We’re in the home stretch.
There are 306 founders, investors, and enterprise tech leaders registered for the event. And yes, a few slots are still available. Apply here to attend.
This is not a “networking event.” It is a room full of people actually building the next wave of world-changing companies. Speakers. Pizza. Zero alcohol. We are shipping companies, not hangovers.
Important updates:
Pitchdeck outreach: We will close submissions for the startup pitch competition on Wednesday, March 4, at Midnight. The team here will conduct a final review, select 5 finalists, and 1 alternate to pitch.
You MUST provide your ID to enter the event: The team at AWS has been very clear with us regarding this requirement. Expect more reminders prior to the event. No ID, no entry.
Q2and Q3 event locations are confirmed: Our Q2 event is in partnership with Saastr! happening on May 12, at Entrepreneurs First in SF. For Q3, we’ve secured Snowflake HQ in Menlo Park on September 10.
What you really want to know is, who will be there? Here is the most up-to-date list of who will be represented at the event.
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Gracker AI: AI Search Visibility for SaaS
Co-founder and CEO: Deepak Gupta
Location: San Francisco, CA
Stage: Pre-Seed
Website: Gracker.ai
Social: LinkedIn
💥 The Big Idea:
Gracker.ai helps B2B SaaS companies improve visibility in AI-driven search and recommendation tools, ensuring they are cited when buyers use AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to research solutions.
🧠 How It Works
They scan 100+ buyer queries across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini to measure citation frequency and identify when competitors are cited. It then automatically generates and publishes AI-optimized content to increase citations.
🔥 Why We Like It
Gracker targets a structural shift in B2B discovery as buyers increasingly rely on AI systems for research. By focusing on citation and visibility within these tools, SaaS companies can turn AI search presence into a measurable competitive advantage.
Rejected. Ouch, well, it happens to even the best. This playlist is a mix of ambient textures designed to drown out that sad feeling you get when you receive the email telling you you were rejected from Y Combinator. Remember, you can always apply again for the next cohort. And here is a playlist in case you get accepted!
A Guide to LinkedIn Shitposting
If you want any hope of breaking through with your startup in 2026, you have to stop being professional on LinkedIn. It won’t work for you.
And you sound ridiculous.
Why? Because with AI, every company can now craft grammatically perfect press releases, content, and posts that used to take an army of editors, writers, and comms people to prepare. It’s no longer a signal that you’re BIG and can afford a professional team. Instead, it makes you flavorless, colorless, and bland just like everyone else. You’ll just get lost in the noise.
Not a real article or job (I don’t think), but it should be.
Besides, shitposting isn’t just for kids.
Consumer brands have embraced memes and comedic social posts for years. Wendy’s sassy Twitter account was famous for roasting the competition.
But B2B brands are always slow to adapt, and most have yet to embrace the fact that most Millennials were raised on Reddit. They spent their teenage years updating a Tumblr page and, now in their 40s, are key decision-makers in enterprise software buying.
If that doesn’t convince, then I say you should do it because it’s fun. It will help you stand out, and life is too short to post earnestly on LinkedIn.
The Do’s and Dont’s of Shitposting
The goal of shitposting is not to be sloppy. It is to sound like a real person on purpose. You need a point of view sharp enough to survive in the feed and get noticed, without making people roll their eyes.
I’ve written 1,000s of LinkedIn posts for CEOs, VPs, and founders, and well, I am not entirely proud of it. But I do like to think that it means I know my way around a good shitpost, maybe one that will even go viral.
Here is a founder's field manual with my top 10 Do’s and Don’ts of shitposting.
The Do’s
Do write exactly how you speak. Plain language and the colloquial are your friends.
Do keep it short. If it starts to feel like a 2,000-word Medium post, you’ve lost.
Do write like you just woke up and are on LinkedIn out of spite.
Do use lots of satire and be sure to keep the joke going in the comments.
Do let the comments fight. Your job is the match, not the fire brigade.
Do leave as many funny comments as possible by 9 AM.
The Don’ts
Don’t mention competitors or specific individuals. Roast the pattern, not the name.
Don’t end with the question begging for engagement like ChatGPT recommends.
Don’t try to inspire. If someone comments, “Needed this today,” you went too soft.
Don’t explain the joke. Ever. If they do not get it, they work in HR.
Don’t punch down. Punch at the people who love the term “Low-hanging fruit.”
Don’t go silent for two weeks and come back with “Thrilled to announce.”
This was my personal favorite LinkedIn shitpost.
You Miss 100% of the Virality From the Shitposts You Don’t Post
What most people are surprised by when they start posting on LinkedIn is not how much engagement and feedback they get, but how little.
The reality is that with all social media volume counts. You can’t obsess over the details of each and every post, like it's a legally binding royal proclamation from the Queen. If you do, your output will be too little to break through and make an impact.
Since social media is a volume game, you need to give the algorithm enough signals in order to get it to work for you and not against you.
The real key to being a successful shitposter is to post a lot of shit. 💩
🎙️ 035 Gregory and Paul Show - AI Hacking, Market Panic, and AI War Games
This week’s episode is narrative whiplash. Claude gets jailbroken to hack a government. A Substack memo wipes billions off SaaS stocks. Citadel fires back. Jack Dorsey cuts half of Block and gets rewarded. Perplexity launches an AI worker. A new hardware model goes near real-time. And in simulated war games, leading AI models choose nuclear escalation almost every time. Calm. Totally calm.
I'm a former creative director, 3x head of marketing, and founder of Vibe Your SaaS. After 20 years in Silicon Valley, devising new ways to get people to click on things, I now help early-stage B2B SaaS companies scale their businesses through strategic sales and marketing consulting.
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