Arjun Narayan
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Arjun Narayan
@narayanarjun
experimental theologist @AmplifyPartners.
New York, NY Katılım Mayıs 2009
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VCs need to start following the literal description naming trend:
The Capital Deployment Company of San Francisco
The Check Writing Company of New York
The Bridge Round Partnership of Brooklyn
The Ghosting Company
The Liquidated Preference Firm of Miami
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: OpenAI launches joint venture “The Deployment Company” to help businesses adopt its AI.
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@pitdesi Well yes, the 2023 Sierra Series A was won in 2008.
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Just thinking about how Sequoia and Benchmark did the Series A in 2023, reportedly $25M on $145M post.
If that reported number is true, it's another reminder that you don't always have to be contrarian to make money, you have to win the deal.
Bret Taylor@btaylor
Sierra is raising $950 million from new and existing investors, led by Tiger Global and GV, at a valuation of over $15 billion. We now have more than $1 billion to invest in becoming the global standard for companies wanting to transform their customer experiences with AI. We’ve never had such conviction in the opportunity for Sierra and our customers. Just a couple of years ago, we had four design partners. Now, Sierra is serving over 40% of the Fortune 50, and agents built on our platform are powering billions of customer interactions — everything from refinancing homes to processing insurance claims, returning orders, and helping people raise millions in fundraisers. We’re deeply grateful to our customers for helping show what’s possible. If you’re not yet using Sierra, we’d love to partner with you. sierra.ai/blog/better-cu…
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@realEstateTrent More ticks and Lyme disease than anywhere else on the planet
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One of the most beautiful areas in the US.
A true getaway - just a couple hours drive from NYC.
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@narayanarjun At the current rate the rail is being built they could have built exactly 0 miles with $15 billion.
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Infuriating to see such resources wasted on a rocket to nowhere. Imagine for instance how many miles of high speed rail we could have built in California for this amount of money!
Reuters@Reuters
Exclusive: SpaceX spending on Starship tops $15 billion in rush for airline-like rocketry reut.rs/3OCPNMx reut.rs/3OCPNMx
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@samlambert I expected at least the Sacramento to French Laundry segment to be operational by now
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Getting paid to think is peak everything. If you’re getting paid well to think, don’t take it for granted. That’s 1% of civilization type stuff. Your ancestors are proud and jealous that you’ve gotten this far.
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Arjun Narayan retweetledi
Humble request to techies to stfu about AI mass unemployment and start to talk about using GPUs to cure cancer and find new materials and all the other amazing opportunities
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: An AI data center moratorium is now projected to pass this year as protests intensify nationwide. 85% chance.
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Arjun Narayan retweetledi
We raised a Series A for exe.dev. We are going to build a new cloud. blog.exe.dev/series-a
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@PabloPeniche rule by priests or rule by merchants, an age old question. however there is yet another possibility.
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You basically have two options today.
Rule by Lawyers or Rule by Techbros.
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what odds would you put of Bret Taylor selling Sierra to OpenAI + taking CEO with Sam moving to BoD?
a) 0%
b) 1-20%
c) 20-60%
d) 60-99%
Bret Taylor@btaylor
I had a great time speaking with Brian Roberts at Comcast headquarters in Philadelphia about the future of AI and Comcast's partnership with Sierra. I particularly loved learning more about Comcast's early bets on the Internet and the parallels to the adoption of AI.
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@tszzl No no he has a point. He's referring to idiots like me who despite reading less wrong since before the sino soviet split with Robin Hanson, failed to monetize even a single bitcoin along the way
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@arpitrage @aarmlovi i dont think this goes far enough for safety. we need two person operation in taxis too.
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@aarmlovi At this rate, we're going to have two person operation in trains and humans driving the cars in NYC while the Sunbelt goes fully AV
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If driverless buses can end the op-ex disadvantage of BRT versus light rail on high-volume routes, they could usher in a golden age of cheap dedicated-lane rapid transit in US cities
Joakim 🌹🇳🇴🇪🇺@joakial_
For the first time in Norwegian history, a bus will carry passengers in regular traffic without any human behind the wheel. The first pilot without a safety driver was tested Friday, and if all goes as planned, anyone can ride driverless buses starting in May.
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@TrungTPhan I have an idea for a futures product so McDonald's can bring the onion ring to market while hedging their input costs.
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Reminder that Ray Dalio is partially responsible for the creation of McDonald’s Chicken McNugget by convincing poultry farmers to buy corn and soybean futures.
Here’s what he told Freakonomics podcast:
Trung Phan@TrungTPhan
TIL: In late 1970s, McDonald’s sold Onion Nuggets. It didn’t want to make Onion Rings because was hard to ensure assembly line quality control for slicing/frying of onions. Discontinued the demented product and took breading nugget concept for Chicken McNuggets release in 1983.
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SaaSpocalypse is over as of close of business today. SaaSrenaissance starts monday
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tbh going viral for a frankly very midwit take while my actual bangers get 1-2 likes is very disillusioning for the platform and algorithm
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@narayanarjun @_ueaj Then start jiujitsu and rename the company some ridiculous name, like Meta or something.
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It should be a top EA priority for Dario to get jacked. 2-3 hours gym a day, full Hollywood steroid course, etc. And be able to go on Rogan and yap for 3 hours about why he can be trusted. The alternative is nationalization, and he should be able to see that.
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