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investing in consumer tech & AI @MenloVentures . formerly @Microsoft @Meta @PIFgov @BainCapVC @NFX | @Harvard @StanfordGSB alum | aspiring comedian
San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2009
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Thanks for the company and dating advice
@chrisrock
while I cooled down from sprinting to a date. I ❤️ NYC
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inaugural
@launchhouse
female founders residency in NYC starting off strong. something electric about a group of ambitious women supporting each other's dreams
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My first day investing
@MenloVentures
✅ Excited to go
#ALLIN
and partner with the world’s best founders. Grateful for the thoughtful team who made sure I hit the ground running
@amytongwu
@shawnvc
@npilosof
@venkyganesan
@deedydas
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Overheard in SF - Dating in your twenties is like an early stage startup, you’re just figuring your shit out, dating in your thirties is like a public company, you know what you want and it’s an M&A
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some wisdom
@chrisrock
dropped- People break up despite great sex, but they won't break up with the person who makes them laugh ❤️
get someone who makes you laugh, it's a much higher core need
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closing out
#LATechWeek
w/ hibachi at
@Jesser
's, low key best event. thx
@launchhouse
@DayOneVC
@xtinacomputes
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feeling the happiest I've ever been. The secret - becoming aware of how harsh my inner voice is & just allowing myself to *be*. The immigrant scarcity mindset is hard to shed. I've never been proud of myself. Now I view failure as a point of pride - means I reached high enough
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I’m hosting a Women in AI co-working + happy hour
@CRV
with
@brittwalker_
&
@cerebral_valley
Open to founders, operators, researchers
tag any women/allies working on cool AI projects
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The founder energy is electric at
@HF0Residency
one week in. Truly incredible this community exists and is creating a larger center of startup gravity in SF thanks to
@davefontenot
@EmilyatHF0
@escliu
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Finally taking the plunge into being a full-time founder. I'm currently on the search for the best female founders in the world to highlight for an exciting project - open to nominations!
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Full house
@agihouse_org
for 1st fireside chat on Generative AI x Creativity w/
@Disney
,
@Adobe
,
@WonderDynamics
,
@generalcatalyst
@joshpxyne
Looking forward to more movies grounded in story-telling.
“Last year we were in generative AI, this year we should be in editorial AI”
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reminder that Hong Kong is giving away 500,000 free round-trip flights - they just opened up to US residents here
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my favorite "hot takes" from the
@pebble_bed
@rootvc
@cerebral_valley
AI Demo Day🔥
- vertical SaaS won't survive
-hallucination = feature, not bug. We will use it to create knowledge acc. to Popper's theory of conjecture & refutation
-prompt engineering will become obsolete
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a dream team of volunteers made the
@OpenAI
GPT Plugins hackathon this weekend at
@SHACK15sf
happen, thx to the judges
@Scobleizer
@jorn_lyseggen
@brian_a_burns
@hisenju
@brittwalker_
@paulinebhyang
@timt
@jerryjliu0
@Sofi_Shvets
@StabilityAI
@Replit
@VinIyengar
@JamesCurrier
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alright
@a16z
Games goes hard, you upped the ante w/
@DillonFrancis
@marcrebillet
@wavedash
🎉🙌
@andrewchen
. And
@backbone
give Zach a raise bc he reps it everywhere. Best gaming hardware I’ve seen in a while🔥excited for the future of games
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Thanks
@BainCapVC
for the rare opportunity to meat other founders, grill investors, and welcome
@fogorestaurants
to the
@BainCapital
family. The swag was as sharp as your wit, well-done on a prime event 🥩
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My ideal SF social scene - salon dinners where ppl from different disciplines & backgrounds get together and discuss cool shit like flying cars and interactive AI walls
@pm
. Kudos to
@ItsHoagie
& Starship ventures for funding moonshot ideas envisioning the future
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kicking off
#AAPIHeritageMonth
with
@asian_founder
SF meetup. Loved meeting
#aapi
startups
@drinklunar_
hard seltzer brewed by
@wovenking
w/ fruits frm Asia,
@parentsarehuman
bilingual card game for deeper conversations w/ loved ones by
@joejlam
, and Bobotics, robotics for BOBA🧋
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My fav demos at the
@southpkcommons
@Replit
AI hackathon - 1. Auto Analyzer by
@aerinykim
: auto-generates business decks from unstructured data. 2. Argument bot for Slack to point out logical fallacies when things get heated 🔥 3. GrantGPT to help nonprofits apply for funding
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Supercharge sales & marketing with AI - connect with companies building cutting-edge AI tools at happy hr w/ live music on the grand piano at
@SHACK15sf
Fri 6/2 5pm for SF
#TechWeek
!
