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Lots of @base Batches questions lately, so here's the breakdown: → Startup track: pre-seed teams (<$250k raised) pitching to VCs + angels live from San Francisco → Student track: undergraduate teams worldwide, apply by April 27 - top 5 teams get flown to San Francisco to pitch alongside the startup track → Robotics track (by @virtuals_io): building robotics use-cases with billion-dollar potential - shortlisted teams get access to a lab with ~30 Unitree G1 humanoids → Everything else: base.dev leaderboard - the best way to get seen and supported Some of the best projects never had investors involved. All paths are based🫡

The most capable individuals are learning and shipping 1000x faster using AI. I sat down with Gabriel Petersson (@gabriel1) - a high school dropout who self-taught Math & ML with AI and is now an AI Researcher at OpenAI. We deep dive into the most important traits to thrive in the age of infinite leverage: – How to learn hard skills insanely fast with AI – Dropping out in Sweden → America on the O-1 @extraordinary visa - How to get hired by the best when you are a nobody – How to turn prompting into a daily habit – Why America is still the launchpad for ambitious builders - Breaking down Gabriel's most iconic tweets Curiosity + Agency + AI will take you further than any legacy credential Timestamps: 01:12 - Swedish high-school dropout → OpenAI research scientist 03:04 - First startup & sales hacks: door-knocking, instant A/B tests 05:28 - Couch-life grind & learning to code under pressure 08:16 - Learning by doing: top-down vs bottom-up; what schools miss about AI 12:10 - Recursive learning with ChatGPT: ELI5, intuition, gap-filling 16:20 - Prompting habits, make AI your always-on tutor 22:16 - Research workflow: papers, code inserts; “shortcuts to foundations” 27:13 - Feedback obsession, elite code reviews, AI as reviewer 33:12 - Path to the US🇺🇸 Midjourney, getting the O-1 @extraordinary visa, shipping demos that signal skill 39:29 - bypass recruiters via proof of work, risk-free trials & academia hot takes 55:06 - why San Francisco; visas & how to move; final pep talk