How to Launch an AI Company From 0 Today (And Scale to $1M+) Before writing a single line of code, I'd commit to 50 discovery calls minimum. ........... 3 Signals I’d Look For ........... 1. At least one referral per week from paying customers........ 2. Customers would be genuinely upset if I took the product away............ 3. Organic growth without doing any marketing. ........ If I don't have all 3, I don't have PMF yet. And until I have these signals, I wouldn't do anything else besides try to get PMF.
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The fundamental thing is the people. Startup expertise is concentrated in the Bay Area. The funding follows from that.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) January 28, 2026
I can help you with your corporate culture.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
Corporate Culture/ Operating System: Greatness https://t.co/NvuFk4pSEZ
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
Just 3 non-technical cofounders realizing they can finally change the world. https://t.co/93oDtWI5NI
— John Palmer (@johnpalmer) January 27, 2026
Please check DM.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
- Deal Guy ($1B/yr)
I can do this. Agentic AI marketing + Agentic AI sales + a human team at the core of it.
make money. make enough that you can walk away from bad managers, bad countries, and bad relationships without asking anyone for permission
— Sudeepa Kolli (@i_sudeepa) January 27, 2026
What he said https://t.co/Kpz3GRou7H
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 27, 2026
📋 Barackface: Iran Scenarios - https://t.co/BvIicibZp2
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
THE PARADOX OF LEVERAGE
— hari raghavan (@haridigresses) January 27, 2026
The CEO of YC, @garrytan stayed up late this weekend vibecoding.
So did I, and so did thousands of other founders, engineers, and builders (and, frankly, insomniacs) because the gap between "idea" and "working product" has collapsed from years / months /… pic.twitter.com/h4kwVamWpN
THE PARADOX OF LEVERAGE
— hari raghavan (@haridigresses) January 27, 2026
The CEO of YC, @garrytan stayed up late this weekend vibecoding.
So did I, and so did thousands of other founders, engineers, and builders (and, frankly, insomniacs) because the gap between "idea" and "working product" has collapsed from years / months /… pic.twitter.com/h4kwVamWpN
Iran Scenarios https://t.co/BvIicibZp2
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
Lovable hit $200M ARR in <1 year with 100 employees. @ElenaVerna who heads growth there says 60-70% of traditional growth tactics don't work in AI.
— Tanay Jaipuria (@tanayj) January 27, 2026
The new playbook:
- Need to re-capture product-market fit every 3 months
- Give away product for free a lot to capture word of…
Addressing the joint press meet with European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.@eucopresident @vonderleyen @EUCouncil @EU_Commission https://t.co/0hh4YX8DHe
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 27, 2026
CEO of @AnthropicAI is literally the only one CEO of big ones speaking out.
— Ihar Mahaniok (@mahaniok) January 27, 2026
Worth switching your subscriptions to them. https://t.co/paX1hLTGfe
Can I join you?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
Pretty cool. pic.twitter.com/s6XRENsFsM
— Gita Gopinath (@GitaGopinath) January 27, 2026
So the price point on the phone is? Better be below $10.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
Feliz cumpleaños a la mujer de mi vida! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3FPisNMXM4
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) January 27, 2026
Europe and India are making history today.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 27, 2026
We have concluded the mother of all deals.
We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit.
This is only the beginning.
We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger. pic.twitter.com/C7L1kQQEtr
Everyone is with you.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
How Iran Killed Starlink https://t.co/KhhEyG6bDPhttps://t.co/Fzoq2Qcmzr
India celebrated Republic Day with great enthusiasm and pride.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 26, 2026
The magnificent parade at Kartavya Path showcased the strength of our democracy, the richness of our heritage and the unity that binds our nation together.
