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London, SF, mostly
Joined March 2009
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Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
We are excited to launch 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗬𝗢𝗖 (Bring-your-own-Cloud) today.
It is fully managed @restatedev, with all the features of Restate Cloud, but in your own account, in a dedicated VPC. Data never leaves your infra.
Restate BYOC is already live in production with multiple customers, powering big workloads for AI agents and workflow backends. It has run loads of 100k durable actions/sec. And today we’re finally publicly announcing it.
Learn more here, and let us know what you think!
restate.dev/blog/announcing-…
Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
Most AI code security products look good in a demo but struggle in production. Too unreliable, too expensive, or both.
Today we're launching Maze Code, AI agents that find and fix vulnerabilities in your dependencies and in your own code.
We built it to overcome the problems that usually hold AI code security products back. We think it's code security you can finally trust.
More: mazehq.com
Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
Let's go! We're out of stealth with @TolmoHQ!
AI is completely redefining how software gets built. And how it's being attacked. Helping define what security means for this new world was impossible to resist. We had to go back!
We’re building the AI agent fleet to secure production environments. Our security agents continuously work on a live production knowledge graph that connects data from code, cloud services, containers, databases, and third-party providers.
Imagine high fidelity pictures of what you’re building, with a tracked history of changes at scale!
Our team spent years on the offensive side, breaking into cloud services, kernels, or cryptographic implementations, as well as building observability and security solutions for thousands of customers in production at Datadog.
Over the last few months, we’ve raised $22M, led by Accel and Y Combinator, assembled a stellar team in San Francisco and have been iterating with our first 45 design partners. It’s go time!
Joining me today to announce Tolmo: my cofounders @JbAviat, @poledesfetes, and @arnaud_breton, alongside @msuiche and our early team @wbeuil, @jimmycaputo, @cryptonitemmk, @theraniarnia, and @TylerHaydenSF.
We're psyched to embark on this new journey together!
We're building Tolmo in the open, and we're looking for feedback. Would love to hear your thoughts about what we're building!
tolmo.com/blog/introducing-t…
This is my fav wkd in London bc 100+ private parks are open to the public. I made a map to help navigate them: london-parks.smurda.dev/
Tickets here: londongardenstrust.org/whats…
Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
Fundamentally, we think traditional application software is going away.
Most of the SaaS you use today will be accessed through AI agents via API rather than directly. Any UI you need will get generated on the fly, purpose-built for the task at hand.
You won't adapt to someone else's interface — you'll describe what you need and get it instantly, connected to your real data.
2025 was the year of coding agents. 2026 is the year this extends to all knowledge work. Instant Apps is our first big step toward that future.
Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
🎈 We're thrilled to announce our pre-seed round of $2.5M led by @sequoia, with @eastdakota, @rauchg, @andreasklinger and more, to build the next generation platform for collaboration!
Everything's better with friends. Join us!
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Lessons from @Snowflake, @Confluent, @SentinelOne, and other great SaaS companies on how to scale sales into Europe
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Thrilled to partner with @GeoffQL and the @apollographql team, and announce our investment in their $130M series D.
With @ApolloGraphQL we go from making multiple API requests to a single query, and from overfetching to receiving only data we want. yhoo.it/3m723UI
Security and monitoring are converging, and @sysdig is at the heart (or kernel) of that convergence. My team invested because of their open-source approach which is rooted in Sysdig’s founder @lorisdegio, the cocreator of Wireshark. bit.ly/32ZwbGA
I wrote about why sales comp plans at startups should use team quotas. It’s counterintuitive for comp plans to use team goals, but early on collaboration is more important than competition and a leaderboard doesn’t make sense.
I wrote about why early sales hires should be team players and use team goals. Traditional "mercenary" salespeople are better for later stages of an established company.
An amazing event @Livermore_Lab. Terrific technologists bringing their inventions out of @ENERGY labs and getting useful advice on building their startups
.@DorisKGoodwin reading a 1912 nyti.ms/2UrNQFl piece that rings true today "This is our first Presidential campaign under the preference primary. We hope it may be our last. The spectacle must be amazing to foreigners and bring a blush of shame to every American" @algore
Inspirational words on upward mobility and social justice from @YoYo_Ma and “Song of the Birds”. Birds symbolize freedom, they fly through borders. As leaders I hope you create that kind of flight for the people in your lives.
Listening to @fhollande on indifference. Indifference is a threat to the EU. When 27 countries keep the status quo nobody wants to draft the resolutions to modify institutions and there is no progress. Extremist parties will leave the EU, and the risk is that it becomes nothing.
Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
How @UnderscoreVC explained the opportunity for impact during their interview process and set one student up for a successful summer internship. #HBSInterns hbs.me/2NIvz2r
Micah Smurthwaite retweeted
If ur at eTail 2016 be sure to swing by the #CloudFlare booth and visit @Smurda and @Bmgentile #eTailEast @eTailNews
Cool map that gives the history of San Francisco street names sfstreets.noahveltman.com – at San Francisco, CA