thank you!
1. I received a question about my schedule (meaning: no other questions asked), I answered and received no further response. 2. I applied using your own template {a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next}. My application was absolutely not generic mass application 3. I sent you several things I’m proud of. Among them were:
- A Product I build (independently) - linkkraft browser that captures pages/resources using chrome devtools protocol & other electron network API), basicly local-first browser. https://arestov.github.io/linkkraft-notes/trails-tree-plus-o... You are "building private, local AI in browser". This seemed specifically relevant, escpecialy if you are building a browser agent, not just a chat (like aside https://aside.com/blog/how-we-built-the-sota-browser-agent-t...).
- my open source contributions to p2p (torrent network) libraries. I did this because you have IPFS (which is p2p network) in browser.
Your application template does not contain "why Puma?" question, but spending my own time on these 2 things (local-first browser, p2p) and including them in the application was, I believe, a pretty clear answer to it.
I do appreciate you responding directly.
instead of bumping the email thread you decide to put this all publicly. ok. but if you want to be pedantic, our HN post includes "what you'd like to build next?" which you conveniently skipped.
if you read our website, the application there includes "Why I’m interested to join Puma?".
you seem to care much more about being right than making progress or being helpful. i hope you change your approach since you clearly can build things.
I'll be honest, it's not looking good for you
"I have attached my resume in response to your posting. I am interested in interviewing ASAP."
"Good afternoon, I saw your post on HackerNews and I am interested in interviewing. Best, Brian"
but yeah, if you bump the thread with `html5cat` mentioned i'll personally look into it – my goal is to respond to every earnestly submitted application despite the sea of AI slop.
update: found your email – definitely well written but didn't have GitHub so it got skipped.
Hi all, I’m Yuriy, founder of Puma.tech. Prev. worked at Cloudant (YC S08), Meteor (YC S11), Parse (YC S11, Facebook/Meta), and explored AI/ML (computer vision for self-driving cars).
We have 2 products:
1. https://PumaBrowser.com: iOS & Android mobile browser with built in LLMs & wallets. 1m+ downloads.
2. https://PumaAI.com: small research lab focused on building private local/hybrid alternative to ChatGPT.
Open Roles: Eng (iOS/MacOS, Android, Ai/ML, Browser Extensions), Based Social Media Intern; Internships: Eng, Design, Growth
We’ve raised a few rounds from some of the best builders in ai and crypto:
Protocol Labs (YC S14), Chris Larsen (Ripple), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Snowflake CEO), Jason Warner (poolside.ai, ex-GitHub CTO), Don Ho (Orange DAO, Quantstamp W18), Evil Rabbit (Vercel), John Phamous (SF Compute) and other amazing builders.
How to Apply: email careers+hn [at] puma.tech with your GitHub, a note on what you're most proud of building and what you'd like to build next.
Thank you!