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Proud to see Flex listed by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2026 list with great company like Nvidia, Anthropic, Robinhood, Bilt, Plaid, and Circle. Day 1.
@FlexSuperApp
Zaid Rahman
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Zaid Rahman
@zaidrmn
founder/ceo at @FlexSuperApp — an AI-Native Private Bank for Business Owners Globally. @thielfellowship
Joined December 2009
- Number of software engineers at: WhatsApp: 75 Instagram: 300 (at 1b DAUs, now ~1k) Reddit: 600 Tesla: 200 (+100 on AutoPilot) TikTok: 1,000 (outside China) Zoom: 1,500 Twitter: 3,000+ (until recently) (Rough estimates from LinkedIn)Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextPoster is using data from LinkedIn’s insights on each company by looking at the percentage of employees in the “Engineering” function which includes developers as well as none developers so the number of cannot accurately be determined. More information on LI’s job functions: linkedin.com/pulse/list-26-…
- The enterprise value created by ~250 college dropouts at the @thielfellowship: Ethereum, @VitalikButerin ($200B+) Figma, @zoink ($20B) Oyo Rooms, @riteshagar ($12B) Polkadot, Robert Habermeier ($7B) Scale AI, @LucyGuo ($7.5B) Loom, @shahedkhan ($4B) Luminar, Austin Russell ($3B)
- Super excited about this bear market. The best companies and investments will be made now.
- Replying to @zaidrmnEdit: - These numbers are from LinkedIn Insights. - WhatsApp and IG were <100 ppl before M&A. Now have large infra and ads support from Meta. - I tried to stick to companies/products ~$100B in EV. Meta is 5-10x larger than Twitter. Same applies to ByteDance, GOOG, and AMZN.
- Why people love Miami: - infectious energy and optimism - extreme openness and diversity - pragmatic government - high quality of life - cost of living - tight transplant community - superior timezone - weather (most of the time) - taxes - safety - ENDLESS entertainment
- Card transaction volume per day: - Brex + Ramp (combined): ~$50M per day - AmEx: $3B per day Still Day 1.
- I'm so excited to launch @TheFlexCard to the world. An end-to-end finance platform for SMBs. We have raised $100M in debt + $20M equity from amazing partners. And we have a new brand: Flex. 25K+ SMBs have come to accelerate their American Dream.
- Excited to share that @FlexSuperApp has raised $225M: $25M in equity from Titanium + existing investors, along with $200M in debt from Victory Park. In <18 months, Flex has surpassed $1B in annualized TPV, redefining how business and personal finances work together.
00:00 - Replying to @martpie_Sure. Both of these teams prior to M&A were tinier. Meta also is a pretty profitable company, whereas Twitter is not.
- Flexbase is excited to announce its newest product: Flexbase Pay, BNPL for B2B transactions. Businesses can now get Net-60 terms for 0% APR on any business purchase — directly with partner merchants via our Flexbase Pay integration or soon via ACH for any vendor. 🧵
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