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Joined November 2012
Stephen McBride retweeted
“If the military is asking for it, you’re too late.” Our CEO @ZaneMountcastle joined @DisruptionHedge to explain why, the bet behind Picogrid, and why he thinks LA could produce more $100 billion companies than San Francisco over the next 25 years. The interview is out today. Link to watch: youtube.com/watch?v=Y3I7mqXR…
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It’s sick!
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Just a normal Tuesday, someone mails me an axe. Thank you for the hatchet job, @DisruptionHedge! 😅🥹 @TerraformIndies' hard work has been recognized with inclusion in the Innovator's League! rationaloptimistsociety.subs…
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Thank you @RationalOptSoc for this: I’ll have to remember to bring it to a Gundo bonfire so I can chop some wood.
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Elections have consequences
Texas' economy is 20-25% larger than Canada. Texas = $2.9T GDP Canada = $2.4T GDP Texas' population is 31 million and Canada's is 41 million.
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Claude is 🇺🇸 maxxing
The ultimate irony is that no EU🇪🇺-based company could create an AI video like this or come anywhere close. Instead Made in the USA🇺🇸 AI/tech just continues to make a literal mockery of the European regulatory environment which continues to hold back innovation & economic growth.
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My latest Substack on how the Reindustrialization wave hinges on us remembering how to build the "simple stuff" again. Link 👇
🤖 Made with AI
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My global macro view
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Ball is in your court @etihad
Finally after nearly 20 years of DXB - SFO WiFi that works @SpaceX
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I just saw an ad for k9 Jets which is private jets for dogs And people tell me AI is going to take all the jobs Human desires are infinite
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Just got access to Instinct Holt shit, what an experience. Thank you @noahrshinn
My conversation with Noah Shinn (@noahrshinn), founder of Instinct. Noah is building a personal AI assistant. It's still invite only, has spent nothing on marketing, and is growing roughly 10% A DAY. This is his first long conversation about the company. We discuss: - Why Instinct doesn't have an app - Buying compute months ahead of exponential demand - How users learn to trust it with a credit card - Safety and security - Agents coordinating with other people's agents - Instinct's business model - Apps built on consumer inertia - and more Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 4:11 What people are using AI agents for 15:07 Rethinking travel, reservations, and the internet 22:43 Trust, privacy, and personal data 27:50 The business model behind Instinct 38:04 How existing businesses will adapt 47:55 Designing a personal assistant people love 53:15 Growth, compute, and competing with Big Tech 1:11:44 What’s next for Instinct and personal AI
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A diamond was forever
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Today, we’re announcing Varda’s $250M Series D raise, bringing the total amount of capital raised to $598 million with a $1.6B valuation. This funding will help us build more vehicles, grow pharmaceutical partnerships, and advance toward the first medicine manufactured in space for patients on Earth.
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American energy dominance
I'm going to make this line go vertical.
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A lot of LARPers in this world
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I've been storing this one for quite a while! We now officially supply chemically pure grade methane in California with our partner @westairgases. Photos are with our first externalized six pack during the spring. An insane amount of hard work went into making this happen. I try not to think too much about the blood sweat and tears of the last five years but this milestone makes it particularly sweet. westairgases.com/news/terraf… Terraform is hiring! If you're an ambitious technically minded savant, Terraform is an incredible place to get exposed to every aspect of building a hardware business from sales and hiring to design test and analysis!
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Here is official trailer, You Can See Everything
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I've had the pleasure of getting to know @jakeadler and the whole Pilgrim team and they are an exceptional bunch. Very excited about what they are building. Watch this space!
1/ Biological threats can bring a country to a halt without a single shot being fired. Yet much of our biodefense infrastructure has barely changed in decades, even as America’s institutions produce extraordinary scientific breakthroughs.
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AI is getting cheaper more quickly than any other transformative tech in history. At a given level of performance, cost has fallen ~47%/quarter since 2023. That’s 4× faster than DNA sequencing, 6× faster than compute, 18× faster than lithium batteries, and (up to 1973) 54× faster than electricity.
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