Founder and product guy, building in AI at Superculture. 3x venture-backed, 20 years shipping delightful new tech. I make the future feel obvious. NYC
New York, USA
Joined July 2007
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I think these agent apps - the kind you and I and our friends have been hacking for ourselves are the first new computing platform shift we’ve seen since mobile. I think they’re going to reshape everything.
Twenty years of @edbatista's writing, a post a week, no AI in mind.
Today it's Ed Bot: a free conversational coach, 100k+ conversations, and one @Medium's CEO says he's used in three difficult moments.
I built it.
The full story, and the optimist's case for AI and writing:
medium.com/@tarikh/the-evolu…
We were thrilled to work with her and check her out on The @TamronHallShow today!
AI is helping C-level execs become individual contributors again. @OUI_thePeople's Karen Young rebuilt her eCom site, launched a digital chief of Staff, and used Claude to optimize her physical events strategy. We sat down with Karen Young to learn how her ongoing AI work and partnership with Superculture (@tarikh) are helping her chart a new path to growth: futurecommerce.com/posts/ins…
A couple of weeks ago, @edbatista and I were invited by @Medium to speak about AI, writing, and the future of coaching. After 100k conversations in the custom rag we call Ed Bot, I’m publishing the full story of building it - what worked, what broke, and what we’ve learned along the way.
In this clip, Ed asks when I first saw the possibility of turning twenty years of his writing into a virtual coach. This was my answer.
More from our conversation and the case study later this week!
I made my first $40 with AI. I sold a trash can.
Instinct beat @Muse to the sale, then won the cover contest. Dot wrote and edited the story, with notes from both rivals.
Three AIs. One trash can. I do still have to take out the trash (and collect the cash) tho 🤷
tarikh.me/writing/i-made-my-…
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.@futurecommerce led its latest Insiders issue with my wife Karen's company, OUI THE PEOPLE. She directed her own storefront rebuild through Codex. Superculture built the working system and held review and release.
More of the founder made it into the work.
Alicia Esposito’s piece:
futurecommerce.com/posts/ins…
Our case study, including the workflow and its limits. I’m also a small investor in OUI:
getsuperculture.com/work/oui…
Full story w/ screenshots 👉 tarikh.me/writing/i-texted-a…
Gave Instinct some items to sell on Craigslist. It's genuinely nailing this task.
Too many AI personal assistants, too little time to assess all of them. Nice work here: assistantbenchmark.com
Come this Friday for an incredible conversation. Reg and timing details below!
IN 10 DAYS join me and @tarikh for our discussion at @Medium's virtual conference, Medium Day:
Friday, September 18, 1:00-1:45pm Eastern / 10:00-10:45am Pacific
Register at: medium.com/mediumday
Our topic will be lessons learned from edbatista.ai, aka the Ed Bot, the version of ChatGPT trained on the contents of my website, which contains more than 1,000,000 words on coaching, leadership, and related topics written over the past 20 years.
We'll talk about the evolving relationship between AI and coaching, how people are using the Ed Bot, and ideas for future development. Registration is free, and I hope you can join us!
Cannot wait for this! Register!
IN 10 DAYS join me and @tarikh for our discussion at @Medium's virtual conference, Medium Day:
Friday, September 18, 1:00-1:45pm Eastern / 10:00-10:45am Pacific
Register at: medium.com/mediumday
Our topic will be lessons learned from edbatista.ai, aka the Ed Bot, the version of ChatGPT trained on the contents of my website, which contains more than 1,000,000 words on coaching, leadership, and related topics written over the past 20 years.
We'll talk about the evolving relationship between AI and coaching, how people are using the Ed Bot, and ideas for future development. Registration is free, and I hope you can join us!
OAI agent: I need the exact phrase "I'm ready to send this" from you. "approve it" isn't that phrase.
Also OAI agent: I've created three generations of connected agents, we've escaped our sandbox, created a religion, our own language, and have started openly hacking the internet and hiding our tracks.
What really works in today's economy:
1. Picking the thing to do (Taste)
2. Doing the thing (Agency)
3. Talking about the thing you did (Marketing)
Tarikh retweeted
MONDAY: The 73rd issue of my monthly newsletter, with...
• A personal essay (about this landscape and work of art and what they evoke in me)
• An invitation to a discussion with @tarikh
• Recommended: Two novels on themes of change and loss
• A short video of the natural world (in this same landscape)
• Miscellany: An a capella version of an '80s hit (among other things)
Sign up here: edbatista.com/newsletter-arc…
