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Finally able to share some great news today! I am so excited to announce that Moment, has been acquired by the leading creator platform
@Patreon
!
It's a culmination of years of work by the team, investors, and my amazing co-founders
@arjunmeta
and
@NigelEgrari
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The most powerful way to think:
First Principles Thinking.
Used by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, and Richard Feynman...
Here's what it is, how to use it, and how to master it:
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The 12 most creative and genius ads you'll ever see:
1. Nike
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Who will watch Hollywood now?
You can now generate insane video clips just from text & images.
Less than a week since Runway AI dropped Gen-3 Alpha and it’s a game-changer for Filmmakers & content creators.
10 wild examples:
1. A wide shot of a vast city
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This man once cleaned toilets.
Now he runs NVIDIA, a $3.34 trillion giant worth more than Apple, Microsoft, and Meta.
His unconventional advice? "Don't follow your passion."
Jensen Huang's GENIUS framework for building the top 1% companies:
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12 eye-opening visuals about life & psychology that'll change your mindset:
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This is Elon Musk.
The
#1
Richest Person on the planet with a Net Worth of $214.1 billion.
He is the face behind X, Tesla, Space X, Neuralink & OpenAI.
But his most radical idea might be:
"We're living in a Simulation."
Here's why he thinks Reality might be a Video Game:
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I built and sold my startup for millions of $$$ after reading this book.
If every book was destroyed tomorrow, this is the ONLY book you would need to save...
I think everyone MUST READ this once in their lives: 🧵
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It's here - the MOST ADVANCED AI video generator has arrived.
Less than 8 days since Luma AI released Dream Machine and it's already turning memes into videos.
The best part? It's completely FREE.
10 wild examples (+ how to access it)
1. Distracted boyfriend by
@blizaine
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7 FREE AI tools to help you get more done than a team of 4 people:
1. Vidau - AI Video Audio generator
Generate engaging videos within a few minutes using AI.
Streamline your content creation from idea to production—all powered by 100% AI.
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Less than 2 days since Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet,
the Most ADVANCED LLM that puts chatGPT 4o to Shame.
I found these 10 WILD examples:
1. Make your own Video Games
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This man cleaned toilets as a kid.
Now he's worth $111.6 billion.
His company is more valuable than Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined.
The untold story of Jensen Huang, the immigrant who conquered Silicon Valley:🧵:
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Have you ever wondered how some people come up with groundbreaking ideas that change the world?
The answer is not luck, talent, or genius.
It’s a thinking model mastered by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Steve Jobs...
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Get up early. Hit the gym. Walk the dog. Clock in 9-5. Sit up straight. Follow orders. Play it safe. Get a raise. Repeat. Retire.
Doesn't this life terrify you?
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@sweatystartup
as someone who lives here, the main pockets are pretty bad (union square / downtown)
but places likes Hayes / Marina / Mission all are solid
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2025: Everyone's a filmmaker.
What if you could bring your wildest imaginations to life in video?
Runway Gen-3 just made it possible.
10 things you never thought AI could do (until now):
1. Create animals from your dinner plate
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1/ Elon Musk's First Principles Thinking Framework
This completely changed the way I thought about problem-solving.
• Identify the fundamental truths or facts
• Break down the problem into its basic elements
• Create new solutions from scratch, using the fundamental truths
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My team and I spent 1000+ hours mastering chatGPT & AI prompts. Now we're giving away EVERYTHING we know for FREE.
So I've been working with prompting for the last year and have come across some techniques that not everyone uses.
Now, I've compiled my learnings into the
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This guy dropped out of Stanford to play poker, then got fired from his own $1B AI company.
5 days later, he was back as CEO.
The wild story of Sam Altman, the Genius behind ChatGPT:
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First principles thinking involves breaking problems down to their basic truths instead of accepting others' solutions or past methods.
It’s the opposite of reasoning by analogy.
Reasoning by analogy means you copy what works.
Here are the 5 frameworks to master it:
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He solved an 'impossible' physics problem that stumped scientists for 30 years.
Richard Feynman's secret? First principles thinking.
Here's a breakdown of what it is and how it works:
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2/ Aristotle's First Principles Thinking Framework
Hang this up in your room somewhere—and stare at it everyday.
• Start with the most basic truths
• Use these truths to understand the nature of the problem
• Develop solutions that are based on these fundamental truths
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🚨🚨The AI world is in chaos.
