Aaref Hilaly

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• Celebratory Announcement — smart avg 188.7 across 10 posts (1.6× typical)

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• 2025-09-29 · Personal Story957 eng. (907 likes · 41 comments · 9 shares)

  This is the kind of tenacity I love to see in a founder: our close friend Zareen Khan, of Zareen's Restaurants fame, found her delivery van …

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• 2025-08-07 · Personal Story377 eng. (330 likes · 47 comments · 0 shares)

  Thirteen years -- and not done yet. That's the kind of irrational persistence it takes to build a lasting company. Now, with thousands of cu…

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• 2025-09-08 · Celebratory Announcement366 eng. (329 likes · 25 comments · 12 shares)

  Sometimes it pays to solve the harder problem. That's one of many lessons from Cognition's incredible growth, which we're excited to support…

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• 2026-01-28 · Celebratory Announcement311 eng. (270 likes · 36 comments · 5 shares)

  Decagon's Series D comes a few months after its Series C, at 3x the valuation ($4.5 billion). The questions I'm most commonly asked: how and…

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• 2025-09-11 · Celebratory Announcement261 eng. (236 likes · 18 comments · 7 shares)

  Loneliness is a huge problem, especially for seniors. In health terms, it's like smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It's also an area where AI can…

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