danilo vicioso
contact
ny / rio
email: danilojvicioso[at]gmail[dot]com
substack
sound-swim
about
i am a hacker and researcher. previously, i was the coo of tabs chocolate, one of the most viral brands on the internet, and an operating partner at qv ventures.
before that, i co-founded hoist, where i raised $25m from yc, khosla and greylock, and then traveled the world and wrote about life and coordination.
i was also an informant for american airlines, where i got caught hacking them and helped make them hacker-proof.
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- tabs chocolate, coo (2025 to 2026): ai-native infrastructure for the most viral brand on the internet
- qv ventures, operating partner (2025 to 2026): a holding company, with a former yc partner and a google-exited founder, that owns tabs
- sound-swim: a 70-acre property with a dozen waterfalls, found through gis analysis and built and developed from scratch
- hoist, co-founder (2019 to 2021): raised $25m from yc, khosla and greylock
- prehype, entrepreneur in residence (2018 to 2019)
- scrabble: national record for the biggest win-loss spread
- american airlines, informant (2015 to 2016): built a system to track which flights celebrities were on, and went from $200 in the bank to $80k a month in revenue at 19. got caught hacking american airlines, then helped make them hacker-proof.