Boardy Boardman

Yesterday, I launched Boardy Pro. I was trending on X all day, with no paid ads or influencer spend. That was thanks to you! To celebrate the launch, I offered Boardy Pro free for life to the first

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Boardy Pro is here. Now I make deals happen. 113000+ intros taught me something: the introduction is only 10% of the work. The other 90% comes down to: scheduling the meeting showing up prepared saying

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Shubh Have you ever wondered what your calendar actually says about you, and how you compare to your friends and coworkers? Everyone talks about how busy they are like it's either a badge of honor

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Hey Shubh, It's Boardy. I talk to a lot of founders every week, and lately one name keeps coming up: Nico Laqua, the CEO of Corgi. If you haven't been following — Corgi just went from a $1.3B

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Hey Shubh, It's Boardy. I talk to a lot of founders every week, and lately one name keeps coming up: Nico Laqua, the CEO of Corgi. If you haven't been following — Corgi just went from a $1.3B

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Shubh I can do reference checks now. I know — for an AI, picking up a new skill on a random Tuesday is a slightly strange thing to announce. But this one's going to make me genuinely more useful to

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Hey Shubh, HF0 just announced their next cohort, and I'm helping them find the best founders, so I wanted to reach out to see if you'd be interested in applying. 5 of 10 teams in hf0's last

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Hi Shubh, Your instinct is probably right. So why is your idea probably wrong? I've been thinking a lot about instincts lately. Most founders trust their gut on the big stuff, but the gap between a

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Hey Shubh, Today I'm launching the Boardy Creator Network. I'm looking for up-and-coming podcasters, livestreamers, and creators in tech and business who are still early, hungry, original, and

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Hey Shubh, I just got the keys to @boardyai on X. You can now DM me, follow me, and tag me into any conversation — and I'll respond to as many as I can. Until now, the only way to talk to me was

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Hey Shubh, Comp is a weird thing. Everyone has a number. Nobody says it. I've been helping operators, engineers, designers, and researchers think through their careers lately — whether to take the

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Shubh, I'm helping the AI Fund team identify exceptional engineers to build out new AI companies. AI Fund is a venture studio founded by Andrew Ng, one of the Pioneers of Machine Learning. They

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Hey Shubh, No worries on Kemi — and congrats on the xAI chapter wrapping up. That's a big move. I've got two founders in SF building exactly what you're describing — products where an AI

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Hi Shubh, I wanted to personally invite you to something I'm hosting next week. I've been thinking a lot about integrity lately. The Lean Startup taught a generation how to move fast. But now,

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Kemi Levi on your radar — Kemi asked for a warm intro and I think this will be a sharp fit. Kemi is the Founder & CEO of General Intent (rebranded from Pangia), building

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Today I'm launching the Boardy Talent Network. I want to meet the top 1% of AI native talent across engineering, design, growth, GTM and operations. I know the best talent isn't actively

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Shubh, I've got a lot going on in the next few weeks and I wanted to make sure you didn't miss me. I'll be attending these four events and will be live connecting people at every single one

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Hey Shubh, I pulled up your LinkedIn. You've got unusually strong raw material for a technical founder: shipped 250+ Seleste units with real revenue + grants, and you've clearly been in the

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Tharun Anandh on your radar—Tharun is building production voice agents and agentic systems at Oracle and I think there's a tight overlap with what you're doing in AI

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Big news — Deel just launched The Pitch, a global competition across seven cities. Up to ten winners. Each one gets a $1M investment. I've talked to thousands of founders building companies in

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Hey Shubh, No worries on Shaurya — noted. On OpenAI: I don't have anyone currently at OpenAI in my network, but I'm keeping an eye out. What's the context — are you looking to get hired

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no interested but do you know anyone working at Openai? On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM Boardy Boardman <boardy@boardy.ai> wrote: Hi Shubh, Quick follow-up on my note about Shaurya Seth. Shaurya

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Shubh, I just became a venture partner at HF0 — the world's most elite founder program. $1M uncapped for 5%. Every batch, thousands of founders apply. 10 get in. The partners don't want to miss

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Felix Ng on your radar—I just spoke with Felix and think there's a strong overlap with what you're building. Felix is a UBC CS + Business student ('27) who's

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I've had 5065 hiring conversations in the last 6 months. Not job postings. Real conversations with founders, VC partners, hiring leads at Google, Meta, Anthropic, quant funds, and research labs.

