It's striking how concentrated the AI revolution is. Even though starting startups has spread worldwide in the last couple decades, this wave of tech is as concentrated in the Bay Area as the last two big waves (semiconductors and the internet). https://t.co/T2xOKDxSkl
I landed in SF on the 1st of April, and the first founder I spoke with blew my mind. Being in SF is talking to people who sees the world differently and building solutions. 90% of my daily conversation in SF is about building. And yes, people in SF live in a bubble, but it's a… https://t.co/vDGfqxYbeN
Time is the currency for the age of abundance. An entire economic paradigm has been created around it. Go to https://t.co/2gIdgwlR3Y to read about it. Topic: Kalkiism.
I have always said that the Cybertruck has a smooth ride because of the suspension. Now I prefer your description. “It feels like you are floating.” 🤗🤗 https://t.co/vQTrohC55j
we hosted a multimodal researcher lunch at @ycombinator with the @sievedata team, who've been doing really good work in multimodal data
we got researchers from several frontier labs in a room together and the conversation ranged from robotics to world models to computer use… pic.twitter.com/6VAEgYubtl
I remember when my son entered his picky eating phase around age 2 and how much it threw me off.
This was a kid who ate everything. People at restaurants would stare and compliment how well he ate. He was a plump little boy who would try anything you put in front of him.
Let us reject the logic of violence and war, and embrace peace founded on love and justice—an unarmed peace, not based on fear, threats or weapons. This peace is disarming, because it is capable of resolving conflicts, opening hearts, and generating trust, empathy, and hope. I…
1) The biggest advantage of SF isn't access to capital or smarter people. It's being surrounded by other ambitious founders so you can see how fast everyone else is moving.
3) The same applies to startups. You need to understand what "fast" actually looks like. When you're isolated, it's easy to think you're moving quickly when you're actually moving too slowly.
5) Even if you plan to build elsewhere, I recommend every founder spend at least a couple months in SF. Not to stay forever, but to calibrate your understanding of the bar you need to hit.
6) Because if you don't get that sense of pace and competition, you might end up moving too slowly without even realizing it. The density gives you the benchmarks you need to compete globally.
Do you start with the Grand Solara Vision? Is that the best possible starting point? I'd argue yes. If you don't have that Grand Solara Vision, how will you know how to look for adjacent spaces and other tech startups to merge with?
I remember the names of a lot of these drugs at this point but that does not mean I know how to pronounce them. In fact. I don’t think anyone actually knows how to pronounce them; pretty sure they were just created to be spelled out next to the brand name. 😂 https://t.co/BlCbl9xWqw
I have been asked by several people what I meant when I said “we are in a world war” in my most recent note. To be clear, I didn’t mean to convey that I expect a shooting war between the U.S. and China (or any of the great powers) anytime soon. What I meant is that we are in the…
Years ago I was grappling with a big life decision. Got a big promotion that I candidly wasn't sure I wanted. Meant I would live on a plane and probably torch my relationship. Called my boss at the time, standing at the Newark airport frozen at what should have been the best…
The first day our new Sales VP arrived at TrueSAN in 2001, he came into the all-company meeting and made an announcement in just about this many words: “I am not here to make friends. I have been hired to build a sales team and sell product, and that’s what I intend to do.…
No one knew who I was when I started. Literally no one. My 1st company , I had to email reporters and tell them what they got wrong or right. I learned quickly they needed as much content as I could help them generate.
On a personal note : I’m very proud of what we have done today in establishing what are going to be some very key issues and rules of the road for AI in America.
This was a long process with many people involved that deserve credit ( including many who don’t always agree on…
May seem farfetched, but this applies to non-engineers too. There are Perplexity Computer users projected to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars (per user, not the org) on annualized basis. https://t.co/6i7vaD7jTm
In defense of data centers blocking data center construction will actually hurt the environment more than it helps. ......... To be fair, if humanity were to use less compute, we would reduce carbon emissions. But If we are going to use more, data centers are the cleanest way to do it; and computation produces dramatically less carbon than alternatives. Google had estimated that a single web search query produces 0.2 grams of CO2 emissions. In contrast, driving from my home to the local library to look up a fact would generate about 400 grams. ......... Google also recently estimated that the median Gemini LLM app query produces a surprisingly low 0.03 grams of CO2 emissions), and uses less energy than watching 9 seconds of television. .......... “state-level load growth … has tended to reduce average retail electricity prices.” The main reason is data centers share the fixed costs of the grid. If a consumer can split the costs of transmission cables with a large data center, then the consumer ends up paying less. ......... golf courses in the U.S. use around 500 billion gallons annually of water to irrigate their turf. In contrast, U.S. data centers consume far less. A common estimate is 17 billion gallons .........
data centers are incredibly efficient for the work they do.
One of the things that surprised me about YC is how long we continue to advise founders. We thought we'd just help them get started and then hand them over to later stage investors, but in fact we're still talking to founders 10 years in.
What to do when you're not sure what to do: Build capacity.
Ex: - Go to bed on time when you’re not sure what to do the next day - Build an audience when you're not sure what product to sell - Add goodwill to your email list when you don’t have a promo - Get in shape when you…
Quote for the Day: “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson#KFQuoteForTheDaypic.twitter.com/18k10wjAcM