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Yana Welinder

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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

Joined February 2011

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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
May 20
Every yanabana.com fabric starts from the same base pattern: Mainframe computer punch cards. Here’s why... The original computer punch cards actually came from fashion. Early computers borrowed the idea from the Jacquard loom, a programmable weaving machine from
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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
Jan 17, 2024
We've all been there 😅
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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
Oct 29, 2025
Goals: name your startup so well an acquirer renames their company.
rahulvohra
@rahulvohra
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
@yanabana
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
@yanabana
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
@yanabana
Sep 19, 2025
Just made my first investment as an @a16z venture scout. Pitch me more!!
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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
May 3, 2025
Jira — always adding friction 🤣
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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
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
@yanabana
Sep 27, 2024
The Zuck 2.0 style is catching on 👀
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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
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
@yanabana
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
@yanabana
Jun 21, 2024
Your product after adding B2B features...
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Yana Welinder
@yanabana
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
@yanabana
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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