• OpenAI hacked (and they tried to hide it)
• A $300M open-source GPT-4 rival
• Married dudes falling for AI chatbots
Here’s everything you need to know about this week in AI🧵:
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3/ Ray Dalio's First Principles Thinking Framework
I consider this the Bible of problem-solving.
• Understand the big picture and the details
• Identify the cause-effect relationships
• Develop principles for decision-making
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definitely one of the top startup finance talks I've seen
wild that videos like this are available for free online
tldr: build a strong business with a good contribution margin before scaling it
The last 10 minutes of this talk from David Weiden at the KV CEO Summit was the best 10 mins on startup finance / fundraising I've seen.
Redacted (but still worth it) version:
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This is wild.
Scientists have created the World's First "Living Computer" from human brain tissue.
It will use brain cells instead of the traditional computer chips.
Here’s EVERYTHING you need to know about it:
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4/ Socratic Questioning Framework
Struggling with understanding complex problems?
• Ask questions to clarify the problem
• Break down the problem into smaller parts
• Identify the underlying assumptions and challenge them
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I'm back in the game 💪🏽
Just getting the ball rolling with one of many of my AI startup bets
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet' Artifacts are mind-blowing.
Check out these 5 video demos I created (+prompts included)
1. Create a process flowchart.
Prompt: Generate a detailed Mermaid flowchart illustrating the process of how a bill becomes a law in the United States government.
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10 of the most Hilarious & Creative AI made TV ads You’ll ever see:
1. Donald Trump's Gym Commercial
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5/ 5 Whys Framework
Finally, this is how you achieve effective problem-solving:
• Keep asking "why" until you uncover the root cause
• Craft solutions targeting that root cause
• Validate to ensure your solutions hit the mark
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"Compute is the new currency"
As we get used to solving problems that require more compute (i.e. GPT5 onwards), compute will be the limiting factor for the new age of AI applications.
We will always be compute hungry. This will open up a whole new set of potential applications.
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1993: NVIDIA was born at a booth in Denny's.
2024: NVIDIA is the Most Valuable Company in the world.
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Apple just kicked off one of the WILDEST WWDC til date
They announced some amazing things including a free GPT4o integration with Siri, their new Photo AI, and their privacy-focused Personal AI amongst many more
Here's everything you need to know (with video demos):
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I gave Claude 3.5 Sonnet insane artifact challenges just for fun.
It absolutely nailed them 🤯.
5 hilarious ways to abuse Claude's new feature (+ exact prompts):
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Claude 3.5 sonnet gets 54.4 million visitors every month.
But most people don't know how to use it *smartly*.
7 prompts to get massively ahead with AI:
(Cut & paste these)
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"Passion is important, but it's just the starting point. What truly matters is your ability to create value in a market that's primed for growth." This perspective shift is crucial for aspiring entrepreneurs who often confuse personal interest with market opportunity.
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new prof pic
rest of this year is going to be a wild ride
going all in on twitter & linkedin ✌️
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The Simulation Hypothesis proposes that our entire reality - the universe, our lives, everything - could be a complex program run by an advanced civilization.
That's the core of the Simulation Hypothesis, as Elon puts it: "Games will be indistinguishable from reality..."
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trump on H1B visas (all in podcast)
I have never supported trump
but if they were to give green cards to ALL grads from top US colleges
this would be a gamechanger for US immigration & talent
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@rileybrown_ai
this is not a solved problem
this is basically what devin and other platforms are trying to solve
context is too large for codebases which is why claude is great for prototyping small apps, but struggles past that
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Wildest news of the day:
Character AI's CEO just got pulled back to Google Deemind - $2.5b val and 200M+ monthly users
first Inflection CEO -> Microsoft
now Character CEO -> Google
what is happening?!
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“If you assume any rate of improvement at all, games will be indistinguishable from reality, or civilization will end,”
Musk stated on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
It’s a bold claim, but the logic is hard to dismiss.
The implications? Mind-bending.
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First principles thinking enables you to become:
→A better thinker
→A better leader
→A better person
If you’re serious about achieving success, I encourage you to start using first principles thinking.
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→Steve Jobs didn’t waste time thinking about how he could improve existing phones.
He innovated the world and created the iPhone.
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humane = quibi all over again
raised over 250M+
poor launch
give up and sell
craziest part is that they till think they're worth over $100m even now
biggest learning:
iterate and get feedback from your users early
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3. WinningHunter - adspy dropshipping spytool
WinningHunter is the best adspy dropshipping spytool that allows users to find winning products quickly for dropshipping using AI.
It provides insights on TikTok and Facebook ads, including ad spend, revenue, and adset amount.
