Ismail J.

Report card vs prior 12 months

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Top categories

• Personal Story — smart avg 141.4 across 18 posts (1.4× typical)
• Event — smart avg 123.6 across 9 posts (1.2× typical)
• Customer Highlight — smart avg 115.6 across 8 posts (1.1× typical)

Top posts

• 2025-10-03 · Ismail J. · Celebratory Announcement640 eng. (563 likes · 71 comments · 6 shares)

  We got into YC 48 hours after our application, raising $500k in the process 💪 We’re building Brickwise - an AI property manager that automa…

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• 2026-03-03 · Ismail J. · Personal Story631 eng. (208 likes · 420 comments · 3 shares)

  Founder-led press: How to spend $0 and still get featured in major outlets. The first time we got featured, I remember staring at the headli…

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• 2026-02-17 · Ismail J. · Personal Story354 eng. (341 likes · 12 comments · 1 shares)

  The first engineer we hired in the UK applied for the wrong job. Jamie applied for our Founder’s Associate role. On paper, he was not a fit …

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• 2026-02-09 · Ismail J. · Personal Story266 eng. (239 likes · 27 comments · 0 shares)

  I got a YC interview 24 hours after our application (I applied on deadline day). 4 hours after our interview, we got accepted to automate pr…

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• 2026-04-30 · Ismail J. · Event207 eng. (188 likes · 13 comments · 6 shares)

  Nearly 400 engineers applied. We accepted the best 40. The winner got a guaranteed YC interview (more on them soon!) I want to thank all the…

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