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Ben Taylor
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@bentay
founder of @spec (hiring, DM me!) // prev yc w19 (acq)
San Francisco, CA
withspec.com
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    Oct 2, 2025
    Your Mac just got a brain. 🧠 Spec proactively drafts replies, summarizes docs, and helps before you ask. It connects knowledge and memory across iMessage, Slack, email, and your calendar, finally making your apps work together. Goodbye silos and context switching.
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    May 23, 2022
    If your ex continues using your app after you break up, your startup has PMF
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    Jun 3, 2021
    May your tech bros respect you Covid neglect you Pfizer protect you And hot girl summer accept you
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    Jul 18, 2022
    hey (with the intention of cofounding a startup and working together for the next 10 years)
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    Mar 31, 2024
    You either die a founder or live long enough to see yourself become a VC
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    Jun 26, 2022
    Excited to share that my company Stealth just hired our 2500th employee! Thankful to all of you who have supported our journey 🙏
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    Apr 12, 2022
    you’re in her dms, I’m inviting her to the last seat at my web3 dinner. we are not the same.
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    Feb 9, 2022
    New home 🌁
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    May 3, 2022
    SF is…really nice actually
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    Aug 23, 2022
    Dating as a founder
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    May 27, 2022
    is there a way to unmint NFTs, i’m trying to pay rent next week
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    Dec 28, 2021
    The web3 urge to buy an NFT just so you can make it your profile pic and fit in with all of your Twitter friends
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    Ben Taylor
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    @bentay
    Feb 4, 2025
    Replying to @kyliebytes
    why stop at 10x more agency
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    Ben Taylor
    Spec
    @bentay
    Apr 4, 2025
    Replying to @kyliebytes
    partiful.com
    watch menswear guy fight by uniqlo | Partiful
    let’s all watch him fight some guy on twitter https://x.com/armanddoma/status/1907955223995548125
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