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- He Raised $21M. Then Ignored 100+ VCs.
He Raised $21M. Then Ignored 100+ VCs.
Pukar C. Hamal might be one of the most dangerous men in tech.
An AI founder who raised $21M from Craft Ventures...
Then completely IGNORED 100+ VCs begging for follow-on rounds.
Because he did what every VC fears most:
He became profitable.
- Landed 6 and 7-figure deals with OpenAI, Grammarly, Airtable
- Built a 24/7 AI + human hybrid in "Silicon Peaks" (aka Kathmandu)
- Turned down interest from HUNDREDS of VCs
- Last valuation: $105M
And he isn't alone.
Surge AI bootstrapped to $1B+ ARR while Scale AI burned hundreds of millions.
BrightAI hit $80M revenue before taking a SINGLE outside dollar.
Welcome to "seed-strapping."
Raise ONE seed round, sprint to profitability in 12-18 months, skip Series A entirely and keep 80%+ equity.
Tomorrow on Unf*ck My Startup, Pukra (CEO of SecurityPal AI) is joining me to talk about this new model and how they used AI to solve the bane of every founder and salespersons' existence: the security questionnaire.
Join us here tomorrow, Tuesday August 5 at 3pm ET: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0ngothOlTTyHnwFvdENCRw#/registration