Founder @scoutintro
San Francisco, CA
Joined December 2014
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Randy Brown retweeted
Trillions are pouring into the race to build the first general superintelligence, but leveraging your own specialized know-it-all is now possible as of today.
I built the knowledge systems at @stripe and @uber. Then I helped Anthropic, Metronome, and Graphite build a killer developer experience. Everyone wants Stripe-level quality, but that bar is too low.
Falconer gives you and your customers complete, specialized intelligence: an internal knowledge base and external documentation in one beautiful package. Falconer is the ultimate trust engine to manage your context: self-driving, observable, and agent-friendly.
I co-founded @falconer_ai with @mbenedetto212 and assembled a team of know-it-all builders. We're backed by fellow know-it-alls @thegp, @BoxGroup, @svangel, @karimatiyeh, @benln, @zachlloydtweets, @CeciStalls, @MerrillLutsky, @scottmac, @malthe, and @adamjstevenson, with angels from Anthropic, Stripe, Meta, Cursor, Replit, and more.
Frontier intelligence companies like @FireworksAI_HQ and @⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛; fintech companies like @payabli and @vori; and healthtech companies like @thatch_ai use @falconer_ai because they all share the same vision as us: the knowledge you earn should belong to you.
Now you can know everything, so you can build anything.
Randy Brown retweeted
my first patent has been in the news lately because it's referenced in EU AI Act's transparency rules (C2PA) and will be baked into content generated by Anthropic.
sometimes it's surreal to me how things you worked on for a long time, since inception, can continue to have exponentially growing impact long after you've moved on.
it was a project that was initially deprioritized by leadership – but in my free time I would talk to journalists, social scientists, and researchers about how they viewed democracy at the threat of deepfakes and ai-generated media. when i couldn't get enough resourcing for engineers, I would build the prototypes myself (swe background came in handy) & those end up being published in the papers.
it became something i was absolutely obsessed with and couldn't stop thinking about.
people often ask me how I know what problem i want to solve and the answer has been pretty simple because it's the feeling that you cannot stop thinking about it and you see it everywhere.
working on something that continues to be relevant (arguably more relevant over time) is an underrated feeling. a feeling that i have continued to chase since then.
Randy Brown retweeted
First-time founders struggle with early-stage hiring because they've never hired before. So they default to advice that sounds good but is mostly useless.
➡️ "Hire the top 1%"
➡️ "Recruit from these same 10 companies"
➡️ "Sell the dream"
Want to know how to get good at hiring?
Randy Brown retweeted
Lil feature improvement in @PlotWorkspace! Launching Plot Creative Juicebox 🧃earlier this month was JUST the MVP — and love from users has got us pumped.
We noticed a big limitation for creatives to only text Plot links and notes, so we got to work.
Text any media file (videos and photos) using @WhatsApp to store, review, and share creative assets all through one simple text to Plot. 🧃
Join the waitlist to access: plot.so/waitlist
Randy Brown retweeted
Merit makes mentoring approachable, with an insane talent pool of mentee and mentor connections. They are live on Product Hunt - give them an upvote and sign up on the platform! producthunt.com/posts/merit-… by @randybrown_
Randy Brown retweeted
We’re live on Product Hunt! Merit has gone through a full makeover in the past year, and we’re celebrating by launching. 🚀 Give Merit some love with an upvote!
producthunt.com/posts/merit-…
Randy Brown retweeted
To kick off our new Office Hours series, we interviewed
@ellenchisa and talked about everything from transitioning into product management to making Meyer lemon pôt de crème for the first time. Read a transcript of our chat for more. blog.get-merit.com/office-ho…
Randy Brown retweeted
We're excited to officially welcome @rkspurrier to the Merit team! She'll be spearheading our content marketing and writing efforts. Welcome, Rachel! Check out the work she's already done for Merit here: medium.com/@rachelk.spurrier
Randy Brown retweeted
Finding great employee benefits just got a whole lot easier. Introducing the Nava Benefits Search Engine. app.navabenefits.com/
youtu.be/mXTno3YhJwE
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
1/ To celebrate, we've collected a list of some of our favorite orgs for women in tech.
Randy Brown retweeted
For #InternationalWomensDay2022, we're looking at how tech companies can #BreakTheBias. @emilie_h, co-founder & CEO of @alliebotHQ, wrote about steps every org can take to combat bias in the workplace.
bit.ly/3HO9VBG
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What do the NFL, recruiting, and tech all have in common?
Merit co-founder @randybrown_ breaks down why hiring and promotion is still stacked against Black tech workers and what we all, individually and collectively, can do about it. #BHM
bit.ly/3vm9Dj5
Randy Brown retweeted
Black employees don’t receive the same level of sponsorship as white employees do, leaving them at a disadvantage. We need to democratize professional networks, mentorship, and sponsorship to improve DE&I. #BHM
hbr.org/2022/02/20-of-white-…
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great primer for newer engineers
medium.com/merit-publication…
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New to being a mentor?
Want some tips on how to approach your first conversation?
👇🏾 After facilitating over 4,500+ career conversations at @meritmentor here is what we've learned: