All calls to LLM service take place on the server. Prompts are more or less predefined by an internal team. Users click useful buttons that alters functions to sanitized JSON. Users cannot free-form requests. This is how we’re starting anyway. B2B SaaS startup.
I do at least 2 of these calls per day. Interacting with end users is the only way to maintain PMF. IMO anyone too big, cool, or fast-growing… sadly mistaken.
As a startup, there are two reasons why you’d ever consider filling out one of these RFPs:
1) you can paste bullet points from your pricing page directly into it and you’re not being dishonest by doing so
2) you have developed a champion internally (in which case, the bullet points from your pricing page should be pasted into it)
If you’re selling into an enterprise and haven’t reached a security or procurement review, but have been asked for a lengthy RFP response, focus team effort elsewhere.
Understanding fully that this is meant to serve just as a reference, this type of article risks positioning hiring as an end — not as a means to an end.
Better to take external advice on typical team sizes / talent needed to achieve specific milestones specific to your business. Hire to get meaningful work done. Not based on a funding-centric "target" org chart.
Most Reddit readers worth real advertising $ use ad blockers of one kind or another. I’m happy for the Reddit team, and hope they’re able to make a responsible revenue stream out of the fundraise.