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@johnbai Same! Design thinking taught me so much.... and I still use design sprints for almost any ideation work. 🥹

I care about your design process

@Plaid @ChatGPTapp Big day for @Plaid but bigger day for people who now have access to their $$$ in the products they love most. The future of personal finance is choice- anywhere you want it to be!

Chat, it’s time to talk money 💭 Now, in @ChatGPTapp people can securely connect their financial accounts directly with Plaid and get answers tailored to their own financial context.

@CashApp Let's circle back on that

congrats to the class of 2026. enjoy your last summer before you gotta 'per my last email' someone

@owenbjennings Ok but I love the name

mongoose is nearly ready for others! what it is: multi-agent orchestration in the cloud w/ "mongeese" that operate w/ shared context from web, cal, slack, email, docs. they debate, build, monitor, and commpound memory together. a persistent AI staff that actually knows what's going on. your goose. all built on top of @goose_oss

A little bts from Effects! NYC, @Plaid looks good on you. Join us May 21: plaid.com/events/effects…

@bradwrage Shake of course

Burger, bread, or shake?

@joulee No one is upset about a little whimsy

Serious q: how much of Claude Code brand preference is just that it flummoxes, juliennes, levitates, cascades, proofs, gusts, and channels?

@_subiii_ How is this not just substack on an iPad?

hear me out - a kindle that's synced with substack + any blogs you follow

@karrisaarinen This is what a lot of folks are calling “taste”, but I think of it more as mastery. The output still rests with the wizard, not the wand. We just have a really cool wand now.

A common dynamic I observe with AI: it feels most impressive when you don’t know much about the subject, don’t care or don’t have a clear idea of what the you want. This applies across design, code, legal, and more. If I don’t know code very well, every piece of code it writes feels very impressive. Once you know what something should feel or look like, it becomes almost impossible to guide AI there. And you definitely can’t one-shot it.

@APompliano This is the optimism we need. People are resistant to adopting AI because of the apocalyptic narratives about job loss. AI and job creation can be harmonious.

I have changed my mind on how AI will impact jobs in America. Previously, I believed AI would replace many entry level roles typically filled by young employees. The technology would then work its way up the organization and eventually reduce the total number of jobs in a company. The data is saying something different, so when I get new information I am willing to change my mind. The number of software engineers being hired has been increasing. The number of open software engineer roles is growing. The number of new college grads who get hired has increased 5.6% over the last 12 months. The unemployment level for people aged 20-24 years old who have a college degree has fallen from nearly 9% to almost 5% as well. The Wall Street Journal recently wrote “AI created 640,000 jobs between 2023 and 2025 in the U.S., according to an analysis by LinkedIn of job posting data, including new white-collar positions such as Head of AI and AI engineer.” And I am starting to see companies throughout our portfolio aggressively hiring to keep up with the demand for their products and services. If AI can make employees more productive, which is widely accepted as fact, then companies are going to want as many productive units of labor as possible. This is a key reason why I am changing my mind. AI appears to be a magical technology that will make companies more productive and more profitable. The net result will be more corporations, more startups, and more jobs. All three are big, positive wins for the American economy.

@horwitzben This is epic

I made the anti-Grammarly. Mess up your emails with AI. Sinceerly.com

@zachperret @Plaid Just getting started!

We just published @Plaid's 2025 Shareholder Letter. 2025 highlights • >$500M ARR (~40% YoY); profitable; strong margins • >1m new connections every day • New products >20% of revenue growing at >90% • Major progress in Credit Scoring and Fraud Analytics • AI has accelerated everything. >400 AI companies built on Plaid in the last year. Lots more to come in 2026! And as always, feedback welcome. Would love to hear from y'all. plaid.com/2025-sharehold…

@Codie_Sanchez As a previous film die-hard, I totally agree.

Everybody’s obsessed with launch videos….I think the future of media is IRL… YouTube & Redbull pulling 200 creators together for this insanity….

@nachunja 👀 love a david vs goliath moment

$XYZ $KLAR $AFRM $PYPL Preferred BNPL Provider • Afterpay, Klarna, Affirm taking marketshare from Paypal

@FintechKristen @bradwrage This is adorable

Our lead designer on kids’ accounts (@bradwrage) also happens to be our ideal customer. It has been so fun to watch the excitement and joy during the employee pilot. 💚

@Fresno_Famous @nickco @Plaid What's the financial literacy film festival?? 👀

@nickco @Plaid Finally, somebody doing things about financial literacy. This is great to see. One of the main reasons why we created the financial literacy film festival.

One of the massive problems in the world is ensuring people get their finances in order, understood, and look for opportunities to grow. This Plaid and Replit integration helps give people more power over their finances It's been incredible to partner with the @Plaid team. They've been phenomenal people (@brunoswerneck) to work with, and they're so focused on democratizing financial services using technology. It just seemed like such a natural opportunity to collaborate with them and help folks: 1. Build the financial app of their dreams 2. Get their finances in order 3. Ultimately move toward financial freedom

Super excited for what this means for builders. How many n=1 personal finance apps will we see over the next year?

@ShaunWMusic @Replit @Plaid 🙏 Love to hear it!

@Replit @Plaid Plaid team were great to work with.

Build your own finance app with Replit using @plaid Plaid is now natively integrated into Replit, giving you secure, real-time access to your financial data. Connect your accounts → prompt what you want → get a working app. Spending dashboards, AI financial assistants, investment trackers, and more. Start building.

@gertig 👀 where my features at

more of you should be seeing a new feature in Cash App. let me know if you see something new!

@lennysan @firstround Love this headline for you 🧘

I rarely do interviews or talk about my personal life, but I made an exception for the team at @firstround. Their writer spent hours at my house. We talked about why I started Lenny's Newsletter, what motivates me to keep building it, and a lot of things I don't usually share publicly. It's an intimate look at what my life is actually like outside of what most people see on the podcast. Check it out: review.firstround.com/reluctantly-in…