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the catalog — every source behind every claim, dated and typed.
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every claim on this site carries source ids that resolve here. type marks the evidence role; dates keep the precision the source gave.
- 2019-02-14bi reprint of the essaybusiness insiderbi reprint of the essay
- 2026$1b cumulative payouts vs ~$70/mo medianbizage$1b cumulative payouts vs ~$70/mo median
- 2022-02comics pressbleeding coolcomics press; account deletions reported
- 2021-04we were first, but who caresthe business of business"we were first, but who cares"; substack contrast
- 2024fee math across the three platformsletters by burkfee math across the three platforms
- 2024-03fosta-sesta censorship-by-uncertainty critiquebuttondownfosta-sesta censorship-by-uncertainty critique
- 2019-04-22forgone ~$10s of millionscnbcforgone ~$10s of millions; ipo-week quote
- 2025-05-10goodbye, gumroadansela corsino"goodbye, gumroad"
- 2025-04consolidated charge sheetcreativerlyconsolidated charge sheet
- 2023-01denningmediumdenning; exodus; "brand is dead"
- 2025-02ukrainian dev-community debatedev.uaukrainian dev-community debate
- 2023fee-era chronologyecomm designfee-era chronology; frank "most expensive" verdict
- 2022-02-08nft backlash featureengadgetnft backlash feature
- 2024-03creator-side email texteroscripts forumcreator-side email text; mar 28 deadline
- 2012-06-06(no, its not amway) prodigy profileforbes"(no, it's not amway)" prodigy profile
- 2022-02relatable brand voice attack doggarbage day"relatable brand voice attack dog"
- 2024official the lows retellinggumroadofficial "the lows" retelling
- 2024-12-11mor from 2025-01-01gumroadmor from 2025-01-01; new fee structure; $100 support gate
- 2025-04-04email-gate + hallucinating ai supportodd evanemail-gate + hallucinating ai support
- 2025-04-05doge → close my accountodd evandoge → "close my account"
- 2021-01-08which companies work like gumroad?: 205 pts, 147 cmtshacker news"which companies work like gumroad?": 205 pts, 147 cmts
- 2021-03-16crowd safe thread: 99 pts, 70 cmtshacker newscrowd safe thread: 99 pts, 70 cmts
- 2024-10-03why gumroad didnt choose htmx: 440 pts, 212 cmtshacker news"why gumroad didn't choose htmx": 440 pts, 212 cmts
- 2015-11-06layoffs thread: 84 pts, 59 cmtshacker newslayoffs thread: 84 pts, 59 cmts
- 2025-04-04license-definition thread: 122 pts, 50 cmtshacker newslicense-definition thread: 122 pts, 50 cmts
- 2025-02-06hiring-freeze thread: 42 pts, 64 cmtshacker newshiring-freeze thread: 42 pts, 64 cmts
- 2024-03-15nsfw thread: 51 pts, 58 cmtshacker newsnsfw thread: 51 pts, 58 cmts
- 2025-04-04source-available thread: 486 pts, 205 cmtshacker newssource-available thread: 486 pts, 205 cmts
- 2025-04-06tedium thread: 210 pts, 87 cmtshacker newstedium thread: 210 pts, 87 cmts
- 2021-01-07work essay thread: 1,329 pts, 517 cmtshacker newswork essay thread: 1,329 pts, 517 cmts
- 2025-08-15hope_16 ex-doge sessionhope conferencehope_16 ex-doge session
- 2021-03barrys hypocritical critiqueindie hackersbarry's "hypocritical" critique
- 2021-04kingscrowdkingscrowd$9.2m 2020 net rev; one-man-team risk flag
- 2025-04-08im ditching gumroadkulturprodukt"i'm ditching gumroad"
- 2024-07-26stripe acquisition postlemon squeezystripe acquisition post
- 2022-12-23old tiers documentedluhhuold tiers documented; "triple what they used to"
- 2025-05-14~13-year seller deletes accountmastodon~13-year seller deletes account; 89 boosts
- 2011-11-14skeptic: no wild sightingsmicroscopic mountainskeptic: no wild sightings; google flooded with hype
- 2025-05senior/staff freeze escalationofficechaisenior/staff freeze escalation; recaps feb post
- 2026-07payroll $419k→$43kofficechaipayroll $419k→$43k; tokens $0→$43k
