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If you can't explain your app in fewer than 5 words, do you think your users will ever bother telling anyone about the app? Before you have product-market fit, product development is not about "adding features"—but distilling a product to a simple marketable sentence. Adding

um Elon Musk Tesla ... do you by any chance know why there's a T-1000 running after my tesla model 3 in FSD?

Writing is thinking. If a bot is writing notes for you, it’s thinking for you. Instead, Granola starts with your notes, and makes them better. Introducing Granola , the first AI notepad for back-to-back meetings. Don’t stop writing, don’t stop thinking. Download at

just wrapped up Demo Day for the second batch of Embed!! our goal was to build a place for founders of ambitious AI companies to meet and learn from one another, and we're thrilled about the teams. CC: sarah guo 🧵 on all the companies in the batch (in alphabetical order)

dear gen z, you’re welcome ;) techcrunch.com/2024/10/10/sws…

Meet jo – the latest product from Kevin Li and me, focused on making AI actually work for regular people. jo’s supported by @YCombinator / Garry Tan / David Lieb, seed led again by mike hirshland @resolutevc, and many awesome founder friends.

if you could press a button that cures your child’s brain tumor in exchange for ending your life immediately, every parent would hesitate for zero seconds before fighting to be the first to press it the cruelest thing is that no such button exists. but there is always a move 👇

this is a long read, but i had some time to think over dinner and wanted to share a few thoughts and provide a plan forward: 0. i’ve had a lot of very memorable days on the internet over the past 30 years, but this one tops them all. my wife yi and i are unbelievably grateful to

For DTC brands, the 3PL model is broken—and I’ve lived this problem for the last 12 years. At Shyp (Non-Asset-Based) and Airhouse (a 4PL), I shipped 10M+ packages/yr and worked with dozens of 3PLs. Airhouse ultimately failed due to poor performance by partner warehouses. 🧵

Here is the simple talk version of what’s wrong with California’s fire situation. My background: My startup plants trees. We want to accelerate global reforestation because it’s the simplest and most immediately scalable solution for closing the gap on climate change. It also

We just pushed a massive update for MCP Servers to Highlight: - All new design for the on-screen assistant (type instantly!) - Ability to @ mention MCP Servers in follow ups - Native window controls - New in-app registry design - More! 👇

Say hello to Granola for iOS. When we launched Granola, we wanted to bring the magic of AI notetaking to your Zoom calls. Today, we're bringing that magic to your in-person conversations. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

1/ We’re humbled to announce South Park Commons Fund III: $275M to support exceptional founders from day -1. Since 2016, we’ve had a simple thesis: greatness is more likely to emerge when high talent density meets high curiosity. That's why we focus on -1 to 0.

We’ve raised an $18.4M Series A led by Insight Partners, with participation from a16z, to build the best security stack for AI applications. Promptfoo started a year ago as an open source project and is now the most widely adopted toolkit for reducing security, compliance, and

We are launching the world's best computer-use agent for browser tasks, Meka. In WebArena, we scored 72.7% compared to the previous record held by the new ChatGPT agent at 65.4%. The best part? We are open sourcing it! Access to the app & open source repo w/ evals below.

They’re making Ai Bubble music. Yea we’re cooked.

They say attention is all you need. So get more attention South Park Commons. Founder Fellowship applications due Feb 1.

The goal South Park Commons is to build maximally ambitious companies. Take some time to find the right mountain. Don't confuse motion for progress. Our first 10 years have been strong. Now we get to to go build the next decade. This article captures us well:

Come work with me! 🧑‍🎨🎨 We're looking for a talented Senior Product Designer with technical skills to join us at Highlight in NYC or SF. If you know someone who has shipped well-designed software that wowed you, please tag them. RTs appreciated! 💛 jobs.ashbyhq.com/highlightai/39…