Ayan Barua (@ayanb) 's Twitter Profile
Ayan Barua

@ayanb

Building @withampersand, previously co-founder Siftery.

Playing in my sandbox

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We just spent three days hosting a booth at SaaStr, talking with 100+ founders. The consensus: nobody is thinking plain-vanilla SaaS anymore. The future is 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀: software that doesn’t wait for a human click. Don't get me wrong...AI agents are crucial. They're

We just spent three days hosting a booth at SaaStr, talking with 100+ founders. The consensus: nobody is thinking plain-vanilla SaaS anymore. The future is 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀: software that doesn’t wait for a human click.

Don't get me wrong...AI agents are crucial. They're
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Come visit us at AI Engineer World's Fair next week in SF! We'll have a booth, and have some exciting AI launches queued up for the occasion 👀

Come visit us at <a href="/aiDotEngineer/">AI Engineer</a> World's Fair next week in SF! We'll have a booth, and have some exciting AI launches queued up for the occasion 👀
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We have a new MCP server! 1 MCP = 150 SaaS integrations for your AI agent. But wait, there's more! 👀 We also launched an AI SDK. And Headless UI Library. 👉 Launch blog post: withampersand.com/blog/one-inter…

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✨We're hiring engineers! ✨ We spent the last 2 years at Ampersand crafting a powerful integration engine that cutting-edge AI companies rely on. We're now looking for engineers who are excited to build for devs & play with the latest AI tech. jobs.ashbyhq.com/Ampersand

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Thanks for having me on the @mastra_ai Agent Happy hour Shane Thomas! We love Mastra's intuitive DevX for building an AI agent, and are excited to support it in the Ampersand AI SDK!

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If you're an aspiring founder looking for AI agents to build, I'd focus on combing the enterprise front-office and back-office. EX: CRMs combined with billing and ERPs. Extremely rich data sets with multiple unicorns in each niche (Salesforce, Stripe, Oracle NetSuite) I keep

If you're an aspiring founder looking for AI agents to build, I'd focus on combing the enterprise front-office and back-office.

EX: CRMs combined with billing and ERPs. Extremely rich data sets with multiple unicorns in each niche (Salesforce, Stripe, Oracle NetSuite)

I keep
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Fast fashion agents (or SaaS) are cute. But enterprise agents close the quarter. AI makes it trivial to spin up “fast fashion” agents and SaaS. That’s fine for low-stakes tasks and internal prototypes. The moment an agent touches the customers' revenue, regulated data, or

Fast fashion agents (or SaaS) are cute. But enterprise agents close the quarter.

AI makes it trivial to spin up “fast fashion” agents and SaaS. That’s fine for low-stakes tasks and internal prototypes. The moment an agent touches the customers' revenue, regulated data, or
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"If it's not in Salesforce it doesn't exist" is what managers say in 2025. It's what AI agents will think in 2026. Neither are wrong. Yes, updating Salesforce is a pain, but the rich connected context you get from it is a strategic moat for your operations. If you're building

"If it's not in Salesforce it doesn't exist" is what managers say in 2025. It's what AI agents will think in 2026.

Neither are wrong. Yes, updating Salesforce is a pain, but the rich connected context you get from it is a strategic moat for your operations.

If you're building
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Most people ask for introductions like amateurs. Too long. Too needy. Too cringe. Here’s how to actually get warm intros (and not look like a clown): 🧵👇

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The enterprise AI agent opportunity in one screenshot. If you think you're "too late" I promise you, you're not. Most companies don't know what MCP is, how AI agents can transform their workflows, or how to handle their Salesforce or SAP custom objects and workflows. You're

The enterprise AI agent opportunity in one screenshot.

If you think you're "too late" I promise you, you're not. Most companies don't know what MCP is, how AI agents can transform their workflows, or how to handle their Salesforce or SAP custom objects and workflows.

You're
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Feedback from other people is usually fake. Awards are fake. Critics are fake. Kudos from your friends and family are fake. They might try to be genuine, but it’s lost in such a sea of fakeness that you’re not going to get real feedback. Real feedback comes from free markets and