the latter's co-founder David Reche to learn more about his startup: https://t.co/WVCHg8485m #AI #HR #GCC

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Congrats to @akeed23, @twopac, and @cerclihq on their $12M Series A!

Cercli is the single platform for enterprises to hire, manage, and pay their global workforce in the AI era. They've grown 10x over the last 12 months, processed over $100M in payroll across 50 countries - and are now launching their AI-native recruitment product to help customers hire more intelligently.

https://t.co/jgb8L9r4lC

[Zero to One @ZTO__MENA]

UAE-based @cercliHQ Raises $12M in Series A Round

Investors:

Led by Picus Capital, with participation from Knollwood Investment Advisory, @ycombinator, @AforeVC, @COTUVentures, and several angel investors

- Cercli is a single platform for businesses to hire, manage, and pay their global workforce

- This round marks the first Middle East & North Africa investment for Germany-based Picus Capital

- Afore Capital previously led Cercli’s $4M seed round, with participation from COTU Ventures and Y Combinator

- Cercli was founded in 2023 by Akeed Azmi and David Reche @twopac

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

🚀 Big news from Cercli!

We’ve raised a $12M Series A led by @picuscap with continued support from @ycombinator, @AforeVC and @COTUVentures to accelerate building the unified platform to hire, manage, and pay a global workforce in the AI era. https://t.co/p7JA9AFfJ8

🧵👇

[David Reche @twopac]

One milestone, this is just the beginning. 🚀🧱⚡️

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

We raised. 💸
We built. 🧠
Now we’re telling the story. 🎬
Don’t miss our Series A announcement video!

[Renç Korzay @renckorzay]

OpenAI fired this 23-year-old from their Superalignment team.

But he turned his insider knowledge into a $1.5B fund that's outperforming Wall Street by 700% this year.

He says maybe ~200 people in SF understand what's *actually* happening in AI right now.

Here's his thesis: 🧵

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

We hear it all the time from HR teams.

They want:
✔️ Peace of mind on labour law and compliance
✔️ An expert ready to help when they need it
✔️One place for all things people operations

That’s why we built Cercli 👉

Catch the conversation here: https://t.co/UWGan0zIip

[David Reche @twopac]

Thanks for your trust @thndrapp! One of the fastest growing scaleups in the region

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

Excited to welcome @thndrapp, Egypt’s fastest-growing investment platform, to Cercli! 🎉

Thndr, with teams in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, needed more than an HR tool. They wanted a scalable, region-ready #HRIS to support their growth & simplify work for their People team.

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

Cercli June Product Updates Are Live!

✅Automated compliant offboarding without manual work
✅ Assign & track company assets at any stage
✅ Sync time off calendars with Google & Outlook
✅ Get notified for probation or contract ends

Read the full update https://t.co/ngNCrPBuyK

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

Summer’s here & requesting time off shouldn’t feel like queuing at passport control ☀️

With the Cercli bot, you can request & approve leave inside @SlackHQ. No more waiting for your manager to dig through emails, even if you’re on the plane ✈️

Book demo: https://t.co/aG5s1wTEx5

[David Alonso @itsdavidalonso]

Yesterday, @daltonc gave his last talk at YC after 12+ years. I was fortunate enough to be in the room.

He's been a group partner for 1,100+ companies for 25 batches - over 95% of anyone who's ever been in YC was there during his time as partner.

The talk is his famous post-YC talk. Here's the main takeaways 🧵

[Dalton Caldwell @daltonc]

Retention is all you need

[Deedy @deedydas]

Meta is currently offering $2M+/yr in offers for AI talent and still losing them to OpenAI and Anthropic. Heard ~3 such cases this week.

The AI talent wars are absolutely ridiculous.

Today, Anthropic has the highest ~80% retention 2 years in and is the #1 (large) company top AI researchers wants to go.

[Emil Michael @emilmichael]

One of the best pieces in the Mary Meeker Internet Trends series ever! https://t.co/LY9fNTPliy

[Eric Vishria @ericvishria]

By and large, SaaS leaders dropping into rapidly scaling AI-native co's are struggling. It is like dropping rural Germans into the middle of modern Tokyo.

The AI CEOs only know this pace, tech, sales cycle.. and can’t explain how these leaders should reframe. The SaaS people talk about quota capacity, qtrly roadmaps, & enterprise, which don’t mean anything to the AI CEOs and are generally irrelevant, at least for now.

Bridging this is hard but critical. The productive combo of this wave & scaling expertise would turbocharge these already ripping companies.

[John Collison @collision]

Yesterday at @Stripe Tour London I spoke with @matiii about passing $100m in revenue only three years after founding, their AI voice product, deepfakes, and how @elevenlabs is staying ahead of the competition.

[Cercli @cercliHQ]

Let’s settle this once and for all. Who would win in a fight: the Cercli Bear 🐻 or #Labubu 🐰?
We know where our bets are.

Disclaimer: no bears or bunnies were harmed in the making of this showdown.