Out today: Outliers 🎈. Issue 005 is all about the people and ideas that sit just outside what feels comfortable. The computer with a soul. The DIY tech leapfrogging its way through Kenya. The Berlin Cybrothel. Get your hands on a copy:

Who remembers RSS? The little orange icon from the early 2000s. In 2025, RSS is weirdly useful again, especially if you’re building tools for LLMs or trying to escape algorithm fatigue. @MBanerjeePalmer on why dead protocols still have life:

Skip the surface-level stuff 🙅‍♀️. We’re writing about tulpamancers summoning imaginary friends, retro tech hacked into new machines, the internet’s strangest subcultures & a whole lot more. This is the weird, brilliant corner of DF you need to be reading:

“I lost out on a term sheet once because I refused to artificially inflate our revenue numbers.”. @ninamohanty was on the Anatomy of a Founder podcast recently to tell us all about the honest realities of startup life. Add it to your podcast rotation 🎧.

RT @maikaisogawa: not every founder pivot is born from failure.sometimes it’s prophecy.☀️ → 🛡️ → ⛓️.@sophstein in @DigitalFrontier | @myweb….

Not everyone has someone who can say “you two should talk”. Yale classmates @nathaneo_j and @_2woot built Series to give you just that: an AI-powered mutual that lives in your inbox and makes warm intros actually feel warm:.

What started with a crypto will ended with an API used by 30+ B2B partners. @maikaisogawa’s @mywebacy pivot is a masterclass in following the signal 👇.

RT @HannahBowler: I've been low key fan-girling after listening to this pod episode.

RT @ninamohanty: I had such fun speaking to @jennifersiegg for the #AnatomyofaFounder podcast. I was probably a bit too candid about my ex….

We had @ninamohanty on the podcast recently getting candid about growing up in Silicon Valley, watching the startup highs, failures and fallout long before she launched her own. Now she’s building @bloommoney_co with a different kind of clarity. Full ep:

Healthtech is having a funding glow up ✨. 👉 AI startups are pulling in 62% of US digital health funding.👉 Those rounds are 83% bigger on average.👉 UK health was the most funded sector in H1. What’s behind the shift? Here’s what you need to know:.

RT @sophstein: designer @hotemogf .coder @charliebholtz .visionary @sariazout .vibe researcher @netcapgirl.

RT @mlitman: My four - two dead, two alive: . Turing - Chief Systems Architect.Einstein - Chief Imagination Officer.@signulll - Chief Taste….

RT @alys_key: Asked Grok what its answer would be to this and it somehow appointed @sama as CEO of Reddit and @demi_guo_ as CEO of. itsel….

RT @alys_key: CTO, head of growth, head of sales, head of HR

You're building a new AI company. Your budget is unlimited. Which four people are you hiring? 👀. Quote repost this with your fantasy roster 🚀🚀🚀

Skip the boring stories 🙅‍♀️. We’re writing about brain implants that decode dreams, deepfakes that move markets, bitcoin believers who trace their origin stories to ancient carved stones and so much more. This is where innovation finds meaning:

RT @sophstein: i asked chatgpt to write a poem based on my latest open tabs newsletter, here it is: . Open Tabs 012 (A Poem). or: Things I….

“What baffles me is that 50 of the UK’s richest families hold as much wealth as 34 million people.” . @dama_yanthy @bg_ventures calls for founders to tackle income inequality & build solutions that make life more accessible for those on lowest incomes:

We’re unpacking the debate and the contenders to replace the Turing test here 👇

GPT 4.5 passed a version of the Turing test earlier this year, fooling people 73% of the time. But does that mean it’s intelligent? As @GregKamradt puts it, “We talk about intelligence so much, but we don’t have a formal definition.”. What should the new Turing test look like? 👀