Federico Baradello

@henrythe9ths AI Guide

There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really. I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on AI. But like many busy software builders, I felt lost—overwhelmed by the noisy, crowded and fast-moving modern AI landscape. And I wasn’t alone. So I spent my entire holiday diving deep into AI research—reading 30+ papers, watching hours of lectures, analyzing trends, and catching up to the research frontier. ✨ Here’s what I learned: - You don’t need months (or years) to catch up. - You don’t need a PhD or decades of ML experience. - You need fewer than 20 papers and 2 weeks to understand the major breakthroughs shaping AI today. It's because the technology is extremely nascent and most techniques that came before are no longer relevant: - ChatGPT is barely 2 years old and Transformers are only 7 years old. - Most game-changing discoveries happened within the last 4 years, driven by a few breakthrough ideas, scaling laws, and efficient matrix multiplication. The biggest secret? Many groundbreaking AI papers with thousands of citations are surprisingly simple and applied, like adding "let's think step by step" to the prompt, or simply asking the LLM over and over again to improve its answer (Self-Refine). I realized there are tons of founders and builders in the same boat—wanting to dive deeper into AI but unsure where to start. I've created an essential AI Guide that helped me catch up, in just 2 weeks, to the frontier of public AI research to figure out where the next opportunities and gaps were: - Curated list of only the most important papers - Simple explanations of key concepts - Clear pathway to understanding the frontier of modern AI It’s perfect for: - Founders expanding into AI - Builders wanting to innovate at the frontier of AI - Investors looking to separate the signal from the noise 👇 Want the full guide? - Like and Share this post - Comment "AI Guide" - I'll send you the complete guide (ps, I’m also teaming up with @VishalVasishth, co-founder of @obviousvc with @ev (focused on large-scale societal impact companies like Twitter, Medium, Beyond Meat), to host a small meetup to discuss what's working and needs to be solved in the AI stack in SF. Message me if you're interested)

@andrew__rea @ramshe1000 @jaylbird11 @vimcal + 2!

@ramshe1000 @jaylbird11 @vimcal + 1 - I'll fight you for him

At this point, I'm fully convinced that crispy writing is the one skill that can pull you higher in any field. Check out these two emails I got for a marketing role at @vimcal — one from a director and the other from a 16-yr old kid. Who would you rather take a chance on?

@m_franceschetti @eightsleep We literally bought the Pod3 a few months ago. Any breaks for those of us who bought the Pod3 recently? We’d have waited if we knew the Pod4 was coming out so soon.

BREAKING NEWS: Introducing Pod 4 Ultra. A complete redesign of the fan-favorite @eightsleep Pod, now available in over 28 countries worldwide. ✅2x the cooling power ✅40% quieter ✅Controlled without a phone ✅10x more comfortable ✅And now with snoring detection and mitigation Get yours today: eightsleep.com

We're excited to announce our strategic collaboration with @finalis the world's fastest-growing deal-making platform. Our partnership provides enhanced support to boutique investment banks throughout the deal lifecycle. fuld.com/fuld-partners-…

We asked Finalists to describe Finalis in ONE word. This is what they had to say! 👉 Curious to discover more about us? Explore at finalis.com/company?utm_so… #StartupGrowth #Innovation #Community

@ellenjdasilva @ellenjdasilva I’m curious to hear your perspective on the illegality of this practice!

@Trace_Cohen This is illegal. 🤦‍♀️

Got two cold email intros from people I don’t know to founders of startups I 100% will pass on… Always let the founder reply first but then I’ll just have to say thanks though we don’t invest in xyz.

Just arrived to #money2020. Excited to see old friends and make new ones. DM me if you're in town!

@georgie_grier @ConanOBrien - something tells me you'd have great advice for @georgie_grier

There was one person in my audience today when I performed my one woman play, ‘Sunsets’ at #edfringe. It’s fine, isn’t it? It’s fine…? 🥹

Genius. Welcome to the United States.

@jasonlk Marin > Peninsula

Perhaps I'm the only one, but now that we lived in a distributed world ... I don't know where to live: 1. SF Bay Area Still #1 for SaaS, but SF is rough, and the Peninsula is so boring. We have a Palo Alto office but I only like it, don't love it.

I’m thinking that Founders/CEOs of early stage venture backed fintechs should consider joining forces and sign on to an ethics pledge. Who’s with me? nytimes.com/2023/04/15/bus…

@krdonnelly @bluesky ✋

I have five invites for @bluesky, the decentralized social network. Who wants to join me as one of the first 10,000 users on the platform?

@zachtratar very cool.

Introducing Embra, a fast ChatGPT-like assistant that lives on your Mac desktop & integrates into your apps! Starting with Chrome. Use it to: - Access ChatGPT-like conversations instantly - Query documents or websites (even PDFs!) - Write context-rich docs, code, and emails 1/3

@AleResnik You had me at Argentinean dinner.

@steviemctweets 👋

@andresbarreto Any specific examples?

Not cool: baiting founders as a “VC scout” and switching on them as a banker/placement agent charging for raising money.

@united - what’s the point of being 1K if you completely disregard the issues you created for me with this Denver layover.

@MatznerJon send!

I wanted my high-quality/low-cost global team to have easy access to ChatGPT within a tool they already use - Slack. So I built a Zap, that integrates a Slack channel to talk with ChatGPT. Works like a charm. RT and comment "Send," and I'll give you the Zap template.

@stephsmithio Depends on the industry.

If someone says they'll deliver something by "EOD" do you take that as by 5PM, midnight, or ready for your morning?

@united - what’s the point of ordering a special gluten free meal if you put gluten in it? Many people (my wife included) have celiacs and can have a severe reaction to the smallest traces of gluten. I expect better.