@a16z
@Techweek_
sponsored by
@GocharlieAI
@makeMontage
@cerebral_valley
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happy 3-week birthday
@babyAGI_
🎂it all started with
@yoheinakajima
trying to build an "AI founder" that can handle task creation, execution, and prioritization. kudos to
@jenny_ai
on the naming. great interview with
@aparnadhinak
at
@arizeai
Observe
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If there’s anything I learned at business school it’s ppl use corporate jargon to inflate the importance of the job (and themselves). ChatGPT is the corporate-speak generator of my dreams and nightmares. With the flood of GPT-written comms it’s about to get a lot worse
#justsayit
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the best VC office in SF is officially
@CRV
🔥 what a stunning space, thank you for sharing it with Women in AI
@cerebral_valley
@brittwalker_
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the AI hype is real when there're >5 major SF events in one night, from
@scale_AI
Meetup to LLM best practices w/
@nathanbenaich
@amasad
@_sholtodouglas
@atroyn
to AI for Social Impact
@sigma2society
for events follow
@cerebral_valley
@GAICollective
@thechangj
@michelleefang
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Hosting my first
@launchhouse
fireside with the incredible
@MonaBijoor
, founder of
@joorco
& author of Startups and Downs. Check out upcoming LH events
My fav takeaway from her book: define your power and ask these 3 q's before taking venture capital $$ :
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IT'S HERE🤯stop thinking about all the startups this just killed and wonder at all the possibilities being enabled. It's a step function change for learning, creativity, personalization, storytelling. Humans retain 95% of a video's message compared to 10% when reading text
Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model.
Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions.
Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy
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First
@join_ef
demo day in SF 🚀I’m impressed by the supportive, global ecosystem that
@Alicebentinck
&
@matthewclifford
have created for founders at the earliest stage. The range, talent, and traction in the cohort was spectacular.
@reidhoffman
reminding us it’s all about the
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I struggle with sleep. I asked the most successful founders I know their secrets to better sleep. Outside the obvious (sufficient, regular sleep, de-stress, etc)
The top 3 tips:
1. Magnesium (L-Threonate) 💊
2. Mouth taping 🤐
3. Eightsleep 🛌
What are your best sleep tips?
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Founders looking to hire engineers- pitching at
@foundersysk
is the highest ROI thing you can do (next is hosting a hackathon). The best founders I know have made top hires through the event. Folks looking to work at a top startup - next FYSK showcase is 2/7. Apply at
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I host so many events, folks often ask me for venue recommendations. Here is an open-source list of Bay Area meeting spaces & retreat venues. . I also have a private list of friends with properties or company spaces who host, such as
@jessiefisch
who just
Just add nature! We’ve unveiled three stunning venues in the backyard of Yosemite, perfect for hosting your next company retreat or workshop. Which one are you choosing?
🏞️ Granite Peak: This hidden gem offers complete stillness, a rare commodity amidst the hustle of daily life.
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Everyone knows SF needs change. So proud of my friend
@Mtclai
for running for office and advocating for safe streets, more housing, good schools.
Visit:
Donate:
Volunteer: this Sunday 1/21
I’m running for office for San Francisco DCCC on March 5th, 2024!
In the city where ppl are building AI & longevity drugs, it's crazy that the basics don't work:
Streets are unsafe
New housing is blocked
We don't teach 8th grade algebra
I'm running to change SF 🧵
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for anyone considering starting a company,
@MenloVentures
has a great EIR program and they’re hosting a happy hour today at 5pm!
