Hi there 👋
Have you ever had such an experience? Tons of business cards have died in your bag or boxes over the years: great conversation, real intent to follow up, and then... nothing, because the card is buried under a receipt from three weeks ago.
Walnut Card is built to fix that. And this newsletter also covers a couple of other things we’ve been quietly building to make it easier for founders, builders, and investors to find each other.
🚀 What’s New: Walnut Card (v1.0.0)
You can now turn a stack of paper business cards into searchable, usable contacts in seconds. Point your camera at a card, and Walnut Card pulls the name, title, company, and contact info automatically without typing or guessing.
A few things I’m especially proud of:
Batch mode: scan a whole stack from a conference in batch instead of one card at a time
Smart profile matching: if the person has a LinkedIn or Walnut profile, we connect the dots so you get the full picture, not just what’s printed on the card
Export anywhere: one click to CSV, so it drops right into whatever CRM your team already uses
It’s free to start, then pay-as-you-go after that — no subscriptions. This is the first standalone product out of Walnut AI, and honestly the simplest expression of what we’re trying to do: let your AI handle the unglamorous parts of networking so you can focus on the actual relationship.
👉 Check here for more details: walnut.cards
🗺️ Pitch Your Project to Top Investors
Mark your calendar: we’re hosting an AI startup pitch competition on August 5th at the AWS Builder Loft in SF. If you’re building something and want a stage (and some real feedback from judges who’ve been on both sides of the table), this one’s for you.
Here’s what’s on the line so far:
🏆 1st place walks away with an interview slot with Antler.
💰 Credit prizes for the top 3 teams, with details being finalized and announced soon.
🎤 A stage in front of investors, builders, and potential customers, plus networking with peer founders and investors.
👉 Spots are limited, check the details and sign up for it today: luma.com/ai-startup-pitch
📅 Two Curated Calendars: Never Miss a Hackathon or Pitch Event in San Francisco
We built two curated Luma calendars so you stop finding out about the good ones a week too late — one for hackathons, one for pitch events. Follow them once and every upcoming event worth knowing about shows up automatically.
Whether you’re looking for a hackathon to build at, a stage to pitch on, or just want to scout what other founders are working on right now, this is the fastest way to find it.
👉 SF Pitch and Demo Event Collection
🌰 Invitation to Founders & Builders Hub
With our WhatsApp group achieves over 600 members, we’ve decided to open up a Slack community for founders, builders, and investors. This is a place where we will share updates about Walnut AI, allow all the members to ask for warm intros, share what you’re working on, and find your people between events instead of just at them.
Who it’s for:
Founders looking for cofounders, feedback, or intros
Builders who want to swap notes on what they’re shipping
Investors who want early visibility into what founders in this network are working on
👉 Fill out this short form and we’ll get you an invite soon: Invitation to Walnut Hub
💭 Nicole’s Note
Every product we’ve shipped so far has been about the agent: matching, scheduling, vetting. But building Walnut Card reminded me that a lot of networking still starts in a really analog place: a handshake, a card, a conversation you don’t want to lose.
The same thinking is behind why we’re finally building a community space instead of just running events. We keep hearing from founders that the best part of Agents Meet isn’t the AI matching, instead it’s about meeting people they wouldn’t have found otherwise, and then losing touch a month later because there’s nowhere to keep the thread going. We want to fix that too.
See you next week,
Nicole