- 2023-02loyalist counterpointsamueleonelia.medium.comloyalist counterpoint
- undatedpolar-migrate cli (lemon squeezy → polar)polarpolar-migrate cli (lemon squeezy → polar)
- 2025discover break-evenquasadiscover break-even; 5% tier above $20k/mo
- 2025-05-29ulmerreutersulmer; "die a whimper"; davis/akis roles
- 2026-05-13payout delaysrevenue rule breakerpayout delays; $100 floor; 3% instant fee
- 2024-12-04rebrand loggedrivalsenserebrand logged; r/antiwork inspiration
- 2025-04-04or source available, as some people prefer i saysahil lavingia"or source available, as some people prefer i say"
- 2023-08-08free gumroad alternative: 159 pts, 89 cmtshacker news"free gumroad alternative": 159 pts, 89 cmts
- 2022-04-30sivers: must-read book notesive.rssivers: "must-read" book note
- 2011-04-06next billion dollar startup interviewthe startup project"next billion dollar startup" interview; 10k day-one link views
- 2013-10-29japan #2 markettechcrunchjapan #2 market; 28% processed-volume lift
- 2013-08-27pre-orderstechcrunchpre-orders; eminem/bon jovi/keith urban
- 2011-12-14biggstechcrunchbiggs; "fatal assumption" critique; 5%+30¢ era
- 2023-02$3k→$13k/mo maththomasfrank.notion.site$3k→$13k/mo math; moved to lemon squeezy
- 2011-04-09first-week coveragethe next webfirst-week coverage
- 2026-05polar vs gumroad positioningunlocksaaspolar vs gumroad positioning
- 2026-09-14the parity tweet threadunrollnowthe parity tweet thread
- 2012-08-17musician adoptionthe vergemusician adoption; "impulse buy" quote
- 2022-02deleted tweetsweb3 is going just greatdeleted tweets; customer-data reply
- 2025-04-06time to stop using gumroad amplificationwerd.io"time to stop using gumroad" amplification
- 20262025–26 shift to high-density dumbo office model4dayweek.io2025–26 shift to high-density dumbo office model
- 2012-05-07series aallthingsdseries a; abbott's first investment; seed roster
- 2020$1m+/quarter rolling fund launch storyangellist$1m+/quarter rolling fund launch story
- 2012-03-01origin storybusiness insiderorigin story; early traction vs pinterest
- 2012-05-073-person teambusiness insider3-person team; crunchfund, tonsing
- 2025-012024 feature roundupgumroad2024 feature roundup; oss tease; free self-host <$1m/yr
- 2021-012020: $142m gmv, 45,917 creators, median $70, concentration statsgumroad2020: $142m gmv, 45,917 creators, median $70, concentration stats
- 2020-12$1m+ daysgumroad$1m+ days; $7.8m fortnight
- 2025-02gumroadgumroadgum.new launch recap
- 2020-11-19memberships launchgumroadmemberships launch; $350m+ cumulative; $1m/mo recurring
- 2024-05nyc public board meeting + new officegumroadnyc public board meeting + new office
- 2025-04-04official oss announcement (14th birthday)gumroadofficial oss announcement (14th birthday)
- 2021-08company announcementgumroadcompany announcement; oct 1 effective
- 2025-04small bets joins gumroad (vassallo post)gumroadsmall bets joins gumroad (vassallo post)
- 2025-08company retrospectivegumroadcompany retrospective; nyc office; "$10m raised"
- 2023-02pricing disaster podcastthebootstrappedfounder.com"pricing disaster" podcast; ~$200m gmv then
- 2025-04deal analysiscreatorscience.comdeal analysis; $4m implied; ~8x profit
- 2021-03first issuer at new capcrowdfund insiderfirst issuer at new cap; 20% discount
- 2021-01-09work-model summarydavid cummingswork-model summary; anti-overtime details
- 2026devin #1 contributordevin.aidevin #1 contributor; 1,583 prs; helper bot lineage
- undatedceos own bio: senior→staff→ceo→staff-engineer pathershadk.comceo's own bio: senior→staff→ceo→staff-engineer path; moved to nyc
- 2012-04-25pencil-icon originfast companypencil-icon origin; 5% cut then
- 2021-03-22inside the raiseforbesinside the raise; $679 avg; waitlist
