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Rethoric

YC Winter 2021 Active

LinkedIn content consultancy and scheduling platform for busy founders

http://rethoric.com/ycombinator ↗
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Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”

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