18: United States

1,300 Year Old Brick and Stucco Detail - Bagan, Burma
My morning walks, last a long long time. #Bagan #Travel pic.twitter.com/UIuFJ36Rrn

— Damon Zumbroegel (@DamonZumbroegel) August 16, 2026

When we analysed people who hit the top 0.1% of their field, one pattern that constantly showed up was lifelong obsessions with weird hobbies completely unrelated to their profession.

We’ve met people who spent two years optimising their fantasy football algorithms, or…

— Adam Shuaib (@adamshuaib) August 16, 2026

A Lovely Indian Living Room in Mysuru - my Air B n B
4 Layers on the Windows: window, metal bars, mesh screen, and linen drapes. pic.twitter.com/oEuHd1ex5Z

— Damon Zumbroegel (@DamonZumbroegel) August 17, 2026

This is a beautiful homage to the young Indias, all under 27, building difficult hard tech, who decided their dreams don’t need to ask for permission.

— Ahmad Faraaz (26) & Harshit Awasthi (26), Kalam Labs: stratospheric UAVs, near-space aerial vehicles for military surveillance… https://t.co/Uk2lJo0T1U

— Deedy (@deedydas) August 15, 2026

This Independence Day 🇮🇳, I asked, "What will the next century of young Indians look like?"

$0.01 Drone Deliveries. UAVs that never land. Groceries in under 10 minutes.

Meet The 22nd Century Indian. A Documentary on a New India. pic.twitter.com/TVe9y2wGVL

— Shaurya Sinha (@shaurya_sinha7) August 15, 2026

The AI OS.

Talking with @phanindra_ai, founder/CEO of https://t.co/AWxustTA9Q

AI is moving from "ask it a question" to "it does 90% of your work for you."

Most people still use ChatGPT like a search engine. But a new wave of tools watches your email, calendar, and screen —… pic.twitter.com/gtFFM9wGxP

— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) August 17, 2026

From Unicorns to Solaras: Why the Next Decade Demands a New Kind of Startup Institution https://t.co/dw01Oindm7 @quxiaoyin @parmita @sampritibh @alexahirschfeld @s43stha @sameermaskey @pchamal @BorisMPower @sudiprokaya @Scobleizer

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) August 18, 2026

Fully American made hardware. From scratch. Lasers built from scratch. Hooked onto microscopes. Enabling the future of biology.

Today, we have officially signed our new lease for our biofactory in Arizona. This will be the home of our newest hardware endeavors.

In the next… pic.twitter.com/kRI80TK4zj

— parm🔬 (@parmita) August 17, 2026

a billionaire investor i REALLY respect was, 2 years ago, at a @bryan_johnson event i was invited to. in Singapore.

i CHASED HIM DOWN with a THERMAL PRINTER to PRINT my pitch to him and hand it. he laughed; said ok just email me

as of today, he is now on our cap table. finally.

— parm🔬 (@parmita) August 17, 2026

the two biggest unlocks for me as a founder:

1/ working weekends
2/ investing in mental health

early on, I would go to bed with a to-do list of things to work on the following day

but by the next morning: something broke, someone needs something from me, there’s an escalated… pic.twitter.com/Pj40G2B2il

— Tyler Denk 🐝 (@denk_tweets) August 18, 2026

Where are the founders who are creating a new category; changing the way the world works.

15 investors I work with want to get you funded.

— Lauren (@Laurennjoe) August 18, 2026

the impossible triangle for every founder:

> work + fitness = no social life
> social life + work = no fitness
> fitness + social life = no business growth

— Tyler Denk 🐝 (@denk_tweets) August 17, 2026

10/10 no notes. VCs watch this. https://t.co/Bd3AM4CBJv

— Alex Macdonald (@alexfmac) August 17, 2026

Wow, this is an all-star lineup! https://t.co/px0DhOIxup

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 18, 2026

Telegram has applied for the .gram domain zone.

If the application is approved by ICANN, a billion Telegram users could get their own second-level domains — yourname.gram.

Users would be able to set up their interactive websites hosted by Telegram — with one prompt ✨

— Pavel Durov (@durov) August 18, 2026

How many Nobel Prizes have IIT graduates won?
Zero.

How many Nobel Prizes have Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda graduates won?
One.

In 75 years of IITs' existence. 300k+ graduates. 0 Nobel Prizes.

And the man who got the Nobel had failed the IIT entrance exam and…

— Akash Sampurnanand Pandey (@late_bloomer_7) August 18, 2026

This is the difference between posting 5, 10, 15, and 25 times per week on social media.

If you post 5 times a week on average, you have 5,194 followers across all your social platforms and roughly generate 302 visitors a month from people typing in your brand name on search… pic.twitter.com/ssb0sRr8Tz

— Neil Patel (@neilpatel) August 17, 2026

On a side note. A message to every hateful person who believes every immigrant takes jobs away from Americans.

I hope this is a clear enough example to you. I love America. I love America enough to defend it. And it’s not because of the hate. It’s because of the love that… https://t.co/7YXGNKJKYP

— parm🔬 (@parmita) August 17, 2026

“प्रधानमन्त्री बालेन्द्र शाहका प्रमुख सल्लाहकार कुमार बेन करोडौँको गाडीमा मन्त्रीसरह सुविधा लिएको भन्दै विभिन्न सञ्चारमाध्यममा समाचार आए पनि उनी भने आफ्ना सहयात्रीसँग मोटरसाइकलमै सिंहदरबार जाने गरेका छन्। अझ रोचक कुरा, उनले सरकारबाट तलबसमेत लिँदैनन्।हामीले ब्यक्तिपुजा गरेका… pic.twitter.com/juBkAKcu5I

— Ananda Nepali (@anandanepali99) August 17, 2026

When we analysed people who hit the top 0.1% of their field, one pattern that constantly showed up was lifelong obsessions with weird hobbies completely unrelated to their profession.

We’ve met people who spent two years optimising their fantasy football algorithms, or…

— Adam Shuaib (@adamshuaib) August 16, 2026