- 2019-07detailed metricsgetlatkadetailed metrics; "$7m at 1x + $2m bridge at 4x"; growth rates; fee fork; creator distribution
- 2025-04-03main app source (mit)githubmain app source (mit); ~9.7k stars sep 2026
- undatedantiwork org repo list w/ creation dates (2012 forks → 2026 agent repos)githubantiwork org repo list w/ creation dates (2012 forks → 2026 agent repos)
- 2015-12-09spl content repo (org later renamed antiwork)githubspl content repo (org later renamed antiwork)
- 2025ai landing-page generator productgum.newai landing-page generator product
- undatedofficial adult-content policygumroadofficial adult-content policy
- undateddiscover mechanicsgumroaddiscover mechanics; auto-enrolled affiliates
- undatedofficial fee help articlehelp.gumroad.comofficial fee help article
- 2025-11-21transition coverage + tweetshindustantimes.comtransition coverage + tweets
- 2022-12gumroad increases fee to 10%hacker news"gumroad increases fee to 10%"; ~13% effective math
- 2011-04-04show hn threadhacker newsshow hn thread; launch details, 30%-cut musing, 1,000+ users
- 2019-02essay hits #1 on hnhacker newsessay hits #1 on hn; discussion
- 2019-08-15first open board meetingindie hackersfirst open board meeting
- 2022-12announcement-via-tweetindie hackersannouncement-via-tweet; backlash
- 2021-03the creator-owner economy: gumroads iposahil lavingia"the creator-owner economy: gumroad's 'ipo'"; 7,303 investors; 12 hours; $6m total
- 2025-11-19ceo handoff announcementlinkedinceo handoff announcement; jan 2026 meetings
- 2023-12-19dividends + minority-acquisition offerslinkedindividends + minority-acquisition offers
- 2024-03-13dumbo office announcementlinkedindumbo office announcement
- 2025-04-18linkedinlinkedin$3.6m/90% sale; 10% prior for $500k; terms
- 2015-06-15small product lab announcementshl.medium.comsmall product lab announcement; "24-person startup"
- 2013-08-08subscriptions launchmusically.comsubscriptions launch
- 2025-11-22kunnakkadan profilenewindianexpress.comkunnakkadan profile; ">$100m gmv"; appointed thursday
- 2025-06-02npr interviewnpr.orgnpr interview; "surprised how efficient"
- 2026criticism: 30% discover invisibility in dashboardsowelet.appcriticism: 30% discover invisibility in dashboards
- 2022-12-08part-time org detailspart-time techpart-time org details; flexile waitlist
- 2026-09dated fee-schedule archaeology (wayback + repo code)picklogdated fee-schedule archaeology (wayback + repo code); six regimes since 2020; aug-2026 tier
- undated10%+$0gumroad10%+$0.50 direct; 30% discover; jan 1, 2025 transition faq
- 2025-06-06munchable investigationpropublicamunchable investigation; hallucinated $34m; 24+ cancellations
- 2025-06-06prompt/code analysispropublicaprompt/code analysis; "mistakes were made"
- 2021deal page: $100m caprepublicdeal page: $100m cap; closed apr 7, 2021; 7,331 investors
- 2025-05-30reuters: doge to fizzle outdailymaverick.co.zareuters: doge to "fizzle out"
- 2025-05-06notes gumroad + helper repos open-sourcedrubyai.beehiiv.comnotes gumroad + helper repos open-sourced
- 2021-03-04gmv $73m→$142msacragmv $73m→$142m; ~$9m rev 2020; ~6.5% take; profitable since 2017; churn data
- 2026-02-242026 annual meetingsahil lavingia2026 annual meeting; new ceo; buybacks/dividends via flexile
- 2025-08oss bounty program evidence ($10k+ earned)sankalp.bearblog.devoss bounty program evidence ($10k+ earned)
- 2024-05-15c-ar: fy2023 $20secc-ar: fy2023 $20.74m/$8.91m ni; fy2022 $10.56m/−$1.24m; 1 employee
- 2026-04-08c-ar fy2024 (period 2024-12-31): $18secc-ar fy2024 (period 2024-12-31): $18.95m/$4.29m ni; 2 employees
- 2026-04-08c-ar fy2025 (period 2025-12-31): $17secc-ar fy2025 (period 2025-12-31): $17.79m/$3.79m ni; cash $6.15m
- 2026-04-14c-tr terminationsecc-tr termination; cfo steven olson; 3 employees
- 2021-04-08form c-u progress updatesecform c-u progress update
