Yuliya Bel

Early-stage founder

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I joined Applied Intuition as a new-grad engineer back in early 2019, when it was just a handful of us working above a bar on Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale...

Articles:

1. Firsthand: Seven Years Inside Applied Intuition, the Quietly Dominant Physical AI Company

   June 03, 2026

2. “AI-Powered” Isn’t a Position

   May 14, 2026

3. Why founders should bet on first-time executives | Praveer Melwani (CFO, Figma)

   May 14, 2026

4. Guideline's Path to Product-Market Fit — The Early Decisions That Powered Its Acquisition by Gusto

   March 24, 2026

5. How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb from a Failing Startup to a Billion Dollar Business

   February 04, 2015

6. So You Want to Hire a Forward Deployed Engineer: How to Know If You Need One and How to Get the Role Right

   February 24, 2026

7. From 0 to $1B - Slack's Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy

   February 27, 2015

8. The Founder Dating Playbook – Here’s the Process I Used to Find My Co-Founder

   September 30, 2019