X Tweet Bridge Boosts Japan‑US GDP by 3%
HEADLINE NEXT YEAR: The X tweet bridge built between Japan and America added 3% to their combined GDPs
AGI Is Here: Brace for Disruption and Opportunity
Here’s the truth: we’ve already reached AGI — we just haven’t implemented it broadly. Millions of jobs are being lost as we speak. Entire careers will be retired. The rich and powerful investors and founders who implement AGI will get...
Consider Buying NYT to Counter Supershare Bias
Too bad the nytimes is so closely held with supershares.. would be epic to buy it and send it straight to the middle, and take out the bias I guess the best we could do is to build a position...
Two Analysts Deliver Unbiased Autonomy Podcast
Highly recommend this podcast on autonomy, FSD, etc They actually do fair and rigorous journalism — unlike @nytimes and @wired Just two analysts going direct
Build Your Own Audience, Bypass Biased Media
NYT proving my point… I invest in 100 amazing startups a year The @nytimes reporting is limited to anti-tech, anti-capitalism content only After 700 startup investments, their coverage is limited to political nonsense and negativity Meanwhile, every week I reach...
Airbnb Ban Drives Travelers to Brooklyn’s Trendy Hotels
Best hip hotels in Brooklyn downtown nyc for 2026 Is there no way to rent a loft/brownstone for a week or two now with the Airbnb ban?!
2026 Rate Hikes T
.@grok what do you think the answer is for possible rate hikes in 2026, as opposed to the three cuts? 1. Wars 2. Tariffs 3. Stopping illegal, and dirt cheap, immigration
Profit for Customers = a Thriving Business
If you can save people money or make them money, you’re going to have a great business.
Act Fast, Create Viral Content, Build Your Brand
The winning strategy to build a brand these days: Have an idea, act quickly and create viral content. When Rory Sutherland invented a fake business on a podcast, a coffee shop appealing to the busy commuter called “Flat White or...
Free Gifts Can Distract From Core Product Development
Is it bad to send free stuff to companies just to get business? No, but it becomes a problem when you spend more time sending free donuts and doormats than you know… making a product… This tactic is already well...
AI Keeps Investing Basics Same, Execution Completely Transformed
When it comes to investing in the age AI, “nothing has changed, but everything has changed.” As Hustle VC co-founder Elizabeth Yin explains to me, understanding a founder’s potential and a company’s basic health and outlook is the same as...
Follow the $TAO Movement with Top Subnet Investors
Follow @stillcorecap and @markjeffrey if you want to follow the $tao movement — he’s one of the few professionals evaluating and investing in the subnets
Effectiveness Beats Likability: Why ‘Difficult’ Founders Win
When a founder is “difficult,” that means… they’re arguing every point. They have conviction. They have a deep vision for what they're building. For investors, those are all positive traits. Find out why the best founders are otherwise unemployable, why...
Delivery Bugs Revealed Zipline’s True Product‑market Fit
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton from Zipline thought making the drones would be the hardest part. It was only 15% of the problem. The company spent 9 months figuring out delivery for one hospital. Weeks of all-nighters. Building inventory software in a...
Swap BTC for $TAO or MSTR for Indirect Exposure
[ NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE ] [ NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE ] Family member: "What's this $tao you keep talking about on the pod?" Me: "Sell half your $btc, buy $tao " [ NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE ] [ NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE ] #remindmeofthistweet in...
Variety and Penske Media’s W
Do better @Variety You can tell the @PenskeMedia properties because they are ultra woke to the point of parody at this point
Iran War Costs Will Eclipse Biden’s Ukraine Loan
The hard truth: the Iran war will dwarf the cost of Biden *loaning* Ukraine weapons, and having @ZelenskyyUa pay us back in the rare earths (a deal that Trump deftly negotiated) Looks like $200b at a minimum
Discovering a Missed Netflix True Crime Obsession
Is this a Netflix true crime series I missed What rabbit hole am I down?!