Here are some glimpses… pic.twitter.com/0wqbrR0Phx
Buried in 15,000 words of “here are the risks,” Anthropic’s CEO made three admissions that should change how you think about everything:
— Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) January 26, 2026
Admission 1: The timeline
He says powerful AI could arrive in 1-2 years. He’s watching internal model progress and says he can “feel the pace… https://t.co/WBAoU46zHQ
AI + Marketing https://t.co/5SOfy3pYop #pleaseinvest
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
Team up with me.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
AI + Marketing https://t.co/5SOfy3pYop
— Tim Denning (@Tim_Denning) January 26, 2026
I made $7,610 for 15 minutes of work
— Tyler Denk 🐝 (@denk_tweets) January 27, 2026
it sounds like clickbait but it's legit (receipts in video)
launching and selling digital products on @beehiiv is stupid simple
here's a quick how-to video w/ everything you need to know 👇 pic.twitter.com/KZaHs8gaff
Starship launch in 6 weeks pic.twitter.com/3HFf4H5cc4
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 26, 2026
It was never about the money. It was about the person you had to become to create the money.
— Leila Hormozi (@LeilaHormozi) January 27, 2026
You can identify all the greatest countries in the world by asking a simple question:
— Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath) January 27, 2026
"Is it cool to be rich there?"
Countries that celebrate success and still have strong safety nets: Singapore, Denmark and Switzerland.
Every country that has gotten the answer to this…
.@elonmusk doesn't want MAGA, he wants WAGA or "white America great again" as a racism is great and desirable" paradigm. All non-whites in @tesla, @SpaceX @X etc and all decent whites should quit and join our portfolio. Email us your linkedin! https://t.co/NmbM19AnnC
— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) January 27, 2026
I will do marketing for multiple companies. Please pass on. :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
It's going to be tough for startups when all the Lord of the Rings names are taken and the only thing left is something like Bombadil AI.
— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) January 25, 2026
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
You should sponsor work on my novel about a billion people living on the waters. Bigger deal than Mars. https://t.co/XUjXcdTUSv 100K. Samples: Six Weeks From Zero https://t.co/PEZEon1uMJ The Dawn Beyond Currency (Part 1) https://t.co/hluU2KB89T
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
"France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio."
— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) January 27, 2026
The very definition of a "sovereign nation" should now include "technology sovereignty".
Big Tech now is the New East India company and Europeans are now… https://t.co/IJ81oCpnOc
You should sponsor work on my novel about a billion people living on the waters. Bigger deal than Mars. https://t.co/XUjXcdTUSv 100K. Samples: Six Weeks From Zero https://t.co/PEZEon1uMJ The Dawn Beyond Currency (Part 1) https://t.co/hluU2KB89T
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
The easiest way to get ahead is to commit to a period of skill development. 6-12 months. Pure focus for 2-4 hours a day. Learning and building. Not just binge watching tutorials, but creating quality projects that you, others, or businesses could actually benefit from. But don't…
— DAN KOE (@thedankoe) January 26, 2026
What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans. We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a…
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 27, 2026
Thanks to Trump, right-wing multibillionaire Larry Ellison will now control the TikTok algorithm, along with:
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 26, 2026
CBS
MTV
The Free Press
BET
CMT
Simon & Schuster
Nickelodeon
Paramount+
Pluto TV
and more
This is what Oligarchy looks like.
How Iran Killed Starlink https://t.co/KhhEyG6bDP
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 27, 2026
The India-EU Business Forum was a great platform to discuss the wide-ranging economic linkages between India and Europe. The Free Trade Agreement signed today brings innumerable benefits for businesses, MSMEs and innovators. It is a new blueprint for shared prosperity.… pic.twitter.com/MFqhIgqQH7
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 27, 2026
Here are the highlights from the Republic Day celebrations 2026. May we always keep strengthening Constitutional values and realise the dream of a Viksit Bharat. pic.twitter.com/Hm1t3JiYLo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 26, 2026
We are launching the first EU legal gateway office in India. It will be a one-stop hub to support Indian talent moving to Europe: EU President @vonderleyen#IndiaEUTradeDeal pic.twitter.com/ANuoJdCC3K
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) January 27, 2026
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 26, 2026
Kartavya Path witnessed a powerful display of national pride as the Republic Day celebrations took place today.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 26, 2026
Here are some more glimpses… pic.twitter.com/Ujq9BUlHGA
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 27, 2026
Long live India.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 26, 2026
Long live the friendship between Europe and India.
