Jacob Shea

Every damn day. #GetItDone #Startups

I get LOTS of questions about deploying DSPy programs, so @isaacbmiller1 and I built dspy-cli: a tool that serves DSPy programs as HTTP APIs with Docker config, OpenAPI specs, MCP support, and more. Here's a quick intro:

Hey @bhalligan & @rabois, long time no chat. We just announced we're not raising a new fund, I'm ready to chat. Fantastic list, Brian. 1. Coder/builder: ✅ I wear glasses because of it. 2. Great taste in people: ✅ I run a group called Dorks with Attitude, collector of good people. 3. Contrarian: ✅ I would hope so! 4. Legit operating experience: ✅ I got scars. 5. Not an a-hole: ✅ I have daughters, how could I.

@rabois I was thinking of our conversation when I wrote: (2) great taste in people

I see a new partner being announced at a VC fund almost every day. No one asked, but if I were hiring, I’d look for a 5 tool VC: 1. Coder/builder 2. Great taste in people 3. Contrarian 4. Legit operating experience 5. Not an a-hole What’s missing?

"Context is the Defensible Moat: A generic LLM is a commodity; your business context is what makes your application defensible, because domain knowledge is the most valuable asset." - Yuanzheng Zhu, Instacart Couldn't agree more. Customizing AI systems with the internal knowledge of how a company works is the core of great AI software. tech.instacart.com/building-the-i…

@benln In! 🦾

Rebooting my X group chat for people who like to build on Sundays. One rule: you can only post in the chat on Sundays. Let me know if you want in.

@jacobhelberg @SergioGor Awesome Jacob, congrats! Long time coming.

Today, I was administratively sworn in by my dear friend @SergioGor as the 22nd Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Under President Trump’s leadership and Secretary Rubio’s vision, America is entering a new economic era — one where energy, AI, and industrial activity power our resurgence and strengthen our allies abroad. The United States is once again the engine of global growth. 🇺🇸

@benln @anggwin Oh @anggwin! Congrats on the fund raise! Awesome news for you and the team. invisibletech.ai/fundraise

@benln hey neighbor @anggwin, let's get Ben Lang to host a Cursor meetup at Canopy :)

Where would you like to see Cafe Cursor next?

@anggwin @benln I agree! I'll send you some details on the community here at Canopy and it's surroundings

@JacobShea @benln if canopy isn't the primary ICP for a Cursor meetup idk who is

@RayFernando1337 @benln Please find me and say hello. By the printer :)

@JacobShea @benln I work out Canopy in Menlo and I’d love to meet up.

@benln Yes please!

Opening up a handful of 10 minute slots on Sunday, anyone can book. Happy to chat jobs, angel investing, community, side projects, AI tools, you decide! Lmk if interested and I'll reach out with Calendly soon. First-come, first-serve basis.

@benln Helllloooo America.

We asked @ttunguz (Partner @theoryvc) about the value of data and feedback loops in AI. "Initially, there's a lot of value in having access to proprietary data like YouTube or GitHub Copilot with initial access to GitHub. I think over time the more valuable and rare data asset is the feedback loop." "This is also particularly true for distillation. Deepseek was hitting a bunch of APIs and copying really quickly." "The larger the number of users you have and the greater the telemetry, the better the advantage."

After only three decades of reshaping the tech world in completely opposite directions, Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates have finally met. Yes, that’s Dave Cutler the legendary engineer behind OpenVMS at Digital and Windows NT at Microsoft. And Marc Russinovich is Microsoft Azure’s CTO and the legendary Windows engineer behind tools like Process Explorer. He’s the guy who knows how Windows works better than Windows.

This is what we need! Even therapists need help with their workload to help the masses. Well done Geoff and team.

@mufeedvh Looking forward to trying this out! Follow repo as well.

Introducing Claudia - A powerful GUI app and Toolkit for Claude Code. Create custom agents, manage interactive Claude Code sessions, run secure background agents, and more. ✨ Features - Interactive GUI Claude Code sessions. - Checkpoints and reverting. (Yes, that one missing feature from Claude Code) - Create and share custom agents. - Run sandboxed background agents. (experimental) - No-code MCP installation and configuration. - Real-time Usage Dashboard. Free and open-source. Get started at: claudia [dot] asterisk [dot] so

@GrindeOptions Not Unsupervised. tesla.com/VehicleSafetyR…

HOLY SMOKES. 🤯 Tesla is now operating at 26x the safety of the US average. Waymo is less safe than $TSLA FSD.

Coinbase partners with American Express to launch '@coinbase One Card' offering up to 4% Bitcoin back on all purchases. @pitdesi, what do you think? I love the HEX editor image, which reminds me of my 90s hobbies. coinbase.com/creditcard

@anothercohen I’m back to … how I’ve missed …

I'll never forgive ChatGPT for ruining em dashes for all of us

Does anyone have feedback on catching @DocuSign phishing attempts via spammers? So we can put rules in place via the Google Workplace admin tools. We're getting a lot lately. #vc