Acquired Superhuman (with CEO Rahul Vohra)
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Jun 27, 2019 Rahul Vohra, Founder and CEO of Superhuman, previously co-founded Reportive, acquired by LinkedIn. He shares his journey from academia to entrepreneurship, highlighting the challenges faced while building a revolutionary email tool. The conversation dives deep into leveraging AI for productivity, Superhuman's development process, and strategies for achieving product-market fit. Vohra touches on overcoming burnout and the importance of understanding customer needs in the competitive productivity tool market.
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Reportive's Origin
- Rahul Vohra started Reportive after dropping out of a machine learning PhD program at Cambridge.
- He noticed the lack of tools for fundraising and built Reportive to address this need.
LinkedIn Acquisition
- Reportive initially relied on Rapleaf's API for social context data, which LinkedIn disliked.
- This led to a business development relationship and eventually, LinkedIn acquiring Reportive.
Superhuman's Genesis
- Rahul Vohra's experience at LinkedIn exposed how poorly professionals handle email, inspiring Superhuman.
- Seeing Gmail worsen yearly and plugins becoming essential fueled his belief in a market opportunity.