Most people underestimate traditional media Rn founders look at press as just a vanity tool, or just for fundraising announcements But you might be leaving millions of dollars on the table A great example of this is Rishard and Afraj Gill, cofos of ZOWN (Alif Batch 2)

#1 let's go

Zown just hit #1 on Product Hunt. They’ve already given back over $3M to homebuyers. From a Reddit post to Canada’s fastest-growing real estate platform. Next up? California. ZOWN

Eid Mubarak, from our corner to yours.

Last week was Alif Demo Day, so here’s a list of every company from Batch 2. Truly more bullish than I’ve ever been: Neurogen Biomarking — building a kit for early Alzheimer’s detection. Spencer AI — an AI agent that helps brands discover creators, run outreach, and execute

Demo Day is complete. Now the real work begins.

Field trip at Replit. Amjad Masad

yesterday we took some of our Batch 2 founders to Replit ⠕ super grateful for folks like Amjad Masad making time to share their insights and learnings along the way

From our internal team Replit ⠕ hackathon today

This week I got to meet Amjad Masad at Replit ⠕ with Alif batch 2 founders and team. Got to learn what it takes to build a company with long term vision in mind while focusing on Infrastructure and technologies for a sustainable and better future.

Alif now has an office in SF. We're just 3 weeks in, and I've already seen the incredible boost in energy and output from the team. Huge props to Afra Nehal for putting the whole thing together so quickly - and without any designers or consultants.

Grateful to share that Alif now has our first office! Had so much fun doing this build-out - even though I only had 3 weeks to go from first viewing to first move-in. There's something so special about bring a vision from a few badly drawn sketches to the physical world. I'm

Taking notes from those who’ve done it right. Thank you for hosting us Amjad Masad.

The start of a new chapter.

I have some bittersweet but exciting news to share. As of today, we will no longer be running batches at Alif. It’s a decision that we sat on for a while, but it's clear now that it's the right one. No, Alif isn't shutting down. Instead, it's the start of a new chapter for the

was forced to attend this rigged company hackathon 💔