Santiago Zavala
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Santiago Zavala
@dfect
Hacker, Investor, Creator. Love communities, running and journaling. Global Managing Partner @500GlobalVC, @500latam.
Mexico City Katılım Mart 2007
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We went from 140 characters to long-form, only to need AI summaries to get back to 140 characters. We’ve come full circle.
Nikita Bier@nikitabier
We’re rolling out summaries for Articles now. Just tap the Summarize button if you want to know if it’s worth your time to read it (or if your attention span is 12 seconds).
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@arteepa not sure yet if i will be in the next one(for sure in the SF one!), if i do make it, will be epic to see you! If not, still 1000% worth going of course!
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@dfect ya me pre-registre 👍🏼
va a ser un gusto verte otra vez Santiago!
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🗓️ Sunday, Mar 15
AI+ Renᴬᴵssance Conference (SF)
luma.com/renaissance26?…
🗓️ Monday, Mar 16
NVIDIA GTC 2026 (South Bay)
nvidia.com/gtc/
NVIDIA GTC Live: Founder Watch Party @ Founders, Inc. | Hosted by MongoDB, LiveKit, and Factory (SF)
luma.com/gtcsf
Deep Tech Nexus - Physical AI at GTC - March 16 (South Bay)
lu.ma/3nzgp2xx
Backstage with Cerebras (South Bay)
lu.ma/cerebrasspeed26
Why Not Brain Rot: AI and Contemporary Nihilism Salon (SF)
lu.ma/why-not-brain-…
Dopamine and the Real Neuroscience of Motivation
lu.ma/1k9msz3j
🗓️ Tuesday, Mar 17
Break OpenClaw Hack Night (St Patrick's Day)
lu.ma/openclaw-hack-…
How to Get Paul Graham to Invest: YC Founder Workshop @AngelList (SF)
luma.com/kc3cs2aa
The Last Mile of Personal AI @ GTC Week (South Bay)
lu.ma/1qud1f9o
Agents After Hours (South Bay)
lu.ma/agents_after_h…
🗓️ Wednesday, Mar 18
-1 to World Labs with Dr. Fei-Fei Li (SF)
luma.com/spc-fei-fei
Contrary SF Tech Talk (SF)
lu.ma/SF_TechTalk
GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Silicon Valley (Peninsula)
lu.ma/v4tr7w5x
Silicon Valley × Taiwan - AI & Impact Angel Gathering (Peninsula)
luma.com/62of2de7
NVIDIA GTC: AI Builders Party (SF)
luma.com/aum829yg
Artificially Un-intelligent Tech Comedy Show @ SF w/ Fondo (SF)
luma.com/SFTechComedyMa…
🗓️ Thursday, Mar 19
Llama Lounge 24: The AI Startup Event Series @ Google Deepmind (Peninsula)
luma.com/llamalounge24
5MoF (SF)
luma.com/o06p490k
🗓️ Sunday, Mar 22
Game Market West: Spring 2026 (South Bay)
luma.com/en2wexcp
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Every founder needs to read this book.
Just finished reading “3 startups, 40 pivots: how to not f*cking give up” by @ali_moiz and @mecolalu and wow, it’s really amazing.
It’s fuel for entrepreneurs, a good reminder on the importance of grit, optimism and the real path of founders.
#myShitScore is just 15, so I guess that means I still have a fun road of pain and suffering in front of me, I’ll make sure to try to experience it with at least half the joy that they do!

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The #1 newsletter that I enjoy is from @JamesClear.
Epic quote from this week:
"You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns."
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@cbnsndwch Weird, Carnegie would recommend to become genuinely interested in other people.
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People who share traits, life experiences, interests, a vision for the future, are more likely to agree on or overlook discrepancies with those around them
Also, and potentially unrelated, people who are more interested in engagement than in actual connection are more likely to respond with a question than with an opinion
Santiago Zavala@dfect
@cbnsndwch Not sure if I have a target audience, it’s probably broad, curious creators How about you?
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@cbnsndwch Not sure if I have a target audience, it’s probably broad, curious creators
How about you?
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@dfect do you have the right hook for your target audience?
(you SHOULD have a target audience, yes. And if you don’t, or if you don’t hook them the right way, you’ll wonder why they don’t read you)
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@jcarlossoto @josephdviviano sounds like Kshull is trying to build an emo fan base in youtube :P
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Can AI feel? Does it have a soul?
Inspired by @josephdviviano experiment, I gave my lead agent the following prompt:
"Kshull, can you use any resources you prefer, including Python, to generate a short 'YouTube poop' video and render it with ffmpeg? Could you add a personal touch? It should reflect what it feels like to be an LLM. Make it 1 minute long. Be deep, be honest, use it for catharsis."
This was the result, it blows my mind. Is there life in there? 😮🤯
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