Nicholas Parasram

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Nicholas Parasram

Nicholas Parasram

@nparasram

music @stryvmusic, investing with @justinkan, and living life 🛸 previously VC @goat_capital

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Y Combinator
Y Combinator@ycombinator·
Max Hodak (@maxhodak_) is the co-founder of Neuralink and founder of @ScienceCorp_, a company building brain-computer interfaces that can restore sight. Science has developed a tiny retinal implant that stimulates cells in the eye to help blind patients see again. More than 40 patients have already received the treatment in clinical trials, including one who recently read a full novel for the first time in over a decade. In this episode of How to Build the Future, Max joined @garrytan to discuss how BCIs work, what it takes to engineer the brain, and why brain-computer interfaces may become one of the most important technologies of the next decade. 00:26 — The retinal chip helping blind patients see 01:51 — What brain-computer interfaces really are 03:37 — Could BCIs enhance intelligence? 05:44 — The brain’s incredible plasticity 09:23 — What it feels like to see with an implant 13:01 — Can we restore full human vision? 17:55 — Is the brain basically a computer? 24:59 — Max Hodak’s path into brain tech 28:57 — How Neuralink actually started 33:10 — How the brain represents information 39:47 — Bio-hybrid brain interfaces 44:32 — Building the company Science 51:27 — The future of BCIs and human longevity
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TBPN@tbpn·
Science Corp. founder @maxhodak_ explains how their visual prosthesis actually works to help restore vision: "The device that we have now is 2mm by 2mm... it's like looking through a straw. The electrodes are 0.1mm, which means that you stimulate a bunch of cells at a time... and they only get a small amount of detail at once." "We're not restoring high-resolution color vision today, but what we are getting is this intuitive-form image that patients can look at. It strings together shapes into letters and letters into words, and the brain can apprehend that intuitively. And that had never really been done before." "We actually have the next version of the chips already in hand. The electrodes are much smaller and are going to go from 400 to a couple thousand. We're working on the clinical study for those over the next year. And hopefully every two years or so we'll have new versions coming out."
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Y Combinator
Y Combinator@ycombinator·
Congrats to @maxhodak_ and the @ScienceCorp_ team on their $230M Series C! Their PRIMA implant is letting blind people see again: improved vision in 26 of 32 trial patients with advanced macular degeneration. They're on track to be the first BCI company to bring a vision restoration product to market. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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David Senra
David Senra@davidsenra·
Michael Ovitz built the most powerful agency in Hollywood by making learning from history mandatory. He lived below Martin Scorsese, who screened films every night. Ovitz brought takeout and questions and absorbed knowledge about every director. Then he made his agents do the same thing. He required every CAA agent to watch every Academy Award winner—Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Writer—from the first ceremony forward. While competitors chased meetings, CAA agents showed up fluent in 80 years of cinema. That pattern recognition let them see what others couldn't: packages beat single clients. IP beats talent. Ownership beats commissions. Ovitz called it "past is prologue." "If you know history, you pretty much can predict the future." David Ogilvy called it a "teaching hospital." Same idea: Make excellence institutional.
David Senra@davidsenra

Here's my conversation with @MichaelOvitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). 0:00 Introduction 0:09 The Genius of Marc Andreessen 3:03 The Art of Conversation and Adaptability 4:00 The Evolution of Cloud Computing 5:38 The Power of Co-Founder Relationships 9:01 The Importance of Personal Growth and Drive 13:39 The Rockefeller Connection 30:37 The Nobu and Wolfgang Puck Stories 37:31 The Art of Spotting Talent 44:58 Starting Out in a Competitive Environment 46:39 Early Lessons in Business and Teamwork 48:09 The Importance of Knowledge and Curiosity 51:25 The Impact of Technology on Learning 57:35 Building Relationships and Integrity in Business 1:01:13 The Role of History and Transparency in Success 1:07:17 The Power of Big Thinking and Disruption 1:26:25 The Influence of Art and Culture on Business 1:27:45 The Coke Commercial Revolution 1:28:38 The $3 Million Check Incident 1:31:29 Mentorship and Integrity 1:32:52 Self-Reflection and Personal Growth 1:34:56 The Power of Perseverance 1:38:31 The Drive for Success 1:43:19 Enduring Ambition and Curiosity 2:00:40 A Tribute to Michael Crichton 2:06:58 Closing Thoughts Includes paid partnerships.

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Sahil Bloom@SahilBloom·
Everyone needs to hear this…
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C.C. Gong@CCgong·
Life update 🚨 8 months after I went viral for supporting my YC boyfriend, he proposed this past weekend by bringing together a hundred of our friends and family to surprise me with a standup comedy show (that I had to perform in). I posted the tweet in jest, but it sparked a "global gender debate" about women being "invisible emotional labor sidekicks to men's visible professional successes." In actuality my fiancée(!) is my secret weapon. Every month we go over our long-term and short-term goals and how we can support each other in our progress. He is the clearest thinker I know and edits my posts. He sends me a pep talk on his walk to work every day, sources deals and tests out products for me, role plays difficult conversations with me. He is always on the look-out for opportunities I can benefit from to make sure I have everything I need to succeed, and more. Gender norms aside, having a truly supportive partner is a game changer and should always be celebrated. Oh and he does my laundry.
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C.C. Gong@CCgong

My boyfriend is in YC and this is what I come home to Friday night. I make sure that he’s fed, do his laundry cut his hair. I give feedback, customer intros, and encouragement. YC girlfriends should be granted sweat equity. @ycombinator 30 days until demo day 💪

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Nicholas Parasram@nparasram·
@mon__lim Definitely some similarities (coming from my OG days 🤣) But the better analogy is talent managers and VCs, generally. Same exact archetype when picking talent to work with and founders to back. Trust me 🙏 🛸
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Monica L@mon__lim·
VC associates and club promoters have more in common than you think
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billboard
billboard@billboard·
Stryv on His Global Hit ‘Move’ & What Comes Next: ‘I Was Like, This Is So Special — Just Trust Me, This Is Crazy’ billboard.com/music/music-ne…
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The Founders' Tribune
The Founders' Tribune@foundertribune·
"Don't be a Career" by Steve Jobs
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vic singh@vicsingh·
Today marks two full-circle moments in my journey as an investor and builder: 📘 Joining the Leadership Team at RRE Ventures Nearly 20 years ago I started my venture capital career at @RRE learning the craft of investing. Today, I am honored to return as a General Partner, working alongside @bikenyc @jdrive @porteous @rajurishi — longtime collaborators who have deeply influenced my approach to venture. Together we will serve founders from inception through growth and beyond. ⛏️ Announcing Originalis $5M Seed Round I am pumped to be teaming up once again with @gbildson @imkwame cofounders of our last startup @kanvas along with @RohanSukhdeo to build @OriginalisAI - The Intelligent Composable Operating System for the Private Capital Markets. Our $5M seed round was led by @RRE with support from incredible investors including @CorrelationVC @flybridge @NextWaveNYC @zelda_ventures @w_kylehendrick along with a host of awesome operators and investors including @brettdg @brett1211 @shafqatislam @_yusefk and more Both full-circle moments are deeply personal - the culmination of years of tribal knowledge transformed into a platform that amplifies the art of the business - built alongside my previous cofounders and backed by the firm I am rejoining that gave a young scrappy engineer a shot at the business. Let us get after it 2025. History is written by the victors 💪🏿
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Kyle Vogt
Kyle Vogt@kvogt·
In case it was unclear before, it is clear now: GM are a bunch of dummies.
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