@gregisenberg Contrary to the popular assumption that most top VCs are former founders, the data tells a different story. A study of top venture capitalists found that only 21.5% were founders before becoming VCs. jeffreypaine.com/analyzing-the-…
Caught up with @karpathy for a new @NoPriorsPod: on the phase shift in engineering, AI psychosis, claws, AutoResearch, the opportunity for a SETI-at-Home like movement in AI, the model landscape, and second order effects
02:55 - What Capability Limits Remain?
06:15 - What Mastery of Coding Agents Looks Like
11:16 - Second Order Effects of Coding Agents
15:51 - Why AutoResearch
22:45 - Relevant Skills in the AI Era
28:25 - Model Speciation
32:30 - Collaboration Surfaces for Humans and AI
37:28 - Analysis of Jobs Market Data
48:25 - Open vs. Closed Source Models
53:51 - Autonomous Robotics and Atoms
1:00:59 - MicroGPT and Agentic Education
1:05:40 - End Thoughts
Salesforce held prices flat for 7 years.
Not generosity. Strategy.
Get embedded. Make switching cost more than the price increase. Then turn the ratchet.
A $1M contract from 2018 is ~$1.9M today.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/cioinsight…
Most coverage of the Anthropic-Pentagon fallout is framing this as a business story. I think that is the wrong frame. This piece is my attempt to explain why, and what the right frame actually is.
cioinsights.substack.com/p/anthropics-p…
I made a Goodreads for academic papers!
(..and blog posts, substacks, lesswrong, etc)
Paper Trails [papertrailshq.com] is something I built because I wanted a place where engaging with research felt fun, beautiful, and personal to you
I hope you give it a try & love it!
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"Introduction to Machine Learning Systems"
- FREE from MIT Press
- Authored by Harvard Professor
- 2048 Pages
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2. Follow so that I will DM you.
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This is what the ideal grocery store looks like. Minimally processed (NOVA Group 1) food only (no "edible food-like substances"), organic, local, fresh. Food should not be more complex than this, yet I don't believe this exists.
MCP is redefining what AI can do, and 95% of builders haven't caught on.
I've built agents that run my calendar, organize files, and manage tasks. All autonomous.
The results changed how I think about automation.
I'm breaking down exactly how MCP works (with code + examples):