Sometimes building an outlier company means walking away from a good one.
The first version of @TryPallet was working. But Sushanth Raman believed it needed to change to deliver truly ambitious impact for the global supply chain. He pushed ahead with a pivot despite resistance
We've had so many instances in candidate onsites when we've brought on people who spiked hard in one interview and failed another interview.
100% of these hires have been absolute killers. Look for spikes in your hires.
$480M ARR, growing 20% YoY, have a fuckton in the bank.
Still decides to burn the boat and focus entirely on AI.
Really wonder if the “adapt or die” mindset is being taken a bit too far these days.
Super relevant update on the Airtable acquisition!
They spun out their AI business Hyperagent prior to the acquisition.
So the company lives on, and likely some cash with it, probably can be recapitalized.
seems like a fantastic outcome. Shed the old business and focus on AI
As we've scaled up AI deployments with customers over the past year, we've built up a large supply chain dataset across a multitude of use-cases, from semiconductors and GPUs to frozen foods and chemicals.
Pallet Labs was started for two reasons:
1. Advance the frontier of AI
Today, we're introducing Pallet Labs, the home for applied AI research at @TryPallet.
Supply chain is a network of business contracts, technical know-how, economics, and physical operations. Working with some of the world's largest enterprises gives us a unique opportunity to
