... build, ship, and scale have dropped dramatically. You don't need a $5M seed round to build an MVP anymore. And the examples speak for themselves: Mailchimp: bootstrapped for 20 years, sold for $12B Midjourney: $500M revenue , $0 raised Zoho: 150M+ users , never took a dollar of VC VCs still bring value beyond money: network, credibility, access. That's real. But is it worth the dilution and pressure that comes with it? So I'm curious: Are you actively trying ... ... slower compounding (most of the time), more constraints on bets, less ability to brute-force distribution. Beyond "pressure", VC is forced ambition, access to unfair advantages, and sometimes necessary for category leadership. So in the end it not freedom vs

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... Oqlous AI: Prompt to Action - Build 24/7 AI Agents | Trusted by Adobe & Zoho   I have been working on this since I quit my job at Microsoft as a PM. We were in the market way before Claude launched MCP.    I would call it a direct competitor

... Many customer service tool have intergrated AI chatbots. Has anyone used zendesk, intercom or zohodesk how well do they work for you, and how much do they improved your service quality or efficiency ...

... just analyzing how many people aware about Zoho Products ...