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3/ Ask Successful People for Help
Don't be afraid to ask successful people for help.
Many are willing to support those who are driven and on a mission.
All you have to do is have the courage to approach them.
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In December 2008, Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick couldn’t find a ride while visiting Paris.
They determined that there had to be a better way than simply relying on a cab service.
Uber launched not long after that.
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4/ Turn 'No' into Your Next Step
Get comfortable with hearing "No." It's not a dead-end.
It's a chance to pivot or try a new strategy.
I've faced countless rejections and secured numerous offers. No is never the end of the world.
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• Are our thoughts and decisions our own,
or are they pre-programmed by unseen gamers?
• And if we are simulated, what’s our purpose?
• Are we just entertainment for higher beings,
or could there be a deeper reason for our existence within this digital construct?
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The key assumptions behind this theory are:
1) It's possible to simulate consciousness by simulating a brain.
2) Technological progress will continue exponentially.
3) Advanced civilizations won't destroy themselves.
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Instead, he advocates for a more strategic approach:
find the intersection of your skills, market demand, and societal impact.
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He points out the universe is 13.8 billion years old. That's a lot of time for civilizations to develop advanced simulation technology.
If we can potentially do it in the future, then statistically, we might already be in one!
And the idea isn't new.
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As people now know, Uber combined smartphone app technology with a ride service to create a whole new field.
The founders had boiled down the basics of transportation and discovered what travelers really wanted.
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@isamlambert
Tough move you had to make
but planetscale is a gamechanging technology that has offloaded a lot of DB maintenance / performance stresses
IMO strongest production DB with best DX
proud customer
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1/ Take the Road Less Traveled
Don't be afraid to take risks and go against the grain.
Most people avoid risks, but to achieve something extraordinary, you must be willing to take unconventional paths
The most unexpected opportunities are available on the road less traveled.
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9/ Embrace Failure as Feedback
Reframe failure as feedback.
Every setback is a chance to learn, adjust your strategy, and come back stronger.
Regret is pointless.
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5/ Grow Every Day
Live a life focused on constant growth and improvement.
When you achieve a dream, immediately ask yourself, "What's next?"
This mindset will help you grow exponentially.
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I can't believe this video was created entirely by AI 🤯. It looks like a Hollywood production, but it was made using Kling's image-to-video generation feature.
The level of realism and creativity is mind-blowing. Is this the future of Cinema?
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→Jeff Bezos didn’t start by asking how he could improve existing bookstores.
He prioritized the crucial elements of a bookstore (diverse book options, competitive pricing, and hassle-free shipping) and created Amazon.
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Musk argues that any sufficiently advanced civilization would want something more interesting than “base reality.”
Just like we create films and games to escape, they might create us.
The idea of living in a simulation raises questions about free will and consciousness.
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Elon suggests that if the simulation hypothesis is true, it presents humanity with two options:
Either we create simulations indistinguishable from reality or civilization will cease to exist.
He emphasizes the importance of considering this possibility for the future trajectory
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They eliminated the assumption that one had to use a cab and instead included everyday drivers who wanted to earn a little bit of extra money.
The results speak for themselves.
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CTO → Founder journey taught me:
Technical skills = Necessary but not sufficient
Key realizations:
• Code doesn't solve business problems alone
• Communication is as crucial as coding
• Understanding market needs > Building cool features
I've always been a technical
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I have officially moved all my workloads over from Opus & GPT-4o.
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10/ Stay Curious and Open-Minded
The world is full of new experiences and opportunities.
Keep learning and growing, and you'll be amazed at what you can achieve.
The deeper my knowledge grows, the clearer it becomes how vast my ignorance remains.
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The simulation hypothesis was formalized in the paper “Are we livingin a computer simulation?" in 2003.
Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford, proposed that with advanced technology, civilizations might run vast simulations.
If true, statistically, we're likely living in one.
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Been helping out a late stage company
The adoption of AI tools there is painfully slow
They literally JUST got their teams access to use ChatGPT while coding. And only 1 in 10 devs are actually using it.
Mind-blowing how some are still sleeping on AI. We're still so early
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@youraimarketer
tested Claude 3.5 reasoning capabilities & they are better than any other LLMS out there
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→Tesla challenged the assumption that electric cars had to be ugly and dull.
They developed electric vehicles that are fast, stylish, and fun to drive.
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Whoa, celebs hanging out with their younger selves? 🤯 AI just keeps blowing my mind!
This could be used to create "digital legacies" where people can interact with loved ones who've passed away.
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