About
David Currant is a founder who previously built Mustard, a local creator marketing platform, which grew to over 170,000 creators and local business clients. He also founded or co-founded LocalOn (YC S13), GoSkip (accepted into Microsoft Ventures Accelerator and later acquired by Standard AI), and Zensoft.io (which expanded to over 200 employees); he currently works on MXPilot, a marketing operations platform integrating AI agents with marketing tools.
David Currant @david_currant
Forcing some of the most talented people out of the country is a terrible idea. https://t.co/cBcYDrPY59
May 23, 2026 · ♥ 1
David Currant @david_currant
HR is bureaucracy. Large companies need checks and balances during peacetime. But startups in wartime don’t win through layers of process. They win through a small, highly aligned group of people making miracles happen fast. 100% with @ryanbreslow on this one https://t.co/naXsy3akVG
May 20, 2026 · ♥ 2
David Currant @david_currant
This is how Anthropic earns a startup-killer reputation. Not just by out-innovating startups. By suffocating good-faith builders with false positives, lockouts, and opaque enforcement while their business is on fire. Anthropic should be winning startups through innovation, not
Apr 21, 2026 · ♥ 1
Founder & CEO at LocalOnYC S13
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, David can intro founders to LocalOn's investors below.
LocalOn's investors · 1
Co-founders at LocalOn
