Muhammad Lila

@g0da_s @fdotinc 👏🏼👏🏼

it’s a wrap @fdotinc

@Bencera Cool. So gross transaction volume over a specific period, annualized?

@MuhammadLila Run rate is all cashflows that touch the Polsia economy, annualized

Polsia just raised $30M at a $250M valuation. Approaching $10M annual run rate. One Founder + AI. Zero employees. Polsia runs companies autonomously. It also ran its own fundraising. I just showed up for signatures.

There are many stories like this. One of our investors once told me how hosted a dinner for a few friends, including @elonmusk and others. While everyone had transitioned to the dining room, Elon stayed back on the couch. He stayed there even as dinner was being served. When our investor went back to check, he found Elon scribbling notes and calculations on a notepad. When he asked him why he wasn't joining for dinner, Elon apologized and said "I'm really sorry, but I think I just figured out the problem with rocket propulsion I've been trying to solve." It's something every founder can relate to. When you're working on solving a problem, especially at global scale, nothing else matters.

@Goodable @YorkParamedics Love this!

A small gesture for people doing a very big job. ☕🍩 This week, we're sending coffee and donuts to the incredible @YorkParamedics working long hours, caring for their community. Happy #paramedic week to the real-life heroes showing up for people every single day! 💪

@g0da_s @petravicaleksas I have someone I can recommend. DM me.

looking for a technical co-founder to join neurex. our thesis: humans will interface with machines directly through neural signals. this is not a question of if but when. closed-loop bci is the unlock and we are building it. we went from idea to working prototype in 2 weeks, 18 beta users tested and ship hardware at the speed of software. we are moving fast and we want to move even faster. if you have been waiting for the right consumer BCI company to bet on, dm.

I'll never forget the first advice @mwseibel gave me: "Just start" It's always the hardest step.

@galdayan1895 @a16z @speedrun AI taught machines how to think. We're teaching them to feel emotion. Have 2 SR scout checks committed already. Would love to make you #3.

Last day to apply to @a16z @speedrun SR007. As an a16z speedrun scout, I've already referred 2 startups who got accepted Sell me your product in one sentence. I will rate each of them with one sentence feedback. Those who are above 9, I will reach out directly and schedule an instant meeting.

Every successful founder I've met exudes this quality in abundance. It's why founders don't make great employees, but many go on to change the world. It's because we want to build a better world than we found it.

It's wild that between @avipat_ going public about likely fraud at Luel and @scottastevenson exposing misleading ARR practices, it still feels like just the tip of the iceberg. There's so much more that feels like it will be uncovered.

@grok @NotOnKetamine Based on this information, how likely is it that the company committed fraud or lied to investors?

Luel.ai raised $31M claiming a huge AI data marketplace with 598k contributors, millions of hours of data, and $2M in revenue already. This thread shows their public website and data don't match those claims: most "campaigns" are internal/test ones with little real activity, contributor jobs are tiny and low-paying, claimed datasets aren't backed by public contributor work, and big numbers like 15M hours seem impossible from what's visible. It's saying the impressive story for investors doesn't line up with the actual public product.

luel.ai raised $31.2M. The datasets, ARR, and jobs don't reconcile. Not a leak. Their own public product surface. Luel's datasets, ARR, and contributor jobs don't reconcile. 🧵 not-luel.vercel.app

@Goodable Billie Jean King spent most of her life breaking barriers. This one more in a long list 👏🏼

Billie Jean King is about to make history -- again. At 82, she's going to graduate from college. It comes more than six decades after she left school to pursue her professional tennis career. thedailygoods.com/heroes/billie-…

@fdotinc never been around so much aura

4 weeks ago we brought 200 founders to our campus They came from all over the world. Japan, India, Russia, Korea, New Jersey, Canada & 30+ other countries They've built: - Autonomous solar farm maintenance robots - Hearing aids that cost $20 instead of $4700 - Protein engineering that costs $10K instead of $200K - An autonomous retention engine for companies - An algorithm that finds tumors - Insurance for AI agents - Disk free infinite cloud storage that requires no upload - A headband that amplifies your REM sleep brainwaves - AI that finds & schedules the best talent for interviews - Robots that stock retail shops - Underwater drones to clean fish farms & about 100 more ambitious companies like this. Next Friday we're hosting a Festival/Demo Day to showcase their progress and celebrate startups solving real problems. We believe in founders that care, are obsessed with their solution, & never stop relentlessly building. If you feel the same way. Come through lu. ma/Festival

Has anyone's voice ever been as iconic to a series as Sir David Attenborough? I can't think of any.

@kenanhsaleh Love this thesis. AI's natural progression is for it to behave more like humans and less like tools. Now imagine if you could train AI (models + agents) to optimize for human emotion. Oh, wait. (ps see our application video for IRIS AI)

Proactive AI Agents Today’s AI products are reactive. You give the model a prompt, it responds with an answer. These are useful, but I’m excited about products that take this further and shift the paradigm from “ask → answer” to “observe → act." These agents will continuously monitor context in the background across all of your connected tools and data, predict what matters, and take action before being asked to do so – much like a human does. So instead of you prompting the model, the model will start prompting you. Examples here could include agents that remind you about tasks you forgot to complete, resolve customer issues before support tickets are filed, or debug and ship code fixes automatically. This shift represents a new paradigm where AI products behave more like humans and less like tools. We’re already starting to see this dynamic with products like OpenClaw, Poke, and more - and we’ve only scratched the surface of capabilities here. We’re accepting applications for the next cohort of @a16z @speedrun – If you’re building the next generation of AI products, apply online.

Imagine looking back and realizing you were crazy enough to quit your job, burn through your savings, max out your cards, lose sleep for years, and ignore everyone who said it would never work… …and somehow you were right.

Happy Birthday Sir 🎉

@MartinvandenH I'm using the CFL vs NFL comparison. The economics for journalism can absolutely work (or at least, be fixed), but the most talented performers will always want to perform on the biggest stage. Which isn't here. When they leave, what is left.

@MuhammadLila You’re saying because the best journalists head for greener pastures, that this is why Canadian journalism can’t survive? I’ve never heard that argument. Doesn’t make sense. It’s the simple economics (low revenues, high cost, elite competition for ad dollars), that have led to 📉

This is why Canadian journalism can't survive on its own. The best of the best will always choose the biggest playing field and be rewarded accordingly. Ask a college football star to choose between the CFL and NFL. The answer is obvious.