Founder @YC W26, Screenwriter, @Cornell

LA / SF
Joined February 2025
Lily Zhao retweeted
We have solved video editing once and for all and…. It’s FREE Available on your nearest Mac. PS this video was made on @usecardboard ! Now, LET IT RIP!
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Replying to @sxmawl
@sxmawl is #2 on product hunt let's make him #1
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I made this in a few minutes with @Kling_ai and cardboard don't judge
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Cardboard is live on Product Hunt. Go check it out and leave us a review <3 usecardboard.com/ph
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Lily Zhao retweeted
who’s gonna be the first company to hire a Head of Taste
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Lily Zhao retweeted
“in the ai era, taste is the new core skill”
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Lily Zhao retweeted
Video professionals don’t want to play prompt roulette. Filmmaking happens on film sets – an environment for intentionality, collaboration, and control. @martini_film brings back the film set to AI video production. Get access at: martini.film Congrats on the launch @koh_terai & @beertocode! ycombinator.com/launches/PJg…
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I was so excited to use the bathroom at the last YC event but then... the bathrooms were gender neutral. The nice dudes of YC @pranavbedi let me cut the line
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Got rejected from every accelerator but YC Here's my story
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I agreed with some conditions - wanted to apply to accelerators. But we got rejected everywhere. I think YC was about to reject us too. But they interviewed us a 2nd time, and we somehow got in a few days before xmas.
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And now we’re a part of @ycombinator W26 batch! Thanks @snowmaker for taking a chance on us. Will be posting more updates here
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Lily Zhao retweeted
This is a wild result. TikTok is somehow worse for people's mental health than Instagram is. And messaging apps are generally *good* for all of those outcomes: they make friendships closer and they make people happier!
Does social media harm everyone? No. But it harms *most* adolescents, according to a new study. And not all platforms have harmful effects. A new analysis of 44,211 daily diaries from 479 adolescents over 100 days finds that the majority of adolescents (60%) experienced small, but consistently negative effects of social media, suggesting that social media use is a notable contributor to mental health issues. However, a minority (13.6%) of adolescents experienced simultaneously harms and benefits across different dimensions of their mental health. Exploratory analyses revealed negative impacts of TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram use and positive or null effects of Snapchat and WhatsAp. This means that social media doesn't have to be harmful. link.springer.com/article/10…
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Twitter Growth Strategy 0-500 Followers: Reply Guy 501-2K: Niche Bangers 2-5K: Thirst Traps 5-10K: Parody News 10-25K: Cringe Threads 25-50K: Shitposts 50-75K: Fortune Cookies 75-100K: Cringe Bangers >100K: Get Cancelled
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LA tech week feels like sorority rush
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When the bathroom is LA catnip but you’re the only one holding up the line. I love it here I can be shallow AND special
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When the simulation’s image prompt parses the wrong part and renders poly statues. My God, Jason 🙄 { "user_input": "me at SF masquerade party", "subject_foreground": "user", "background": "polyamorous scene", }
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