Varun

Always had ideas, but no coding skills. On my path to master no-code tools to make my ideas real.

[Varun @vcdxb]

Been waiting for Wispr Flow on Android? Win stuff on this 🎰 waitlist: https://t.co/pthKAOjm1k

[Tanay Kothari @tankots]

we just raised another $25M after 10x'ing our ARR in 5 months. the crazy part is this almost never happened.

17 years ago, I watched Iron Man as a 10-year-old kid in Delhi. that night, I pulled my first all-nighter teaching myself to code. not because I wanted to build apps or make money.

because I wanted to build Jarvis.

my parents gave me 1 hour of screen time per day. so I coded in secret, sleeping every alternate night through middle school and high school. built 50+ apps. got a cease and desist from Google at age 12.

all for this one obsession: making computers understand us like humans do.

fast forward to today:

- we've raised $81M total to build the voice operating system
- growing revenue 40% month-over-month this year
- 70% user retention after one year (unheard of in consumer)
- teams at 270 of the Fortune 500 use Wispr Flow daily

our Series A2 was led by @hanstung at @notablecap (who was an early investor in five companies that made it to $100B valuation like Slack, Tiktok, and Airbnb). we also brought on @StevenBartlett as an investor and partner.

but here's what matters more than the money:

we cracked voice input. not transcription - actual understanding. our users hit "send" in under 0.5 seconds without checking. they trust it blindly. that's never existed before.

in a recent benchmark, Wispr came out as 3-4x more accurate than OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Siri.

and we're just getting started. voice input was step one. now we're building the assistant that actually does things for you.

to my co-founder @SahajGarg6 - there's no one else I'd rather build Jarvis with than my college roommate and closest friend.

to our team pulling all-nighters and shipping magic - you're the reason that 10-year-old kid's dream is becoming real.

we're hiring cracked engineers and growth marketers who want to build the future of human-computer interaction.

the keyboard had a good 150-year run.

time to build what comes next.

PS: like, retweet, and bookmark to get wispr flow for free for 3 months ❤️

— Written with @WisprFlow

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Some ex-princes take island trips with men named Jeff.
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[EARMARKED by Jojo @FoucheJojo]

Struggled with this one. I’ve been a little despondent with the collective “us.” The world feels like a wheel of no fortune spun by Tr^mp-style spectacle.
Read it. Tell me where it misses, and what I should push further. https://t.co/A1aTZ47QSi

[Varun @vcdxb]

@SalmanTLN Looks great! I just discovered Rive. How do you find it so far? What's the learning curve like?

[Varun @vcdxb]

@AndrewKim @bubble Thanks Andrew. Small wins everyday. Will continue sharing my progress - do follow along.

[Varun @vcdxb]

Starting a new mobile native app project, wish me luck.
- No technical background
- going to build on no-code tool @bubble - spent the last 3 months learning the tool

My goal
- zero to MVP in 30 days
- share my daily progress

[Varun @vcdxb]

Days 6–7

Felt a bit all over the place, so I’m taking a step back to get organized and use my time more efficiently.

On another note — just discovered Google Stitch. It’s the real deal for UX and UI inspiration

[Varun @vcdxb]

Days 2–5 of building my first mobile native app (no-code + non-tech background).

Made progress, hit roadblocks, and discovered I kinda suck at design 😅

Might try Mobbin for UI inspiration. Any other design tools or sites I should check out?

[Varun @vcdxb]

Spending way too much time on the app/brand name as the domain names are just not available. How important is the name?

[Varun @vcdxb]

@_Sanjeeb @bubble These are great. Thanks!

[Varun @vcdxb]

@mneary0 Thanks Matt, I have to say, the last few chapters on webhoook, oAuth were quite brutal for a non technical person. But I appreciate the level of detail you went into. Def will need to rewatch those once I get to that stage.

[Varun @vcdxb]

I bought @mneary0 bubble course back in 2023. I gave up after the first few videos. In Aug this year my itch to build something came back so I decided to start again. So after 2 months, with a 9-5 job, long nights & weekends, I finally finished it today. Next step-start building

[Varun @vcdxb]

@emmanuel_s @NocodeTalks Microsoft used to have something like this and when their team started working on an user posted request, they would charge the status of that item as 'working on it' and would give regular updates with an estimated timeline. This way users are aware of the pipeline.

[EARMARKED by Jojo @FoucheJojo]

OxyContin scattered the pieces so far, they may never be gathered. The domino fell, the ruin spread, and the clean-up manual was never written.
Now on my Substack: Hooked (Part I) - The Gallows of a Pill https://t.co/n48qqbN2fl

[Varun @vcdxb]

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[Varun @vcdxb]

@NocodeTalks Agreed

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