Jake Simons

“How your week going?” My week: x.com/OutContextInte…

Knowing what to build, for who, and how to get them to use it is actually harder

Running a company: 2020: can you survive a pandemic? 2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds. 2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now. 2023: nice job! okay, SVB failed and we’re going to take away your bank account. 2024: a survivor I see. but can you pivot from ai to crypto to defense tech back to ai-enabled defense tech in a 12 month period to stay relevant? 2025: unfortunately all of your competitors have raised $2b series B rounds. oh and only 500 engineers are relevant and they cost $100m/yr each. 2026: well, well, well. you’re still in business? let’s deploy the thunderclap of godlike LLMs from the heavens so all of your customers can rebuild your app in 2 hours. can you survive?

Presser is live 👇 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

When your drug dealer complains you’re not doing enough drugs

AI pretty much obliterates the way tech companies organize teams to build products What teams have figured out the new way? We got the agile manifesto 25 years ago, who is writing this for the AI era?

One of the most important things to me is the #RSL community. It’s a community built on love, solidarity, & passion for something we care deeply about. And we care deeply about each other. We lost a member of the community this week. Help out if you can: gofund.me/154235e14

I resigned from OpenAI. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.

Reviewing Claude Code output before pushing directly to prod

I’m seriously floored by this. People are demanding more decorum and better manners out of a couple skiers THAN THE PRESIDENT.

People out here worried about how American athletes represent America but not worried about how the President represents America Make it make sense

@Kylypso @iLikeAza @realsaltlake In this economy?!

@bjakesimons @iLikeAza @realsaltlake I was just tryna help 😭

Feel like Real Salt Lake has lost the plot with the ticket prices to a match that Messi MIGHT play. Been a long time supporter & this is a travesty. $540 for a ticket next to the Supporters Section. SHAME Pricing out so many loyal supporters #RSL #DaleRSL @realsaltlake

@Kylypso @iLikeAza @realsaltlake This was hilarious. Thanks both.

@iLikeAza @realsaltlake Lmfao this is the first time in my life I've ever been accused of defending billionaires My brother, I'm just telling you that individual tickets for that game from the club haven't gone on sale yet. The screenshot you posted shows that you're looking at resale tickets.

"So you gave your ai agent full permission to all your personal information and connected it to a social media network with other ai agents?

No, it's fine, I like the AI takeover, I just didn't think it'd be so lobster-themed

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Our highest loyalty doesn’t belong to people or parties. It belongs to principles. If you wouldn’t accept it from the “other side,” you shouldn’t accept it from yours. Integrity is upholding your values even when your own group violates them.

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Claiming to follow Jesus who was unjustly accused, arrested, and executed by the state, all with religious justification, and then passionately supporting the state without question as it aggressively goes after people has to be one of the most blatant contradictions in history.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." ― George Orwell, 1984