Mathias Pastor

@paulbz oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profile…

Who are the most passionate and knowledgeable people on AI ethics across UK and Europe? Organising something small.

3 patent filings, 20+ granted design rights, and 2500+ Onshape commits. Like SpaceX, we developed every component from scratch = 90% cost savings. Built in a few months by 3 engineers locked in a room with no sunlight in the middle of London. Stress-tested daily in a live restaurant: we build, serve, wash, iterate. The world's leading operating platform rewriting the restaurant labour model. Coming in 2025.

Revolut ElevenLabs Synthesia Monzo The best companies in the UK right now are run by amazing immigrant entrepreneurs. We must make the UK the best place to build companies for the best talent.

@jansenniklas @Interface @christianreber Congrats - great looking fund :)

We just finished deploying our first @Interface fund.

Last friday was my last day at @join_ef When I joined the US team over two years ago, it was just a handful of people in a small WeWork in midtown New York, but our ambition was big and we were hungry to find and close the best talent in the US. Here more than anywhere I discovered that you could just do things: from organizing a chess tournament in a week and having GM Hans Niemann show up at the door to organizing one of the most viral tech events of the year (El Segundo Defense Tech Hackathon). This would not have been possible without the constant support from @lfgjoer, @ali_susskind, and the rest of the US team. I'm really lucky to have met some of the smartest and most ambitious people I know during my time here and to have worked closely with dozens of amazing founders including @herminetranie, @joemelko, @c_m_ponc, @malvikajain_, @MasonLender, @NicolasNeven, and many more. EF is a truly special place, and it’s special because @Alicebentinck and @matthewclifford have put their heart and soul into it. I’m so grateful to have worked with them and to have been able to witness what great leadership and management looks like. I’ll continue to be a strong EF ambassador and remain convinced EF is one of the best places to build a company. More on what’s next soon!

Unserious. Why would a good company raise money from the EIB when the world's best venture capitalists make decisions in days?

Half in London!

@clairlemon what book is this?

Lessons in life from a Russian Oligarch - Vladimir Gusinsky

Incentives for content creation in an LLM-first world has been a surprisingly under-discussed topic despite being incredibly important if we don’t want to live in a slop filled world. Very curious to see what @eastdakota and @Cloudflare announce here.

we need an A24 for books

@MichaelGielkens @fintool

Looking forward to the Woodstock of Capitalism!

Basically, American wokes weaponized shame and empathy. You were supposed to feel shame simply for being a man. To feel empathy for violent criminals. And so on. So, the American right stopped listening. And stopped feeling shame or empathy. Especially for those outside the tribe. But that was an overreaction too. Because most non-Americans are really not enemies. They're just neutral or even friendly business partners. And without empathy for their position, for the very real costs these sudden random illogical tariffs imposed on them, the American right won't understand what comes next. For example, they won't understand why the 190+ countries attacked via the tariffs aren't going to leap to America's side vs China. Quite the contrary. And they won't understand why the tariffs are more like lose/lose than win/lose let alone win/win, because the US will face shortages of machine tools, medical supplies, and perhaps even food if they continue. Anyway. Without understanding another man's negotiating position, without walking a mile in his shoes and thinking about how he can benefit too, you can't get to a win/win deal. That's why empathy is valuable even for cold-blooded capitalists.

Interconnected rich virtual worlds to meet, hang out with, and make new friends is coming before AGI.

@andreasklinger Very refreshingly calm, clear and coherent

Btw this doesn't mean get frantic or headless Use finnish energy. Take a sauna, take a coldplunge. And then do cold-headed what's best for Europe. But stop waiting for Trump to act and stop assuming he is joking. x.com/PatrickJBlum/s…