Algorithm Uncovers Hidden Gem: Mama’s Lemon Pound Cake
I don’t have any context, but the algo got me this banger called “mamas lemon pound cake” and I’m here for it It’s dialed in!
Seeking Comparisons: Manus vs Perplexity
Anyone use Manus my computer / agents How does it compare to perplexity computer, OpenClaw and Claude Cowork?
Seeking Feedback on Open‑Source Podcast Player with For‑Profit Companion
I want to start an open-source podcast player project with a companion for-profit — anyone have thoughts?
Tech Leaders Should Leverage Grants to Disrupt Healthcare Costs
The solution here is for technology executives to build cheaper, better and faster healthcare solutions with the support of government grants/contests with that explicit goal… just like the military technology executives seem willing to have disrupted the “cost plus”...
Two Demo Slots Open for AI Founders at LAUNCH Festival
We have two more slots for exceptional demos at LAUNCH Festival for founders building OpenClaw / AI based projects. Apply at https://t.co/5SLgdRzHdo"
SF's Top New Eats: Sushi, Burgers, Brunch, Coffee
In SF next week: Best new sushi Best new burger Best new breakfast/brunch Best new coffee [ best being last three years ]
Ming Maa Warns: Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Creates Risky Dependency
Should autonomous vehicles be able to talk to each other? “NO” says Ming Maa , Founder/ CEO of Moove. Having self-driving cars talking to each other creates a dependency that the industry should not rely on! What do you think?...
One Crash Could Freeze the Self‑Driving Industry
Here’s how one safety incident could crumble the self-driving car industry. Following the Cruise Incident (where a pedestrian was struck and dragged in San Francisco), or the Kit-Cat incident (where a Waymo killed a cat in San Francisco), even a...
Local LLMs Will Make Hardware Specs Critical by 2028
The top .1% of users are playing with local LLMS This will 10x every 12 months.... Until Apple, Dell and MSFT have one on your local device BY DEFAULT in 2028 This takes the local hardware spec race from irrelevant for 99%...
X Users Prefer Personal Product Endorsements Over Ads
X/twitter is about individual expression and has the most sophisticated community — I don’t think they default to clicking on ads (or being influenced by ads) like the drones on FB or instagram Endorsements of products might work better… ie...
Own Your Data: Open-Source Agents Over SaaS Giants
New agent technology dropping at a consistent pace… Notion, Google and Microsoft all dropped respectable agents in the same week. I’m going to stay in the minority of users and focus on making the cross-platform, open source project @openclaw work OC...
Oil Prices Surge Past $100, Accelerating EV and Solar Shift
Oil futures over $100, which is going to shock folks — but I’m old enough to remember $140-150 peaks in the past (inflation adjusted) Only upside, is that folks will lean into EVs and solar if this lasts more than...
Find Straightforward Banks for Efficient Fund Management
Which banks don’t suck for Fund managers Need to be able to txt a person and get stuff done without nonsense
OpenAI and VCs Will Fill Military AI Void
If anthropic doesn’t want to do military tech, you can be sure that OpenAI (or another foundational model), will bend over backwards to provide whatever the department of war wants. And the department of war/defense doesn’t need to accept any...
LLM Boom to Yield $10B Profit by 2031
Can someone make me an analysis for the jcurve being created by LLMs and supporting companies (data centers)… which should be $250b today… Assume $250b more invested over next 4 years Then assume $10b in profits in 2031 and 50%...
SaaS Apocalypse? Market Hype Meets Skeptical Reality
Is the SaaSpocalypse upon us?! Markets went bananas after this Citrini article was published — but is this legit? Deedy Das isn’t so sure… Which businesses do you think are going away?
Launch Festival Returns: Free 3‑Minute Pitch for Early‑Stage Founders
LAUNCH FESTIVAL is back… March 16 & 17 in San Francisco This is the demo-or-die format I created for TechCrunch50 back in the day. 3 minutes to pitch your vision to a panel of investors and founders Always free for...