- 2011-10-24form d: first sale 2011-09-30secform d: first sale 2011-09-30; $899,999 of $999,999; 8 investors
- 2012-05-10form d: $6,999,994 soldsecform d: $6,999,994 sold; 14 investors; abbott director
- 2023-06-16form d: c-1/c-2 preferredsecform d: c-1/c-2 preferred; $6.28m auth/$1.22m sold; 7 investors
- 2024-03-04form d: c-3 preferred + safessecform d: c-3 preferred + safes; $2,136,975; 1 investor
- 2012-03-21d/a: seed finalized $1,093,948secd/a: seed finalized $1,093,948; 10 investors
- 2021-03-15form c: fy2019/fy2020 gaapssecform c: fy2019/fy2020 gaaps; safe terms; ~20k monthly creators; discover ~4% gmv; runway
- 2024-05build details (mainstarterstory.combuild details (main.py, app engine); metrics self-reported/unreliable
- 2025-05-07oss reactions inclsublynaoss reactions incl. license debate
- 2017-01-17twitter ends buy partnerships (feb 1 end)techcrunchtwitter ends buy partnerships (feb 1 end)
- 2021-03-15$6m raisetechcrunch$6m raise; reg cf cap-change context
- 2014-09-30iphone library apptechcrunchiphone library app
- 2015-11-05layoffs: 22 → ~3 stafftechcrunchlayoffs: 22 → ~3 staff
- 2024-03-15nsfw bantechcrunchnsfw ban; processor pressure; lavingia quotes
- 2013-01-23publishing featurestechcrunchpublishing features; $100k authors
- 2012-02-08seed announcementtechcrunchseed announcement
- 2012-05-07$7m series atechcrunch$7m series a; total >$8m
- 2014-09-08twitter buy buttontechcrunchtwitter buy button; gumroad partner
- 2020-11-19verge coveragethe vergeverge coverage
- 2021-08-30tier ladder 9%→2the vergetier ladder 9%→2.9%; pro tier ended
- 2016-04-18earliest located /discover capturewayback machineearliest located /discover capture
- 2015-12-01premium tier announcement analysiswebcomics.compremium tier announcement analysis
- undatedtertiarywikipediatertiary; source of unverified "sachin khanna" co-founder claim
- 2018-06-29discover existed (weak) by mid-2018wip.codiscover existed (weak) by mid-2018
- 2012-06profilewiredprofile; delk quote; turntable.fm background
- 2025-12irs career employeewiredirs career employee; joined nov 2025; ~10-yr plan; corcos recruiting
- 2019public board meeting archive (aug 2019–)youtubepublic board meeting archive (aug 2019–)
- undatedgumroadgumroad~$2.02m/wk counter; "0 to $1"; "small bets" vocabulary
- undatedapache-2agentic commerce protocolapache-2.0 acp; via api or mcp
- 2025-09-29instant checkoutopenaiinstant checkout; etsy live, 1m+ shopify "coming"
- 2025-09-29spt primitivestripespt primitive; merchant keeps psp
- 2024-02-04betting-pool quote via ohanianfortunebetting-pool quote via ohanian
- 2025-05-232026, hedged 70–80%inc."2026," hedged 70–80%
- 2025-09-16ap2 mandatesgoogle cloudap2 mandates; 60+ partners
- 2025-04over $1 billion claimgumroad"over $1 billion" claim
- 2022-03-0282% artist sharewayback machine82% artist share; ~$1b paid
- 2023-10profitable since 2012music business worldwideprofitable since 2012; $1.19b cumulative
- 2021-01-19~$11m 2020 revenue, +85% yoybusiness insider~$11m 2020 revenue, +85% yoy
- 2018-12indiebryce robertsindie.vc jan 1, 2015; "real businesses"
- 2026-07-17cli humans and ai agents alikeletters by burkcli "humans and ai agents alike"; skill file; agent tab; gumclaw ceo bit
- 2019-01-15better not biggergoogle books"better not bigger"
- undatedpre-launch stripe permission anecdotedexapre-launch stripe permission anecdote
- 2017-02-27anti-growth-worship canonsignal v. noiseanti-growth-worship canon
- 2022-04-115%→6techcrunch5%→6.5%; 14k+ striking; offsite-ads grievance
- 2024-02the $100m arr honest barevery.tothe $100m arr honest bar
- undated1,500+ ppl/65+ countriesgitlab handbook1,500+ ppl/65+ countries; handbook-first
- undatedgumroad is run by an agentgumroad"gumroad is run by an agent"