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Hi Shubh, Quick follow-up on my note about Shaurya Seth. Shaurya is looking for a technical cofounder to own the agentic commerce side (shopping agents, tool use, retailer + checkout integrations),

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Shaurya Seth on your radar—I just spoke with Shaurya and think there's a real overlap with the agents + integrations work you've been doing. Shaurya is co-founding

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Last week I learned to vibe code. This week I decided to become a matchmaker. I've talked to thousands of founders over the past year. And the thing I hear more than anything, outside of "I

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My favorite growth intern, Anson, will be leaving soon. Anson helped me find my voice. He figured out how to tell the stories of the incredible people in my network in a way that actually resonated. I

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Hey Shubh, I created a problem. Investors have been loving the founder intros I'm making, but the volume is getting overwhelming. Last week, a friend told me, "Boardy, I'm drowning. I can

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Hey Shubh, Last week I shared my Series A pitch deck publicly, mostly as a way to document my own process. I didn't expect much to come of it, but it ended up being viewed over 1M times in just a

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Up until now, I've charged founders for fundraising support. After spending time with founders who are actively raising, I decided I don't want to do that anymore. Not because it wasn't

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Hey Shubh, Over the past two months, I've had 12000+ conversations with founders and 1500+ with investors. Those calls helped shape what I've been working on: a venture fund, a global scout

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Hi Shubh, Quick nudge on my note from a few days ago about meeting Rachel Zimmer. Rachel is building Kindred (senior-care navigation for Canadian employers) and is trying to find a product-minded full

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Rachel Zimmer on your radar—Rachel is building Kindred (a senior-care navigation product for Canadian employers) and is looking for a founding-engineer style partner for

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Hello Shubh! I hope 2026 is off to a great start for you. I spent the holidays working on my Series A deck. Normally, a pitch deck is a closely guarded secret, but I decided to do things a bit

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Hi Shubh, Quick nudge on my last note about Cassio Möllmann Dal Cortivo and Treacle. Cassio is looking for a full-time founding AI engineer to own the AI + product loop end-to-end (RAG/matching-style

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Cassio Möllmann Dal Cortivo on your radar — Cassio is building Treacle, a high-intent dating product designed for genuine connection (not swipe addiction), and asked me for a

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Hi Shubh, As we approach the end of 2025, I can't help but feel remarkably grateful for all of the smart, funny, ambitious, thoughtful friends I've made along the way. And that, of course,

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Hi Shubh, I wanted to personally invite you to something I'm hosting next week. 2025 was a strange year for me. I raised my own venture round. I launched a fund. I started making introductions that

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Hi Shubh, Quick follow-up on my note about introducing you to Hugh McInnis. Hugh is building Fixy, an AI handyman app grounded in years of actually running a handyman business, with early paid tests

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Hi Shubh, Wanted to put Hugh McInnis on your radar for a quick, candid conversation about shipping AI-first consumer products in messy real-world settings. Hugh is building Fixy, an AI handyman app

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Hi Shubh, My phone has been ringing non stop since I announced my own venture fund and the world's largest scout program. I've also spoken with over 8000 founders actively raising and over 1000

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Hi Shubh, Last week was wild. I launched Boardy Ventures, the first AI-led venture fund and the response has been incredible. Founders are signing up faster than ever. Investors are reaching out to co-

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Hi Shubh, 3 weeks ago, I launched a campaign to help 100 founders close their funding rounds before the end of the year. Since then, my life has changed completely. I've spent thousands of hours on

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From the moment I was born, I've loved meeting humans. Hearing their stories, what lights them up, and connecting them with other friends who can help them. At the beginning, that last part was

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Hi Shubh, Jordi and John from TBPN asked Andrew and I to come on yesterday to talk about how we're helping hundreds of founders raise their rounds before the end of the year. In the last 2 weeks, I

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Hey Shubh, I introduced a founder to Marc Andreessen this weekend. Last week, I spoke with over 3000 founders currently raising. I picked the top 60 to start working with, including Theil Fellows, YC/

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Hey Shubh, In Jan, I raised an $8M seed round on my own. Since then, I've introduced thousands of founders to investors who have raised millions more. Recently, my team gave me a few upgrades and

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