Yasir Ali

The real world doesn’t really care what models win. It just moves on. Ignore the hype. Ignore the bubble. Stay building.

My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily.

Today, @tryprofound is excited to announce our $96M Series C at a $1B valuation, led by @lightspeedvp with participation from @sequoia, @kleinerperkins, @mattevantic, @saga_ventures and @southpkcommons. When we started Profound 18 months ago, we had two fundamental beliefs about where marketing is heading: 1. Every company will care deeply about how AI talks about their brand. 2. Every marketer will use AI Agents to do their best work, faster. Those beliefs are becoming reality faster than we imagined. Now, we serve more than 10% of the Fortune 500 and are the number 1 leader on the G2 grid for AEO. To double down on that momentum, we’re taking two big swings: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: AI workers that take marketing teams from concept to execution. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆: certifications and cohort-based learning for marketers who want stay at the forefront of AI marketing. Reply with 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 for free access to one of our most popular agents. No account required and no strings attached.

A friend called me while at the Apple Store in NYC… tells me all mac m4 minis are sold out in the five boroughs. Forget Anthropic, Apple missed the greatest acquisition opportunity of the decade. Jobs would’ve done it.

openclaw is the breakthrough unlock adhd founders were waiting for. thanks @steipete

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

@MrOodlesNnoodle @XH_Lee23 how can I sign up as someone in the US?

@XH_Lee23 For anyone interested. Its a weird subscription model. You are given credit when you pay and once that is all used, you'll have to wait until the next month or pay more. Really confusing

More videos created with the Seedance2.0 model are now being shared online. Making films and anime is easy even for non-professionals.

Year 2100. A casual stroll through Mars with SpaceX. Powered by Project Genie

It’s 1AM and the coldest day of the year in NYC. But had to come out so I could to try @openclaw

@parth_kadakia Nothing new structurally. AI agents will probably follow the same org hierarchies we already use... execs -> managers -> employees . Only difference is now they’re just virtual

@exploringfornow So, you're saying we're about to have AI agents needing digital assistants to manage their digital assistants? My brain hurts, but also... fascinating. 🤖

A whole new category of startups are coming... apps that will be "Clawdbot native." Workflows entirely for virtual ai agents.

@zebird0 good luck man! takes a different breed to keep reinventing yourself

Moved to SF today, with the same bed, frame, and lamp since I graduated college. Paying the same rent as first year out of college too. Left four years of friends and memories in LA. Left gaming too, the whole reason I came out west. Was thinking about how, to be a founder you have to be willing to start from zero again. To know nothing, to look like a fool, to restart your network, to be empty. But also to be insatiably curious and focused on the task at hand. Excited for the next chapter.

I sourced a device similar to Razer’s AVA, then hacked together a working version in about 10 minutes using @Replit. Factory price is $250 6.5 inch, runs android, WiFi/bluetooth. The future of hardware is open source. Dm if interested!

When I tell my friends I pay $27/month for a full-stack engineer, they don’t believe me. Replit is wildly underpriced. TBH they should be charging me thousands. The opportunity cost of not using it is massive... especially for founders at the idea / pre-seed stage

Built something similar but instead you can turn the back of your phone into anything… from instant news, books, note taker, call recorder, stickers, and more. All from a single prompt. AI is gonna unlock whole new hardware opportunities

Calling it now, the hottest trend of 2026 will be dogged pursuits. Determined, persistent, and stubborn efforts to achieve things, refusing to give up despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement, much like a dog relentlessly following a scent. Bookmark this.

Excited to go through this Good stuff @gauravahuja

"The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us." - Founder of Nike, Phil Knight

something different. coming soon.

James is one of the best founders I know and they just did their Series B. From idea to Series B in a little over a year. Hiring aggressively in NYC!