🇪🇺🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/oj62eMHkHW
AI needs guardrails as well—evidence now proves young kids must be protected, unlike social media’s failures. ❤️ https://t.co/oZrKwoPVI5 https://t.co/ggn3VFg6jQ
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) January 27, 2026
Simply amazing. Tweeting in all EU languages! A graceful hat tip to 27 nations at once, saying: "we see you."
— Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen Քրիստինա Վանբերգեն (@VanberghenEU) January 27, 2026
"We see you".
By speaking each country’s language, PM Modi transformed a trade agreement into a cultural handshake.
The FTA felt personal, not bureaucratic; human,… https://t.co/zQKNH0894D pic.twitter.com/b8OXTe9YmW
We live in a nation of elite impunity.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) January 27, 2026
The Epstein class that raped underage working class girls were not prosecuted.
Those who committed torture in Iraq were not prosecuted.
The bankers who caused the Great Recession were not prosecuted.
Many who planned the overthrow of the… https://t.co/RsknpXBFXi
When two major democracies act together, we build stronger shared security.
— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) January 27, 2026
It was a great pleasure to sign a new EU–India Security and Defence Partnership with @DrSJaishankar today.
The pact launches an annual security and defence dialogue – with the first meeting taking… pic.twitter.com/xtyiewOAi9
this was a large part of why I took Anthropic's offer over OpenAI's in March 2021.
— andy jones (@andy_l_jones) January 26, 2026
i love costly signaling pic.twitter.com/xrR4jJN4v4
Try Grok https://t.co/rvwLN2p1KI
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 26, 2026
Fascinating trend I’m seeing in AI work.
— Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) January 27, 2026
Engineers are eating up all of knowledge work.
The most AI-native marketers? Engineers.
The most AI-native writers? Engineers.
The most AI-native ops ppl? Engineers.
Because the technology is outpacing the tooling, I’m seeing…
🚨 BIG: INDIA 🇮🇳 JUST CLOSED A MASSIVE TRADE DEAL WITH THE EU 🇪🇺
— Sidharth (@Cloudwatch199) January 27, 2026
After 20 YEARS of negotiations, India and the European Union have finally locked in a landmark Free Trade Agreement.
This isn’t “just another deal.”
It’s India plugging directly into one of the world’s richest…
Mr. President @realDonaldTrump,
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 27, 2026
Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in federal court in New York, I will face Carlisle Rivera, a convicted murderer hired by Iran’s regime to kill me on U.S. soil.
The mastermind, Farhad Shakeri, was also assigned to assassinate you.
This is the third attempt… pic.twitter.com/ZfHiSww0e2
Delighted to welcome and hold an in-depth discussion with the global board of @BASF, led by Dr. Markus Kamieth on the historic day of the #IndiaEUTradeDeal.
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) January 27, 2026
We deliberated on the vast opportunities India offers, driven by a robust and growing domestic market, a skilled… pic.twitter.com/Y9qhJohyat
Goodbye USA.
— Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) January 27, 2026
The EU and India have signed a trade and security agreement in New Delhi.
According to Ursula von der Leyen, the new agreement creates a free trade zone for around two billion people. It provides for a gradual reduction of Indian tariffs on cars from the EU from… pic.twitter.com/KbtW6t0ppM
> PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) January 27, 2026
> 6,900 academic research citations
> Machine Learning Research Scientist at Meta
> Moving from the US to the UK because we denied his visa re-entry
We are brain draining ourselves... 🫠 https://t.co/fmZERuXABY
We’ve lost over 10,000 STEM PhDs from the federal workforce in a single year.
