Nell, founded by ex-SoundCloud co-founder Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss, has surfaced in San Francisco with early backing from Index Ventures and a roster of angels including Soleio Cuervo and Guillermo Rauch, teasing an AI-native media platform built around the idea of fluid, remixable content.
Every generation inherits a new medium.
Ours is taking shape.
Introducing @_nellofficial.
Built in San Francisco. Backed by Danny Rimer and @IndexVentures, alongside @antonosika, @gokulr, @rauchg, Jason Citron, @joshm, @lennysan, @mati, @Max, @saradu, @soleio, @Thom_Wolf, and several others.
More soon.
Replies from backers and observers such as Lenny Rachitsky focus on the visual appeal of nell.ai, underscoring early excitement around the concept without any deeper product walkthroughs.
No technical approach, feature list, pricing, availability timeline, or funding amounts have been disclosed, leaving the scope of this next-generation medium explicitly open for later updates.
Positive users express excitement about Nello's launch as a new medium with Index Ventures backing and nice storytelling, while negative users criticize the vague marketing and demand clearer details first.
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From the creator of @SoundCloud
A new medium for a new age
Join me on the waitlist below
Every generation inherits a new medium.
Ours is taking shape.
Introducing Nell.
Built in San Francisco. Backed by Danny Rimer and @IndexVentures, alongside @antonosika, @gokulr, @rauchg, Jason Citron, @joshm, @lennysan, @mati, @Max, @saradu, @soleio, @Thom_Wolf, and several others.
More soon.
http://nell.ai
From the creator of @SoundCloud
A new medium for a new age
Join me on the waitlist below
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @Thom_Wolf Delighted to see you building in the golden state. http://nell.ai is beautiful
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf Can’t wait to see what Nell’s equivalent of the SoundCloud waveform is… so much fun stuff to explore with new media formats thanks to AI
@soleio @ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @Thom_Wolf It really is. Proud to be tagging along for the ride of such a special company!
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @Thom_Wolf Delighted to see you building in the golden state. http://nell.ai is beautiful
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf Love this
@soleio @SoundCloud Maybe it’ll be realtime AI generated music with non-stop playlists and mixes. Hyper specific to the listeners taste-algo. Like real world visual generations but with music. Of course I’ll delete this if I’m wrong.
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf Congratulations Eric - really excited for what you are building!
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf Soooooo excited for this. Go Eric. Go Nell!
@soleio @SoundCloud Oooo
@soleio @ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @mati @Max @saradu @Thom_Wolf Wow you are right. Delightful.
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @Thom_Wolf Delighted to see you building in the golden state. http://nell.ai is beautiful
@soleio @SoundCloud I don’t get it. Too vague
@soleio @SoundCloud What is it?
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf hell yeah!
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf excited for this !!
@soleio @SoundCloud well if it sucks as bad as soundcloud has ran their operation then its bound to fail lmfao
@YouAndYourBS @soleio @SoundCloud Why would I sign up for waitlist on a product I don’t know what it is?
Like I do t have enough spam emails
@ericw @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf so what's this?
@ericw @koenbok @_nellofficial @IndexVentures @antonosika @gokulr @rauchg @joshm @lennysan @mati @Max @saradu @soleio @Thom_Wolf Congrats on the launch!!
@soleio @SoundCloud Lmao only real ones know I’m the real Nell