Kenan Saleh (@kenanhsaleh) / X

Kenan Saleh

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Kenan Saleh

@kenanhsaleh

Investment Partner @a16z. Previously: GM @Lyft, Founder @HaloCars (acq by Lyft), @Penn @Wharton

SF / NYC

kenansaleh.com

Joined September 2016

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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
May 12
Proactive AI Agents Today’s AI products are reactive. You give the model a prompt, it responds with an answer. These are useful, but I’m excited about products that take this further and shift the paradigm from “ask → answer” to “observe → act." These agents will continuously
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Feb 27, 2025
Update: I’ve joined @BainCapVC as an EIR. I'll focus on early-stage investing and researching ideas in: - Scaling solar energy - Humanoid robots - Automated manufacturing - AI-enabled services - Government efficiency enablement If you're thinking about any of these, let's chat.
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Aug 15, 2022
I gave a talk on no-code @zapier’s annual conference - Why every company should be using no-code tools - How we used them to scale Halo & still do at Lyft - The emerging core “No-code Stack” (@zapier, @airtable, & new entrant @retool) - Future use cases
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Jul 10, 2023
Some personal news: after almost four years at @Lyft leading the Media business, I’ve decided to leave to start my next company. In 2018 we started @HaloCars from my college dorm room. Our goal was to revolutionize outdoor advertising while providing a way for rideshare drivers
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Jan 15, 2023
Replying to @ParikPatelCFA
Disagree. The fact that people are willing pay more shows how much superior the products are Tech is not just about decreasing costs, it's also about improving quality. See Apple
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Aug 3, 2023
Replying to @ChrisJBakke
Previous losses are irrelevant for company value - only thing that matters is future cash flows
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Jan 1, 2023
Since everyone is sharing book recommendations… By far the most useful book I’ve read for founders is High Growth Handbook by @eladgil I find most “business” books too abstract — more principles & stories than tactical advice. This does the opposite
Stripe Press — High Growth Handbook
From press.stripe.com
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Mar 27, 2025
Working theory: phone calls > Zoom I've had like a 10x better conversion rate
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Mar 3, 2024
Replying to @ankurnagpal
We’re working on this - eatpureplate.com Currently live in NYC 🙂
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Aug 7, 2023
Watching a live race from lock screen
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Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Aug 8, 2022
Since @halocars was acquired 2.5 years ago, we’ve been quietly building Excited to share what we’ve been working on and formally announce Lyft Media — @lyft’s newest line of business
Introducing Lyft Media
From lyft.com
Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Nov 3, 2022
Replying to @vladtenev and @RobinhoodApp
Show full company financials in-app. Currently have to switch to Google to get this (see below)
Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
May 4, 2020
Every startup should use @airtable and @zapier
Kenan Saleh
@kenanhsaleh
Oct 8, 2020
Too much @Superhuman use If you know, you know