We ve worked in two other eco-systems (India & France), and each has clear strengths and trade-offs in terms of talent density, cost of building, access to capital, speed of decision-making, and openness to risk all vary a lot.

Curious to hear from founders and operators who ve built outside the US:

• Which ecosystem punches the most above its weight today?

• Where do you see the best balance between talent, capital, and customer access?

• Are there cities/countries that are especially strong for specific stages (0 1 vs scaling) or specific verticals (AI, fintech, climate, SaaS, deep tech)?

I m experimenting with something new in Trace.

Instead of asking people to check another app, Trace now sends a daily email with the most relevant things for their interests from across the web.

Same idea as the feed:
you tell it what you care about
it adapts based on what you read or skip
no trending-for-the-sake-of-it
meant to be read in a few minutes, then closed

I m curious: