Future Unicorn🦄 #204: AppFlowy

The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

AppFlowy started as an open-source side project built from the ground up by a single developer; afterward, it was maintained by a team of two. Since its GitHub launch in November 2021, it has accumulated more than 28,000 stars. It also has fostered an engaged community of more than 1,500 builders.

Founders: Annie, Nathan (no other verifiable public info on him)

Signals:

1. Venture-backed experience

   1. Annie was a product manager at Coursera (1+ yrs)

2. Top company alumni

   1. Annie was a banker at Goldman Sachs (1+ yrs) and a product manager at ByteDance (2+ yrs)

3. Top university alumni

   1. Annie graduated from Carnegie Mellon University (MS)

4. Traction

Favorite restaurant at the moment: Ilcha, a modern Korean restaurant. The cured shrimp and fried chicken are divine. The hotpots are amazing too.