Aaref Hilaly (@aaref) / X

Aaref Hilaly

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Aaref Hilaly

@aaref

First a Founder, then a CEO, now @BainCapVC focused on AI seed & Series A. Helping out at @cognition, @DecagonAI, @evenuplaw, @krea_ai, @simile_ai & others.

SF Bay Area

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Joined June 2008

Aaref Hilaly
@aaref
19h
A rare, inside view of mastercraftsmen @ryanjdaniels & @jsarihan at work
Nix 🕊
@startingfromnix
Jul 30
Crosby (@crosbylegal) is a “neo-firm," equal parts lawyers and engineers that owns liability, and takes on legal work end to end, handling contracts for @RamP, @clay, @Cursor, @cognition, @ListenLabs and more. I spent two weeks embedded in Crosby in New York - seeing their time
Aaref Hilaly
@aaref
22h
The talent density at this company is insane - and it all starts with @joon_s_pk
Simile
@simile_ai
22h
Today we’re announcing our Series B. We’ve raised $200M at a $2B valuation from Greenoaks with participation from Index Ventures, Hanabi, A*, Bain Capital Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, and Definition. Our mission is to simulate all eight billion people on earth, accurately.
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Aaref Hilaly
@aaref
Jul 14
Love the ambition of these founders ("First TX, then Earth, then Mars"). So grateful to have supported them since inception, thanks to my partners @ajay_bcv & @RonMiasnik
Noah Schochet
@noah_schochet
Jul 14
Today, we’re announcing that we’ve raised $115 million in funding, including a $100M Series A led by @kleinerperkins. America has lost the ability to build, and we’re here to restore it. My co-founder, @NoahMcGuinn, and I left our jobs at @SpaceX , where we worked on programs
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Aaref Hilaly
@aaref
Jul 14
Pretty amazing what this small team has been able to achieve
Joshua Meier
@joshim5
Jul 13
I'm delighted to announce a new collaboration between @chaidiscovery & @Novartis. It's been a pleasure working together over the past year, and we're excited to scale our collaboration to support broader deployment of Chai-3 across multiple therapeutic programs.
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Aaref Hilaly
@aaref
May 29
Love this guy! Totally low profile. Quietly went zero to $3.6b in cash in seven years - building a business with real recurring revenue + best in class metrics. @CTurlica is one of the best! @BainCapVC is lucky to work with him, thanks to my partner @merritthummer
Bloomberg
@business
May 28
Engineering software maker Autodesk has agreed to buy MaintainX, a firm focused on maintenance tools bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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