Mike Vichich

@ConnerBean 100%. Every complex system began as a simple system.

Everything grand is made from a series of seemingly insignificant, if not ugly, little moments Everything worthwhile by hours of toil and days of drudgery

@bcherny setup some scheduled tasks last night, and they couldn't run bc my comp was sleeping. This morning i'm desktop app has been beachballed. Tried a bunch of stuff that hasn't worked; sorry to use you for support, but any ideas?

@jaltma Legend! Amazing to have you on our team, and pumped for next chapter of Alt Cap!

My goal when I became a full time investor was to be the type of partner I would have most wanted during my time building a company: someone who had done the work I was doing before, who had the network to help me reach my goals faster, and who had my back no matter what. I’m really happy to share that we’ve raised Alt Cap II, a $275M early stage fund. We backed ~20 companies at Seed and Series A in Alt Cap I. The new fund will be the same structure with a bit larger checks. But mostly we just want to be in business with people who inspire us. There’s no way to say it without sounding cheesy but it’s true; I feel unbelievably lucky to do this job in the way I get to do it. A special thanks to the founders that let us back them in Alt Cap I, you all are what it’s all about for me!

As I fly out of NYC tonight, twin spotlights pierce the lower Manhattan sky. A reminder of 9/11 and of the courage, sacrifice, and unity that followed. To me, “Never Forget” means remembering that we are all on the same team, our futures are all inextricably linked.

@JustinThind Person calling the plays was overruled by someone.

I’ve tried to come up with a valid explanation for why you would call a pass, complete it, not have to use a timeout, still have two timeouts left and then suddenly decide to run out the half. If you just ran it on the first play, people would be irked but at least it would be logical. This? Idk.

@andrewchen We hired our first person from Waterloo's co-op yesterday! Super excited to use it. Was a phenomenal recruiting experience

Very interested in folks (particularly recruiters) who have hired from Waterloo’s co-op program using WaterlooWorks etc! Please get in touch - thanks :)

@johnarnold The incentives got us here, and they haven’t changed. AI can make compliance with the rules easier though. That’s our path out.

One thing I’ve learned from spending time in DC in recent years is that, regardless of what they say, members of Congress have absolutely ZERO interest in combatting the proverbial waste, fraud, and abuse if doing so would upset any special interest group.

@Scobleizer 10. True now. AI already making massive difference in public sector procurement.

What will humans be doing in 10 years? 1. In a decade most people will not be driving. What will we do instead? 2. In a decade most people will have robots in their businesses and probably their homes. 3. In a decade we won't be looking at 2D monitors much anymore. 4. In a decade we will be using a ton of brain/computer interfaces to work and play. 5. In a decade AI will be making us all more productive, and, even, happier. It will be reporting our news. It will be running our businesses. It will be helping us with our health. It will be helping us build. It will help us design new things, new products, new ideas, new lifestyles, new experiences. 6. In a decade we will still be needed to work, but on new things that are hard to imagine today. 7. In a decade we will have dozens of virtual beings in our lives. And your AI will bring new ones into your life depending on your goals. Want to learn Spanish? A new group will show up that are different than the group that will show up if you want to learn Chemistry. 8. In a decade new brain/computer interfaces will be here, and will merge humans with AIs in many ways. 9. In a decade our corporate structures will change to be a hybrid of humans and AIs working together. 10. In a decade a robot will attend our city council meetings and report to us about what's going on inside. 11. In a decade we won't use applications, like we do today on our iPhones. We will have a singular user interface. On Star Trek you just said "computer do this" and it did. Star Trek will be real in a decade. 12. In a decade we will have armies of robots and drones moving around our cities doing everything from deliveries to giving tours to tourists. 13. In a decade we still will have artists and storytellers, but they will be assisted by AIs to help make that art, and tell that story. AI's will gather other AIs who will warn the humans that someone is telling an interesting story. 14. In a decade AIs will still be asking humans for assistance. "Hey human can you get a better view of the house that's on fire across the street?" 15. In a decade AIs are assisting humans in coming up with new medical and material breakthroughs. Even designing new computing architectures, whether Quantum, or silicon, or biological, or a hybrid of all three or even something even newer. I'm already living this way, always talking with Grok. "Hey Grok, what am I missing?" It laid out 10 other shifts that I'm missing: x.com/i/grok/share/d…