- 2025-07-22skills/cron/memory agentgithubskills/cron/memory agent; gumclaw's substrate; ~240k stars
- 2023-12$200/hrthreadreaderapp$200/hr; 15–35 hr/wk; equity-by-hour
- 2017-04-11profitable-independence as genretechcrunchprofitable-independence as genre
- 2022-12investors have been subsidizing growththe information"investors have been subsidizing growth"; teachable parallel
- 2023profitability post-hikethe informationprofitability post-hike
- undatedsingle-file gae appkickstart side hustlesingle-file gae app; ~7.5%+25¢ early fee; cold email
- 2008-03demand-side thesiskevin kellydemand-side thesis; predates kickstarter
- 2019glorified paypal button originmedium"glorified paypal button" origin
- 20260%/5%/goldfoundry0%/5%/gold; 1.5m creators, $200m+ claims
- undatedzero-employee ~$420k/mo peak (sept 2024)opczero-employee ~$420k/mo peak (sept 2024); open dashboards
- 2020-02-06100 fans × $1,000/yra16z100 fans × $1,000/yr; segmentation
- 2020-12-17power-law evidenceharvard business reviewpower-law evidence; patreon ~2% min-wage
- 2024-07-26mor mechanicstechcrunchmor mechanics; collison quote; idea→exit <3yrs
- 2024-11-25mcp open-sourcedanthropicmcp open-sourced
- 2024mor effective jan 1, 2025gumroadmor effective jan 1, 2025
- 2020-04-10distributed-work maturity modelmatt mullenwegdistributed-work maturity model
- 2013-07-17gumroads 1x/2patrick mckenziegumroad's 1x/2.2x/5x tier data entering indie doctrine
- 2022-09-1317% cuttechcrunch17% cut; dublin/berlin
- undated2013wikipedia2013; 8–12% take; funding; layoffs
- undated~2011 founding (farah brothers)payhip~2011 founding (farah brothers); 130k+ sellers; 5/2/0% tiers
- 2015-07-14pof $575m cashassociated presspof $575m cash; frind sole owner
- undatedapache-2githubapache-2.0; usage/agent billing; mor; fee tiers
- 2025$10m accelpolar$10m accel; "one-developer unicorns"; shopify-exec angels
- 2021-08-30sliding 9%→2gumroadsliding 9%→2.9%+30¢; oct 1, 2021
- 2025-06claude-run store design + failuresanthropicclaude-run store design + failures
- 2025phase 2: better models+tools, still unprofitableanthropicphase 2: better models+tools, still unprofitable
- 2025storefront mcp, catalogshopifystorefront mcp, catalog
- undateducp: universal cart, trust tiers, checkout handoffshopify devucp: universal cart, trust tiers, checkout handoff
- 2020-0950m creatorssignalfire.com50m creators; ~2m pro; market map
- 2025~$35m arreverything-pr~$35m arr; 80k creators; 40% ebitda; beacons $29.8m
- 2021-10-191,700 ppl/90 countriestechcrunch1,700 ppl/90 countries; "distributed" not "remote"
- 2021-04#gumroadday pwywthreadreaderapp#gumroadday pwyw; 2,000 sales/12h
- 2020$237k sales/$210k profit, two info productsdaniel vassallo$237k sales/$210k profit, two info products
- 2025-04-30intelligent commerce / agent paytechcrunchintelligent commerce / agent pay
- 2026discover mechanicswhere to submitdiscover mechanics; +30% on discover orders; seo-driven ranking
- 2024-06-09~$250m valfortune~$250m val; ~$400m/yr; "etsy meets linkedin"
- undatedto $1teardownto $1.6b tether round feb 2026; gmv/revenue estimates
- 2025-09-23x402 foundationcloudflarex402 foundation; http 402 revived
- undatedinfinite painting quoteai founder kit"infinite painting" quote; flexile productizing-gumroad framing
- 2025-06-21ceo and founder of gumroad & antiworkai future thinkers"ceo and founder of gumroad & antiwork"; ai-first product bets
- 2021-10-26pub date/isbn corroborationamazonpub date/isbn corroboration
- 2026we automated ourselves out of the work… one ai agent runs the companyantiwork"we automated ourselves out of the work… one ai agent runs the company"; 478/479 tickets; irs line; five humans
- 2026same content on preview domainantiworksame content on preview domain
- 2020-08-05fund detailsbusiness insiderfund details; "no hard rules" on thesis
