What I'm building next. Wanna join?

Gabriel Ayuso

Gabriel Ayuso

It's been two weeks since I left Google. I didn't leave without knowing what I was going to do next but, as someone who operated in the land of world-scale and moonshots, I have a big vision that needed to be grounded. That's what I've been working on these past two weeks.

I'm grateful to all the people that have congratulated me on my first big step, and that have reached out to offer a job opportunity or potentially invest in what I might be building.

I'm ready to share more.

Many companies are doing great work building infrastructure that will power the decentralized future and many more are popping up in the decentralized AI space building infra for decentralized training, data provenance and inference.

I, however, plan on tackling things from the top down. Focusing on addressing user needs with experiences made possible by the infrastructure we have today and help shape the infrastructure that others are building.

This is how Google was built, after all. First they addressed the user need with the PageRank powered search engine with a clean and fast UI, and then they build infrastructure to scale their offerings such as GFS, SSTables, BigTable, MapReduce, Borg, Spanner amongst many others whose open source counterparts have helped scale the entire web.

I knew that, to start, I'd be building on Farcaster and Nouns because Farcaster is pragmatically building on the consumer decentralized web, without focusing on speculation, and Nouns is leading the way on mobilizing builders and creators across the globe to create an open, decentralized brand.

Open tech and culture. Gotta love it.

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As a happy coincidence, Nouns had a prop.house round to fund Nouns x Farcaster clients. I submitted a proposal as a last minute thing and won!!

To be clear, I won because of the goodwill and trust I've gained by being an active participant in Farcaster and Nouns for years, not because of a master plan, since I didn't share one at the time (my technical background helped).

What am I building?

Subscribe, follow me on Farcaster and you'll find out!

To be honest, I have a grand vision but the first step is to build a web platform to improve discoverability and monetization for communities and creators participating on the decentralized stack, on Farcaster and beyond (starting with Nouns!).

Communities, creators and builders are this industry's lifeline. Their creations are scattered, buried in a see of spam and not easy to find. Unlike in web2, the content is open, we should be able to do something about it, together.

I'm building a consumer product, but that's only the beginning. That's why I'm building a company whose mission is to reimagine the web, blurring the lines between creator, user, and developer, empowering them with ownership and control.

If you're a creator, builder or investor passionate about this problem space, whether you're operating on it or not, don't hesitate to reach out!

I'm starting to put together a pre-seed round and looking for first hires (job descriptions).

Reach out form: https://forms.gle/Kuz2zDyxj3o462b9A

βŒβ—¨-β—¨

Gabriel AyusoFarcaster
Gabriel Ayuso
Commented 1 year ago

UPDATE: I've been meaning to write a post about this but I haven't given myself the time to do so. Therefore, I'll share it quickly in a cast. Yesterday was my first day working full-time on /warpcast at Merkle Manufactory. Farcaster is directionally how I want the decentralized web to evolve. There is no better app and better team to work with to push the future of decentralized web forward. So I've decided to join them on this journey. Looking forward to helping grow Farcaster and make Warpcast better for everyone!

Uncle DavoFarcaster
Uncle Davo
Commented 1 year ago

Congrats (to you and to Merkle)! ✨

π’‚­_π’‚­Farcaster
π’‚­_π’‚­
Commented 1 year ago

let's go, congrats!

Cameron ArmstrongFarcaster
Cameron Armstrong
Commented 1 year ago

congrats!!

Sam (crazy candle person) ✦Farcaster
Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
Commented 1 year ago

Congratulations @gabrielayuso.eth! :)

frederickFarcaster
frederick
Commented 1 year ago

congrats gabriel! this is great news!

Will PapperFarcaster
Will Papper
Commented 1 year ago

Congrats @gabrielayuso.eth! πŸŽ‰

DuraaFarcaster
Duraa
Commented 1 year ago

Congratulations!

taniFarcaster
tani
Commented 1 year ago

Congratulations Gabriel! It’s going to be absolutely fantastic

baubergoFarcaster
baubergo
Commented 1 year ago

That's so cool Gabriel!

MananFarcaster
Manan
Commented 1 year ago

Congrats!

Dan RomeroFarcaster
Dan Romero
Commented 1 year ago

If you're a founder coming to FarCon next week and looking to meet investors, reply with a link to your website / app / best way to reach you. I'll send this thread to a list of investors who will be in town. No guarantees that someone will reach out, but you never know. Shoot your shot!

