Lou

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Lou

Lou

@techiexbt

yapping about business, tech, and creator economy

San Francisco, CA Katılım Eylül 2024
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Lou@techiexbt·
OpenAI fired this 23 year old genius... just a year later he made $1 billion dollars through his AI hedge fund > be Leopold Aschenbrenner > columbia university at 15, valedictorian at 19 > joins OpenAI Superalignment at 22 > warns board "China AGI espionage" > OpenAI: "nah you're leaking" > fired April '24, denies NDA and forgoes equity > puts out 165 page manifesto on AGI race > founds Situational Awareness LP focused on AI > raises $1.5B from Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, etc > bets $459M on Intel calls in Q1 '25 > Intel tanks then booms, nvidia collab, wagmi > fund up 47% H1, $1b -> $2.02b AUM > yesterday anthropic releases report of AI-led espionage attack by China
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De Anza to Google CEO would be one for the record books
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@levelsio@levelsio

I think @OfficialLoganK should be Google's next CEO A young fresh guy coming from the AI world fully dedicated to AI should be leading the company that wants to lead in AI He's multi-disciplinary having been both an ML engineer, working for NASA and OpenAI and also doing product leadership with customers on here directly implementing stuff we ask for while agressively cutting through Google's bureaucracy Exactly what Google needs for the long term

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@neetcode1 Lol this is so true, basing the entirety of “this guy should be CEO bc he’s the loudest on Twitter of the dev API product” is a very naive statement
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NeetCode@neetcode1·
Someone tell my man that running a 4 trillion dollar company has nothing to do with indie hacking. Has he ever even had a manager or heard of the word bureaucracy. And he has this weird idea that as soon as Sergey Brin came back, his holy energy just magically resurrected Google. Like I get it, he's a successful solo entrepreneur. But how can you confidently talk about things you know nothing about. This isn't a diss at Logan either, incredibly smart guy. But even he will tell you he's not ready for the CEO job (at least not yet).
@levelsio@levelsio

I think @OfficialLoganK should be Google's next CEO A young fresh guy coming from the AI world fully dedicated to AI should be leading the company that wants to lead in AI He's multi-disciplinary having been both an ML engineer, working for NASA and OpenAI and also doing product leadership with customers on here directly implementing stuff we ask for while agressively cutting through Google's bureaucracy Exactly what Google needs for the long term

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Lou@techiexbt·
100B seems pretty cheap for Waymo
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@ThePrimeagen passing these benchmarks feel less and less relevant
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ThePrimeagen@ThePrimeagen·
only a year ago, agi was achieved... how retarded were we to think o3 was agi?
Chubby♨️@kimmonismus

AGI was achieved today I tell it like it is: AGI has been achieved. Artificial general intelligence is here - and even faster than expected, in 2024. Arc-AGI was achieved and solved with 87.7% (threshold 85%). What's more: new benchmarks are needed because almost all of them are saturated. PhD level is also approaching a range that is hardly manageable for humans, especially because o3 covers all academic areas. Sure, OpenAI still lists agents and organization management as their level for AGI. But in my perspective, it doesn't need that. The general intelligence is exactly what the name says: a general knowledge intelligence, and that is o3. We are entering a new era. An era that is rapidly progressing towards ASI. OpenAI has passed almost all tests and benchmarks, they surprised us all today, especially after o1-Pro has just been released. But o3 is even better (benchmarks attached). I am shocked, in a positive way. I need to take a break now and think about it. I'll write a longer analysis later. @OpenAI you did it. Take the crown, you have won. Congratulations for the first place! You deserve it.

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Lou@techiexbt·
@ChrisJBakke this is like Lebron and Bronny
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@KobeissiLetter i'm struggling to see a world where gold goes down?
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The Kobeissi Letter
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter·
The global debt crisis is driving gold prices higher: Interest expense on global government debt has risen to an annualized record of $4.9 trillion. Interest costs have risen +$1.6 trillion over the last 3 years. Global debt has risen +$55 trillion over the same period, to a record $346 trillion. At the same time, gold prices have gained +142% and exceeded $4,300/oz for the first time. Gold prices have tracked global government interest expense with a near-perfect correlation since the 2008 Financial Crisis. Investors are rushing into gold as the global debt crisis deepens.
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Lou@techiexbt·
how does someone think they’ll ever get away with this?
Jason Levin@iamjasonlevin

> TikTok finance influencer launches startup > raises $5.5M led by Craft > it’s for tax and compliance > embezzles money on house and Caribbean wedding > did I mention it’s for tax and compliance > never hits more than $620 in monthly revenue. (Yes, $620. Not $620k) > goes bankrupt (obviously) > ghosts team > SEC starts investigating > wait, the founder of the VC fund that led the round is now AI chief in White House (David Sacks) > uh yeah she’s going to jail

