Social•Jan 1, 2026
AGI Is an End‑to‑end Self‑improving Process, Not
AGI isn’t a model. It’s all about the end to end process. From pre training, to training, to RL, to scaffolding. The self/improving system is AGI.
By Matthew Berman
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Waymo and Zoox Will Decide Self‑Driving Car Future
Rodney Brooks has just published his annual predictions scorecard about AI, robotics, and technology more broadly. The best part is that he's been doing this for 8 years and scrupulously checks on the accuracy of his past predictions. One small...
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Elon Should Invest in xAI, Not Acquire—Optimus Justifies Purchase
Grok is going to be the AI that runs Tesla cars, xAI, Neuralink, and Optimus, among other things. It makes a lot of sense for Tesla to invest in xAI, but I'm not so sure it makes sense to put...
By Robert Scoble
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Instagram’s Memo Signals Shift From Growth to Control
Adam Mosseri just shared a twenty-slide year-end memo on Instagram. If you skim it, it sounds like familiar talk about AI, authenticity, and creators. If you read it closely, it lands very differently. This isn’t really about growth. It’s about control. The memo...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Jan 1, 2026
System Prompts Echo 1980s Expert Systems
2020s: AI "System Prompts": lengthy, carefully constructed sets of expert rules for a particular domain, created by "prompt engineers" 1980s: AI "Expert Systems": lengthy, carefully constructed sets of expert rules for a particular domain, created by "knowledge...
By Melanie Mitchell
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Cool AI Computer on Your Face Outshines Meta Displays
Finally, an AI computer that looks cool. On your face. It will be interesting to see if they can get any decent amount of market share. This looks completely better than the Meta displays.
By Robert Scoble
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Stop Predicting, Start Acting: Build, Write, Think Publicly
I keep seeing people try to predict their way out of uncertainty. That instinct is understandable. It’s also misplaced. What landed for me here is the shift away from prediction theater toward agency, intuition, and learning through action. When speed is...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI Art Contest Offers $18K in ETH Prizes
🌹AI CONTEST 9🌹 Awarding ~18,000 in prizes for AI art. Contest open to anyone, including anti-ai accounts. Theme: WE Medium: AI/Mixed Media Deadline: 2/1/26 Prizes: 1st: 3 ETH (~$9000) 2nd: 1.5 ETH (~$4500) 3rd: 1 ETH (~$3000) 4th & 5th: .5 ETH (~$1500) Theme in next post👇 https://t.co/6rMc5v9WBo
By Claire Silver
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Ask AI Tough Questions, Not Simple Tasks
You might be asking AI all the wrong questions. “Write me an email.” “Give me ideas.” “Help me with this task.” If you prompt like this, AI will do exactly what you ask. It’ll give slightly better versions of things...
By Allie Miller
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Master Agentic AI: From Foundations to Deployment
Roadmap to master Agentic AI 🧠🤖 Foundations → LLMs → Agent architectures Memory & planning → RAG → Tool use Multi-agent systems → Safety → Deployment → Automation Agentic AI = systems, not prompts. #AgenticAI #AIAgents #GenAI #LLMs #AI https://t.co/BfodYaoFz6
By Giuliano Liguori
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Constraints, Not Model Choice, Drive Real-World AI Success
Do you still care about picking the right model? GPT. Gemini. Claude. Bigger models. Bigger context windows. But when you actually work on real projects, you quickly realize something else. Most decisions aren’t driven by models. They’re governed by constraints. Cost Latency Quality Data privacy Every model call has a...
By Louis Bouchard
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI-Powered Restaurant SaaS Hits 3x YoY Growth
Nothing like epic investor updates on 1/1/26. First up is @owner: 👩🍳 One of the best companies I've ever invested in is @owner — AI for restaurants. A great example of AI Vertical B2B. They dramatically accelerated in 2025: • Growing almost...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Hyper‑connections Residuals Boost Transformer Stability and Performance
Efficiency and performance tweaks in the transformer architecture usually focus(ed) on the normalization, attention, and FFN modules. For instance: Normalization: LayerNorm -> RMSNorm -> Dynamic TanH Attention: Grouped-query attention, sliding window, multi-head latent attention, sparse attention FFN: GeLU -> SiLU,...
By Sebastian Raschka
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Botslab's G980H Dashcam Wins 2026 CES Innovation Award
Botslab Wins 2026 CES Innovation Award for its G980H Multi-Channel Dashcam https://t.co/Pqkzl1T8AN #ai #ces2026 #iot #5g https://t.co/IVE56tiKfS
By Harold Sinnott
Social•Jan 1, 2026
DeepSeek Introduces Residual Path Enhancements for Transformers
Efficiency and performance tweaks in the transformer architecture usually focus(ed) on the normalization, attention, and FFN modules. Well, here is a holiday gift from DeepSeek (https://t.co/ow1RpEG2Bv). Finally some improvements of the residual path as well. https://t.co/XhnZwfL5of
By Sebastian Raschka
Social•Jan 1, 2026
StreamUnlimited Debuts Custom Voice LLM at CES 2026
StreamUnlimited Launches Customizable Voice LLM Reference Integration for Audio Agent Products at CES 2026 https://t.co/00kzTGyfLX @CES #AI #IoT #CES2026 https://t.co/7YZG5k58q1
By Harold Sinnott
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Six Dimensions Align Data Science Teams, Methods, Outcomes
Six dimensions of Data Science — a simple framework to align teams, methods, and outcomes. 1. Goals (Why?) Data Science exists to drive insights, predictions, automation, and optimization — ultimately value creation and better decisions. 2. Methods (How?) Statistics, ML/DL,...
