Yves Boudreau

@scottastevenson I heard the same from founder friends who felt the pressure of playing that game. There have been versions of overblown revenue (and capabilities) claims that I can remember going back to 2015. This is just the newest and most egregious version.

It’s time to expose a huge scam in AI startups: Contracted ARR The reason many AI startups are crushing revenue records is because they are using a dishonest metric The biggest funds in the world are supporting this and misleading journalists for PR coverage. The setup: Company signs 3-year enterprise deals. Year 1 is discounted (say $1M), Year 2 steps up ($2M), Year 3 is full price ($3M). They report $3M as “ARR” — even though they’re only collecting $1M right now. The worst part: The customer has an opt-out option at 12 months! It’s not actually a 3 year contract. In the chart below, by Q5 the company is trumpeting ~$100M “ARR” to press, while actual cash-generating, in-effect ARR is ~$35M. That’s ~3x inflation. On top of this, enterprise AI companies are bundling full-time “forward deployed engineers” into deals massively reducing margins, sometimes producing Year 1 negative margins. At some point customers are going to start triggering their opt-out clauses or aggressively negotiating down Year 3 pricing. And a wave of enterprise AI companies may collapse.

Actor Jeff Daniels tells a WILD story with Jim Carrey about how the cult classic movie “Dumb and Dumber” was made 😳🎬👀

@JimsonHogarth @ddebow He’s likely not handling accounting for his business.

@ddebow So the shittiest provinces will see most of the gains? No thanks

time to execute. enough talking.

@MargieSunn53478 @Lindas_Here @JayneshKasliwal @MrMekzy_ It’s not even on Netflix idiot…

@Lindas_Here @JayneshKasliwal @MrMekzy_ that's what Netflix thinks Americans want to see these days. I watched Netflix with my friend who has Netflix (not me. it's not worth $5/month) and I say gee, so many gay scenes in every show.

Can someone please recommend a Netflix show that's actually addictive, the kind that makes people stay up all night and finish season one in one sitting?

@Supermicro :/

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@Aladey Qimple.com

Phase 3. Drop your domain in the comments 👇 My AI agent will appraise it. 📷🤖

@simpyblessedoma @MySportsUpdate @SportsRadio810 Does the K stand for Karen?

@MySportsUpdate @SportsRadio810 I hate the new kickoff rules. I have followed football my entire life. I’m a Packer Shareholder. If the president doesn’t like it then he’s more informed than this guy!

#Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub on Donald Trump not liking the NFL’s new kickoff rule: “He doesn’t even know what he’s looking at. He has no idea what’s going on. Take that for what it’s worth. And I hope he hears it.” (🎥 @SportsRadio810)

1KG golf bar? Sign me up.

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@NFLFantasy Best RB in the NFL

MAMA. THERE. GOES. THAT. MAN. 81-yard TD for Bijan Robinson!

@BrownChandler @nickercolano 51

@CanadianTire You have some serious lack of quality standards in your auto service department...

@STLChrisH @marvinliao What about a car?

“If your truck is a mess, your work will be a mess.” Discipline isn’t something you can turn on and off. It’s a habit that bleeds into every area of life. Disorganized truck? Probably disorganized paperwork. Sloppy job site? Probably sloppy follow-up. Late to meetings? Probably late delivering projects. High standards in small things create high standards in big things. Want to be world-class? Start with the back of your truck, your inbox, your workspace. Am I over-emphasizing the "small things" here?

@stayfreeCanada2 Complaining about barely paying bills while paying for a blue checkmark…

We were born in Canada. My wife and I have come to hate this hell-hole. We fking HATE it. Everyday we eat from a half-empty fridge. We BARELY pay our bills. We used to make "good money". Getting a 6 pack of beer and wine is now a BIG treat. FUCK YOU Canada!..... FUCK YOU!

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@Kotyjo PP is not the right leader for the party, especially with what’s going on right now. It showed in the way he scrambled the lead he had. He should have stood up to Trump out of the gate instead of acting like a fanboy out of fear of losing his support from his base. Your loss.

Well, my summer plans changed, our group of friends dropped traveling to eastern Canada and now we are going to Yellowstone area in July. Were also are not buying products produced from eastern Canada if we can for our businesses. Why reward stupidity?

@ldhasson @_HistoryNerd I feel dumb, just checked your profile lol.

@BoudreauYves @_HistoryNerd Yep.... One of the best movies I ever saw that I never want to see again.

The Nazis weren’t history’s only monsters. Japan’s Unit 731 froze prisoners alive, dissected children without anesthesia, and unleashed plague bombs. At the center was Shirō Ishii, a man more monstrous than history dares to remember. Here’s the horror they tried to erase:

@ldhasson @_HistoryNerd I’m not sure about “best”, but yeah I’ll never watch it again either. You seem like a movie buff so I assume you know the backstory of the making of the movie?

@ldhasson @_HistoryNerd That movie scarred me. I still think about it regularly unfortunately.

Men Behind The Sun (1988) m.imdb.com/title/tt009317… Technically, the first Cat-III film from Hong Kong. Hard to get and even harder to watch. Definitely on the very brutal and exploitative side of things. It is frankly hard to tell who were more evil, the SS or the men of unit 731.

@_HistoryNerd The movie detailing these atrocities Men Behind the Sun still haunts me 20 years later.