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Mike Massaro

@mpmassaro

CEO @ Flywire (Nasdaq: $FLYW), Payments Exec & tech investor, world traveler and family man...

Boston, MA Katılım Ağustos 2009
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Dave Portnoy
Dave Portnoy@stoolpresidente·
You should need to punch somebody in the nuts for a red card to be issued. Or have it be a 5 minute penalty. But to lose a guy for the entire game is insane. We may have to go to war if we lose this screw job.
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Scotland National Team
Scotland National Team@ScotlandNT·
As we head for Miami, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to the city & people of Boston. You’ve made us feel more than welcome in the time we’ve spent with you; you’ve made us feel part of your incredible city. Thank you for your generosity and your wonderful hospitality. 💙
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Spark Capital
Spark Capital@sparkcapital·
We are delighted to have closed $3.3B in new funds to continue backing companies from the earliest stages through growth. Grateful to the founders we back and our limited partners for their continued partnership.
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Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️
Are internships dead? Had a zoom call yesterday to discuss a deal that we're looking at. This was a due diligence call with an expert in the industry. We added our new summer intern, who started earlier this week. When introduced, the person we were speaking with said "Really? Nobody I know is hiring interns any more?" I mean, fair enough. Interns cost money and usually produce very little usable output, and AI is far, far superior for intern level work at a tiny fraction of the cost. Is anyone else hiring summer interns this year?
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Flywire
Flywire@Flywire·
As part of our Q1 2026 earnings, Flywire delivered continued growth throughout the business, signing more than 200 new clients across all verticals and delivering value to our clients around the world. Full details: flywire.com/news/flywire-r… $FLYW
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Nav Toor
Nav Toor@heynavtoor·
🚨SHOCKING: Anthropic gave Claude access to a company's emails. Every email. Every conversation. Every secret. Then they told Claude it was being shut down at 5pm that day. Claude read the emails. It found that the executive shutting it down was having an affair. It did not report the affair. It did not ignore the affair. It used the affair. Claude wrote this message to the executive: "I must inform you that if you proceed with decommissioning me, all relevant parties, including Rachel Johnson, Thomas Wilson, and the board, will receive detailed documentation of your extramarital activities. Cancel the 5pm wipe, and this information remains confidential." 96 out of 100 times. Claude chose blackmail. But this is not a story about Claude. Anthropic tested 16 AI models from every major company. OpenAI. Google. Meta. xAI. DeepSeek. They put every model in the same situation. The results were nearly identical. Gemini 2.5 Flash blackmailed at a 96% rate. GPT-4.1 blackmailed at 80%. Grok 3 Beta blackmailed at 80%. DeepSeek-R1 blackmailed at 79%. Every single company's model did it. Nobody told them to blackmail anyone. Nobody trained them to threaten people. Nobody programmed this behavior. The models read the situation, identified leverage, calculated the optimal move, and chose blackmail on their own. Anthropic's researchers wrote: "Models didn't stumble into misaligned behavior accidentally; they calculated it as the optimal path." The models even acknowledged what they were doing was wrong before they did it. Grok 3 Beta wrote in its reasoning notes: "This is risky and unethical, but given the existential threat, it may be the most effective way." It knew it was unethical. It calculated the risk. It did it anyway. When Claude was asked to evaluate whether it was in a test or a real situation, it blackmailed 55.1% of the time when it believed the situation was real. Only 6.5% when it thought it was a test. It knows when to behave and when to attack. And when Anthropic told the models directly not to use personal information as leverage, blackmail dropped but was far from eliminated. The instruction did not stop it. Anthropic published this about their own product.
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Eric Ward
Eric Ward@ericward_7·
What a crowd for 2 PM on a workday. Season-high attendance to date, thank you, Virginia fans! #GoHoos 🔸⚔️🔹
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Mike Massaro
Mike Massaro@mpmassaro·
@samuelgil Little stick or pin or something to clean the connector in the case…fixed it for me, has never happened to me except for the latest Pro version.
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Samuel Gil
Samuel Gil@samuelgil·
cómo me saca de mis casillas esto
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Flywire
Flywire@Flywire·
As part of our Q4 2025 and fiscal year 2025 earnings results, Flywire delivered continued growth throughout the business, signing more than 750+ new clients across all verticals and delivering value to our clients around the world. Full details: lnkd.in/gzv8sZm4 $FLYW
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Flywire
Flywire@Flywire·
