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Slop is for cowards. We back founders who write with blood. Applications close Sunday.

Recursive self-improving AI is here. I had heard people talking about self-improving AIs at some of the frontier labs but wasn't sure how real it was. One of the neo labs in the current @hf0 batch had a breakthrough and now it’s running in our basement. It’s real.

Public Service Announcement:

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Tenkara (W26) raises $7M led by @trueventures

Ten years ago I was building factories. Today I'm building the tools I wish I had inside them. @TenkaraAI raised $7M led by @trueventures.

@bnj @jefielding sounds familiar

@jefielding The @hf0 method

Many VCs in the Bay Area are scouting properties to convert into AI focused hacker houses. They say you need a cool house to attract young founders. Seems a bit extreme but also v cool for all the founders who can live rent free!

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Voltropy (W26)

Six weeks ago, we were testing LCM in the basement of @HF0 at 2AM. Today it's endorsed by @steipete as the long-context solution for @OpenClaw. Welcome to the year of Voltropy. It's only March.

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Fish Audio (W25)

Today we launch Fish Audio S2, a new generation of expressive TTS with absurdly controllable emotion. - open-source - sub 150ms latency - multi-speaker in one pass Real freedom of speech starts now 👇

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HF0 in a nutshell

I'm hosting a supply chain kickback @hf0 March 10th. If you're fascinated by how stuff gets made, or building something in the space, come through. partiful.com/e/JaQkkxVVQ4JO…