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Hundreds of hackers getting
@OpenAI
GPT4 & plug-ins access to solve real-world climate challenges in direct air capture, transportation, regenerative agriculture, food systems, water, etc. 🙏 will be an inspiring demo day Sunday at
@SHACK15sf
to kick off SF
#techweek
@a16z
AIxClimate Hackathon
@SHACK15sf
has kicked off
Thank you to our sponsors
@jorn_lyseggen
@fiftyyears
@circle
@OpenAI
@trychroma
@brevdev
@trypromptly
for making it possible
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Looking forward to the
@Wing_VC
AI event with
@EdoLiberty
founder of
@pinecone
and
@akothari
founder of
@NotionHQ
, moderated by Wing founder
@peter_wagner
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Incredible
#cerebralvalley
AI Summit by
@EricNewcomer
@jameswilsterman
@mlchild
no pausing over here. best takeaways from
@jluan
@saammotamedi
@amasad
@ClementDelangue
capability overhang means a lot more product to be built, turbocharge workflows vs window for new businesses
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@irieliu
@DormRoomFund
@roughdraftvc
@pearvc
@contrarycapital
@BLCKVC
@joinrepublic
I was the first
@NFX
Venture Fellow and it was life changing for me- learned more than I did from my Stanford MBA classes tbh, thx to the partners
@JamesCurrier
@peteflint
@beller
and
@BrittanyYoon
@AnnaPinol_
highly recommend taking a look
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📣female founders in SF, I'm hosting a co-working day tomorrow with
@__shradz
@spacesworks
(men/allies welcome too ofc)
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3 yrs ago I convinced
@donmuir_
@nicklom12
to submit a deck to
@NFX
FAST & we invested $100k uncapped SAFE.
@join_arc
has since raised $181M and are crushing it. FAST is now open for affiliates of
@Stanford
@Harvard
@MIT
@UCBerkeley
Apply! Be the next Arc
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🔥AI game night
@SignalFire
w/
@JoshConstine
,
@oanaolt
went all out bringing David Brown, creator of
@atari
Pong and Video Music.
Felt like a mini-Harvard reunion running into so many old friends (missing
@hisenju
)
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Hard to ignore
@getairchatz
this weekend.
@0xSigil
@naval
well done on the viral marketing, AND glad you turned off the invites, great to see founders prioritize quality over spammy growth 🚀
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Stoked
@makeMontage
came in 2nd out of all the incredible companies today at the pitchathon hosted by
@NorwestVP
. Huge thanks to
@AWSstartups
,
@llama_index
,
@honeyhiveai
, Butler AI
@jayanthmadhesw1
for the prizes and
@GAICollective
@yi_ding
for organizing
We’ve hacked and pitched all day, and now finalists’ presentations are in full swing!
Congrats to our pitch finalists
-
@xpressai
-
@makeMontage
(
@CCgong
)
- Watchtower research (
@panickssery
)
- ClassGaga ()
Stay tuned for hack finalists and the winners!🎉
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So many generative AI founders at the
@ycombinator
event tonight that they needed to add another color lanyard
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We packed
@SHACK15sf
last night. Highlights:
-
@kanjun
’s vision for
@genintelligent
, creating AI agents that have the human capacity to understand goals & push on constraints to actually get things done in the world
-
@jowyang
and CEO of
@Slalom
advocating compassionate AI
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Thanks
@BradStone
&
@emilychangtv
for hosting dinner tonight, excited for the Bloomberg Tech Summit tomorrow with an incredible lineup incl
@sama
,
@halleberry
,
@reidhoffman
, Mayor
@LondonBreed
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15 founders, 4 days, 1 private chef.
@johnwhaley
and
@BuildInception
team going all out for this AI hackathon retreat at the stunning Yin Ranch. Excited to see what we come up with. Demo Day Sunday 4/23: .
