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Our guest today is Abraham Shafi, co-founder & CEO of IRL. IRL is your group messaging app where you can chat, create polls, post photos, and coordinate plans with your friends.

We discuss:

* Abe’s original thesis when creating IRL

* The initial pain point they wanted to solve

* How they grew in the early days

* Pivoting their strategy during COVID

* Their approach to fundraising

* How they partner with social media applications

* Web3 applications

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