Samuel Roach

@jmwind Awesome. Was the agent built in house?

Joined a new AI-native company this week and it’s kind of wild how different it feels already. The laptop arrived, I logged in, and an agent basically took over from there. It set up my dev env, pulled repos, fixed dependency issues, got permissions approved, pointed me at the backlog, linked the architecture docs, and surfaced the Slack debates I actually needed to read before touching production. When I needed context on something, I asked the agent and it found the exact thread from months ago explaining why a decision was made, who owned it, the related Linear issues, and the PRs connected to it. I’ve only been here 3 days but it honestly feels like I’ve worked here for a year because the usual friction and scavenger hunt for context just isn’t there anymore. We should probably stop calling this “onboarding” and rename it to “mounting” because this feels a lot more like mounting a distributed filesystem called “institutional memory” than slowly getting drip-fed context over 6 months.

@batkomichael Does any of that matter if we want to retain our aus citizenship tho? Asking for a friend 🤣🤣

sooo now the CGT loophole in Australia is: start a (1) company and (2) ESVCLP fund (with you as LP) at the same time buy 99% of the company through the ESVCLP and get 0% CGT rather than 47% on exit - right??? 😅

Ai capability is increasingly ahead the ability of businesses to adopt it. OpenAI kicking off The Deployment Company continues to reinforce that this is truly the greatest opportunity of all time. The TAM isn’t just software - it’s services and software (roughly 6x the global software spend.)

Is there a name for the anxiety you get when your agents aren’t working on something? Also - has anyone figured out tasks for agents to work on while we’re asleep? I’m yet to find an impactful task (that doesn’t go totally off the rails) that last longer than 20 mins before needing a human judgement injection.

@sickdotdev AI will take a good 3-5 years to come close to the level of disruption the frontier CEOs talk about, and will create an extraordinary amount of of new roles and value along the process way.

a tech opinion you can defend like this?

@NYCMayor This always ends really well 👍

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

@pumfleet @calcom Wow. @Brad_Bond

Open source is dead. That’s not a statement we ever thought we’d make. @calcom was built on open source. It shaped our product, our community, and our growth. But the world has changed faster than our principles could keep up. AI has fundamentally altered the security landscape. What once required time, expertise, and intent can now be automated at scale. Code is no longer just read. It is scanned, mapped, and exploited. Near zero cost. In that world, transparency becomes exposure. Especially at scale. After a lot of deliberation, we’ve made the decision to close the core @calcom codebase. This is not a rejection of what open source gave us. It’s a response to what risks AI is making possible. We’re still supporting builders, releasing the core code under a new MIT-licensed open source project called cal. diy for hobbyists and tinkerers, but our priority now is simple: Protecting our customers and community at all costs. This may not be the most popular call. But we believe many companies will come to the same conclusion. My full explanation below ↓

100%. Every business in the world is needing to install an AI operating model. SMEs, especially, need to be handheld, not just given a login. HR for AI agents, where AI native firms with their own orchestration layers/methodologies/marketplace of talent can actually help businesses engineer the context and orchestration required to drive truly compounding outcomes. Those that do will generate an alpha impossible to close. Ofc, new AI-native entrants will have an unfair advantage, but in a world where distribution is the moat, working to transform (and even roll-up) existing businesses is a historic opportunity. What a time to be alive!

The AI middle managers rise up. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.   As companies deploy more specialized AI agents, they will need AI middle managers to coordinate tasks, monitor performance, enforce rules, and escalate issues to humans. The idea is that the real challenge is no longer just building smart agents, but managing them effectively so they work together safely, efficiently, and at scale. Read for free: unaligned.io (and please subscribe!)

@trikcode I don't mind linkedin lol

anthropic killed this, anthropic killed that, why cant anthropic kill LinkedIn

This is the way

Companies that install a true AI-native operating model will generate a compounding edge that will be impossible to close by those who don't.