FlexasaurusRex -β—¨-β—¨Farcaster
FlexasaurusRex -β—¨-β—¨
Commented 1 year ago

My application to attend sadly was not accepted πŸ₯²

Sam (crazy candle person) ✦Farcaster
Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
Commented 1 year ago

https://humankind.place/ Not looking for investors, but I can make custom candles as swag for their portcos and can take payment in crypto! I'll have a booth at FarCon Shop if they want to look at FarCandles and chat :)

Sam (crazy candle person) ✦Farcaster
Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
Commented 1 year ago

DCs welcome :)

wijuwiju.ethFarcaster
wijuwiju.eth
Commented 1 year ago

/interface | @interface | https://www.interface.social DC or tg at wijuwiju

julienFarcaster
julien
Commented 1 year ago

Always down to meet investors! If you have a ticket for FarCon, you used @unlock-protocol

Sheldon TrotmanFarcaster
Sheldon Trotman
Commented 1 year ago

Oh say less! We are working on Gold ( @goldchain ) the first L3 blockchain built for gaming ( https://gold.dev ). The first title was our own game CropXYZ ( @skyoneer & https://cropxyz.com ) which is a fully onchain social farming game native to Farcaster and has sold over $400k in the first couple hours of being live.

Felirami πŸŽ©πŸ–Farcaster
Felirami πŸŽ©πŸ–
Commented 1 year ago

Hey Dan here I go: @welcometodegen /welcometodegen welcometodegen.xyz And other degen related projects! /framedegen /treasurehunt

Ferran πŸ’Farcaster
Ferran πŸ’
Commented 1 year ago

We might not make it because of some last-minute issues. But here's our project: we're combining Farcaster and Vocdoni Protocols, Degenchain, and Frames to build the ultimate governance platform: Farcaster.vote and the protocol behind: https://developer.vocdoni.io/

$ALEX MasmejFarcaster
$ALEX Masmej
Commented 1 year ago
iSpeakNerd πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈFarcaster
iSpeakNerd πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ
Commented 1 year ago

working to get PoC then MVP for /tabletop game launcher, no demo yet

hellno the optimistFarcaster
hellno the optimist
Commented 1 year ago

/herocast | @herocast FC client for power users and teams - building in public and open-source Build, engage and grow on Farcaster. Faster. DC me to schedule https://app.herocast.xyz

Gabriel AyusoFarcaster
Gabriel Ayuso
Commented 1 year ago

It's been a couple of weeks since I left Google. I'm ready to share more... I'm starting to put together a pre-seed round and looking for first hires! https://paragraph.xyz/@programmista/what-im-building-next

Justin HunterFarcaster
Justin Hunter
Commented 1 year ago

Excited for you! Don't forget you qualify for Pinata's tech assistance as part of our partnership with the Nouns X Farcaster initiative. HMU anytime.

Gabriel AyusoFarcaster
Gabriel Ayuso
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks! It's already on my list :) I'll reach out soon.

Joe Petrich πŸŸͺFarcaster
Joe Petrich πŸŸͺ
Commented 1 year ago

So excited to, hear you're building on the consumer side and not building yet another infra company. I'll forward the job descriptions to a couple people I know who could be interested. Excited to see what you build!

Gabriel AyusoFarcaster
Gabriel Ayuso
Commented 1 year ago

Appreciate it! πŸ™

Mark FishmanFarcaster
Mark Fishman
Commented 1 year ago

Love that you’re starting with user needs! Excited to hear more about the consumer app

CoulterFarcaster
Coulter
Commented 1 year ago

Congrats!

MananFarcaster
Manan
Commented 1 year ago

congrats and good luck!

alec.eth🀠Farcaster
alec.eth🀠
Commented 1 year ago

Congrats πŸŽ‰

JA WestenbergFarcaster
JA Westenberg
Commented 1 year ago

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billzhFarcaster
billzh
Commented 1 year ago

Congrats! Exciting stuff. Super happy for you

Gabriel AyusoFarcaster
Gabriel Ayuso
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks!

polymutexFarcaster
polymutex
Commented 1 year ago

Off to a great start! Can you write more about the grander vision?

Gabriel AyusoFarcaster
Gabriel Ayuso
Commented 1 year ago

I'll definitely share more. :)

wahoo.eth 🎩✨Farcaster
wahoo.eth 🎩✨
Commented 1 year ago

Cool. 200 $degen

What I'm building next. Wanna join?