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Gauntlet AI CEO Details $100M Burn, Pivot, And Path To Profitability

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Austen Allred@Austen#719inTech

We raised and burned through more than $100 million.

Went from two people to more than 200 then (slowly) down to 5.

We spent 18 months with less than a month of runway in the bank while we completely pivoted the company.

And finally we’re profitable and growing steadily.

Austen Allred@Austen

10 years ago I told my friend we should teach a Haskell course online.

We called it LambdaSchool because the first lessons were on the lambda calculus.

A decade later, by some miracle, Gauntlet AI lives on as the same company.

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Austen Allred@Austen

Here’s to the next decade.

Austen Allred@Austen

We raised and burned through more than $100 million.

Went from two people to more than 200 then (slowly) down to 5.

We spent 18 months with less than a month of runway in the bank while we completely pivoted the company.

And finally we’re profitable and growing steadily.

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AJAC@AJA_Cortes

@Austen Fucking inspiring brother, I remember when it was Lambda

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britton winterrose@Winterrose

@Austen hell yeah

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Theo FunnyStrip@thecodingtheo

@Austen Burned $100m, nearly died, pivoted, profitable. Very normal startup behaviour.

Theo FunnyStrip@thecodingtheo

@Austen Most startups die somewhere in that story. Fair play.