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Today WorkOS is launching auth.md
An open protocol for agents to register for services on the web.
We're partnering with @Cloudflare and @firecrawl as some of the first providers.
Why did we build this? And why now? 🧵
Michael Grinich
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- they all remained friends and retook the same photo many years later (my grandpa is 4th from the right)
Fairchild Semiconductor's founders (1957) - Actual video of startups selling their first enterprise deal
- uhh did atlassian just copy our logo?
AI breaks down yet another barrier! Today at Team '24 we announced Atlassian Rovo – a new product that unleashes a company’s knowledge so teams can make better decisions faster. bit.ly/4djwkI2 #AtlassianRovo - Gmail is forcing users to sign-in to Chrome. Are you surprised? I’m not. They’ve done it before. Here’s the story of how Gmail became Google’s secret weapon to compete with Facebook. (A thread 👇)
- Update: now $30m ARR 🚀 We are hiring across eng, design, marketing, sales, and more DMs open or email jobs at workos dot comLast month WorkOS crossed $20m ARR, powering 1,000+ customers. A big milestone, but it still feels like day one. Onward 🚀
00:00 - Introducing WorkOS, a developer API to make your app enterprise-ready. 🎉  workos.com Quick thread 👇
- Notion just raised a $10m Series A at a staggering $800m valuation. 💰💰💰 How were they able to close this wild round? Here’s my thoughts on the strategy, along with what risks it presents... (a thread 👇)
- imagine losing to jira but boasting that you save a couple million dollars per year dhh shares all this virtue signaling as if they are business masterminds but seems they just got smoked by linear, asana, monday, and even atlassian does anyone actually use basecamp? iIt unfortunately seems that 37signals spent the last two and a half years on a Manhattan project to reduce COGS at the expense of thus far completely missing AI (at least I can’t find any mention of features on their websites). The opportunity cost was always huge.
- When I started WorkOS, it was just me working out of my bedroom. This month we opened our first office in the heart of San Francisco. 🌁 Big step for the team and the journey ahead!
- Most people think raising VC funding is the barrier to starting a company. The actual barrier is more often healthcare. Every week it seems I meet another incredible would-be founder, who are instead stuck in a job simply due to heath insurance for them or their family.I will die on this hill: HEALTH INSURANCE SHOULD NOT BE TIED TO EMPLOYMENT.
