Check out my latest post: AI-FIRST IS THE NEW FOUNDER MOAT. MOST FOUNDERS THINK THEY HAVE IT. THEY DON’T. THE CONVERSATIONS I KEEP HAVING I meet with founders every week as a builder, advisor, and angel investor. I keep hearing the same thing. “It’ll take six months to build the MVP.” “Fundraising is slow.” “It’ll take a few weeks to be ready for investors - we’re building the deck, the financial model, the AI engine.” “I need a technical co-founder to build the prototype.” These are capable founders. Intelligent. Serious. Working hard. But they are reasoning from a world that no longer exists...

I thought I knew exactly how to build the next $100B social product. Why? I built the first swiping dating app - 120M users, $100M in revenue, went public, and sold. Served on Bumble’s board as it scaled to a $3B exit. My mentor built the first social network - $125M exit. I wrote 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, a top-rated startup book for founders. So yeah, I thought I had the playbook. @DarrellLerner and I launched ‘Saturday’, an app to eliminate loneliness by helping you find your people, wherever you are. We used AI and location to make meeting people seamless, enjoyable, and relevant. We solved real problems. Big ones. But none of them were the thing. 'Saturday' isn't the next big social app. But it showed me exactly what will be. We made finding the right people effortless: We tackled group chat fatigue with maps that showed who’s around, who to talk to, and why. Serendipity alerts notified you when friends were nearby. People loved it, but it wasn’t the thing. We made events enjoyable: No more awkward wandering or forced small talk. We told you which events to attend, who to talk to, and why. People loved it. Not the thing. We made staying connected feel natural: No more forced coffees or LinkedIn chaos. Frictionless hangouts let you meet friends without planning. Our maps kept connections alive before, during, & after events. Serendipity just happened. Still, not the thing. We solved the chicken-and-egg problem: Partnered with @andruyeung . His events attract thousands. They loved our AI. But it wasn't the right fit. It wasn’t the thing. We cracked getting into colleges: Got thousands, including superstar athletes, to join. But they left. Why? We never got the social anchor. The one person who sets the vibe for 200 others. You can’t pitch them. You can’t buy them. You have to be them. We went full creator mode with TikTok street interviews. We went viral, one video hit 6 million views. Didn’t matter. Views aren’t connection. We hit @kirbyman01's a16z’s “Great” retention benchmarks: 80% d1, 40% d30. 50% still active after 6 months. But it didn’t matter. Retention doesn’t equate to true fans. We’ve over-optimized for playbooks & algorithms, and underbuilt for what truly matters: authentic connection. THE TRUTH: Nobody wants to download another app. Nobody wants to join another group chat. So, what will the next great social product look like? It won’t call itself “social.” It won’t fight for your attention. It won’t rely on paid ads or growth hacks. IT WON’T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN BEFORE! It will quietly solve loneliness while you go about your life. It will feel undeniable. Unexplainable. Will it be voice-enabled? Ambient? Hardware? I don’t know. But one thing is clear: People will talk about it because… it’s simply MAGIC. I thought it would be Saturday. It wasn’t. But I’m still chasing it. If you’re building something that breaks the mold and makes people truly feel alive, I want to see it. Drop it below.

Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits! Wild specs: • Memory: 128GB unified (most laptops: 16–32GB). • Storage: Up to 4TB NVMe. • Scale: Link 2 systems to handle 405 billion parameters • SUPER Intelligence: Will finally reveal which came first—the chicken or egg.