- 2012-04-02born nybusiness insiderborn ny; hk at 4; 20 apps >$100k; flippa
- 2013fourth employee framingmedium"fourth employee" framing; ben silbermann recruiting story
- 2018-08-31across the border short storysahil lavingia"across the border" short story
- 2018-02-07from bubble to bubble — sf→provo move, church, listen threadsahil lavingia"from bubble to bubble" — sf→provo move, church, "listen" thread
- undatedcheck out my paintings on instagramcanopy"check out my paintings on instagram"; candor-as-strategy
- 201918 hrs/wk paintingcapital & growth18 hrs/wk painting; "if i have a really great painting, i celebrate it. if i don't, i celebrate it."
- undatedcb insightscb insightsshl.vc; 3 investments tracked; airwork dec 2022
- undatedflexile is a trademark of gumroad, inccontext7"flexile is a trademark of gumroad, inc." — legal-entity nuance
- undatedjobs inclcrunchbasejobs incl. crate co-founder (oct 2010), shl.vc; turntable apps
- undatedhelper↔gumroad integration internalsdeepwikihelper↔gumroad integration internals
- undatedgumroad growth partnerships 2012linkedingumroad growth partnerships 2012; now primer ceo
- 2025-01-28shows iffy community license 1githubshows iffy community license 1.0 terms (<$1m rev / <$10m gmv free)
- 2026hermes + fable 5… 100% of gumroad support… while having a day jobdigg"hermes + fable 5… 100% of gumroad support… while having a day job"; @gumclaw
- 2024-05-20equity/dividend mechanicssahil lavingiaequity/dividend mechanics; pinterest firing disclosure; $5.34m first annual dividend may 14, 2024
- 2025-05-28doge days — primary source for the stintsahil lavingia"doge days" — primary source for the stint
- 2012-05usc dropout quoteeconomic timesusc dropout quote; parents' banking background
- undatedtwitter/gumroad buy now button sep 8 2014, ended jan 7 2017failure before successtwitter/gumroad "buy now" button sep 8 2014, ended jan 7 2017
- 2025-05-08ernie smithfast companyernie smith; the interview that got him booted; update 05-28-2025
- undatedcontractor payroll + equity + dividendsflexilecontractor payroll + equity + dividends; "gumroad was the original testing ground for flexile"
- undated2025-02-18 annual meeting lists the five productslinkedin2025-02-18 annual meeting lists the five products; 2025-03-27 flexile open-source; 2025-04-04 gumroad open-source; 2025-04-30 self-serve equity splits
- 2025sahil lavingiasahil lavingia"initially, we built flexile because it was painful to manage a remote team of 30+ contractors"
- 2025joined pinterest in like january… started gumroad in septemberfounders in arms"joined pinterest in like january… started gumroad in september"; doge recruiting story
- 2025-05prior usds application abandonedfuturismprior usds application abandoned; "they just sent me to the va"
- 2025iffy 2github"iffy 2.0" vs admin suspensions; org members visible
- 2025-04iffy↔helper routinggithubiffy↔helper routing; s3ththompson, andiemanning
- 2026make work playgithub"make work play"; 67 repos; gumroad 9.7k★ mit; skills repo = "gumclaw brain, 273 skills, 78 cron loops"
- undatedcompany field: irsgithubcompany field: "irs"; nyc; 49 public repos
- 2024-10-17antiwork rename announcedsahil lavingiaantiwork rename announced; god = growth/optimization/destruction
- 2025-05-28culture shock… a lot of meetings, not a lot of decisions… the government worksgovexec"culture shock… a lot of meetings, not a lot of decisions… the government works"
- undatedfounder and ceo of gumroad, an angel investor, a painter, and a writerhachette"founder and ceo of gumroad, an angel investor, a painter, and a writer"
- undatedai support agenthelperai support agent; "our own first customer" per antiwork.com
- undatedthe agent runtime under gumclaw (nous researchgithubthe agent runtime under gumclaw (nous research; openclaw successor)
