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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
Building yanabana.com — AI Couture Founder/CEO @Kraftful (acq by @Amplitude_HQ) @YCombinator & @Harvard alum @Pioneer_Fund SVP, @VCBackedMoms founder, 2X mom
🇸🇪 Swede in San Francisco
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    Yana Welinder
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    Jun 16
    Another view of the Ruth Asawa inspired collection
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    Jun 15
    The Minnesota Street Project is running a Ruth Awasa exhibit. Here's a mini collection inspired by her work. Next challenge: how do I 3D print these?
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    Yana Welinder
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    Jan 17, 2024
    We've all been there 😅
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    Yana Welinder
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    Oct 29, 2025
    Goals: name your startup so well an acquirer renames their company.
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    Superhuman
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    Oct 29, 2025
    In July, we announced that Superhuman is being acquired by Grammarly. I am thrilled to announce that our parent company — formerly known as Grammarly — will now be known as Superhuman! 👌 The email app that we all know and love will now be known as Superhuman Mail 💌
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    Yana Welinder
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    Sep 2, 2024
    This is it: @bchesky on founder mode. Three reasons why founders differ from managers: 1. Being the biological parent 2. Full permission to make change 3. Knowing how to rebuild the company
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    Yana Welinder
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    Dec 20, 2024
    o3 has scored over 85% on ARC-AGI 🤯 Human performance is at 85% In other words: AGI has been achieved in 2024 2025 is going to be wild!
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    Yana Welinder
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    Sep 19, 2025
    Just made my first investment as an @a16z venture scout. Pitch me more!!
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    Yana Welinder
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    May 3, 2025
    Jira — always adding friction 🤣
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    Yana Welinder
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    Dec 17, 2023
    Users don't read. Users prefer to learn by doing, not by reading instructions. Every extra word is an opportunity for users to abandon the product. They have more important stuff to do. This is where intuitive design come into play. Let's break it down 🧵
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    Yana Welinder
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    Sep 27, 2024
    The Zuck 2.0 style is catching on 👀
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    Yana Welinder
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    Apr 16, 2025
    Reminder: the o3 launching right now has scored over 87.5% on ARC-AGI Human performance is at 85%
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    Yana Welinder
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    Apr 28, 2023
    Product managers: what’s a PM tool you use that you would pay for out of pocket?
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    Yana Welinder
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    Jun 21, 2024
    Your product after adding B2B features...
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    Yana Welinder
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    Nov 4, 2025
    I’ve referred almost 200 female founders to @ycombinator And I will refer more! Ping me if you’re considering applying. We need more female founders shaping the future! Otherwise, we end up with healthcare that ignores women’s symptoms, seatbelts that don’t protect pregnant
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    Yana Welinder
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    Jan 26, 2025
    ✨Operator replacing PMs: 1. It connected all public user feedback about Slack (app reviews, Twitter, Reddit comments) to Kraftful.com 2. Generated a prioritized list of feature requests and complaints based on popularity (analyzing all this data would take a PM
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