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There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really.
I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on AI.
But like many busy software builders, I felt lost—overwhelmed by the noisy, crowded and fast-moving modern AI landscape. And I wasn’t alone.
So I spent my entire holiday diving deep into AI research—reading 30+ papers, watching hours of lectures, analyzing trends, and catching up to the research frontier.
✨ Here’s what I learned:
- You don’t need months (or years) to catch up.
- You don’t need a PhD or decades of ML experience.
- You need fewer than 20 papers and 2 weeks to understand the major breakthroughs shaping AI today.
It's because the technology is extremely nascent and most techniques that came before are no longer relevant:
- ChatGPT is barely 2 years old and Transformers are only 7 years old.
- Most game-changing discoveries happened within the last 4 years, driven by a few breakthrough ideas, scaling laws, and efficient matrix multiplication.
The biggest secret?
Many groundbreaking AI papers with thousands of citations are surprisingly simple and applied, like adding "let's think step by step" to the prompt, or simply asking the LLM over and over again to improve its answer (Self-Refine).
I realized there are tons of founders and builders in the same boat—wanting to dive deeper into AI but unsure where to start.
I've created an essential AI Guide that helped me catch up, in just 2 weeks, to the frontier of public AI research to figure out where the next opportunities and gaps were:
- Curated list of only the most important papers
- Simple explanations of key concepts
- Clear pathway to understanding the frontier of modern AI
It’s perfect for:
- Founders expanding into AI
- Builders wanting to innovate at the frontier of AI
- Investors looking to separate the signal from the noise
👇 Want the full guide?
- Like and Share this post
- Comment "AI Guide"
- I'll send you the complete guide
(ps, I’m also teaming up with @VishalVasishth, co-founder of @obviousvc with @ev (focused on large-scale societal impact companies like Twitter, Medium, Beyond Meat), to host a small meetup to discuss what's working and needs to be solved in the AI stack in SF. Message me if you're interested)
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@MundialMag I once found a 1979 edition of Argentine sports mag El Gráfico featuring Maradona's diary of the national team's 1979 European tour: he describes the game vs Scotland (and the novelty of seeing colour TV). Here's the story i wrote: thenationalnews.com/sport/football… #Diego60
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As @MalagaCF were relegated last night, here’s a story I wrote a little while ago on the disastrous ownership of Sheikh Abdullah for @arabnews (the sidebar detailing Malaga’s finances isn’t available online, alas): arabnews.com/node/1248651/s…
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Ahead of @ofk_1996 vs @Arsenal in the @EuropaLeague, I interviewed #Ostersunds captain Brwa Nouri for @Arab_News #Arsenal #Iraq arabnews.com/node/1242381/s…
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Almost forgot to post … here are a couple of stories I wrote this week for @Arab_News on #CatalanElections here's the main piece: arabnews.com/node/1211116/w…
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Ahead of tonight’s @MLS Eastern Conference final 1st leg, I interviewed @ColumbusCrewSC & #Iraq talisman Justin Meram for @Arab_News: #photo/3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">arabnews.com/node/1196171/s…
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My story for @Arab_News on implications for @FCBarcelona of #Catalanindependence #referendum, political ructions: arabnews.com/node/1181346/s…
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@SoccerIraq were any of your followers at the games vs Jordan/Kenya? I'd like to interview them for a story on the national team, Thanks!
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My first tweet in about three years ... Here's my story for @Arab_News on the #Catalonia #independence #referendum: arabnews.com/node/1169286/w…
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@AccordingtoHind Hi, i've been trying to reach you for a story for B&M Gates Foundation's MENA initiative. Please PM me if possible, thanks
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@DeltaIraqcomms Hi Delta, i've tried to call your office, but can't get through, cld you please send me a PM with a means to contact you?Thx
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#Qatar delays reform to protect salaried workers - newspaper #WorldCup #FIFA #AmnestyInternational yhoo.it/1JePV5q
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