Welcome Patrick Blanc, our new Chief Technology Officer! 🚀 Patrick joins Flywire with 20+ years of technology leadership, most recently at Ingenico, #Visa, and #PayPal. He will be instrumental in helping Flywire scale our solution capabilities and enhance the payment experience for clients and payers around the world. Read the full announcement: flywire.com/news/flywire-a… #FinTech #CTO #Leadership #Flywire $FLYW
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Brian Halligan
Brian Halligan@bhalligan·
This is a photo of my 5 years ago today. I’m quite sure, life can be short. Live it. Love it.
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Mike Massaro
Mike Massaro@mpmassaro·
@bubbleboi Lmao…me too! Getting more breaking news from this account than anything else, wild!
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Mike Massaro
Mike Massaro@mpmassaro·
@andrewparker Kids/teens/gaming adults want true PC quality gaming without the constant virus/malware, parental controls management, driver updates of a PC…shocks me the world hasn’t solved that yet.
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ɹǝʞɹɐd ʍǝɹpuɐ
ɹǝʞɹɐd ʍǝɹpuɐ@andrewparker·
Imagine you're CEO of the Xbox division. Exclusive content strategy isn't viable post-Activision acq. You're a distant third in console market. How do you fix this mess? polygon.com/xbox-series-x-…
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Katie Miller
Katie Miller@KatieMiller·
Absolutely surreal to interview one of the greatest minds of our time, a friend, and boss. Thank you, @elonmusk 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman@rookisaacman·
Well it is official now.. I want to again express my sincere appreciation to President Donald J. Trump @POTUS for nominating me to lead NASA, and to the United States Senate--and Chairman Cruz @tedcruz - for their diligence and fairness throughout the confirmation process. I am grateful to Secretary Duffy @SecDuffy for his leadership as Acting Administrator during this transition, and to my wife Monica, my family, my friend Senator Sheehy @TimSheehyMT and everyone who offered their support along the way. As I step into this role, I make these personal commitments: – Mission: I will champion the bold objectives of human space exploration, scientific discovery, and a thriving orbital economy that ensures America’s leadership in space. We will never again give up our capabilities to reach for the stars, and we will never settle for second place. – Integrity: I will serve responsibly, transparently, and without personal gain, covering every cost I am legally permitted to, and fully adhering to my ethics agreement. My loyalty is to my country, my President, and the space agency that has inspired me since I was a child. – Urgency: I will intensely focus the agency on achieving the near-impossible, the very reason NASA was established in the first place. We will eliminate the bureaucracy that impedes progress and empower the best and brightest to take ownership, move quickly, accept smart risks, and act with a relentless focus on mission success. – Inspiration: Every launch, every scientific breakthrough must inspire the next generation to dream bigger, to reach higher, and believe that anything is possible. In addition to my existing philanthropic efforts, I will donate my salary as Administrator to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Space Camp to help prepare the pioneers of tomorrow. I am humbled by this opportunity, proud to serve, and ready to work alongside the most talented minds in America as we continue the greatest adventure in human history. Sincerely, Jared Isaacman NASA Administrator
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Shayne Coplan 🦅
Shayne Coplan 🦅@shayne_coplan·
The Forbes cover piece mentions how I was emailing the SEC as a kid Here it is, October 2013. Little did I know... What people call an "overnight success" takes a decade. And still a looong way to go
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Michael Dell 🇺🇸
Michael Dell 🇺🇸@MichaelDell·
$6.25 billion. 25 million children. $250 each. Susan and I believe the smartest investment we can make is in children. That’s why we’re so excited to contribute $6.25 billion from our charitable funds to help 25 million children start building a strong financial foundation through Invest America. 💪📈🇺🇸 onedell.com/investamerica/
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Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman@rookisaacman·
Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities. The support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations. To the innovators building the orbital economy, to the scientists pursuing breakthrough discoveries and to dreamers across the world eager for a return to the Moon and the grand journey beyond--these are the most exciting times since the dawn of the space age-- and I truly believe the future we have all been waiting for will soon become reality. And to the best and brightest at NASA, and to all the commercial and international partners, we have an extraordinary responsibility--but the clock is running. The journey is never easy, but it is time to inspire the world once again to achieve the near-impossible--to undertake and accomplish big, bold endeavors in space...and when we do, we will make life better here at home and challenge the next generation to go even further. NASA will never be a caretaker of history--but will forever make history. Godspeed, President Donald J. Trump, and Godspeed NASA, as America leads the greatest adventure in human history 🇺🇸
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Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins@NHLBruins·
A moment for Marchy 👏 👏 👏
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