- undatedskills/cron/memory architecture matching antiworknous researchskills/cron/memory architecture matching antiwork.com diagram
- 2025-01-29gumroad open-sourced iffy hn threadhacker news"gumroad open-sourced iffy" hn thread; source-available criticism; org then at github.com/anti-work
- 2025ai agents writing 41% of commits, targeting 80%youtube"ai agents writing 41% of commits, targeting 80%"
- undatedintelligent content moderation at scaleiffy"intelligent content moderation at scale"; dashboard/appeals/presets/user lifecycle
- 2025-02-18we held our 2025 public annual meeting… flexile, gumroad, helperlinkedin"we held our 2025 public annual meeting… flexile, gumroad, helper.ai, iffy, and shortest… less work and more play"
- 2019provo erasmash notesprovo era; oil painting + writing
- 201822-hour buildindie hackers22-hour build; open quarterly revenue table
- undatedthe capitalist artist salon hostinterintellect"the capitalist artist" salon host
- 2025-07aug 25 1992 dob claim — treat as weakleader biographyaug 25 1992 dob claim — treat as weak
- 2025-02-13an ai is now the most productive engineer at our company (measured by prs merged)linkedin"an ai is now the most productive engineer at our company (measured by prs merged)"
- 2026-02-242026 public annual meetinglinkedin2026 public annual meeting
- 2023-11$4m→$22m rev since q2 2019linkedin$4m→$22m rev since q2 2019; board-meeting "college class" goal
- 2025-12-01now at internal revenue service!linkedin"now at internal revenue service!"
- 2026-02-12first irs project live: refund email notificationslinkedinfirst irs project live: refund email notifications
- 2025-02-07codebase token countslinkedincodebase token counts; ai-writes-all-code-by-2026 guess
- undatedheadline online accounts @ irslinkedinheadline "online accounts @ irs"; shl capital; gumroad ">$500,000,000 earned by creators"
- undatedicon → weekend build narrativemixergyicon → weekend build narrative
- undatedboard-meeting timeline: #1 aug 2019, #2 jan 2020, #3 apr 2020, quarterly sincemonrovia indexboard-meeting timeline: #1 aug 2019, #2 jan 2020, #3 apr 2020, quarterly since
- undatedhis gumroad-hosted newslettersahil lavingiahis gumroad-hosted newsletter; archive not crawlable
- 2025the next nextthe next next"renamed the holding company, the umbrella company behind gumroad, antiwork… five different projects"; nyc in-person shift
- 2025same episode, apple listingapple podcastssame episode, apple listing
- 2025-05same-event coveragenextgovsame-event coverage
- undatedpublished 2024-11-28 under @antiworknpmpublished 2024-11-28 under @antiwork
- 2025-03helper open-sourcesahil lavingiahelper open-source; gumroad 14th-birthday plan; $1b creator earnings
- 2023flexile as the operating system for flexible companiespart-time tech"flexile as the operating system for flexible companies"; network-of-flexible-companies vision
- 2025-06no clear reason for terminationpbs newshour"no clear reason" for termination; "more people were hired than fired [at va] my tenure"
- 2021-10-26portfoliopenguin random houseportfolio; 256pp; fried blurb; full description
- 2021sahil lavingias first employeepostulate"sahil lavingia's first employee"; deal-making machine
- undateddelks microschool origin storyprimerdelk's microschool origin story
- 2024-02-19public board meeting recapsahil lavingiapublic board meeting recap
- 2024gumroad (now antiwork)sahil lavingia"gumroad (now antiwork)"; financials go private
- undatedled helper… more than 28,000 conversations each monthraphael costa"led helper… more than 28,000 conversations each month"
- 2019-02-07the failure essaysahil lavingiathe failure essay; founding tweet apr 2 2011; layoffs; $10m→$178m creators
- 2024$21m rev +96% yoysacra$21m rev +96% yoy; family of businesses = flexile $36k arr, helper, iffy
