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Keeping the sense of neutrality towards a biased opinion. Biased in a context of perspective. And the view of perception towards that perspective. A perception of all species looking at it and perspective of a wise man looking at it.

Velocity matters.

@jointhebridge Dropping out of high school.

Finally, a big name has the courage to tell it: we are nowhere near AGI. Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel laureate for AlphaFold, put it neat and clear: "Today's systems are nowhere near [AGI]. Doesn't matter how many Erdős problems you solve… I think it's far, far from what a true invention, or someone like Ramanujan, would have been able to do." This is the elephant in the room that many AI enthusiasts prefer not to see, or are actively trying to hide. Erdős problems are well defined, often combinatorial, on finite spaces. They are exactly the kind of problems on which current AI can achieve spectacular performance with a lot of compute and knowledge. A neural network can search a huge graph of possibilities. It can recombine existing knowledge at unprecedented scale. It can discover surprising solutions inside an already defined conceptual space. But true invention is something else. True invention is not only solving a problem. It is inventing new objects, new dimensions, new connections. It is inventing new problems. From resolving to inventing there is a discontinuity that we don't know how to bridge. We are making extraordinary tools. But we are nowhere close to AGI.

Is death interesting? If not, then why not, if yes then why? Why you want to escape death? Why you want god? Do you want the idea of God or 'GOD'? What will you feel if God comes to you? Why that and not something else. Why do you free will? Don't you have it.

Build great products, this is something everyone says. But what describes a product as great, how do you reach that conclusion, why, how it's great—in your perspective, specific person's or the world's perspective. Build something you'll admire, build for art, make it a craft.

Building something valuable is like a maze, you have to puzzle your way through its core and find out the broken or disorganized pieces and then piece them together. It's fun, but scary as hell as well if a product is extremely complex and has multiple personas.

@t_blom Users need attention even if it's small from a real person. So I believe leaders should themselves on board users as much as they can,and this is extremely fast and good for getting valuable feedback and conversation on the spot. Applicable for all stages,advised for early stage.

Biggest red flag I hear from early stage founders? “We’re working on self-serve onboarding” Your product currently requires you to talk to every new customer? That’s a good thing.

@geoffreywoo @thsottiaux @gdb Hi geoff, building Mesomorphic labs{frontier lab}: Internet native earth for agents. Have sent you an email with antifund bcc. One pager attached. Worth a chat?

hi codex team @thsottiaux @gdb — can you make the codex/chatgpt ios app run multiple macbooks / mac minis each with their own pro accounts?

Got a chance to meet Lakshveer Rao, India's youngest hardware founder at eight years old. His dad, @CaptVenk, tirelessly enables Laksh to visit hackathons, factories, and startup offices. As a father myself (my son is 2.5 years old) I'm incredibly inspired by this duo.

@arian_ghashghai Hi arian, building mesomorphic labs — internet native earth for agents. progress: in 48 hours - made 27 page architecture & blueprint covering decentralized governance, token economics, economic layers and a detailed plan to V1. Raising pre seed. Worth a chat?

I’ve invested in a number of founders from cold inbound that went on to raise from a “tier 1” VC within 12 months If there is one thing I’ve learned from that, it’s often the “un-networked”, brilliant founders on the fringe that have more interesting and novel worldviews (possibly because they exist at the fringe of mainstream networks and aren’t inundated with consensus rhetoric) and hence more interesting companies, and thus often a couple of steps ahead of “legible” central cast founders. Ofc there is also noise, and fishing out the great ones from the noise takes diligence, but imo this is part of the job of an early-stage VC

@Tancrededib Ef Or bridge? *Based in india, but open to relocate.

@Ark_Meson Worth applying !

No co-founder yet ? good I want to fund you

@dara_venture Hi dara, building mesomorphic labs — internet native earth for agents. For progress: in 48 hours - made 27 page architecture & blueprint covering decentralized governance, token economics, economic layers and a detailed plan to V1. Raising pre seed. Worth a chat?