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@SarahChieng Really cool post, how much time do you have to allocate to being a scout? Is it a full time commitment?
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Sarah Chieng
Sarah Chieng@MilksandMatcha·
How to angel invest (even if you have no money) A few months ago, Jeff Bezos acquired the first company I ever angel-invested in. When I wrote that check, I was 22 years old. I gave $50K into a friend who was building something quietly extraordinary. People often assume that means I must’ve had an insane exit at 19 or family money, but I actually just had access to a system most people don’t know exist. So if you’re angel-curious, especially early in your career and without spare dollars lying around, here’s how I got started. There’s a strong misconception that angel investing is about deploying capital. It is not. Today, we live in a capital-abundant era. In 2025 alone, over $160B was deployed globally into AI and what used to be a $500K pre-seed round is now $2M+. Founders aren’t struggling to find money. They’re struggling to decide which money is actually worth taking. My first exposure to angels wasn’t as an investor. It was as a founder. When I was building my first startup at MIT, our first investment was a $10K check from James Chen, the CTO of Wonder. We eventually raised from two angels and three funds but it was the angels who actually taught us how to build (also shoutout Cory Levy). Angel investing is an opportunity for you to support specific teams in the AI (and non-AI) movement beyond the company you work at. It’s a way to scale your own impact. The reality today is that early-stage angels can add more real value than venture funds. This is because operators (like yourself) have a lot of unique value, personal experience, and specific expertise to contribute. But I have no money? Today, it is easier than ever to start angel investing, even if you are early in your career or don’t have large amounts of excess personal capital. I wrote a full reflection on how I got started, how to become a scout, my investment philosophy and more.
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Lou
Lou@techiexbt·
@starter_story Do you verify MRR across all of these stories? Which business have you seen succeed the most often
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Starter Story@starter_story·
i've interviewed 1000s of people who built $1M online businesses with this hunk of metal (including myself) now, these results aren't typical, BUT they are very real and very possible. im not sure how long this is gonna last... but i will do everything in my ability to document these stories on starterstory.com
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After you try Starlink once on a flight, you’ll wonder why every airplane does’t offer this. Completely changed how I traveled. It wad the first time I was truly productive while flying (slow WiFi kills my productivity)
DogeDesigner@cb_doge

Airlines around the world are adopting Starlink for inflight connectivity. List of airlines currently using Starlink, along with those that have announced future adoption: • United Airlines • Emirates • Air France • British Airways • Qatar Airways • Korean Air • Asiana Airlines • Alaska Airlines • Virgin Atlantic • WestJet • SAS Scandinavian Airlines • Iberia • Aer Lingus • Vueling • LEVEL • FlyDubai • airBaltic • Jin Air • ZIPAIR Tokyo • Air Busan • Air Seoul • JSX • Hawaiian Airlines • Air Canada

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@SahilBloom What’s a good way to get energy and stay productive throughout the day? I find myself constantly tired these days
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Sahil Bloom@SahilBloom·
Simple is beautiful.
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@CoachDanGo Last one is underrated.
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Dan Go@CoachDanGo·
7 signs you're getting healthy but might not know it: - Clear skin - Wounds heal fast - Nails grow quickly - You're a fast walker - Waking up without an alarm - Feeling hungry in the morning - Your social media feed is on the positive side
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@levelsio Feel like if this is done well you can still make a decent amount of money
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@levelsio@levelsio·
6 months later and nobody talks about Tea app anymore Which proves it was artificially pumped UGC marketing Like so many apps these days Flash in the pan and then disappear
@levelsio@levelsio

Tea is the Windsurf of dating apps Paid UGC creator pumped usage to create hype that then dies down in a few weeks/months when the marketing budget dries up (or not if they're lucky) Everyone really really fell for it this time though interestingly Great business case on how to launch an app in 2025, zero ads, but a boat load of UGC creators and fake (well written) Reddit and social media posts

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@levelsio what’s the time split across all your apps right now? Is everything mostly on autopilot besides PhotoAI?
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@levelsio@levelsio·
People keep asking me "are you working on something new?" and I'm not and it's because I don't have any real new ideas or problems to solve? Also AI in 2022 was groundbreaking you had the first image model, then the first real LLM, then video a year later, then 3d Now most of it is iterative, the image model is better, the LLM is better, the video model is better, everything gets better So there's less stuff to jump on for me technologically I think unless I go deeper and develop it myself I guess What's weird is most of my friends I ask "do you have any new ideas you're working on?" and they also have nothing, maybe it's some collective thing (I don't know so that's why I post it)
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Started a Threads account today and the timeline is completely unusable. Like what the heck is this lol
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These are the type of supplemental features I expect tech companies to begin shipping. Stuff thats somewhat related to the business but can work as its own standalone app. Especially with AI productivity, this becomes much more feasible without needing to allocate more headcount
Andy Fang@andyfang

Today, we’re excited to launch Zesty, a new food discovery app to help you find the best local places. Powered by AI to help you search how you want and ask questions like a concierge; and aggregating info across DoorDash, Google Maps, TikTok, etc. to curate the best suggestions from the web. Live today in SF Bay Area and New York! Look forward to hearing early feedback on the product

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