AI Enables Decentralized Science and Faster Discovery
I asked one of the most prolific scientific researchers how AI has changed science: "You can now do decentralized science. You don’t need to know everything about every domain. AI has accelerated the whole process of scientific discovery."
Congrats to Willob and UlyssesInc_—Maybe Fund Atlantis Hunt
Congrats @Willob and @UlyssesInc_! Hope you use some of this money to finally find Atlantis. https://t.co/Lui5edcikk
Easy Corrections Boost AI Session Success
Interesting data on AI products from @Amplitude_HQ: "1/3 of user sessions succeed because the user corrects the agent mid-stream. Build UX that makes correction easy. The highest-quality sessions were the ones that recovered well."
VCs Re‑add Allbirds Logo Amid AI Pivot
VC's who invested in Allbirds are all quietly adding the logo back to their website today after the pivot to AI
Anthropic's Check Size Forces VCs to Scale up Funds
Don't see many people talking about this, but basically every venture firm of consequence has had to decide whether they should increase their fund size to meet the minimum check size on the latest Anthropic rounds. May end up as...
Handshake's AI Labeling Hits $1B Run Rate in a Year
Holy shit. @joinHandshake’s AI data labeling business went from zero to a $1B run rate in basically a year. I know everyone loves debating the margins on this revenue, but what an achievement for @GarrettLord and the Handshake team.
Workday Says Updates Too Powerful, Stays 1986 Version
JUST IN: Workday claims updates to their product have been “too powerful” to be released to the public, has not changed its software since 1986 to protect humanity.
Wrestling Ranks Third in University Athletics Revenue, Costs $8M
Would never have guessed Wrestling was the third largest athletics revenue line for a university. Also how does it cost almost $8M to run??
NYT Names Russ Hanneman as Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto
JUST IN: Following an 18-month investigation, the New York Times has identified Russ Hanneman as Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. https://t.co/S8gbjtLr9J
Carnegie’s Lost Chapter on Claude Skills Revealed
Dale Carnegie actually had an entire chapter in How to Win Friends and Influence People about using Claude Skills, but it got cut the week before publication because his editors thought the book was too long.
Inbox Zero: Archive Everything, Never Look Back
Just hit inbox zero. I didn't have to read every email. I didn't use AI to summarize them. And I didn't even have to delete them. I just moved everything to a separate folder that I'll never look at again. Inbox zero achieved.
Scaling Fast Can Cost More Than Funding
New @ThePeelPod with @sophiaamoruso We talk bootstrapping her vintage Ebay store Nasty Gal to $28m revenue, raising $50m, turning down a $400m acquisition offer, and declaring bankruptcy a few years later. We talk about what it was like failing so publicly, what...
Steve Jobs Secured Apple Funding via Cold Email
"Source: Direct - Steve Jobs, the founder" TIL Steve Jobs funded Apple with a cold email
First Quadruple-Layered SPV Closed in 12 Hours
Humbled to announce we have closed the world’s first ever quadruple layered SPV to participate in this round. We thank our LP’s for their quick turnaround on the 12-hour process, and we are excited to lend our expertise to the OpenAI...
AI Tax Filing Can Misfire Spectacularly
Just used AI to do my taxes: 1) uploaded all my forms 2) gave it the past five years of emails with my accountant 3) waited seven minutes for it to process everything Then it wired my entire bank balance to the IRS and...