You've been rejected by 10+ investors. Here's what to do next. No bullshit. Keep your chin up. You're probably starting to think every investor is a clueless prick and the game is rigged. Maybe so.....but the negative mindset helps no one, especially you. Take a breath and reset your head before you go back to your deck and strategy. 10 nos is not a final verdict. If anything, it is data that you can use to your benefit. The hard truth is that something in your story or your numbers are not landing. Remove the ego and take a step back. I've personally been rejected by 50+ LP's and 30+ VC's when I was a founder.....I blamed them all......I only achieved results when I took ownership over every single aspect of the fundraising process. Figure out which "no" you got.....it's generally 1 of 3.... –not you (team) –not this (idea) –not now (timing) Three different problems, three different fixes. Get comfortable with asking for feedback if you have had the opportunity to pitch via call or face to face.......if you don't get feedback after a meeting, the VC or Investor is a dick.....you didn't want them anyway.....trust me. Still firing decks into cold inboxes? A warm intro beats the best cold deck. I don't necessarily agree with the "only warm intros work" mindset, but given the high volume of cold decks Investors receive....the unavoidable fact is that you have to make yourself stand out.....is it always fair.....No, but do what you have to do to stand out. When I raise capital....I do the following... List 20 "dream" investors. Find who knows them (their own portfolio founders = gold) Don't beg for an intro. Ask a portfolio founder for advice first. Let it come natural. A founder they backed vouching for you is everything. Then fix the leak before you raise again. Don't burn 20 warm intros with the same pitch that got you the 10 nos. That's lighting your network on fire. You worked too hard, up till this point, to fuck it up and revert back to your previous strategy. Get one more proof point. Come back as a different conversation, not the same one. Never go bitter. The ones who make it get told no, shrug, adjust, come back stronger. Resilience is a muscle.....Train it. Finally....Your worth has got fuck all to do with Investor opinions. Godspeed.

@dara_venture One thing I would say is focus more on their imagination, reasoning, and writing. Have them write more on everything from books and characters to philosophy. Encourage them to repeatedly ask why, how, and what questions on every topic.

@Ark_Meson Massive respect to you 🤙

Took my kids out of school 2 years ago. They're now 2 years ahead on curriculum. We combine homeschooling with focused activities. The homeschooling network in Dubai is unmatched. They are happier, fitter, more engaged, courteous. They have deep social connections with friends they actually relate to......as opposed to choosing from a limited pool of school-based friends. We travel the world. We focus on entrepreneurship, AI, investing. I teach them about startups and ownership. We still get the typical looks and comments. I genuinely do not care. The first 6 months were weird, overwhelming, felt like we were doing wrong by them. But generally? Great decision. Can't think of a single negative thus far. Truth be told... it's the way the world is heading.

I asked questions so hard that Godzilla got a stroke and died. Questions from which godzilla died {In file philosophical questions from writer} - github.com/thisisArkx/Phi… Good luck.

Creating a philosophical questions & notes directory. -How do I put edit restrictions in specific files so I can write or edit them but the other files in the same repo can be accessed for writing/editing by the public. Github - github.com/thisisArkx

@sirsamjenks AI - native operating system for startup & venture ecosystem. Have a design prototype demo.

Had 6,7 DMs off this post If you are a Founder looking to raise for your startup then let’s talk Marketing + Funding = Moon 🌙

@brettcalhounn Seivel: AI native operating system for venture & startup ecosystem. I Have submitted your pitch us form of redbud VC, waiting for the reply. Update: Management OS design prototype - complete.

Redbud VC is actively seeking our next investments. What we're looking for: → Founders with proven resilience → Teams that turn obstacles into opportunities → Companies built to last We believe the greatest results come from those who refuse to give up. If that's you, pitch us.⬇️

Elon Musk's first wife once described what it's like to watch him fail. She said he doesn't react the way normal people react. When a rocket explodes, most people in the room go silent. Some cry. Some start calculating the financial damage. Musk pulls out his phone and starts making calls. Not emotional calls. Engineering calls. "What failed. When can we fix it. When's the next launch." His voice doesn't change. His face doesn't change. The rocket that just cost $60 million is already in the past. The next one is all that exists. She said it was the most unsettling thing she'd ever witnessed. Not because he was cold. Because he genuinely wasn't affected. The failure didn't register as failure. It registered as data. An experiment that produced results. Results that inform the next experiment. This is why he wins. Not because he doesn't fail. He fails more spectacularly than anyone in history. He wins because failure occupies zero psychological space. It enters as data and exits as action. Most people lose not because they fail but because they spend weeks processing the failure before acting again. Musk spends zero seconds. The gap between failure and next attempt is a phone call.