David Thacker (@davthack) 's Twitter Profile
David Thacker

@davthack

VP Product at Google DeepMind

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calendar_today23-01-2009 19:07:33

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Great insights from Pragma's CEO Eden Chen on founding a company, building a backend game engine, and the future of the gaming industry including his perspective on the metaverse and NFTs. Thanks Eden for joining us as a guest on the Greymatter podcast!

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Congratulations Sonder (now $SOND)! We're excited to see where in the world you innovate the travel and rental experience next! Listen to the latest #greymatter to hear Francis Davidson & Josh McFarland discuss how Sonder got to now, and what the future holds bit.ly/3IknWYA

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In an oped published in today's @wsj, our Chief Economist @AltmanEcon makes compelling suggestions on how flexible work should be measured and understood by policymakers. Flexible works make the economy run more smoothly and be more resilient. wsj.com/amp/articles/l…

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I recently spoke with YouTube's Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan to get his thoughts on the evolution of YouTube, the future of the creator economy, running a product development organization, and many other topics. Thank you for sharing your insights Neal!

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Fun conversation with Sumir Meghani, CEO and Co-founder of Instawork. Sumir shares many insights and stories about starting the company, bootstrapping a marketplace business, and how he sees the future of work evolving.

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We're excited to announce our investment in AmplifyMD! We look forward to our continued partnership with the company on their mission to improve access to speciality healthcare.

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I'm excited to announce Greylock's investment in Magical! It's been a privilege to work with Harpaul and the rest of the team at Magical. They've built an elegant product that gives users a big productivity boost -- saving time and letting users focus on important work.

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1/ Achievement unlocked: multiplayer design. Congrats to @Figma and Adobe on an incredible new chapter together. Greylock Partners venture partner John Lilly shares his reflections on partnering with Figma, starting at series A in 2014: bit.ly/3ROorPM

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BIG NEWS: Magical has officially gone multiplayer. 🕹 See the full announcement to find out how setting up your team on Magical can improve each of your teammate's productivity by 20%. getmagical.com/blog/teams-ann…

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We're excited to announce our investment in HeadRace! We're honored to partner with cofounders Laszlo Korsos, Amos Barreto, Kevin Brinig and the rest of their team as they build a modern recruiting platform powered by the largest network of experienced recruiters.

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1/ Jacob Andreou is the newest general partner at Greylock Partners, where he'll back founders building the next generation of consumer software. Jacob joins us after 8 years at Snap, where he most recently served as SVP of Growth. bit.ly/3zd1o9D

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I'm excited to announce Greylock's investment in Airspeed ! We're honored to partner with Doug Camplejohn and the rest of the Airspeed team on their mission to help teams and organizations build great cultures.

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Congrats to Airspeed launching Coffee Talk—an innovative #Slack app connecting coworkers for virtual coffee chats. The app's AI-generated matches and tailored conversation starters help colleagues forge more intentional connections at work. Learn more: b.link/CoffeeTalk_T

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We just opened a new role for a Researcher in Residence at Greylock. This is a great opportunity for an AI researcher to explore the next step in their career, including founding or joining an early stage startup. More details: bit.ly/3DNxye5

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Welcome to the world, Gemini 2.0 ✨ our most capable AI model yet. We're first releasing an experimental version of 2.0 Flash ⚡ It has better performance, new multimodal output, Google tool use - and paves the way for new agentic experiences. 🧵 goo.gle/gemini-2

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🎉 It's a BIG day for Gemini 2.5 — 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro are now stable and generally available in AI Studio, Vertex AI, and the Google Gemini App — We're launching a preview of the new 2.5 Flash-Lite, our most cost-efficient and fastest 2.5 model yet More info on each model below ⬇️

🎉 It's a BIG day for Gemini 2.5

— 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro are now stable and generally available in AI Studio, Vertex AI, and the <a href="/GeminiApp/">Google Gemini App</a>
— We're launching a preview of the new 2.5 Flash-Lite, our most cost-efficient and fastest 2.5 model yet

More info on each model below ⬇️