Crazy how fast Handshake poached some of Scale's top data labeling/marketplace leaders to *scale* their own data labeling biz once the Scale<>Meta acquisition was announced

Palantir's definitely made its mark on today's founders I keep hearing a common theme when speaking with AI founders about the form factor for their companies "Hire us for services, and we'll leave behind a product"

Looked through the H1B salary database to see if Meta's new super intelligence contracts were posted... Nope, just some SWE getting paid a casual $25M with a 2024 start date!

Unless you're working at the labs, I don't know why anyone would actually want AGI I'd argue the leaders of the labs simply want power and AGI is just a means to acquire it

I'm yet to meet someone that went to Stanford and works in tech that doesn't have that multicolored background on their linkedin profile pic

So is RL just process mining on steroids?

Is there a realistic path to public markets for AI labs? Their revenue velocity is mind blowing, but so are their costs 🙈 Will the private funding ever run out? Curious what folks much smarter than me think here: Jamin Ball Alex Clayton Gavin Baker Bill Gurley

House of cards is a strong phrase for AI, but this unpacks the reality of the situation

Expert networks are sitting on an AI gold mine & they don't even know it They have access to professionals across various industries & could quickly stand up data acq. channels for non-verifiable RL environments It's a land grab but who knows if they're even paying attention 😵‍💫

Going to a busy airport early in the morning is such a jarring experience All of a sudden you walk into the florescent lights and see people of all walks of life panicking about missing their flight and yelling at each other

The crazy part about TBPN is that you very rarely hear Jordi or John speak in their twitter clips They've curated a perfect PR opportunity for their guests that doesn't require their input nor expertise They just need to know enough to be dangerous and let the guests shine

Great take

Big dog go woof

In 2025 the AI market’s most valuable opportunities are stuck in a relentless race to the bottom Handshake hired Scale AI's top lieutenants and is now bluntly competing head to head with Mercor on expert-labeled data Data is a valuable commodity market joinhandshake.com/move-program/o…

There are two types of people in nyc: Those that stand in the bike lane & those who yell at those in the bike lane