He Was Four Weeks From Law School. He Chose Engineering Instead.
Nizar taught himself to code, skipped law school, and spent nine months building AI infrastructure nobody else had made available. That infrastructure became Keiki — a platform that lets any company launch an AI agent on iMessage, WhatsApp, or Slack in minutes.
This week
The most important act of a founder this decade will not be building. It will be deciding what not to build. Restraint is the unwritten chapter of every great company — and the next four years will reward it more than any cycle in memory.
The feed
Lambda AI Secures $4B Pre-IPO, Signals AI Compute Gold Rush
Lambda AI's $4 billion pre-IPO valuation, fueled by major investors like Sequoia and Nvidia, underscores the intense demand for GPU infrastructure and signals a booming market for AI compute resources.
Agentic Video Startup Clueso Raises $10M Series A *Validates Emerging AI Category*
Clueso's $10M Series A spotlights 'agentic video' as a new frontier for AI in enterprise content automation, signaling robust investor confidence in autonomous AI solutions.
VCs Become AI Chip Suppliers: A16z & General Catalyst Reshaping VC-Founder Dynamics
Top VCs like A16z and General Catalyst are directly procuring Nvidia H100 GPUs for their AI startups, transforming venture capital into active supply chain facilitation.
Ramp's $8.1 Billion Valuation: The Real Story of Fintech Growth Not $60 Billion
Explore Ramp's confirmed $8.1 billion valuation from March 2022, its rapid ascent in fintech, and why claims of a $60 billion valuation lack credible evidence, offering crucial insights for founders.
Andreessen Horowitz Under Federal Probe: New VC Scrutiny
Andreessen Horowitz faces a federal probe over alleged 'pay-to-play' schemes, marking a significant regulatory shift for the VC industry and prompting new considerations for founders.
Founders desk
Plate 01Nizar Abi Zaher
Four weeks from law school, he chose engineering instead. Now he and co-founder Adam Wazzan are building the infrastructure that lets any company launch an AI agent on iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Telegram, or email in minutes.
Plate 02Logan Sullivan
Logan Sullivan started Junk Punks at 17. Today it runs company-owned and franchise markets across Florida and Wisconsin.
Plate 03Anastasiia Shumilo
Anastasiia Shumilo is a Ukrainian-born technology founder who started over in Canada and built her career in technology from the ground up. She founded Shumi Technologies, an international B2B softwar
Plate 04Cover · Issue 47Tony Loeb
The man who decided hospitality needed just ten minutes — co-founder of 10minutes.news, the quiet media engine now read by 220,000 hoteliers across Europe and North America.
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