Taira Fujioka
Founder of Smartbase, AI-native ERP for manufacturers
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Taira Fujioka is listed as a founder of Smartbase. Smartbase is an AI-native ERP for manufacturers. Over the past six weeks, we’ve grown from $0 to $171k in contracted ARR. Three months ago, we slept at a factory to learn what manufacturers want. First, we learned that they want to automate their office work, like quoting and order entry. Our first customer signed a nearly $100k annual contract, on top of a $150k implementation fee, just for an ERP that automates this office work. They're already asking us to tackle bigger problems, like improving their margins and the quality of their product. We're in a $6B vertical where people want to adopt a new ERP. And since we’re the system of record, our product is incredibly sticky — much more sticky than AI point solutions on top.
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opus 4.6 is low key still the best coding model
opus 4.6 is low key still the best coding model
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wtf is fractional cto?
wtf is fractional cto?
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it's rarely beneficial to be indecisive
it's rarely beneficial to be indecisive
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gemini continues to own the pareto frontier
gemini continues to own the pareto frontier
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Open source is eating the world
Open source is eating the world
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My laptop w 18gb ram is basically unusable with all these agents. New laptop coming in a week. Never been more excited.
My laptop w 18gb ram is basically unusable with all these agents. New laptop coming in a week. Never been more excited.
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Hit the codex weekly limit for my $200 pro plan..
Hit the codex weekly limit for my $200 pro plan..
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I'm having so much fun
I'm having so much fun