Bartek Pucek

For founders who dream harder. pucek.capital

Every one of our Summits has had a special element about it - and we are proud to bring this one to Warsaw. @dabkowski_piotr and I grew up together in Poland, and the original idea for @ElevenLabs came from watching films with Polish voiceovers - the lektor that so many of us know. Fast-forward to today, and we have an incredible team in Poland across research, product, and go-to-market, building for users and companies around the world. So much of what is happening in the region deserves a bigger stage. Our customers here and across CEE are leading with ideas, building ambitious things, and showing what Europe can create with incredible talent across. And Poland is now a G20 economy after 35 years of incredible growth. That is a big part of why we’re bringing the Summit to Warsaw: to celebrate that momentum and showcase what we’re building across Poland, Europe, and beyond. We’re hosting it at Teatr Wielki, home of the Polish National Opera - a venue built to show what voice can do - on the 1st of June. It feels like the perfect place and time to talk about what’s next for AI voice and agents. summit.elevenlabs.io/warsaw?invited…

The world of software leaps forward right now _by the weekend_

@shriyanevatia @SuperhumanMail Let’s do this!

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For founders who dream harder. pucek.capital

We asked ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski what people should take away from the story of ElevenLabs. "One is culture." "We obsess about bringing people that are aligned with how we want to operate day to day, whether it's the ownership, whether it's the first principles, whether it's that striving for excellence, but keeping the ego low." "The second thing... you want people that are great in their craft and are passionate about their craft, passionate about that work." "If you bring people like this, there's actually very little management and very little work that any of the leaders need to do." "Bring the amazing people that are obsessed about doing the best work of their lives... and they'll do a much better job than you ever imagined." @matiii

ElevenLabs growth: - 0->$100M ARR: 20 months - $100M -> $200M ARR: 10 months - $200M -> $330M ARR: 5 months All powered by incredible customers - and their impact.

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@JenniferHli Thank you for coming @JenniferHli - see you soon!

Feeling incredibly grateful after my time in Warsaw. ❤️ The engineering talent is world-class, the ambition is real, and the hospitality… just beautiful. Every meal, every conversation, every story reminded me how special this place is. And I wouldn’t have been able to uncover the stories without the most incredible people at @elevenlabs. And yes, the visit is on purpose in a November ⏸️ Thank you for making me feel at home. I’ll be back soon 🇵🇱🏠

@jarokrolewski @Synerise @EIB Gratulacje @jarokrolewski - wyznaczacie wzór dla wielu!

Boom! @Synerise 🇵🇱 zainwestuje ćwierć miliarda złotych w najbliższych latach w rozwój #AI dzięki współpracy z @EIB 🔥 To największa inwestycja w Polsce firmy stworzonej od podstaw w tej dziedzinie w naszym kraju. Z pełnym IP należącym do nas i niezależnym od innych podmiotów. Fakt, który wyznacza nowy standard ambicji i skali działania. Wychowaliśmy się w Polsce, tu dojrzewaliśmy, tu żyjemy. Jesteśmy #madeInPoland i jesteśmy z tego dumni. businessinsider.com.pl/gospodarka/eur…

@tamarawinter @stewartbrand @stripepress This should be the final cover.

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Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency? Grok explanation is ~close: “Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path. People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next. It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

What happened in Poland within just one generation is nothing short of an economic wonder. Hard work and entrepreneurial spirit are the only proven way to escape socialist misery and poverty. Keep going Poland.

@peduarte @raycast The Command Center.

in one line: why do you use @raycast? be honest

Yesterday we launched @ShotgunCLI on @ProductHunt and got to the top 10. Shotgun is the context for your software. It's a codebase-aware spec engine that: 🔹 Reads your repo → creates specs for what's next and best 🔹 Orchestrates agents (Researcher, Architect, PM, Spec Writer) for software research and understanding 🔹 Runs local-first (your keys, your data) , CLI 🔹 Exports to @cursor_ai , @claudeai , @lovable The posse's just getting started! If you missed the launch, we're still on Product Hunt: producthunt.com/products/shotg…

Surround yourself with friends who randomly spend their time thinking about how you could be more successful, and do the same for them.

Spec is the new code 🤯 We all spend hours in @ChatGPTapp / @claudeai researching our projects. Different threads. Lost context. No unified output. Then we wonder why @cursor_ai or @claudeai can't read our minds. 🧵

@a16z @matiii , @woj_zaremba @peterthiel

This video made me love Poland. 🇵🇱 It’s propaganda but it actually worked. I’m actually more pro-Poland now.