Dave Font ✓

@davefontenot · SF · joined 22 Jan 2012

🏯 building the residency for repeat founders @HF0 🚀 early backer Ramp and OpenRouter

23 284Followers

7 281Following

24 015Posts total

1.2MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

14 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views5 134this account1 045median for 10K–100K

Reach, %22.05%this account3.41%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.70%this account2.02%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 134	1 045	4.91×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	22.05%	3.41%	6.47×
Engagement rate	0.70%	2.02%	0.35×

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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

174.8K22 Jul

5.4K

4.7K

4.5K

4.4K

2.6K

3.3K

522.6K19 Aug

18.2K

31.8K

4.8K22 Aug

130.7K24 Aug

26.2K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.42%22 Jul

0.74%

0.87%

0.56%

0.65%

0.35%

0.68%

3.45%

0.35%19 Aug

1.60%

0.87%

0.97%22 Aug

1.05%24 Aug

0.50%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.02%.

What the audience does

Likes71.6%5 134 in total

Reposts4.9%348 in total

Replies7.4%531 in total

Quotes2.2%155 in total

Bookmarks14.0%1 001 in total

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

Followers by day

5 Sep

Daily snapshots since 05 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

HUGE 26.2K views · 124 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies 24 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

I’ve left DeepMind to lead research at Build AI Our first bet: scale monocular vision. We haven’t even scratched the surface :D 130.7K views · 1.3K likes · 35 reposts · 56 replies 24 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

does anyone have a world class office space in sf or south bay? build ai is subleasing! 2-5k sqft for 15-20 people, pre-furnished, asap they'll pay a premium and are an easy tenant, dm me and i'll connect you with the founder directly 4.8K views · 41 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies 22 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

when @alexatallah pitched us on this idea there would be a long tail of models, it was completely against the narrative of the time consensus was that there would be one model to rule them all alex and louis took the other side of that bet and executed nearly flawlessly (1/n) 31.8K views · 241 likes · 8 reposts · 22 replies 19 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

when @alexatallah pitched us on this idea there would be a long tail of models, it was completely against the narrative of the time there was one legitimate model, two frontier labs, and people were talking about where the value would accrue consensus was that there would be 18.2K views · 268 likes · 8 reposts · 12 replies 19 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

1/ Stripe has signed an agreement to acquire OpenRouter. OpenRouter will continue to operate as it is: same name, same product, same roadmap, same mission. But now, we will do it faster, and with Stripe's unparalleled excellence and reach. 522.6K views · 1.5K likes · 73 reposts · 222 replies 19 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@davefontenot Hell yeah. Could squeeze in Hinkle Fieldhouse even. Submitted 🫡 29 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

https://t.co/ZZSUxDFSDz 3.3K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

@davefontenot https://t.co/cKhk1B8Ns8 2.6K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

nominations open today must be < $1B valuation 4.4K views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

everyone else finds out who the great AI companies are near IPO, after the growth already happened. this list is how you find out years earlier. selecting the first 10 companies now. know a startup that belongs on it? 4.5K views · 24 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

so I'm building the SF100: the definitive list of the top early-stage AI companies, nominated by the top-tier GPs who see them first. 4.7K views · 38 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

fewer than 10,000 people and firms own 90%+ of all private AI equity. the most important technology shift of our lifetime, owned by a group that fits in a basketball arena. 5.4K views · 36 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

Introducing The SF100 the definitive list of the top early stage ai companies https://t.co/quEmEeLzZL 174.8K views · 574 likes · 69 reposts · 68 replies 22 Jul 2026 · Open on X →

Dear founder, Are you letting god flow through you? https://t.co/HLFtkm4MfR 292.6K views · 968 likes · 149 reposts · 132 replies 07 Nov 2025 · Open on X →