Do you study history to understand the shifts that are about to come? This morning I'm playing around with "what will the world look like in a decade?" Back in the late 1980s I had many arguments with people who thought we would always be using DOS. When I started my career there were many who thought that, back when the graphical user interfaces that were new, back in the 1980s, were a waste of time. I had many arguments. Many companies, like Borland and Wordperfect, were run by people like that. We know now that was the wrong way to run companies, they are gone because of their belief systems and attempts to stick to the past. It ignores that humans change, even when they tell you they never will. All my career I've done human research, studying this resistance to change. Bill Gates told me I had no business value when I told him to buy all of Web 2.0. He couldn't see that humans were about to change. Let's dig in.

@blakeir Simulation. QED.

what are the odds that the President of Nintendo of America is named: Doug Bowser?

@TurnerNovak @ThePeelPod Best part of my interview on the Peel.

New @ThePeelPod with @MikeVichich We talk through how AI will change Helmers 7 Powers, how it's impacting the government, and if DOGE is working. We also talk through his first company, going from $11 in the bank to over $10m ARR and selling for $187m. Links to stream 👇

@labenz What are your fav use cases for operator? I must be doing it wrong

AIs are weird, but I'm using OpenAI Operator daily right now Here it's going to AI Studio where Gemini 2.5 Pro is answering questions based on 500K+ tokens context

@blakeir Temporary chat. Nice. Haha

If I know anything from my brief time at AdWords…whoever can help personal injury law firms SEO their way to the top will make *a lot* of money here.

@Sigalow Agree. Think it’s an eventuality. That said, selling into these orgs is brutally tough. Super high cac and long cycle time for relatively low acv.

Every local building department, architectural review board, and zoning board should be 90% automated with AI today. Local government is probably the last market anyone wants to build for, but every small town and village is understaffed in these departments.

Still impressed by the team and culture that @dugsong & @jonoberheide created in Ann Arbor. Nice one, gents.

@jaltma Dude are you having another?

Someone with 4 kids recently told me the joke "going from 3 to 4 kids is like imagine you're in the ocean drowning, and then someone comes by in a boat and reaches out their hand to you and gives you a baby"

@bhoos @goMuskOx Hell yes! Thanks Brad and MuskOx! Go green !

Stoked to welcome all the players on the #1 ranked MSU Spartans to the @goMuskOx herd!

@blakeir @hiddencap 🎯

On Alignment

@amasad @paulg Kinda but not totally @paulg. The hard part has been finding which districts care, and fitting into their procurement process. Do you have an example company, and I’ll show you want I mean?

@paulg Schools might not be, but teachers certainly are.

The problem with starting a startup to make something for schools is that startups have to begin by selling to early adopters, and schools aren't early adopters of anything.

@jaltma What a legend. Is that nature or nurture?

My almost 5 year old, who’s obsessed with pranks, set up a bunch of open containers right outside the shower door while I was in there and then just left the bathroom. I had no choice but to make a mess. I’m frustrated but also happy for him.

@blakeir 1. Give 10 ppl meta glasses for a week 2. Take photos every 30 seconds and pass them into chatgpt 3. Ask the same questions you just outlined 4. Ask it to list the products used the most by the group multiplied by the gross margin of each 5. ask it to start each company

Random thoughts: 1. Take a picture of a random object around you and upload it to ChatGPT 2. Ask it to analyze and guess the gross margins 3. Ask ChatGPT to guess what price you paid 4. Be amazed