Tim Schwartz

1/ We are publishing the first proof that AI can reason as well as clinicians in live clinical environments. Our AI diagnosed ~2400 patients as accurately as board certified clinicians in a real environment and was 30 percentage points better than Google’s equivalent system.

California has increased spending by 75% in six years. Are your bills 75% cheaper? Are our schools 75% better? No. Because the problem isn’t how much we spend — it’s how we spend it. And I’ll only spend taxpayer dollars on policies that actually make people’s lives better. Plan out tomorrow. Thanks for the conversation @friedberg!

Rippling launched its AI analyst today. I'm not just the CEO - I'm also the Rippling admin for our co, and I run payroll for our ~ 5K global employees. Here are 5 specific ways Rippling AI has changed my job, and why I believe this is the future of G&A software. 🧵 1/n

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I didn’t expect my first release at GC to make me emotional, but I truly feel empowered to craft a new General Catalyst and I can’t wait to show you all more

It’s time for a new member of Congress in Silicon Valley who prioritizes the advancement of technology and the continuation of the amazing job creation that the Silicon Valley ecosystem has produced for the last 25 years. Let’s elect a member of our own tech community, Ethan Agarwal. Go Ethan!!!

These are the same people that fought building internet lines, cell towers, telephone cables, electrical systems, plumbing, printing presses, agriculture, etc etc since the beginning of time. Civilization has to be dragged along because of people like this.

Today the HHS DOGE team open sourced the largest Medicaid dataset in department history. This dataset contains aggregated, provider-level claims data for a specific billing code over time. For example, using this dataset, it would have been possible to easily detect the large-scale autism diagnosis fraud seen in Minnesota. Download the data yourself: opendata.hhs.gov

To invest the billions it costs to make new medicines, companies need to be able to trust the word and actions of the FDA. To capaciously change the rules at the end of the game ultimately hurts patients.

This is Episode 2 of Executive Function with Ryan Lucas, VP of Design at Rippling and former Head of Design at Retool. For Ryan, everything begins with being very clear about what the job of design and a design function really is. In his words, “Useful, usable and desirable are the three things we need to deliver. And I think people often forget about the last bit, but it’s incredibly important to the practice of professional design, whether it’s physical products or software products. Henry Dreyfuss said the designer’s job is not done if the product doesn’t sell, and I’ve always believed that.” We go on to discuss: - Design leaders who "shield" their teams from organizational chaos are doing them a disservice, not a favor. - To truly scale quality, you probably need a benevolent dictator, one opinionated person who sets the bar. - Parker Conrad goes directly to the individual designer when he sees a problem, skipping Ryan entirely, and Ryan thinks that's great. - At Rippling, individual designers sometimes own a Series C company's worth of product by themselves. - Great creative work cannot come from fear because fight-or-flight shuts down the prefrontal cortex, which is where all creative thinking lives. - In the absence of a date, there is no commitment, and that rigor around commitments is what makes Rippling's speed possible. - One-on-ones should be jam sessions on hard problems, not status updates or career development chats. - He'd rather a young designer have opinions he completely disagrees with than no opinions at all. - The hardest skill in the job is knowing which balls are rubber and which are glass, and you only learn by letting some drop. - The most successful use of a design crit is when designers tell you upfront what feedback they actually need, otherwise everyone wastes time on things that have already been decided. - The perfectionism that makes someone a great designer is the same trait that will prevent them from becoming a great design leader. - The best designers steer the business, they see a problem, come out of their lane, and move the tiller without being asked. Timestamps: 03:29 The Useful, usable, desirable — and used — design framework 04:49 How design relates to engineering, product, and marketing 08:15 Measuring success as a design leader 12:40 The gap between director and VP-level design leadership 14:23 Why great design leaders jump up and down in altitude 19:26 The four pillars every design manager must master 21:34 Over-indexing on quality and the perfectionist trap 27:53 How to build judgment through pattern matching 34:31 Why Figma is not the source of truth 38:39 The "Do/Try/Consider" framework 44:05 Should one-on-ones exist? 46:45 How to scale judgment 50:49 What to look for when hiring your first design leader 54:54 Advice for young designers who want to lead 58:24 Demanding yet supportive: A balanced management style 01:02:43 What Rippling's operating system teaches about execution

I've been pretty clear on this for months, but just to be more explicit: This is not an administration that's moderating on private sector involvement, read the fine text! Rent freezes, MIH, prevailing wage, and no specific deadlines or plans are anti housing policies!

