Dalton Caldwell ✓

@daltonc · SF Bay Area · joined 28 Sep 2007

Founder and Partner @Standard_Cap, Partner Emeritus @ycombinator

327 230Followers

989Following

2 811Posts total

199.2KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Dalton Caldwell ✓@daltonc4 Sep

Was standing in line at an extremely popular lunch spot and heard the guy in front of me ask the host what he would recommend and the host said “oh I have actually never eaten here before, I have no idea.” If he was kidding he is very good at keeping a straight face. 13.1K views · 82 likes · 1 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Dalton Caldwell ✓@daltonc28 Aug

Make something agents want. 23K views · 102 likes · 10 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →

Dalton Caldwell ✓@daltonc28 Aug

when we started Archil back in 2024, the roadmap was super simple: build the world's best file system, partner with application teams to purpose-optimize for them, and then launch a compute product to deliver best-in-class price/performance the workloads we were building for 36K views · 67 likes · 5 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Dalton Caldwell ✓@daltonc21 Aug

Starcloud is one of the most ambitious startups in the world and we are proud to welcome them into the @Standard_Cap community of likeminded founders. The simplest way to increase your ambition is to surround yourself with other ambitious people. 22.4K views · 106 likes · 18 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Dalton Caldwell ✓@daltonc20 Aug

Artie just launched a free tier, check it out 👇 11.8K views · 35 likes · 3 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Dalton Caldwell ✓@daltonc6 Jul

Applications for the latest Standard Capital Series A funding cycle are now open! Apply by July 21, hear back by July 31. https://t.co/ggHw7S9uS6

92.9K views · 257 likes · 26 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views22 712this account4 520median for 100K–1M

Reach, %6.94%this account1.64%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.46%this account1.27%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	22 712	4 520	5.02×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.94%	1.64%	4.23×
Engagement rate	0.46%	1.27%	0.36×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

92.9K6 Jul

11.8K20 Aug

22.4K21 Aug

36K28 Aug

23K

13.1K4 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.34%6 Jul

0.37%20 Aug

0.60%21 Aug

0.23%28 Aug

0.54%

0.72%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.27%.

What the audience does

Likes67.6%649 in total

Reposts6.6%63 in total

Replies6.4%61 in total

Quotes2.0%19 in total

Bookmarks17.5%168 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.