5: Iran

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Your blog is a treat. Keep it coming.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 4, 2026

As someone who's funding these founders, I can tell you why your numbers are bogus. A higher proportion of the first group immigrate in order to start startups. Obviously people who immigrate *for the purpose of starting a startup* are going to start startups at higher rates.

— Paul Graham (@paulg) June 4, 2026

Being a founder is pretty consistently realizing no one else can do the thing you're doing and then have that realization terrify you about the state of our world right now

— Simone Syed (@SimoneSyed) June 4, 2026

What Makes a Startup Founder Worthy of Angel Investment?

As angel investors, we often say that we invest in people first and businesses second.

A brilliant idea alone is not enough. Markets change, business models evolve, and strategies pivot. What often determines success is…

— Mkhululi Ndlovu (@mk_tycoon) June 4, 2026

Himalayan Compute: 10 Years To A Trillion: Detailed Roadmaphttps://t.co/mXOAytrnrg

The Founder: Profile By Adam Shuaibhttps://t.co/kKtaJUlsBA

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 4, 2026

Congrats to @Dkirtley and @Helion_Energy on their $465M Series G at a $15.5B valuation!

Helion is building the world's first commercial fusion power plant, Orion. Their Polaris prototype recently exceeded 150 million degrees Celsius, the first privately funded fusion machine…

— Y Combinator (@ycombinator) June 4, 2026

You cannot be creative at a high level unless you are robotic at a low level. pic.twitter.com/dGxHRIavxf

— Justin Skycak (@justinskycak) June 4, 2026

DON’T WATER THE PLANTS YOU DON’T WANT TO GROW:

Simple line. Took me years to actually live it.

Every time you replay an insult in your head, you’re watering it.

Every time you revisit a regret on loop, you’re watering it.

Every time you entertain a thought that makes you…

— Dr Ritesh Malik (@drriteshmalik) June 4, 2026

2 cold emails sent to VCs.

Same content, different style.

Which one performs best in your opinion? pic.twitter.com/haMPcyS90o

— Steph from OpenVC (@StephNass) June 4, 2026

Sonoran Harris Hawks, Westchester County, NY, 1988. I flew “Peanut,” the little male on my shoulder, for 10 years before he was electrocuted on a power line. I hunted with the hen, “Kuucheen,” for 24 years. She laid eggs and produced chicks every summer, and today falconers all… pic.twitter.com/ROFxBp063b

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 4, 2026

Massive Breaking News😮: बालेन शाह नेतृत्वको सरकार आएपछि नेपाललाई एउटा अर्को सफलता प्राप्त भएको छ। विश्वभरका पासपो'र्टहरूको श'क्तिलाई मापन गर्ने हेन्ली पासपोर्ट इन्डेक्स २०२६ को नयाँ प्रतिवेदनमा नेपाली Passport Ranking मा ४ स्थान सुधार भएको छ। गत वर्ष १०१ स्थानमा रहेको नेपाल ९७औं… pic.twitter.com/iEuEjHIRvf

— Ananda Nepali (@anandanepali99) June 4, 2026

Demis Hassabis recommendation for college students.

He’s still do STEM, math and computer science. Expertise in those fields will help better leverage AI for at least next decade.

Those in non-techical majors, really “lean in to” using latest models. AI labs spending so much… pic.twitter.com/yf2V3enDx5

— Bearly AI (@bearlyai) June 4, 2026

The German word sonder can give you an extreme competitive advantage in life.

It means this: every person you pass on the street has the same complexity of life that you do.

Their own love interests, their own family, their own concentric rings of relationships and history… pic.twitter.com/ZpbookMGZ4

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 4, 2026

Yes, this was a productive meeting from the standpoint of global business and geopolitics.

But for me, the real value of such in-person meetings-something no online interaction can fully replicate-lies in hearing the personal stories behind the individual.

And this meeting… https://t.co/WaS0N66ukU pic.twitter.com/wbdLmg9upw

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 4, 2026

All through YC's history, investors (for obvious reasons) have tried to tell founders that YC wasn't worth it. In 2010 they just said we sucked. Now, since it's obvious we didn't, they've had to change the claim: now it's YC *used* to be great, but has declined from what it was.

— Paul Graham (@paulg) June 4, 2026

Most founders don’t actually want to build a unicorn.

They want to own their time, build something real, and exit for $5M in 5 years.

That’s a great life.

There’s nothing wrong with it.

But nobody will fund that.

So they pitch global domination instead.

Experienced…

— Gabriel Jarrosson (@GJarrosson) June 4, 2026

AI doesn't eliminate thinking, it helps you with the work that prevents you from thinking. The people who use it well think MORE, not less. UNLESS you allow it to replace you.

— Peter H. Diamandis, MD (@PeterDiamandis) June 4, 2026

before you invest in a startup always ask how tall the founders are pic.twitter.com/xDUYrhpLiq

— jaiya (@jaiyagill) June 3, 2026

only charge your phone once a week to keep energy prices low for Claude

— jaiya (@jaiyagill) May 27, 2026

the mainstream narrative most people see right now is:
- AI stealing jobs and causing layoffs
- AI creating slop art and ruining culture
- AI is bad for the environment and data centers are destroying cities
- AI leaders are too rich to care about the average person’s struggles… https://t.co/KGnMdg9te0

— jaiya (@jaiyagill) May 18, 2026

people at the frontier of technology are carrying around half-open macbooks or inventing hardware dongles because they somehow don’t know “keep mac awake” apps already exist https://t.co/LBdJNzdIdr

— jaiya (@jaiyagill) May 18, 2026

remember the web before AI got here?

as someone who basically grew up online (my first phone was an iPhone), walking through The Museum of The Human Web feels like looking at ancient history pic.twitter.com/AUtLcOohmt

— jaiya (@jaiyagill) May 15, 2026

Moat!? LOL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 4, 2026

ChatGPT has been the new Netscape. These early days are even more special.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 5, 2026

build and publish web apps with chatgpt!

i really wish i had this when i was a kid, but i do miss hypercard. https://t.co/6wN6SOiU27

— Sam Altman (@sama) June 4, 2026