Angel investor: I get 5-7 incredible founder pitches in DMs every week, mostly hardware and model layer
signulll · x · 2026-10-23
signulll, a prominent angel with 272K followers, describes an unintended side effect of his public presence: nearly every week he receives 5-7 genuinely exceptional pitches in his DMs from founders applying to or already in YC or other incubators, Thiel Fellows, and teams announcing rounds with strong investor lineups already aboard.
He notes the quality of founders and ideas remains "ridiculously absurd," with a heavy concentration in hardware and model-layer startups. He never planned to source deals this way and is curious how solo GPs and small funds do proactive, on-the-ground sourcing.
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