Marina Davidova

My secret to a healthy work life balance - work with my wife on what we both find inspiring. My new screen saver btw - @msdavidova

Everyone calls the RED vs BLUE button a Prisoner's Dilemma. It isn't. It's actually game theory + decision theory + Kantian/evidential reasoning + coordination dynamics + moral cascades, all colliding in one button. So I spent $100 in Perplexity Computer credits building an interactive calculator that takes every reason people give for pressing RED or BLUE and turns it into Expected Value math. EV is one of the most underrated decision tools for founders, investors, managers, parents. And math doesn't have to be cold - you can put morals, feelings, and other people's feelings inside the integral. Check this out: redblue.pplx.app

My new TEDx talk is published! We become the echoes of our tribe - mirrors of those we let close. And when we choose each other (again and again), something shifts youtu.be/acuwvPMkeDA?si…

@Nick_Davidov Nick, not only flowers, I see your pornhub subscription renew when I'm traveling

The comments to my recent post where I scared the hell out of myself and upset my wife by accidentally allowing Claude to delete 15 years worth of photos (now restored thanks to iCloud/recovery) opened up topics I rarely discuss publicly. Every time our married friends discuss how they handle privacy, shared budget, who pays for what, or who can access what, we feel we can't really chime in. Because we understand our marriage is very different. Here's how we operate: @msdavidova and I have always had a shared account with equal access to it. All of our money is our money, there's no "hers" or "mine". We work and parent together, and even if at a time one is working more and the other dedicates more time to parenting it doesn't mean any input is less equal. After all we both have the exact 24 hours in a day. We work differently, each has their strengths and we respect that. We always have full unrestricted access to each others devices, location, texts. The only inconvenience with that is when I buy her flowers she immediately gets a push with a card transaction, so it's hard to surprise her. This 100% transparency allows for an ultimate, no questions asked/no strings attached communication, genuine connection and trust. 100% trust means we can truly relax in each others company, have much lower levels of stress and anxiety (or can do more high-anxiety work without burning out), and, honestly, just brings us joy every day. I understand it is very hard to do so in the modern world. My wife and I lived and worked together for the last 18.5 years, we started early when we both were college students with next to nothing to our name (although she was making 2x of my salary). There were no messengers, no social media, we were already dating when iPhone got released, so it was super easy for us to start doing things this way. Now even a 16 year old who starts dating has like a terabyte of their private stuff digitized and it's almost impossible to let another person into this without the fear of being betrayed. It is absolutely healthy to have boundaries. Every couple is different, and healthy relationships come in a lot of forms. That said, I like Lev Tolstoy's quote "All happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way", and I do sincerely hope people can figure out how to get to 100% trust in their relationships. It is incredibly empowering for both. But again, if it really works for you both - don't change a thing. Tolstoy didn't have iCloud and Claude so what does he know.

@Nick_Davidov @CoaxialCoyote Well my photos were also very organized :) just lots of files on desktop

@CoaxialCoyote My folders are always organized

Asked Claude Cowork organize my wife’s desktop, it stated doing it, asked for a permission to delete temp office files, I granted it, and then it goes “ooops”. Turns out it tried renaming and accidentally deleted a folder with all of the photos my wife made on her camera for the last 15 years. All photos of kids, their illustrations, friends’ weddings, travel, everything. It’s not in trash, it was done via terminal It’s not in iCloud, it already synced the new file structure. She didn’t have Time Machine. Disc recovery tools can’t see anything. I called Apple and they pointed me to a feature in iCloud allowing to retrieve files that were saved before but are no longer on iCloud Drive (they keep them for 30 days). I’m now watching it load tens of thousands of files. I nearly had a heart attack. Once again - don’t let Claude Cowork into your actual file system. Don’t let it touch anything that is hard to repair. Claude Code is not ready to go mainstream.

Dear women, @msdavidova is organizing TEDxWomen Los Altos this year and we need a bit of your help. She’s doing a research to understand how women express themselves through their voice - at work, in leadership, and in public settings; your input will help shine a light on the ways women are heard (or not) in professional spaces and how these experiences can affect vocal health, confidence, and wellbeing. The survey takes about 10 minutes, and all answers are completely anonymous. forms.gle/TTaC2qfo5KedwH…

@Nick_Davidov @hereische @bryan_johnson And canceled travel

@hereische @bryan_johnson No alcohol, no late food, rigorous workout regime, eight sleep and most importantly earbuds

I think my wife got bitten by @bryan_johnson Is there an antidote?

@Nick_Davidov @bryan_johnson Ha, inspired by @bryan_johnson 🫂 but it was a long journey for me, has been working on this metric for a while!

@vargastartup Thank you ❤️

Meditation with Yuri Gursky in Palo Alto has special vibes ✨ @msdavidova thanks for hosting

Apparently once you post a job, you can’t stop. Today it’s @doctronic — one of our portfolio stars redefining 24/7, AI-powered healthcare (10M+ consults and counting). They’re hiring: 🔍 AI Engineers (real-world ML/LLM) 🔍 Backend (Python + FastAPI) 🔍 Frontend (React + RN)

Did a fireside chat yesterday at an AI conference, and then got a bunch of very polished emails summarizing key points of my chat, telling me how insightful I was, and asking to meet. Clearly: audio intake --> transcript --> AI --> email. Interesting to see these little emergent moments where AI is being used. How it raises the floor for these types of interactions. How if you aren't using AI, you will get left behind.

Fun discussion here with @pxd and @ilyaf on scaling, what’s next in AI and where we find alpha Thanks for having us @msdavidova @Nick_Davidov and great questions!

NPU - Your Friend for On-Device Deployment! Over the past 4-5 years, many devices have incorporated specialized compute units called Neural Processing Units (NPUs—though brands may use different names). These powerful chips are designed specifically for tensor operations and should be the primary deployment targets for edge devices. CPUs and GPUs should serve only as heterogeneous helpers - a vision that @TheStageAI AI fully supports. Working with @unum_cloud, we've demonstrated that deploying text and vision transformers to Apple NPUs (ANE) offers significant benefits in speed, quality, and power consumption! Special thanks to the @nebiusai team for creating one of the best AI clouds, where our team runs acceleration services that extend to edge devices! Check out the new @unum_cloud release on GitHub: github.com/unum-cloud/ufo…

To everyone waking up to the news that Bench is closing @kickfinance has your back. Here’s what Kick is doing: 1. Free Bench migration 2. 2024 Bookkeeping review calls 3. Daily Live Q&As (starting Monday) We're working to get your financials back in your hands. It's completely free to sign up for Kick and check my next post for an exclusive link.

Egan Junior High School has blocked student access to ChatGPT and @perplexity_ai. My daughter is mad. I understand why ChatGPT, but why Perplexity? Limiting access to knowledge is not very logical for an educational institution

Despite FemTech's potential to revolutionize women's health, the sector struggles to secure funding due to persistent biases and a lack of understanding among investors. Recognizing the significant market opportunity FemTech represents is crucial, rather than viewing it as a niche. forbes.com/sites/dariashu…

AI is not an industry. It's an industrial revolution.

My wife and I just agreed that, at this point, we keep organizing private AI parties at our home just to have a legit business reason to devour the food our resident chef makes. BTW if you're an early-stage VC investing in AI pls, ping me for future invites to our Soirées.