Just a reminder for everyone trying to call the top: “Larry Page has said internally at Google many times, "I’m willing to go bankrupt rather than lose this race." Everybody is focused on ROl, but the people making the decisions are not” -Gavin Baker on ILTB

CEO of Perplexity is an angel investor in Howie and waited to launch their email scheduling assistant the same day that Howie announced their fundraise and public launch. Not a great look!

New from me: There’s a cohort of AI startups that have never had to try to raise money. Instead, VCs are going to wild lengths to get their attention. One investor folded origami cranes into a mosaic of AI startup Decagon’s logo and hid a term sheet inside. Others are offering

Alex Cohen We should have the option of designating investors as either angel or devil. Both are looking over the tense shoulders of the founders.

A hill I will die on Buying a house is not an investment, it is a lifestyle choice

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Claude Here we go again

Facts.

It's interesting that they call this an agent. In reality, it's not really an agent; it's just a workflow.

i'm sorry but this is not what the future looks like

developing valhalla - h/acc "15 general partners" is an shameful response. First it shows a lack of self reflection. Second it shows that he is willing to throw his colleagues under the bus despite being the CEO and ultimately responsible for YC decisions.

happy 'missed another opportunity to create generational wealth' day to those who celebrate :)

Battle over, SAFEs won. When it comes to the first $ into a startup, nobody is using convertible notes anymore.

It’s clear that AI agents are going to get better and better at coding. We’re going to be able to give them much bigger tasks, and reviewing that work will get easier and easier over time (both due to reliability, and the systems surrounding the agent). But your ultimate

Amazon’s SVP of AI in Sources today: “None of these benchmarks are real… The only way to do real benchmarking is if everyone conforms to the same training data and the evals are completely held out…. The evals are frankly getting noisy” sources.news/p/amazons-anti…

The future is going to be AMAZING with AI and robots enabling sustainable ABUNDANCE for all!

We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota. You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade. Today we have taken three actions

This is a critical aspect of the Billionaire Tax Act. It makes founder-led companies practically illegal. If a founder-CEO of a $1B private company owns 3% but keeps 100% of the voting power, he gets taxed on the value of the whole company. $50M tax bill for $30M net worth.