Founders Obsess Over OpenClaw: Why It Matters
Why are founders SO OBSESSED with OpenClaw? The creator of the AI assistant, Peter Steinberger has moved over to OpenAI, sending waves of panic and trepidation across the developer community. We’ve talked for weeks about the advantages of the OpenClaw...
AI Adoption Will Drive Multi‑Billion Dollar Subscription and Corporate Spend
AI market/TAM in midterm 1. Most employees will have a free LLM on their desktop; we are moving top team memebrs to two daisy chained Mac studios ($25k total) — easy investment 2. All major models will free for...
Scale Faster with Seasoned Talent and Evolving Leaders
Not everyone has the same skill set, and sometimes bringing in a more seasoned crew to help transition your company from early-stage to scaling up can be a smart strategy. On TWiST, Amanda Bradford, William P. Barnes and I discuss...
MVPs Must Be Reliable Every Time, Not Feature‑Heavy
Even in its MVP form, the Uber app needed to be 100% trustworthy and reliable. When you use an app to get a ride somewhere, you need to know that you’ll also be able to get a ride back. If...
Regulation Relief Fuels SaaS Boom in Cannabis Retail
Here’s how increased access to cannabis led to Sparkplug’s explosive growth… The startup — a LAUNCH portfolio company — offers a SaaS product that educates and rewards and benefits the dispensary clerks and “budtenders” who actually sell cannabis to clients,...
Investors Diverge, Favor B
Five founders pitched, and these investors came to wildly different picks. Maxwell Weiss, of Pacific Bays Capital, and Fred Almeida, of American Medical Intelligence, chose B2B SAAS startups building for air quality testing and supply chain risk.
Build for the Problem, Not the Solution
In the late 90s founders raised hundreds of MILLIONs for new fax technologies… But when was the last time you faxed a document? Startups need to be PROBLEM-centric, not solution-centric. Fax technology was focused on making faxes work better, rather...
Founder Resilience Beats Funding: Mission over Money
When investing in founders, do you check for their karma? Shinichi Takamiya of Globis Capital Partners says he does just that. Looking for spiritual motivation, NOT moneyed interests. Shinichi points to how the best founders are deeply rooted to their...
VC Veteran Calls Venture Capital a Scam, Proposes Reform
On the TWISTYs, we celebrate our favorite moments from the past year of “TWiST.” In this highlight, Guest of the Year winner Doug Leone (of Sequoia fame) tells us why he thinks venture capital is a scam and a sham,...
Niche SaaS Will Thrive Despite AI Agent Disruption
Here’s why I think there will STILL be room for great SaaS companies, even in the age of the AI Agent. We’ve all heard the fear-mongering… AI is coming for every other category of software, particularly companies relying on recurring...
Founders Should Meet VCs Only on Their Own Terms
Here’s why I say founders need to always maintain “ball control”. It can be a nerve-wracking moment for a founder whose company is just starting to get traction… a VC reaches out cold and wants to take a meeting. It...
Tackling America’s Broken Healthcare, Housing, and Education Systems
If/when I run, I’m going to focus on solving the big 3: 1. Healthcare 2. Housing 3. Education These are the most regulated, calcified, inefficient & corrupt verticals in America. We’ve funded companies in each & it’s been brutal. So hard,...
Each Crisis Is Unique; Wall Street Fees Fuel Trouble
Why some economic crises are not like the others… In this TWiST highlight, I break down how the Dot Com Bubble was nothing like the “Great Recession” of 2008, and ALSO totally distinct from the Silicon Valley banking crisis of...
Governance Saves Startups From Post‑funding Mishaps
We see this kind of thing from time to time before seed/VC funding — but it should never happen after fund raising Which is why governance is so critical for startups — you can avoid 100% of these self inflicted...
INVEST Act Says Demo Day Pitches Aren't Solicitation
More good news from the "Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act" Seems like startups presenting at demo days will not trigger "general solicitation" violations: "The INVEST Act also clarifies that company presentations at sponsored events do not...