@iamjasonlevin Soc tuah is hysterical 🤣

You call yourself a contrarian, But are your contrarian enough to hire Delve to do your SOC-2 compliance right now? I didn't think so. Well I just did. Be greedy when others are fearful. SOC-TUAH!

Holy shit how is it March already

People will still want to engage with stuff made by people about people for people. It’s part of the experience, if not the whole experience. But 100% agree, it will be but one experience in an exponentially increasing sea of ‘synthetic’ experience that will also be awesome. Transparency and provenance will be important. It is and will be a wild ride…!

Just wow. How can anyone argue that AI won't be the future of cinema at this point?

We are entering a very different internet in 2026. For most of the last 20 years, we assumed that image, audio, and video that looked real was real. That assumption is breaking. As Adam Mosseri recently noted, platforms like Instagram will do good work identifying AI-generated content, but they will get worse at it over time as the technology improves. This creates a new reality for brands and creators. The last of whatever trust remained in content itself is migrating to the entity posting it. We are already seeing the shift: Audiences starting with skepticism, not belief Screenshots, remixes, and AI edits spreading faster than sources Platforms becoming probabilistic judges of authenticity Brands losing control of their voice outside owned channels Trust and money are flowing to creators who are transparent in how they create, authentically creative, and consistent. Content integrity, provable governance of how assets are made and approved, is becoming mandatory infrastructure in 2026. Content integrity is no longer an abstract value. It is becoming mandatory infrastructure for brands wanting to win in the zero-trust content economy.

@SolLunix Thanks. Keep going @elonmusk

You are sitting next to Elon Musk, only 3 words, what would you say to him

@BellaBaddie__ Travel.

During a very dark period, what was the best thing you ever did for your mental health?

ChatGPT’s new image model looks like a real step change... Images can now be created and edited faster, more realistically, and with far greater precision. What once required specialist tools and time now happens in seconds. That power cuts both ways. When content becomes easier to produce: 🧬 IP becomes easier to copy and misuse 🧨 Misinformation becomes cheaper and more convincing ⚠️ Brand risk expands as new tooling and rising volume strain guidelines, regulation, and AI disclosure standards Creation is advancing rapidly. Integrity controls are not. That gap is opening up in real time. As audiences lose trust and brands absorb more risk, I believe the content that earns attention, trust, and money will need to carry a clear chain of custody. Proof of how it was created, edited, approved, and disclosed across human and AI workflows. Content integrity is fast becoming mandatory infrastructure in 2026, driven by regulation like the EU AI Act and rising expectations from partners and audiences. This is the reality we’ve been building for at Brand Ninja since day one. Integrity isn’t an add-on for us. It’s the foundation. We're are on something incredibly exciting for next year.. if you're curious about this space - I'd love to chat!

@girdley 🤣🤣

Pitch me your company in zero words.

Live from New York, it's the future of content! Fresh off two weeks in the Bay Area and NY meeting with global media companies, brands, rights holders and investors, a few things have become clear: - Content teams unequivocally need specialised AI workforces to compete in today’s war for attention. - The immediate & durable value lies in the "grunt work"—using AI teammates for reporting, repurposing, and compliance. - Speaking of compliance, Content Integrity is a rapidly emerging global category and becoming a real ‘hair on fire’ problem for every brand and advertiser. Every content unit worthy of advertiser, brand and consumer trust will soon carry a clear chain of custody. This isn't theoretical. With the EU AI Act arriving in July, undisclosed AI usage in content carries massive financial risk. At Brand Ninja, we’ve built for this reality from day one: responsible content at scale. Our legal entity is actually incorporated as Integrity Labs Pty Ltd for this reason. I’m grateful to be building exactly what this market needs with our world-class team and customers. This is truly just the beginning. Onwards. 📸 At Comcast Ventures Startup Summit with the Great & Powerful cofounder of Creatify AI, Yinan Na!