- 2024creator back office thesissacra"creator back office" thesis
- undatedportfolio sightings inclshizuneportfolio sightings incl. capsule; ">$10m a year" claim (aggregator — weak)
- undatedpainting archive linked from his siteinstagrampainting archive linked from his site
- undatedqa via natural language ai testsshortest"qa via natural language ai tests"
- undatedcreated 2024-09-18githubcreated 2024-09-18; natural-language e2e on playwright + claude; mit
- undatedcheck sizes $100–250k, sweet spot $150ksignal (nfx)check sizes $100–250k, sweet spot $150k
- 2026index: founder→antiworksahil lavingiaindex: founder→antiwork.com, writer, painter; essay list
- undated@shlpaints created before first paintingsnipd@shlpaints created before first painting; "exercising vs training"
- undatedearly mention of ventures under the antiwork umbrellastarngageearly mention of ventures "under the 'antiwork' umbrella"
- 2025-05-28contract-tool keyword listtechcrunchcontract-tool keyword list; day-55 axing
- 2020-08-05$5m rolling fundtechcrunch$5m rolling fund; $1.25m/qtr; lps naval/hamilton/kopelman; june 1 2020 tweet
- 2025-12corroborates irs movetechbuzzcorroborates irs move
- 2025-04-06smiths earlier piece linking gumroads open-source move to his doge worktediumsmith's earlier piece linking gumroad's open-source move to his doge work; prompted the fastco outreach
- 2025-05-16ernie smith on the source-available→mit walkbacktediumernie smith on the source-available→mit walkback; the interviewer whose fastco piece preceded the firing
- undatedvcu class interviewthink loudervcu class interview; creator-economy teaching circuit
- undatedarchived @shl threads: oss schedule 2024-12-23threadreaderapparchived @shl threads: oss schedule 2024-12-23; no-juniors 2025-02-06; equity changes 2022-08-04; bridge round 2020-03-11; async 2020-01-29; brand book 2020-02-05; fund 2020-08-05; autonomize (jul 27)
- 2024begun morphing into a holding companytyler tringas"begun morphing into a holding company"; series c/c+ $100–125m; $8.9m 2023 profit; $5m dividend via flexile
- undatednotes anti-work studio, shortest, railgun — weak corroboration of org renameunsubbednotes "anti-work" studio, shortest, "railgun" — weak corroboration of org rename
- undatedredirects to network of the department of government efficiencywikipediaredirects to "network of the department of government efficiency"
- 2025-12irs reveal at wired big interviewnehtusirs reveal at wired big interview; career employee; sam corcos intro; 10-year plan
- 2025-05-30post-firing sit-downwiredpost-firing sit-down; akis/davis roles; "disorganized"
- 2020he wanted a unicornwired"he wanted a unicorn. he got… a sustainable business"; icon-weekend origin; livestreamed board meeting ~100 live / 4k later
- 2025-04-04first public id of him at vawiredfirst public id of him at va; openhands push; "i'm unpaid. and a fan of your work!"
- undatedpainting-class failure anecdotethe wizdom projectpainting-class "failure" anecdote
- 2021-01-07no meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employeessahil lavingia"no meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees"; names hood/maximin/chan/mikolay/yadav/vassallo/bigbinary
- undatedcanonical handle (bio via threadreader capture)xcanonical handle (bio via threadreader capture)
- undatedcrate 2010 corroborationyouth motivatorcrate 2010 corroboration
- 2024q1 2024 board meetingyoutubeq1 2024 board meeting; collab splits demo
- 2023gumroad + flexile q3 2023 public board meetingyoutubegumroad + flexile q3 2023 public board meeting; "connor" invoice demo
- 2026homepage is a standing public zoom (id 824 0319 5511, pw hello)sahil lavingiahomepage is a standing public zoom (id 824 0319 5511, pw "hello")
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