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RT @elder_plinius: ChatGPT impersonates Samuel L. Jackson in “Snakes on a Plane” 🐍 https://t.co/bXP8goA6g2

RT @uncledoomer: incredible things are happening in japan https://t.co/Zyo1AZFSgJ

RT @SquawkCNBC: .@BrendanFoody, CEO @mercor_ai, says AI can hire better than a human can: https://t.co/j2J5pAr9Ms

RT @omlondhe2133: Our CTO @adarsh_exe works overnight, this is the reason why @mercor_ai is the fastest growing startup in Bay area! 🚀 http…

RT @paulg: One thing I wouldn't have predicted about Y Combinator is the degree to which we're still involved with companies 10 or even 20…

RT @bilalmahmood: Two years ago, Dean Preston called President Biden a “national disgrace” Why? Because Biden supports a fully-staffed pol…

RT @ycombinator: Building a startup is hard, especially if you’re trying to do it alone. In this episode of Startup School, YC's @harjtagg…

RT @lina_colucci: 1/ Our Infinity V2 model reached a step function of improvement this week 🎉 Here are some clips I’m proud of. The mod…

RT @TSFAction: John Elberling and @TODCOGroup use taxpayer money to fund political campaigns while their tenants live in squalor. His Boar…

RT @BrivaelLp: “We are in an incredible period of history where rocks can talk and do your laundry.” Fantastic closing from @garrytan at @…

RT @SusanDReynolds: Look who’s funding the No on 36 campaign — out-of-touch uber-rich white people and unions — same folks that funded far-…

So much of contemporary art is cursed that it’s a rare breath of fresh air to come across something blessed (Artist: Prithvi Shrestha) https://t.co/4LWspf6SLX

RT @m_ashcroft: Don't say: 'build an audience' Do say: 'become a node in the global conversation of strangely earnest humans'

build in a weekend, scale to *billions*

and a special shout out to @edwinarbus @romainhuet @dyett for helping me get access to the best models!

RT @paulg: @BenjaminDEKR Occam's Razor has the answer, as it so often does: for the same reasons people usually leave organizations.

RT @sulmanrc: Past 24 hours have been wild. Lots of concern, some snark, and a bunch of folks making moves. But one message hit me hard: my…

Part of the legacy of @MayorShengThao.

😳 😱 😱 😱

RT @ylecun: SB-1047 would definitely have a chilling effect on open source AI and the entire AI ecosystem. Very much hoping that Governor @…

RT @Suhail: We're looking for product engineers at Playground. Come join us and we will transform you from Good -> World-class: https://t.c…

RT @sdianahu: Congrats to every company in S24! We jut wrapped Demo Day. It was an awesome batch to get to work together. Excited to see wh…

So proud of YC S24 Super strong batch 🫡 Reasoning, ability to take actions, ability to have normal human phone calls, read emails and reply, write code, be a patient sidekick— all of these things are here They are definitely not evenly distributed yet. But they will be.

RT @conorj_SF: I fixed it for you, @garrytan. Malibu Dan Lurie gave $$$ to the Homeless Coalition, opposed Prop F (to require treatment),…

RT @tetheredtoed1: If you see Jo Boaler or YouCubed or “Fluency without Fear” or Math-ish anywhere in your kids school or in yoour teacher…

RT @ilaffey2: @weaverobotics absolutely crushing it at demo day reception so cool guys! can’t believe you made this so quick https://t.co/…

Great demo of @weaverobotics Demos are really back

RT @TSFAction: Instead of taking accountability for recent corruption, the former Human Rights Commission Chair is defending corrupt nonpro…

RT @traestephens: Great faith + tech opportunity coming up next month, hosted by YC CEO @garrytan + @mddstephens Come hear from Biden's S…

RT @AndrewYNg: A decision on SB-1047 is due soon. Governor @GavinNewsom has said he's concerned about its "chilling effect, particularly in…

RT @hyunjiejung: Day 2 of YC Demo Day @ycombinator kudos to all the startups building great things! https://t.co/tJ5I2N1cdQ

RT @james406: tier 2 vc playbook * look at yc companies from the last 3 years * wonder why they aren't as big as airbnb, decide it's bigge…

RT @incitafusio: Lurie isnt a moderate... his mom gave millions to recall Boudin, while he gave to Mayor Thao & hired Max Szabo & gave to t…

RT @BrookeJenkinsSF: I’m delighted to announce that @GrowSF has endorsed me for San Francisco DA. Grow SF and I share the same goal of bri…

LLMs have such a tremendous power to help people build better companies, and this is a perfect example of that Incredible work @parkerconrad

RT @SquawkCNBC: .@mcuban talks potential regulatory regimes under Harris versus Trump: https://t.co/iRUU4Di2PU

