George Sivulka

brought in like a mattress from the dorms and i had a folding table from home depot nearby and i would basically rotate whether the mattress was on the floor or the folding tables on the floor and that was i just sat there and worked all day 16 18 hours a day go to sleep wake up do it again no weekends you know it's kind of like i turned into almost a monk where i was just obsessively building happy i was training models at the time i should wake up in the middle of night check on them you know continue to use my gpu because i didn't want to spend any money

brought in like a mattress from the dorms and i had a folding table from home depot nearby and i would basically rotate whether the mattress was on the floor or the folding tables on the floor and that was i just sat there and worked all day 16 18 hours a day go to sleep wake up do it again no weekends you know it's kind of like i turned into almost a monk where i was just obsessively building happy i was training models at the time i should wake up in the middle of night check on them you know continue to use my gpu because i didn't want to spend any money

Yeah. Ultimately, I probably went too hard. Like hindsight's 20-20. I think I definitely left nothing on the table to a point where it was detrimental to my health. But at the same time, I think that was like a crucible where it helped form me. It's very hard to be a founder. And those are the moments where you're just like, you're eating microwave meals every single day.

Yeah. Ultimately, I probably went too hard. Like hindsight's 20-20. I think I definitely left nothing on the table to a point where it was detrimental to my health. But at the same time, I think that was like a crucible where it helped form me. It's very hard to be a founder. And those are the moments where you're just like, you're eating microwave meals every single day.

Yeah. Ultimately, I probably went too hard. Like hindsight's 20-20. I think I definitely left nothing on the table to a point where it was detrimental to my health. But at the same time, I think that was like a crucible where it helped form me. It's very hard to be a founder. And those are the moments where you're just like, you're eating microwave meals every single day.

And you're just like losing weight and you're trying to will something into existence. I actually was trying to pitch one of my former bosses at a professional services firm. And he looked at me on the Zoom call, and he almost cried. And he was like, just come work here. What are you doing to yourself? Just don't. Come back. We'll give you a proper salary. You don't have to do this.

And you're just like losing weight and you're trying to will something into existence. I actually was trying to pitch one of my former bosses at a professional services firm. And he looked at me on the Zoom call, and he almost cried. And he was like, just come work here. What are you doing to yourself? Just don't. Come back. We'll give you a proper salary. You don't have to do this.

And you're just like losing weight and you're trying to will something into existence. I actually was trying to pitch one of my former bosses at a professional services firm. And he looked at me on the Zoom call, and he almost cried. And he was like, just come work here. What are you doing to yourself? Just don't. Come back. We'll give you a proper salary. You don't have to do this.

There's so many low points like that. And I think I just kept on chewing through it. And yeah, raising money in the closet. I actually got on with, we raised a pre-seed from Peter Thiel and Floodgate, and then our seed from Mike Volpe at Index. And Mike was like, Hey, we're going to do a partner call just as a formality with a few partners, just to clear it up. This is Volpe. Yeah.

There's so many low points like that. And I think I just kept on chewing through it. And yeah, raising money in the closet. I actually got on with, we raised a pre-seed from Peter Thiel and Floodgate, and then our seed from Mike Volpe at Index. And Mike was like, Hey, we're going to do a partner call just as a formality with a few partners, just to clear it up. This is Volpe. Yeah.

There's so many low points like that. And I think I just kept on chewing through it. And yeah, raising money in the closet. I actually got on with, we raised a pre-seed from Peter Thiel and Floodgate, and then our seed from Mike Volpe at Index. And Mike was like, Hey, we're going to do a partner call just as a formality with a few partners, just to clear it up. This is Volpe. Yeah.

And so Volpe is like, there'll be a few partners on this call. What round is this for? This is for a seed. So there's a follow on to the pre-seed in like November of, I think, 2020.

And so Volpe is like, there'll be a few partners on this call. What round is this for? This is for a seed. So there's a follow on to the pre-seed in like November of, I think, 2020.

And so Volpe is like, there'll be a few partners on this call. What round is this for? This is for a seed. So there's a follow on to the pre-seed in like November of, I think, 2020.

And I get on the Zoom call and I've literally got clothes hanging behind me and they're like all of a sudden Mike shows up and then four other partners and then 80 partners and like the Zoom screen tessellates with, you know, hundreds of faces. And I'm like horrified at the fact. And Mike's like, look, he's living in a closet. And everyone's like, ah, great founder. And I was so embarrassed.

And I get on the Zoom call and I've literally got clothes hanging behind me and they're like all of a sudden Mike shows up and then four other partners and then 80 partners and like the Zoom screen tessellates with, you know, hundreds of faces. And I'm like horrified at the fact. And Mike's like, look, he's living in a closet. And everyone's like, ah, great founder. And I was so embarrassed.

And I get on the Zoom call and I've literally got clothes hanging behind me and they're like all of a sudden Mike shows up and then four other partners and then 80 partners and like the Zoom screen tessellates with, you know, hundreds of faces. And I'm like horrified at the fact. And Mike's like, look, he's living in a closet. And everyone's like, ah, great founder. And I was so embarrassed.

And then I pitched my company.

And then I pitched my company.

And then I pitched my company.