@dvitanov
@dina_yrl
@ashwathrajan
@joshpxyne
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So many cool demos from the
@BuildInception
community at
@pearvc
today. My ask: intros to brands leveraging video 🙏
I loved my Inception retreat and found my co-founder thru it, if you’re serious about starting a company I’d definitely recommend applying
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Thanks
@brittwalker_
@CRV
for hosting data dinner, love the concept of bringing together data folks from both startups and enterprise to share knowledge on emerging tech, existing infra, etc, so much to learn from each other
@stripe
@Meta
@pynecone_io
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The best founders are not the smartest, most confident, knowledgeable, assertive, etc. After working with countless founders I've seen the most important trait is ability to surround yourself with the best advisors &mentors by being resilient, eager to learn, and quick to execute
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From chat w/ Scott Shleifer today: Chase Coleman III, founder of Tiger Global Mgmt, recommended 3 books to Scott that led to his $3B success-
1. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
2. The Alchemy of Finance
3. One Up On Wall Street (Chapter 6: Stalking the Tenbagger)
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If you failed, it means you believed in yourself enough to try. Don’t let the immigrant scarcity mindset hold you back. You don’t win playing it safe, you win by taking chances. Inspired by
@davelu
’s wise CTA&
@geoff_yang
’s infinite curiosity &endeavors at
@StanfordGSB
ABSA gala
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1/
#WCWednesday
here are the top learnings from the 8 incredible women I got to hear from today
@StanfordGSB
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>500 applicants, 120 hackers selected and given exclusive access to GPT-4 Plugins by
@OpenAI
. If you’re an investor and want an invite to the demo day tomorrow dm me
Hosting the GPT Plugins hackathon this weekend at
@SHACK15sf
24 hours
$5K+ in prizes & credits
A huge thank you to our sponsors for making this possible
@weaviate_io
@OpenAI
@Instacart
@omneky
@pinecone
@NimaCapital
@getsidekickai
@Replit
@LoreAINews
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For the first time in my life started working out with weights, 6x/week for the past 6 weeks just doing
@CarolineGirvan
’s 30min YouTube videos. Consistency is key, noticing significantly more muscle mass and feeling stronger in 6 weeks. How do you get lean not buff though😅
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awesome discussing future of AI, open source, vector databases (
@pinecone
👀), and the SaaSacre. loved seeing so many familiar faces at tonight's AI founders dinner but the club is too small let's get more
#womeninAI
. thx
@molwelch
@radicalvcfund
@laurayd
for hosting!
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fascinating discussions & real talk at the Generative AI Unconference w/ surprise guest NBA-turned-investor
@zaza27
. I got cold called in every breakout bc ppl thought I work
@Gong_io
😂(it's my last name). 👏
@FoundationCap
@anyscalecompute
@joannezchen
@ashugarg
@jennykaehms
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Founders frisbee 🥏Who plays ultimate in SF? lmk if there’s a pickup game here, east bay is too far
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~5% of the men I see on dating apps in SF are partnered and “ENM” (ethically non-monogamous) but my guy friends say they haven’t seen ENM on any women’s profiles 🤔
What have been your experiences
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My top 2023 takeaways
-mindset and belief in yourself is a key to success, which starts with self-compassion and awareness
-an abundance mindset leads to the safety/security I need to be creative and take risks
-consistency > perfection
-friends give my life meaning not success
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check out the amazing lineup of speakers for Thursday Nights in AI, organized by
@outsetcap
. The discussion with
@jefrankle
@MosaicML
last week was enlightening & thought-provoking
@kanjun
@rohdeali
@joshalbrecht
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Your friendly holiday travel reminder to not let your TSA pre-check/ Global entry expire, current wait time is 14 MONTHS to apply/renew, according to CBP officer who just told me mine expired 😭 if you renew before it expires they’re waiving a year so there’s no break
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Wed 5/24 we’re gathering leaders in business, gov, media, academia to discuss the implications of AI. Join Stanford & Cal profs, Pulitzer Prize journalists, CEOs of global corps looking to modernize. Who’re the best AI founders we should include?
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so excited to bring together this incredible group of women entrepreneurs. reply if you're a VC looking to invest in badass female founders and want an invite to our events
@launchhouse
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Am I the only one who didn’t know Californians automatically get their fed & state tax deadline extended to 10/16 this year
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Full house of builders at
@agihouse_org
today coming up with the future of user interfaces. From command line to GUI
to mobile, UI is entering a new era with generative AI. The first wave has been UI code gen in mostly React, with screenshot to code and chat interfaces.
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first time launching on
@ProductHunt
! Check out MagicDocs, an AI-powered solution for time-saving document management. Pls share feedback & leave an upvote/review 🙏 we're so close to top 10!
also hiring if you know of any PMs, designers, eng looking
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Friday nights now that I’m 30 👵🏻😍Saturday night’s even wilder might even go out for dinner
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how it's going
beyond pumped to collab w/
@elevenlabsio
@twelve_labs
@cerebral_valley
get ready for the most iconic hackathon of all time with creators and builders
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Generative AI is transforming user interfaces - What will UI be like 10 years (or even months) from now?