— Dr. Catharine Young (@DrCatharineY) January 27, 2026
10,000.
Never thought the U.S. would ever allow this type of brain drain to occur - but here we are. pic.twitter.com/7jrcRBmQPw
Texans come first.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 27, 2026
I’m directing state agencies and universities to freeze new H-1B visa petitions. Texas taxpayers invest billions to train our workforce. Those jobs should go to Texans.
Texas is the strongest economic engine in America. We’re going to keep it that way.…
Sam Altman Says ICE Is Going ‘Too Far'—Becomes First Major CEO To Speak Outhttps://t.co/K6LZ7M2EuI pic.twitter.com/Dp9mD8GsHj
— Forbes (@Forbes) January 27, 2026
I try to not talk about politics. I generally believe the best way I can serve the world is as a non-partisan expert, and my genuine beliefs are quite moderate. So the bar is very high for me to comment.
— Chris Olah (@ch402) January 26, 2026
But recent events – a federal agent killing an ICU nurse for seemingly no…
Prada copied Kolhapuris and took them to the runway. With the EU FTA, India just took Kolhapuris to the European market: cheaper, authentic, artisan-made. Zero tariffs on Indian leather goods. That’s how soft power turns into hard economics. :)
— Riccha Dwivedi (@RicchaDwivedi) January 27, 2026
Vinod just declared war on chief Broligarch on his own platform and I'm all for it
— Joseph Guo ᯅ (@Jo_Minimis) January 27, 2026
One of the few enlightened billionaires who have been consistent in their principles, unlike flip flop Garry Tan https://t.co/ABazPvZS5e
Very concerning on AI. Worth a read. https://t.co/02TPOyAvgY
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 27, 2026
India and the European Union, two major democracies and market economies, concluded pathbreaking agreements today at the 16th Summit under the leadership of PM @narendramodi, President António Costa @eucopresident and President @vonderleyen.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) January 27, 2026
The Free Trade Agreement, the…
How to add speech to your Grok Imagine videos https://t.co/LwECQMCu1a
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 27, 2026
Doctors are being arrested for saving lives.
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 27, 2026
In Iran, security forces are storming hospitals to finish off wounded protesters.
Now they’re storming doctors’ homes.
At least 40,000 people killed.
More than 300,000 injured.
Doctors who treated the wounded are being hunted.
•Dr.… pic.twitter.com/s0veTuIo1c
Dario Is Crying Fire https://t.co/0f7bga4gfO
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
Dario Is Crying Fire https://t.co/0f7bga4gfO
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
Lately, I've been getting invited to extraordinary dinners.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) January 28, 2026
Tonight's was at the AGI House in San Francisco, where I met founder after founder who blew my mind. My mind is mushy right now.
It's clear the world is speeding up. I heard about:
1. A construction robot, run by a…
If you were good at video games as a kid, get into business. No video game is as fun as this.
— vas (@vasuman) January 28, 2026
Did you get my email?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
We should be arming the protesters in Iran. NOW.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 27, 2026
For the Iranian people to overthrow the Ayatollah—a tyrant who routinely chants “death to America”—would make America much, much safer. https://t.co/rj2rXtWV2I
This is not the world we want to live in.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 28, 2026
A woman cuts her hair at her sister’s funeral in #Iran, because the regime shot her sister in the head.
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 26, 2026
Let me be clear with Western female politicians, especially those in leadership positions in Europe: Do not cut your hair in symbolic solidarity with Iranian women. Cut your… pic.twitter.com/vY3wtNrABq
If H-1B hiring stops, how many qualified Texans are realistically waiting in the wings to take on faculty and research positions at our top tier public universities and flagship research institutions? https://t.co/8MZhkhaT2h
— Emily Neumann (@immigrationgirl) January 27, 2026
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