At Internapalooza 2025, angel investor and entrepreneur Naval Ravikant revealed for the first time the name of his new venture, the Impossible Computer Company. He said he expects employees to dedicate themselves entirely to work, around the clock.
Speaking on stage with Cory Levy, Ravikant said his San Francisco-based company has fewer than 20 employees, all working in-person. “I expect them to always 24/7 be either working or thinking about work because that’s the same bar I hold myself to,” he said.
Ravikant added that he now fires people “much faster” than in his earlier companies. “I hire people much more slowly, resist hiring, I pay people better, I give them more stock. Basically, my rule on this: pay twice as much but expect 10 times the output,” he said. “Everyone better be a barrel. There’s no room for bullets in a small company.”
The Impossible Computer Company, which he described as built around “artists and engineers”, is composed of people he has worked with for decades and others discovered through niche projects and technical communities.
Ravikant said his co-founder is known for scouting unusual technologies and reaching out to their creators, helping to assemble what he called “the most brilliant, artistic people” that he has ever met.
The founder of AngelList, Ravikant has long been regarded as a contrarian voice in Silicon Valley. On stage, he said being older has allowed him to run a company in a more “idiosyncratic” way, including refusing to adopt open office setups.
“Most companies have cubicles or desks, and you’ll see people crammed into small spaces, and I think that’s inhuman,” he said. “I want everyone in the company to have an equivalently nice private space.”
Ravikant also pushed back against “pretend work” and hustle culture, while doubling down on his demand for complete commitment from employees. “I don’t ask other people to do anything that I myself wouldn’t do,” he said.
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