@agihouse_org
&
@coframe_ai
are gathering the best builders to create the future of user experience and design with AI w/
@amasad
@natfriedman
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just discovered I have a Twitter impersonator, does that mean I’ve made it on Twitter. wish I thought of that username
Thought Twitter was glitching saying I retweeted all of my own tweets and almost ignored it
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founding a startup is riding an emotional rollercoaster. I'm hosting this founder wellness event tonight with 50Years and exec coach Ben Tauber to equip growth stage founders with tools to navigate the ups & downs - nominate great founders who'd benefit
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no backpacks in sight - how to know you’re at an event in LA not SF
Thanks
@bonfire_vc
for the lovely Upfront soirée
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Advice to founders facing potential recession from Scott Shleifer, founder of Tiger Global PE:
Capital will be harder to come by so expect that. Cost of capital is up. Flip side - fewer companies will raise $ so it will be easier to get and keep employees. The world is cyclical
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Lots of questions about the future of RAG at the packed
@Wing_VC
AI event. It's still in early stages - at least 50 years of research in retrieval and the entire stack (embedding, search, re-ranking, pre-processing, etc) have been disrupted. AI looks at the world in vector
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TIL your iPhone has an automatic height measuring feature. Open the Measure app, once it recognizes a human it displays the height 👀
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Applications just opened for
@OpenAI
's Converge 2 program with $1 million investment from the OpenAI Startup Fund
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pls don't let an article meant to shine light on the dark issues plaguing female founders end up punishing them. dm if you can offer this incredible group of women pitch deck feedback, office hours, legal advice, etc
What's happening at Launch House right now: investors and speakers are pulling out of events for the FEMALE FOUNDER cohort.
I know this is your way of showing your disapproval, but you are hurting the very people that need support.
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“It’s only valuable to know people if you know something yourself” - Dean Levin
kicking off
@StanfordGSB
reunion weekend
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The
@coframe_ai
team just launched self-improving images for your website🔥
Check it out on
@ProductHunt
👍
@joshpxyne
@tinahhong
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One of my favorite teams from the
@AnthropicAI
hackathon last weekend - we watched Dr. Claude diagnose a patient in minutes through a series of questions. I’m excited for the future of healthcare with talented passionate builders like
@WianStipp
& team
I personally had an amazing time meeting so many talented and passionate individuals inc.
@hwchase17
,
@CCgong
,
@8enmann
@RazRazcle
@tristanzajonc
@willpienaar
. Looking forward to the next one!
For anyone curious, all of the code can be found on github:
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@alyssakrejmas
@thomasschulzz
and
@jacobshamberger
founders of Solaris.
@davefontenot
@EmilyatHF0
@escliu
founder of
@HF0Residency
@eriktorenberg
-
@TurpentineMedia
and
@beondeck
@Mtclai
running for SF local office 🙌
@agihouse_org
@patriciamou_
@adimelamed_0
-
@thesfcommons
@iam_thibo
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Hosting a Women in AI co-working day with
@generalcatalyst
in their stunning SF HQ this Friday 10/13! Share with female founders building in AI
@AndreaShuyuWang
@cerebral_valley
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I spent years ideating consumer use cases for
@HoloLens
, same price point as
#VisionPro
. What HoloLens lacked & VisionPro has: frictionless setup, immersive field of view w/ high resolution, seamless integration with native workspace, ecosystem potential with VisionOS, MASS HYPE.
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Pro party move: provide all the props/ costumes for a theme party to have everyone pass the vibe check
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if you don’t have Valentines Day plans in SF 2/14 and want some, my friends organized these awesome events! 💘
@LubaYudasina
@PaulJun
@_doreenxu
@thejoyz
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"Community is valuable because business at its most fundamental is a relationship between a brand and a person"
#cmxseattle
#authenticity
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I'm moderating a panel with
@JuliaHaart
and
@lisacarmenwang
at the Female Founders x Investors event this Thursday for
@NYCTechWeek
, join us!
who are the most badass female founders and investors you know?
I’m planning a private
@NYCTechWeek
event co-hosted by
@JuliaHaart
&
@lisacarmenwang
Join us!
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every
@arizeai
Observe session has been so 🔥
@aparnadhinak
@jason_lopatecki
well done. My fav so far: Future of ML lifecycle w/
@robertnishihara
@manuaero
@vanpelt
@mikedelbalso
@brian_a_burns
& 5 papers reshaping AI w/
@brian_a_burns
. join/re-watch here:
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bootstrapping a company feels like death by a thousand SaaS papercuts of $12/month subscriptions
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I am more and more disappointed every time I use my iPhone or MacBook- with how smart generative AI is getting, why are
@Apple
products still so dumb. Siri is painfully useless. The company is so siloed and secretive I don’t have high hopes for
#WWDC
#AntiquatedApple
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