Naval Ravikant

AngelList co-founder. Equity, leverage, and operator philosophy.

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Figma drops $1.2B on AI design startup — the design tool wars enter round three

Figma's biggest acquisition since Adobe-fell-through. The target is an AI design startup that turns Figma files into production code. Adobe is now visibly behind on the tooling stack.

TechCrunchSingle source

Money·May 3

Naval's new thread on equity vs cash — and why most operators should optimize differently in 2026

Naval published a long thread arguing the equity-default era is over for sub-Series-B operators. Cash compounding has caught up to dilution math under current rates.

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SaaS·May 3

Wise ships Payouts API v3 — multi-currency batch transfers finally land

Wise rolled out v3 of its Payouts API with batch transfer support across 80+ currencies in a single call. For platforms paying international contractors, this collapses the operational overhead.

Wise EngineeringSingle source

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