Building something new - muscle memory for machines. Prev founder @scootnetworks (acquired by @Birdride).
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The apps I vibe-coded for my kids are featured in this fun article by Jasmine Sun, showing how when people can build apps for themselves, without needing to convince an engineer to do it for them, lots more apps get built!
I'm in @WSJ today writing about vibe-coding and home-cooked apps :)
excited about shifting to world where software is something we each create, not just consume
Further proof that demos no longer matter and that it’s all about deployments… 🍓
Announcing our Series A led by @a16z and @FPrimeCapital. Join us to build the future of robotics. We have openings across the team.
320x?
ASPIRE is now open-source!
Since our initial release, we've made exciting progress:
🤖 Real-world robot manipulation with GPT-6 Astra.
🔄 Continual skill refinement on physical robots.
📈 Saturated simulation benchmarks: 99% on LIBERO-Pro (80 tasks), 100% on Robosuite (7 representative tasks), and 100% on BEHAVIOR-1K (2 representative tasks).
Code: github.com/NVlabs/ASPIRE
Project: research.nvidia.com/labs/gea…
🧵 More results in the thread below.
A reminder that the only autonomous robot experience you can use today was not the result of Google spending 15+ years making a humanoid robot that could drive a car. They did the smart thing, and made the car into a robot.
Waymo moderator asks about safety: No direct answers from Rhoda, Odyssey, OpenAI alumnus… at Fellows Forum
I’m glad someone is thinking about the social role of robots, and not just their utility. Andromeda has ~30 of their Abi bots in live deployments at senior homes and hospitals. Agility, who is about to SPAC, is rumored to have a similar number…
Cooler-on-wheels is a great format for delivery robotics. This Kiwi was being tele-operated AND had someone following it around in-person. Autonomy is a technology. Delivery is a service.
The gap between demos and reality in robotics is real. It was super fun to have a robot come over to clean our house, but my son’s job unloading the dishwasher is safe, for now.
Michael Keating retweeted
Opus 5 can do this with zero demonstrations despite not being trained for robots. On the flip side Opus took 7 minutes while GEN-1.5 took 7 seconds. 🧵
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If you've wondered where I've been recently, I gave an interview. This is a very difficult time for me. I'm trying to bring my mom home, and I could use your help spreading the word. Please watch, and please share.
interview: youtube.com/watch?v=JlK2a6yv…
website: bringmymomhome.com/
Michael Keating retweeted
The abundance movement must focus on achieving tangible results, not just long-term movement building.
But how? @mbkeating puts forth a few ideas including how we can take immediate, bold action on energy security, featuring a new favorite startup @PilaEnergy.
Just threw in my $ for this guy. 🇺🇸
I’m a mechanic, marine, and sports radio host, raised in a trailer park in Mason City, Iowa.
I'm fighting for a Democratic Party that people like me actually want to be a part of. I'm fighting for a country that's ruled by the people who sustain it, not the billionaire class.
I'm Nathan Sage. I'm running for US Senate. And I'm going to kick Joni Ernst's ass next November.
Public goods of all kinds are under threat. A reminder that public goods are far more valuable than private goods, and without public goods, there would be no private goods.
keatingmichael.substack.com/…
The @sfstandard's shaming of public school parents during drastic cuts in budget and staffing is pretty low. Our schools need all the help they can get. open.substack.com/pub/keatin…
Proud to be an alumnus of @Wesleyan when our president @mroth78 has the courage to speak against authoritarianism. nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/po…
Evolution of 1st rounds I have raised for my startups:
2000s: 7-figures from VCs based on a deck
2010s: 6-figures from angels based on a prototype
Early 2020s: 7-figures from angles & VCs for tokens
Late 2020s: Credit card to get to profitability?
In 2022 I raised 7 figures for a decentralized electric mobility financing protocol's future tokens. We pivoted out of crypto and @hello_tempo now offers theft protection to ebike owners.
Now it's 2025, I'm shipping software with @Replit, strategizing and creating content with @ChatGPTapp, and being blown away every month by what this means for startup creation and financing.