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Pedro Franceschi

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Pedro Franceschi

@pedroh96

Founder & CEO @BrexHQ, helping 35k+ companies (from startups to the largest companies on the planet) to spend smarter and move faster.

San Francisco, CA

Joined April 2008

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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Apr 7
Today @brexHQ is officially part of @CapitalOne ! When we started Brex, we always believed that how a company spends money defines what it becomes. Finance isn't back office, but the core of how every business decision gets made. With AI reshaping how companies run, there's
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Sep 1, 2024
Switching to founder mode is the best thing I’ve done at Brex in many years. What it means for us in practice: 1) Having a single roadmap for the entire company, where I’m the editor of what ships in each release. 2) Eliminate people manager roles. Leaders must operate at all
Paul Graham
@paulg
Sep 1, 2024
Founder Mode: paulgraham.com/foundermode.ht…
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Oct 13, 2025
Brex is the only company proud of how many people leave. Over 100 alumni became founders (4x the industry average), raising more than $800M along the way, with $1B+ in exits, and even 1 IPO. @brexHQ is the best founder school on the planet. Quitters Welcome.
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Sep 23, 2025
One month from the best day of my life. ❤️ Marrying well is (unsurprisingly) the biggest life hack.
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Dec 7, 2021
Is this person going to scale? If you work at a startup, you’ve certainly heard this question before. :) What I learned about people that scale.
What I learned about people that scale
From brex.com
Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Mar 10, 2023
Brex is now offering an emergency bridge credit line for SVB customers to meet their operational spending needs. Apply here:
SVB Emergency line
From brex.com
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Dec 5, 2024
Early this year, we made some hard changes at @brexHQ to increase intensity, quality and speed. Ten months later, this is how Brex is doing after switching into founder mode. 🧵
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Jun 10, 2022
🧵 Three Myths of Headcount Headcount is a topic of huge debate in any startup. It's your largest expense, and many people see it as a silver bullet. It isn’t. 👇 Here’s three myths of headcount.
Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Oct 2, 2025
I sent the following email to the @brexHQ team this week sharing an important milestone for the company. The turnaround is over, Brex is back to operating with unconstrained ambition.
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Jun 17, 2022
🧵 Yesterday we made the difficult decision to stop serving traditional small businesses at @brexHQ. Brex remains deeply committed to serving startups, so let me explain how we got to this (painful) decision, and why it allows us to serve startups even better.
Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Sep 4, 2025
Brex has reached $700M in total annualized revenue, growing 50%, and is on track to profitability. The past 2 years have been transformative: sharper focus, higher standards, stronger culture. Now growth is accelerating again, with our move into Europe being just one step on
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Jun 18, 2024
Today Brex is launching a new, supercharged banking experience for startups with @stripe and @column 🏦 The banking process can be difficult for new founders — especially non-U.S. residents. They often have to wait 5+ weeks for an EIN from the IRS before they can even apply for
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Sep 24, 2025
I started a new company inside Brex to build the future of agentic finance. No BS, just builders building 996 and pushing production-grade agents to 30k+ finance teams, from startups to Fortune 500. I’m now hiring engineers to work directly with me. Signs you’re a great fit: -
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Pedro Franceschi
@pedroh96
Feb 20, 2025
Replying to @DOGE
@elonmusk @DOGE me and my eng team built our card rails and expense mgmt from the ground up to solve this exact problem for the largest co's in the world. Ready to be in DC with a team of engs and work side by side with DOGE team to improve payment systems. All volunteers. DM me.
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