Gandalf in Lord of the Rings: "It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What https://t.co/0w8EreM5EA

RT @bobmcgrewai: I just shared this with OpenAI: https://t.co/1gTCbigdsS

RT @mcuban: I talked to the Harris team today who told me in no uncertain terms that they are against “regulation through litigation “ CYA…

She is beautiful and fearless! 💙🌊 https://t.co/t1G4EgXCht

RT @bscholl: XB-1 Flight Four ✅ Very successful flight this morning. Airplane performed great, with a new top speed of Mach 0.6 and 2.5G…

“Corruption is bound to happen in a 34k+ org”, but it also just happens to involve Breed’s longtime friends? What are the odds on that?

RT @mattdorsey: Worthwhile read about @BrookeJenkinsSF, and I 100% agree that San Francisco needs a locked intake facility to assure that c…

RT @srush_nlp: So I'm a "text maximalist." I like other modalities, but not convinced we need them to improve LLM. This result from last w…

RT @taranjeetio: As we gear up for @ycombinator S24 Demo Day tomorrow, we’re still deep in co-working sessions with @mem0ai customers, lear…

i know claudeslop when i see it

it’s kinda messed up all puppers are doggos but not all doggos are puppers

got this msg "celebrities in Korea" lol https://t.co/FTQbGTUsd2

RT @bosmeny: Just kicking off @ycombinator Demo Day! I've gotten to see over the past 3 months how impressive these teams are – today I'm…

A few words on my former colleagues: @miramurati was my role model and a courageous leader - she gave me my best piece of management advice to date (make the decision that is fair, not the one that makes people happy). @bobmcgrewai was the best problem solver I've worked with

While today’s departures are tough, I’m incredibly excited and honored to lead research at @OpenAI alongside @merettm. I truly believe that OpenAI is the best place to work on AI, and I've been through enough ups and downs to know it's never wise to bet against us.

RT @woj_zaremba: o1 paradigm of solving problems with a chain of thought offers new avenues to safety/alignment research. It’s easier to…

The killer app for Meta’s Orion glasses will be face recognition and telling you what to talk about https://t.co/KvyFDhGKTf

RT @tryfondo: 🚀 @weaverobotics launched! Making the first personal robot built for the home "Isaac is the world’s first personal robot tha…

People playing startup house think “build a demo” or “get a first customer” is some sort of check mark in order to join a club or pass a test Do you understand starting a company is do or die? Either your product is something people want or not. We want you to make a great demo

RT @robaiavao: The other night I participated in a debate in defense of Prop D against Homeless Oversight Commissioner @christinevans. Duri…

RT @coffeewithone: Thanks to @ycombinator, I found my people— the kind who stay up late building, hype you up like you’re the next Steve Jo…

Lulu is the Wolf of Memes

RT @Max: It only took 12 years to earn this @ycombinator shirt! https://t.co/jl1ybKSmCL

RT @bnj: “60% of repeat founders who created unicorns the last five years are actually YC alums” Absolute dominance

RT @rakesh_goyal: When someone asks - is @ycombinator really worth it? I tell them it was the best 7% equity I could give and I'd do it ag…

RT @lg: impressive to see so many of these YC demo day companies already have @Shopify as a customer. it's clear the world's best companies…

RT @bubs: Today we made @ycombinator demo day history by being the first startup to say "fart" TWICE! https://t.co/sTZqZYsO9I

Imagine this happening in every type of knowledge work — codegen is just doing it for developers first, but you can imagine every type of market or business will be totally changed as the *smart* thing can just happen 10 times out of 10 and proceed without human-in-the-loop

RT @davecyen: In the last week alone, I’ve met 5 companies in S24 who’ve already hit or are on track to reach $1M ARR by Jan, with the bulk…

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RT @sapitonmix: Each YC demo day is such a huge proof that the US is alive, well, has lots of smart people and by far attract the most ambi…

What does YC give you that even pre-seed firms cannot? It's not about money. The money exists out there. It's actually a place to speed up to startup speed. No place like it.

RT @NielsHoven: Tell me more about how bad capitalism is, it’s so hard to hear you over the noise of this self-driving wheelchair on its wa…

RT @surmenok: Almost every startup at YC Demo Day is building with LLMs. Huge change comparing even with the previous demo day.

RT @chrisfralic: Remembering my first YC Demo day. It was summer 2007 in Cambridge MA and there were 19 companies presenting, and maybe a d…

RT @ChefGruel: This would be my lunchable line. I’m gonna crowdfund it. https://t.co/YfhkusNmLj

Love Fat Bear Week! Here are some pics of bears last year in Alaska, er, getting fat... https://t.co/sNOa2Cr6pL