Mike Podwal

@signulll Share pics bro

having a beautiful dedicated home office is an absolute game changer. a place that's comfortable af where the setup is dialed to a tee.. immaculate large desk for both computer use & writing/thinking, art on the walls, inspirational books on the shelf, a keyboard that's pure butter, a rug that ties the room together, studio displays, a cool couch with a tv for conference calls among other things. a beautiful space matters so damn much to me. maybe i'll post a pic of it.

@bnj @variantui Yes please!

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@businessbarista Claude

I want to start a community dedicated to Claude Code. It’s become the gateway drug to coding and experiencing the power of AI for tons of people. This will be a space for people to share killer use cases, agentic workflows, proven prompts, and connect with other CC obsessives. Comment “Claude” if you want to join.

@signulll Reminds me of the Collisons’ approach, we need more of that

most billionaires are kinda boring af, if i ever had fuck you money, i’d poll my audience on how to spend $500k-$1m every month either building cool shit or creating unique & fun experiences for ppl. would be a great way to turn wealth creation into experiential creation. money as a public toy instead of a private scoreboard.

@ruchernchong @joshwoodward @GeminiApp I’m not sure about that, ChatGPT does it on iPhone

@mikepodwal @joshwoodward @GeminiApp This is more of an Apple thing than Gemini

You're a power user on @GeminiApp. What else do you want to see? Top known requests: MacOS app, Projects, and Branching Chats.

@sarahdrinkwater @wabi I’d love one!

Have a bunch of @wabi invites if anyone else wants a play (it's beautiful)

@gregisenberg Yes please!!

@mikepodwal Mike!! I need to hit you up next time im in nyc for catch up

i've been thinking about sora 2 (what it means for you, where the $$ can be made): 1/ someone will buy a synthetic Sora 2 style account for $10M and it will be a good deal but will look crazy 2/ whoever builds the “no-AI instagram” that takes off makes $100M-$1B. because social feeds will drown in Sora spam. networks that ban AI content, add verification layers will thrive. 3/ people start selling their own likeness. “rent my face for $99/month.” agencies become gatekeepers of likeness rights. the scarjo fight is the first domino. 4/ someone will build a daily Sora channel, flip it into a $50M+ AI startup within 18 months completely bootstrapped. 5/ in 3 months, feeds will be unrecognizable. 1-person “ai-first creators” dropping 200 vids/day. the ones who figure out hooks + branding → next gen MrBeasts. 6/ creation goes to zero cost, so ppl who own the pipes (big accounts, media pages, curation brands) will tax the flood. 2010s meme pages all over again, but cinema-quality. 7/ someone will mint a Sora-native character that builds an empire (music, merch, movies). think hello kitty x mrbeast. content making influencers are the new influencers 8/ people start selling their own likeness. “rent my face for $99/month.” agencies become gatekeepers of likeness rights. the scarjo fight is the first domino. 9/ 1,000 ad variations overnight is the new normal → cpm wars. who wins? the ppl who build the distribution machines that can test + filter that flood. 10/ tooling gold rush - watermarking, copyright detection, brand overlays. when the world drowns in video, verification tools become choke points. 11/ movies won’t die, but they’ll be swallowed by endless serialized micro-shows. one breakout sora-native series hits, netflix panics. 12/ memes/genres that used to last years now die in weeks. whoever masters the rhythm of fast-burn cycles builds audience the fastest. 13/ platforms double dip - they’ll host the flood and sell you boosts to cut through it. organic reach might fall (i hope not, but manage your risk accordingly) 14/ vertical content studios rise - apps for niches: Sora-for-fitness, Sora-for-real estate listings, Sora-for-crypto memes. packaged prompts + workflows + export buttons. 15/ hollywood talent agencies will pivot into “likeness funds.” they’ll securitize the rights to actors’ faces and voices like IP portfolios. sidenote: hollywood prob not feeling so great about this 16/ Synthetic “how-to” teachers will dominate niches. Think Khan Academy, but cloned 1,000x and personalized to every learner. 17/ distribution curators will be the new venture capitalists. Whoever can guarantee views will become gatekeepers. 18/ copyright courts will get nuked. The first $1B+ lawsuit over Sora likeness rights will set precedent for a new industry. 19/ a religion will literally form around a Sora-generated prophet. sounds insane. it will happen. 20/ synthetic nostalgia startups will raise hundreds of millions. recreate your 7th birthday, your grandma’s kitchen, your lost dog. It’ll be addictive. 21/ a real estate startup will generate cinematic walk-throughs of homes before they’re built, then sell them instantly. $1B company. 22/ in 5-10 years, people won’t ask “what’s your favorite show?” they’ll ask “what’s your favorite generator?” in the next tweet I’ll outline the steps I’d personally take to make $$/earn distribution from sora 2 in a few steps sora 2 is a big deal i can't sleep thinking about it, idk about you

@raffichill Agreed, just pre-ordered :)

Don't care how many dumb phones have failed I want them to keep trying and this looks cool

@jacobandreou Dude, congrats! Great Product/Exec Fit.

Now seems like a good time to annouce I’ve joined Microsoft AI to help lead Product, Design, and Growth As you’ve seen over the last few days, we’re recruiting an insane team If you’re ready to grind and want to build frontier AI for 1.6 billion devices, pls reach out

@signulll The product is so delightful and I can’t wait for you to reveal it

one of the coolest feelings is handing someone what you made & watching their face light up like of course with zero explanation needed in either direction.

I think an under-discussed skill in prompting for design, UI, and imagery is having a strong creative vocabulary. People talk about taste a lot — and it is key for knowing what good looks like. But taste alone doesn’t help you dial in to exactly what you want. The best MJ creators have elite vocabularies in the language of film, photography, 3D, aesthetics overall, etc. The same will be true for app UI prompting when the models get even more sophisticated (especially for more technically complex UI elements like motion design / animations).

@iansilber This might be niche but the ability to ‘reply’ (WhatsApp/iMessage-style) to a block of ChatGPT answer text for targeted follow-up questioning would be clutch. So you don’t have to type and specify the thing you’re drilling down into.

we’ve been busy making improvements to the core chagpt experience (long overdue). what do you think we should do next?

@Delahuntagram Sick! It would be fun if they connected magnetically (for those who want to wear two chains )

i'm making this btw, coming soon.

@mickeyxfriedman If this is a 2001 joke it’s actually not bad

asked chatgpt to generate a comic i might like

@kellyschaefer @NotebookLM Congrats Kelly!

The @NotebookLM mobile app is now rolling out! Try it out - given I just got off a plane with faulty wifi, I’m most excited about offline Audio Overviews on the go!

@signulll CC: @thatguybg

been booking a ton of flights lately & the most infuriating thing is that gmail’s auto add of flight info to calendar is just broken af. how is something this basic not working anymore? i researched & it seems to be a common thing on reddit etc. anyone else? we need a personal email client built from the ground up with ai.

@joshmohrer @OpenAI @AnthropicAI Best articulation of this that I’ve read

While you can use it with any LLM, the bulk of developers are using it with Claude and thats probably also true with Cursor. So @OpenAI has incentive to own one of these to steer usage to itself. This is @AnthropicAI defense.

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@doriandargan Would love an invite 🙋🏼‍♂️

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