Patrick McGuire

I wrote about our latest video covering America's top hackathon, @hackwithtrees, and why it's emblematic of the other side of the young-people-in-tech equation not covered by the [entertaining, great] Harper's article by Sam Kriss.

@The_SummerMan incredible

a million and one questions for GQ's April cover story, by me gq.com/story/jay-z-co…

@ti_morse @brian_armstrong @coinbase wowowow

My first interview with @Brian_Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO of @Coinbase. 0:25 Crafting narratives 2:28 Bias towards action 4:06 Biggest calls in Coinbase’s history 5:53 Developing intuition for making big bets 7:30 Getting truth out of people 10:04 Being anti-authority 12:30 The 3 levels of communication 14:39 Practicing to pitch w Paul Graham in 2012 16:55 Working w Fred Ehrsam 20:33 Hashing out bad decisions in the early days 22:23 Having a scarcity mentality around people 23:31 Action produces information 27:34 “If you wait for perfect clarity, you’re never going to get anything done” 31:45 Uber vs Lyft in crypto 34:23 Building trust 36:30 Advancing the mission of Coinbase 38:33 Skillsets: fundraising, storytelling, recruiting, sales 40:10 Prediction markets and AI generated content 43:58 How he operates differently than other big startup CEOs 45:18 Solving his greatest fear 48:09 Burnout and running at a marathon pace 51:20 Experiencing pain 54:32 Hiking and getting out in nature 56:54 It’s always wartime 58:58 Defining moments of crisis 1:05:35 Finding the next marching post 1:07:18 Installing ideas in people’s minds 1:10:25 The power of bringing people together over dinner 1:13:00 Action produces action 1:14:10 Backing founders outside of Coinbase 1:15:45 Scheduling 4 week long-long vacations a year 1:18:35 Finding people who raise your energy 1:20:18 Leaving a trail of proof of work 1:23:03 Touching people emotionally 1:25:19 Why we built the Iron Bank of Braavos 1:26:38 Playing an infinite game 1:31:47 Selling brownies on The Silk Road 1:35:36 My philosophy for Relentless 1:38:35 Business is like playing Civilization 1:44:59 Bonding w Fred Ehrsam over video games 1:45:47 Never leave a meeting without next steps 1:49:06 How Coinbase makes acquisitions 1:50:30 Why Coinbase’s best acquisitions were people 1:52:00 Bitcoin is the new gold standard

Would dancing bunnies fool you? We asked Berkeley students if they’ve ever fallen for an AI video before.

@FrankHowley @kamikaze_mika @GarrettHunter @dr_ryan @noclipvideo such a great piece.

I spent 6 months learning DDR and interviewed players at arcades & conventions across California, Washington, Oregon, and even Tokyo. Featuring @kamikaze_mika, @GarrettHunter, @dr_ryan & more - this is my journey of rediscovering DDR. youtu.be/bC35GgBXaGk

AI video is growing so fast that a hyper-realistic clip from December, is already obsolete by March. But, will AI-generated videos ever be perfect? In our latest documentary, we sat down with the co-founder of @runwayml and took to the streets of New York to see if people can actually tell the difference between what’s real and what’s AI. 00:00 Will AI video ever be perfect? 00:35 Runway AI’s co-founder, Cristóbal Valenzuela 01:01 The history of AI video 02:35 Why AI video glitches 03:10 A new art form 04:45 Potential misuse of AI video 05:25 Anyone can make movies now 06:05 AI content watermarking 07:00 The future of AI video? 07:55 Can NYC detect AI video? 09:00 The engineering problem

reuters could have cracked the banksy story 10+ years ago if they just hung out in a few bristol pubs for a week.

We asked Berkeley students to see if they’d want a humanoid robot in their home. 72% said no. Here's what they told us:

@The_SummerMan yeah i think: iykyk, come back baby, the games we play > neck & wrist, brambleton, let the smokers... but it's close

ok I just played "Come Back Baby," Daytona is absolutely better lmao

I don't think It's Almost Dry is better than Daytona but man... there's an argument to be had

Gathering training data for Memo can be harder than expected. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/FKRQfl86b1E?si…

@dagsen @sundayrobotics robot access + scope creep = good video

The future is robotic. This is some of the most meaningful work I’ve ever done in my life. Many thanks to @sundayrobotics for replying to my cold email within 10 minutes and to the team at Soon for letting the scope creep on this video. More Soon!

The humanoid robot market is getting crowded. So we sent @dagsen all around America to find the robot of his dreams. Featuring exclusive access to @sundayrobotics. Watch our latest video now. 00:00 Hello, World! 00:35 Humanoids summit 00:42 Meet Codey– humanoid kid robot 01:54 Sunday Robotics 02:00 Meet Memo– humanoid chore robot 02:48 Memo’s fashion 03:30 A Generative future for Memo 04:15 Memo makes coffee 05:00 The dexterity frontier 05:30 Training Memo with the skill capture glove 06:35 Dagsen’s star rating 06:50 CES 2026 07:15 Meet IntBot– hospitality humanoid robot 08:00 Meet Atlas– Boston Dynamics 09:00 Is the future finally happening?

@yungcontent i got 3/5 AI :/

that nytimes ai writing article is heartbreaking (bc i chose mostly ai writing kms)

I often check the people Virgil followed on Instagram to see what they’re up to. His eye for talent was unmatched.

@chrisclark super sick. also, when will someone explain why coding agents love purple?

When you realize your imagination is all that's holding you back - I whipped up a datamoshing + blob-tracking video editor in under 60 minutes in Claude Code

@stvnzhn nice congrats!

my O-1 Visa just got approved! it has been an insane journey, but now I can finally call SF home❤️🇺🇸

if you haven't seen the HIGHLY REGARDED chestmaxxer challenge in action yet, take a look: youtube.com/watch?v=3XDad4…

nice to see our extremely silly push-up competition get the lede in an @sfstandard story. more swole as a service very 🔜. sfstandard.com/2026/03/13/new…

@HipCityReg hbo max has the best doc library imo just watched the alabama solution, a total masterclass.

it's actually shocking how the major streaming platforms don't have good documentaries. it's all true crime and pop culture slop nothing genuinely educational YouTube truly is supreme in this way

@destraynor amazing! congrats!

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