By Giuliano Liguori
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Document Your SOPs Now, Or Lose Premium Sale
When the buyer asks for the SOPs and the founder realizes the "manual" is just their brain. Every founder reaches a point where they feel ready to exit. The growth is there, the product is solid, and they’re already eyeing the next...
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Control Your Dials, Forecast Growth, Shape Results
Start forecasting your growth based on inputs. • Emails sent • Ad tests deployed • Creatives produced • Campaigns launched • Spend velocity by channel Those are the dials you control. You can’t force results, but you can shape what leads to them.
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Early Adoption Beats Watching: AI Advances Faster Than Expected
The pace of AI progress is easy to underestimate. Models are now outperforming experts across a wide range of knowledge tasks from analysis to application. What’s striking is how quickly this happened. Just a few years ago, this wasn’t even in the...
By Eric Siu
Social•Jan 1, 2026
True Success: 15‑20 Years Building Iconic Ventures
Serial entrepeneur is good Even better is putting in the 15-20 years it likely takes to build something iconic that lasts
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Leverage the Fresh Start Effect for Immediate Success
Happy 2026! Today is a great day to harness what behavioral scientists call The Fresh Start Effect. “The fresh start effect works because it aligns with human psychology. This is about working with, rather than against, our basic tendencies. We...
By Nancy Harhut
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Bootstrapped $10M ARR: The SaaS Freedom Milestone
$10M ARR is the FU MONEY of SaaS. At $10M ARR bootstrapped, you and your co-founder clear $1M+/year in salary and dividends easily. You can sell instantly for $30-40M. There are hundreds of EBITDA buyers at this level vs. a handful...
By Adam Robinson
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Your Personal Brand Fuels Business Success
It’s officially 2026. Do I need to keep shouting this message and waving this sign around? Or are you finally convinced that building your personal brand will help build your business? (Please say you get it. My arms are getting tired.) https://t.co/XWnLFjtb6G
By Katelyn Bourgoin
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI Hires Need Operators, Not Traditional Leaders
In order to run a company, you HAVE to be an outstanding leader. At least according to conventional wisdom. But as it turns out - if you want to make an AI agent your next "employee" - classical leadership skills become...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Master AI Stacking, Not Just Tool Collection
110 AI tools 🤯 But the edge isn’t knowing them all. It’s knowing: • which ones to stack • where they fit in workflows • how they drive outcomes From tool chasing → system building. #AI #GenAI #Automation #Productivity #AIStack https://t.co/VIEK4qz5DX
By Giuliano Liguori
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI Browsers Won’t Overtake Chrome Amid Trust Concerns
Everyone keeps asking if AI browsers are about to replace Chrome. I don’t see it happening anytime soon. We already have browsers people trust. Unless someone builds something truly new and wild, most users aren’t switching. Google will just absorb...
By Neil Patel
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Rising Ad Costs Force Companies to Prioritize UX and CRO
UX and CRO aren't a sexy topic. Most companies underinvest in these areas, even though they deliver massive ROI. With ad costs continually rising, companies are spending more on CRO in 2026. They have no choice... you have no choice. https://t.co/nz7KCfDB86
By Neil Patel
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Building Trust Architecture for Secure, User‑Centric Digital Futures
In an increasingly interconnected world, establishing frameworks for secure and self-determined digital interactions is no longer optional. The foundational elements enabling this shift, from architectural principles to user-centric control, are crucial for our collective digital future. #TrustArchitecture #DigitalIdentity #ZeroTrust
By Antonio Grasso
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Leverage AI to Craft ATS‑Friendly, Impactful Resumes
If you’re job hunting, AI can be one of the most powerful tools to improve your CV or résumé, if you know how to use it properly. In this video, I share practical, step-by-step tips on how to use AI...
By Bernard Marr
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Profitability Beats Cash‑Burning Growth in Startup Survival
If you're profitable, you can literally outlast big VC-backed competitors that are burning more cash than they make. Even if you're super small. These fast-growth startups crash more often than not.
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI, VR, and Bots Redefine Travel in 2026
The Future Of Travel: AI, Chatbots, VR And Agents #Travel and #hospitality are entering a period of rapid transformation as #AI , #automation , and immersive technologies reshape how journeys are planned, experienced and delivered. This article explores the key...
