Maria Johnson

We're looking to more than double our founding team at @beacon.sh, hiring aggressively across research and engineering.
We're building the visibility and control layer for AI agents, and we've got some serious momentum:
$5.5M raised in seed funding
3,200+ GitHub stars and a growing OSS community
#1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt
Our founding team brings experience from Doppel, Brex, and Trail of Bits, and we're looking for exceptional builders to join us.
We're hiring:
Founding Engineer: Build high-performance infrastructure to secure and govern AI agents at scale.
Founding Security Researcher: Break AI agents, uncover novel attack surfaces, and publish cutting-edge research.
Who we're looking for:
Deep technical curiosity and obsession with craft
High agency, relentless ownership, and bias toward shipping
Exceptional problem solvers with incredibly high standards
We want world-class engineers and researchers. We don't care about pedigree. We care about what you've built, the problems you've solved, and the quality of your work.
NYC in-person preferred, open to exceptional remote talent.
DMs open. Come build with us! Contact me at founders[at]asymptotelabs.ai

A monthly active user metric can look completely stable while underlying product usage slowly drifts into a passive state.

Realizing that logins do not equal active value creation made us completely rethink how we track long term retention.

For founders looking past the initial growth phase: what retention metrics actually give you an honest signal about product health?

Our 14 day free trial has a solid signup rate but most users go quiet around day 8 without reaching key milestones. We tried tweaking our onboarding emails and in-app nudges, but the drop-off barely moved.

It made me realize that forcing users into a fixed timeframe might be asking for commitment before they ve experienced real value.

How did you optimize your trial conversion did you shorten the trial, switch to freemium, or change when you ask for payment?