After many months of building with customers we're excited to show you the new Mutiny. The age of GTM athletes is here.

Today we’re launching our newest podcast, Executive Function. The question we’re trying to answer is: what is the difference between good and truly great scale up executives? We’re beginning this journey by sitting down with Jeanne DeWitt Grosser, who’s currently the COO @vercel and previously spent almost 10 years @stripe, where her final role was Chief Business Officer. So much of her perspective can be summed up in this observation: “Most executives have a playbook and won’t contextualize it. They over pattern match and lack the intellectual curiosity to figure out what’s different. They don’t actually get their hands dirty.” Hope founders, execs, and future execs find as much value in this conversation as I did. Timestamps: (5:04) What keeps star talent from ascending to the top spot in a company (19:59) How to balance being demanding and supportive as an executive (22:47) Jeanne’s interview process for hiring executives (29:04) The thread that ties together failed executives (34:57) How Jeanne uses “driver trees” to determine metrics (43:24) Why your executive peer set needs to be your first team (57:16) How Stripe got 30 execs to operate as one team (1:02:43) Why execs should be working themselves out of a job (1:09:26) The performance review from @collision that sticks out in Jeanne’s mind

America’s first Chief Design Officer is redesigning how 300M people interact with their government. We sat down with @jgebbia — Airbnb cofounder, now leading @ndstudio from the White House — to talk about why the role was created and the team he’s assembling to pull it off. FIRST OF KIND, Season 2 premieres Wed 2/11 Follow: @firstofkind for updates

Fantastic conversation on future of product orgs and founding from @gokulr @patrick_oshag. Particularly agree with @gokulr on talented people optimizing for founding vs. having unique insights and experiences. Diffuses talent in capital abundant times. youtu.be/JUsb1FYOstA?t=…

Hey @swerdlin @function - something is very off in both your integration with Quest and how your Support team handles it. My results got lost, and Support acts like it's normal course to ask me to go get the full draw again.

A couple weeks ago, I came home and my wife, Silvia, said something I almost couldn’t believe.   She looked at me and she said, “I think our state needs you.” Because she believed I could help our kids. Help San José. And help California.   And if you know anything about Silvia — when she talks, you listen.   So I’m running for Governor of California — because we can do better.   I know we can, because we’re proving it in San Jose. We’ve reduced unsheltered homelessness by nearly 1/3rd after a decade of growth. We were rated the safest big city in America last year for the first time in over 20 years. We’re the only city to have solved 100% of homicides nearly 4 years running. And we’re taking on affordability with urgency and honesty — unlocking thousands of housing units in the past couple years.  We need to stand up for our rights, for our freedoms and for our neighbors. We need to use the tools we have at hand to protect our democracy. One tool is the law. The other tool is our results. We have to use both. That’s how we fix California. We don’t just need to be against something. We need to be for something — a government that proves it can solve problems for working people again. And before we ask Californians to give more, we owe them proof that their government can do better.   So I’m running to bring focus back to government. To give cities the tools they need to succeed. To show that the best resistance to division is results.   And to prove that California can work again — for everyone.   That’s why I’m running.   And that’s the future Silvia and I are fighting for. mahanforcalifornia.com

our insane cost of housing is the problem of problems. almost every social ill is exacerbated by a general sense of anxiety rooted in housing insecurity. every politician should have a plan to address it, and if they don't they should to be fired.

Congrats @justindross @maxbrn! Bullish on what they are building. Experts + AI delivering a magical experience in a very broken industry.

Nomination for worst choice in AI slop - @mmmforkable replacing actual food pictures. 🤮