By Bernard Marr
Social•Jan 1, 2026
New Ten-Year Forecasts in Annual Predictions Update
Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. https://t.co/wv2A2DBpP3
By Rodney Brooks
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI SDR Secures $100K Deal on New Year's Eve
Our AI SDR booked a $100k+ deal on New Year's Eve It's truly becoming a different world And it's only just begun in GTM
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Scaling Infra Software Is Harder Than It Looks
Feels like this applies to just about every piece of infra software: "everyone thinks it's easy but then when you need to scale..."
By Jamin Ball
Social•Jan 1, 2026
AI Agents Swap, Not Eliminate, Management Workload
Here's something almost nobody tells you when you deploy your first AI agent: you're not eliminating management overhead. You're trading one type of work for another. It's different work. But it requires about as much time for oversight, review, and...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Dec 31, 2025
From Agency Sale to Multi‑7‑Figure Growth: 2025 Wins
My 2025 Wrapped: - Sold my first agency - Bought my mom an apartment - Officially launched Nord Media (April) - Moved to Austin - Trimmed service offering from 8 —> 2 - Hit multi 7 figure run rate by September - Grew newsletter to 120,000 Subscribers -...
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Intentional Momentum Over Hustle Drives Sustainable Impact
As I reflect on this past year, one theme keeps coming up in my work, my conversations, and my personal life: Momentum with intention Not hustle for the sake of motion. But intentional with a specific outcome in mind. At...
By Lauren Goldstein
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Google Expands Beyond Transformers with Diffusion Language Model
Pretty obvious looking back. Google is betting on multiple architectures, not just transformers. This was when Google announced a diffusion-based language model.
By Matthew Berman
Social•Dec 31, 2025
2026 H2 Set for Massive IPO Wave: SpaceX, Databricks, More
"2026 will be a year of MASSIVE IPOs in back half of the year: SpaceX first, Cavna, Databricks, and Anthropic. And that's just a start." with @HarryStebbings @rodriscoll + me https://t.co/DiFPYJGaET
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Learn Poker's Thinking, Then Business's Compounding Power
Poker teaches you how to think. Business teaches you how to compound. Poker is a great vehicle for learning the ups and downs of business. However, it's a tough game to completely rely on if you want to have outsized returns in...
By Eric Siu
Social•Dec 31, 2025
18 Emerging Trends Will Reshape Data, Health, Communication
Looking ahead, tomorrow's 18 areas could influence how we consume and process data, approach health and wellness, and interact and communicate with one another. Source @McKinsey_MGI Link https://t.co/8uEiUniaJV via @antgrasso #DigitalTransformation #BusinessStrategy #AI https://t.co/wYu7IUdN8v
By Antonio Grasso
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Prioritize Learning Over Being Right to Empower Teams
The most important thing a founder can give a team is confidence that learning is valued more than being right. That single belief changes how people act when no one is guiding them.
By Hiten Shah
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Uncover SaaS Blind Spots with Free Churn & Founder Tools
Your SaaS has blind spots. I built free tools to help you find them: → Revenue Ceiling Calculator: See if your churn is quietly capping your growth → Founder Archetype Quiz: Discover the fatal flaw holding you back 5 minutes. Zero fluff. https://t.co/jxT71w5LNN
By Omer Khan
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Function Health Generates 25‑35% of Quest Diagnostics Traffic
Function Health is crushing it. So Quest Diagnostics is estimated to do $11B in revenue in 2025, and if you use @function for blood draws, you go there. Today I was asking one of the phlebotomists how many of his patients are...
By Eric Siu
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Apply an Autonomy Slider:
Recently, a close friend of mine, @pauliusztin_, launched a free 9-lesson course on AI agent foundations, and I went through it. It’s short (around 1.5 hours total) and focuses purely on end-to-end fundamentals - no tools, no frameworks, just the core...
By Louis Bouchard
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Cash at Close Beats Inflated Valuation Every Time
You get an LOI with a $10M valuation. Your heart jumps. You’re already thinking about the "I made it" moment. Then you read the fine print: > $2M is Cash at Close > $3M is an "Earn-out" based on crazy growth targets >...
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Dec 31, 2025
11 Top Courses to Master AI Agents
The 11 Best Online Courses To Master AI Agents Want to start using AI agents effectively? These 11 courses can give you the knowledge and tools to master agent based AI — regardless of your starting point. Read more 👉...
By Bernard Marr
Social•Dec 31, 2025
Holiday Hustle: Building Now, Launching After Break
The Bad News: I didn't go on vacation this holiday season (had some personal things that kept my family in town). The Good News: I've been in beast mode when it comes to building. Having so much fun. Lots of...
By Dharmesh Shah
Social•Dec 31, 2025
AI-Native B2B Firms Command Premium, Others Face Discount
Navan IPO’d in October and hit $800m ARR growing 29%. And it still is trading at 5x ARR. If you aren’t truly AI Native, the world doesn’t love you today in B2B. Even with those numbers....
By Jason Lemkin