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Daniel Gendelman
- Founding father of Raya
📝 Half Baked tells the story of Raya…
Again in 2014, Daniel Gendelman… seen one thing. Courting apps have been booming, however they have been constructed for the lots. What if, as an alternative, you constructed one for the elites?Â
So, Daniel quietly launched a secretive courting app only for celebrities and high-profile creatives. To affix, you wanted two referrals and needed to cross a social media vetting course of by a workforce of 500 nameless gatekeepers…
2015-2016: Celebrities and influencers started becoming a member of (largely actors, musicians, fashions). The app rapidly earned its “Illuminati Tinder” nickname…
2023: Raya’s reported valuation hit the $100M+ vary. Nonetheless bootstrapped, with zero exterior funding. The riches are within the niches as they are saying.
All of which works to show that whereas everyone seems to be on the market constructing for the lots, typically it’s higher to unravel a really massive downside for a small variety of folks.
RIght now it’s AI apps which can be booming 🔥
ChatGPT, Midjourney, Loveable, and many others.
All fixing small issues for many folks.
What’s the Raya equal you would construct, an AI app that may resolve a really massive downside for a small variety of folks? 🤔
