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I'm a two-time YC founder with 15+ years in growth marketing. Before jo, I co-founded Farmstead (YC S16) — an AI-powered "ghost grocer" delivering groceries in under 60 minutes from small-format micro-warehouse hubs.
We used machine learning for demand forecasting and kept food waste under 5% — supermarkets average around 35%. It started as a Nextdoor post in Mountain View offering weekly milk, eggs, yogurt, and bread. Two hundred replies in two days. Then COVID hit, orders went 10x, and we scaled to a $10M+ run rate across five markets before winding down in 2023.