Politicians worldwide should take Trump in this presidency literally. In his first presidency he was verbal shit-posting and looking what sticked and rotated people around him until something fitted. This time he comes prepared and is very intentional about what he says and does. He knows his words become memes. His memes shape reality perception, and with the biggest economy and military behind him, can easily become reality. They are not wtf jokes, they are his first steps. He is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world not a court jester. If he says something treat it serious and not as a joke of the day. So far everything he said he will do, he did. Maybe not yet successful, maybe in a way you think is wrong and can't work, but it's only a few weeks so far. He establishes meme and narratives. Either by himself or by one of his people – keep in mind he picked his staff based on media literacy. Then he comes in with the most extreme version of a solution, shell-shocks everyone and then leaves others to pick the pieces and bring a compromise that makes him still look good. Expect the same treatment for Canada, Greenland, Panama, NATO, Support of Europe, Ukraine, etc – Take him literal and don't wait for action to react. But act based on his words. Don't expect status quo politics and diplomacy, global treatments and cooperation. This isn't the US you know. And don't think this will be over in four years. The next president will be Vance (if he doesn't become disloyal) with Trump as his powerbroking shadow. What you are dealing with the next eight years is Global MAGA. They won't sit on the table and negotiate with your leaders. They will use social media platforms and money to build up local vassal parties that are willing to go against regional interests for power. Eg in Europe anti-european, pro-russian parties. CPAC shows the invite list, Bannon explained the approach there. For social media propaganda they will use the Russian playbook. They find cracks in your truth and pry them open until reality itself will feel uncertain. A f-ton of russian astroturfing will help here. Hidden likes, non-public algorithms, and limited api access make it as easy as possible. Don't think you can just argue against this. Memes aren't arguments. They are more powerful than arguments. They connect and build up identity. No need for full arguments or internal logical consistency when something connects to a higher truth above the words. And counter arguments are too long, plus give the algorithm the engagement needed. Repeat 51st frequently enough without any counter narratives or memes, and it will stick. Take his words seriously. He knows how to use them to build the memes, shape the narratives, and act on it. Doesn't matter if you consider him a threat or not. Unless you are American it's in your interest if your leaders stop reacting on his actions post-mortem, but start acting on words alone, or even better before/disregarding his words, based on their own strategy. For Europe this means full economic and defense sovereignty asap. And let's assume i am hyperbole and Trump isn't a new Putin, won't empower Putin and Xi, and what he does is great for the US, and maybe even Europe, or even the world. I genuinely hope so. Non-zero chance this is true. It's a new era. All rules and playbooks are changed. But there is no downside for Europe in being a full sovereign partner on equal footing vs a pure customer or rentee or at worst vassal. Europe gaslight itself in believing we are the little brother that doesn't matter next to the loud showey one we fully depend on. United we are a superpower. Time, we think like one. And more importantly, let's stop reacting and start acting. 🇪🇺

@FedericoNoemie @maxime_peroumal 🫶

@maxime_peroumal You’re so stylish AND you didn’t change your style because you moved to SF. You’re Parisian core

Flying back from LA today. I wish SF had kept the same level of creativity and taste. Everyone looks different here. I can’t stand the mandatory ‘SF uniform’—the all-black, must-wear athleisure and Patagonia vests—and the comments you get if you’re not wearing any of the above.

@aguilmineau Odoo for basically everything

On top of it, there's a good chance that if you're an open source software, models will be trained on your codebase, further improving your distribution advantage. Style of companies doing this: - Lago, for billing - Twenty, for CRM Who else is building open source HRIS for ex?

If I was a struggling fund, unsure of where to put energy in with AI, I would bet hard on Open Source software. As prompts become the place for companies to go from problem to code, being a place for an AI agent to start from is a huge distribution advantage.

My episode with Naval War College historian Sarah Paine on Japan has been age-restricted on @YouTube . No appeal. This seems like a mistake to me. It’s fine to want to safeguard young people, but kamikaze pilots aren’t a practical inspiration for any of my audience (you’d hope). US high schools already trust students to learn about kamikazes and seppuku (see reply) History contains some bad things! I don’t think Youtube endorses hiding this. I’m pretty committed to not censoring my guests and hope someone in the right place sees this.

@aguilmineau Pretty unconventional hours

State of EU bureaucracy 🥲

@ncsh @RevolutApp Iconic!

10 years later

Matt is one of the few reasons im actually optimistic about the future of the UK He’s also kind, humble and extremely smart, the UK and Europe could benefit from a few more Matts