Builders. Thinkers. Explorers.
We’re excited to introduce “Twill”—a community where builders, thinkers, explorers, founders and leaders come together to create ideas, tools, and connections that truly matter.
Twill was created for those who believe the best ideas emerge at the intersection of curiosity and collaboration. Whether you’re a founder, engineer, or creative explorer, this is your space to connect, learn, and build alongside others shaping tomorrow.
Behind Twill is Raymond Lee, a visionary leader committed to building meaningful ecosystems for innovators.
His mission is simple yet powerful: connect people shaping the future of AI, technology, and business in ways that spark collaboration and lasting impact.
Event Highlight
HIGHLIGHTS FROM INNODATA x TWILL EVENT (Unlock the Playbook: How Visionary AI Leaders Are Scaling Companies to $1B+ Rapidly)
That mission came to life at our recent event, hosted in partnership with Innodata:
The room was filled with energy, curiosity, and big conversations about how AI is transforming the way we build and grow. Our speakers shared real-world insights into scaling with purpose, navigating challenges, and building responsibly:
Ken Morimoto – Director, AI Builders Collective & Growth, Innodata
Raymond Lee – Founder, Twill
Rahul Singhal – Chief Product & Revenue Officer, Innodata
Sid Dixit – CTO, iTradeNetwork, Inc.
Each speaker brought a unique perspective, from unlocking growth at scale to building data-driven companies responsibly. More than just talks, the event sparked connections—founders, executives, and builders trading ideas and leaving with new energy to take on what’s next.
This is Only the Beginning
Twill is here to keep these conversations alive—through events, shared resources, and a growing community of builders, thinkers, and explorers committed to pushing boundaries together.
Are you a startup founder or executive interested in collaborating with Innodata? We’d love to learn more about your needs! Innodata offers services such as data annotation, reinforcement learning from human feedback, general data engineering, and self-engineering solutions.
If you’re exploring support in these areas, please take a moment to fill out this short form to share your role, company, and the projects you’re currently working on. This will help us better understand how Innodata can partner with you.
Speaker’s Highlight
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Upcoming Events
Don’t miss out! Several exciting events are coming up:
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Social/Wellness Events
Our social and wellness events are designed to bring people together in a supportive, uplifting space where connection meets self-care. Whether it’s a mindful workshop, community gathering, or wellness-inspired celebration, each event blends relaxation, learning, and fun. Expect engaging activities, empowering conversations, and opportunities to recharge your mind, body, and spirit while building meaningful relationships.
🤝 Interested in Partnering or Investing?
We’re opening a channel for those who want to connect with the incredible founders from Y Combinator. If you’re an investor, advisor, or potential partner looking to explore opportunities, submit your details below and we’ll make sure you’re on the radar.
Spotlight
172 Startups to Watch: YC Summer 2025
With Y Combinator Demo Day around the corner, the S25 batch is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting yet. Here are a few standouts:
💸 Shor (YC S25) (https://lnkd.in/grgpnFZ7)
The fastest, most affordable payroll for global teams.
Hiring and paying global teams has traditionally been slow, expensive, and complex. Shor makes it fast, simple, and affordable by combining AI agents with stablecoin settlement. From one Slack or WhatsApp thread, you can instantly generate contracts, onboard hires, run payroll, and have payments land in minutes — all while staying fully compliant.
👉 Hire and pay international contractors for $20/month with near-instant settlement.
👥 Full-time employees (EOR) are coming soon at $99/month.
🔗 Interested? Learn more and request beta access at tryshor.com.
🛁 Don’t want to read? Here’s Max Zavidow explaining it all: https://lnkd.in/gcqyMufX
📙 Knowlify (YC S25) (https://lnkd.in/giRyQhpd)
Everyone loves how 3Blue1Brown explains complex ideas. Knowlify lets you do that for any topic, instantly. With AI, they convert text into beautiful explainer videos in <15 seconds. From researchers to publishers to enterprises, this is a game-changer for making knowledge actually stick.
🗣️ Pingo AI (https://lnkd.in/gFBGFCjn)
Most language apps focus on memorization. Pingo is different: it helps you speak confidently by practicing real-life conversations with an AI tutor that feels like a native speaker. They’ve already grown to 300k users and $200k MRR in just months.
🔥 We’ve also collected a full list of 172 YC S25 startups, complete with descriptions, launch info, and founder details—all in one place.
Want it for free? Write a post tagging @Raymond Lee, @twill, @Y Combinator and we’ll send it to you!
Job Board
Looking to make your next career move in tech? We have some exciting roles currently available from within the community!
Join Pax as a Founding Engineer and work directly with the founder to shape the future of the company. Backed by Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, and other leading investors, this is a unique opportunity to have a front-row seat in building and scaling a high-growth startup.
Founding Engineer - Own major features end-to-end: API design, backend logic, frontend UI, and everything in between. We’re building the control center for U.S. duty drawback—a $10B/year opportunity hiding in plain sight. We use AI and automation to recover tariffs paid by importers when goods are later exported, returned, or destroyed. Most companies don’t even realize they’re eligible. We make sure no dollar is left behind.
The founding team has scaled and led engineering teams through multiple successful acquisitions, including one valued at over $350M.
LLM EVALUATION ENGINEER - you’ll build the evaluation layer in a—the part of the system that decides whether an LLM prompt, response, tool call, or agent behavior is acceptable. This includes designing and tuning guardrails, classifiers, and semantic judgment systems that operate in real-time.
FOUNDING SOFTWARE ENGINEER - you won’t just be piping logs or tuning models—you’ll architect systems that reconcile latency, correctness, and observability across distributed pipelines. You’ll be designing the nervous system of a new class of software—where AI Agents reason, act, and fail in unpredictable ways. If you're excited by AI and want to shape its safe deployment—not just watch from the sidelines—this is your opportunity.
BACKEND / PLATFORM ENGINEER, AI ANALYTIC ENGINES - Design and optimize streaming data pipelines using Kafka, Redpanda, or similar technologies to support high-throughput, low-latency processing of LLM interactions.
A Final Note
✨ “The best way to predict the future is to build it.” – Alan Kay
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