Barry McCardel
@barrald
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co-founder and CEO of Hex (https://t.co/hbgguInF1h / @_hex_tech) - former @PalantirTech @formationbio - personal site: https://t.co/c38nDG5Dfl
San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2011
I think anyone describing themselves as "Cursor for X" is ngmi from the jump. Cursor sells into last market on earth where:.– most work is done locally, so no need for security approvals etc. - users have discretion in tool use, so no need for team approval process etc. - LLMs.
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it’s all at once the most salesforce thing ever but somehow still surprising.
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imagine having the most popular work chat app and somehow not shipping an ai chat experience and instead spending your time blocking other people from doing it
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no one told us to wear blazers.
in great company at the @Redpoint InfraRed 100 event - including the homies @barrald and @gorkemyurt
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I love @poyark's report on pricing – but I think a lot of the excitement about "outcome based pricing" for AI apps but it feels like a redux of the usage-based pricing hype cycle of 2021, where everyone was sniped by the elegance of perfect price discrimination but forgot to ask.
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RT @Snowflake: “For years, Hex has partnered with Snowflake to bring AI tools to data workflows, helping our users answer the deepest and m….
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We're building something ambitious at @_hex_tech, and I couldn't be prouder of our team as we work to improve and accelerate data work in the AI era. And I'm excited to share we raised another $70m to keep investing and growing! Read more on our blog:
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@_hex_tech We're also excited to be featured in @FortuneMagazine today – including a way-too-serious founder photo 😅.
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tbh the most noteworthy part of this post is a rare Scott Forstall sighting.
I wrote about @arcinternet:. 1. What happened to Arc browser?.2. Will we open source Arc?.3. Why not pursue AI within Arc?.4. What’s the point of Dia?. And more! Essay in next tweet. Thx for being patient. We wanted to be very open & honest. Took time to express it clearly…
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lots of people have been trying to figure out the catalog story for iceberg and it turns out maybe that was the wrong approach all along?. this just instinctively feels like such a better direction.
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RT @sjhangiani12: Outside of ChatGPT, @_hex_tech might be the AI tool that's changed my life the most. I literally spin up custom reports….
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turns out, getting AI to work well for data is hard. .
Some elements of this LLM SQL benchmark are really cool— perf is something I don't think is talked about enough— but the actual execution of the evals is flawed and a bit misleading IMO. biggest issue is it doesn't validate data, just query text exactness. more thoughts🧵.
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new top of the "most evil startup pitch I've ever gotten" leaderboard
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i hope the 7 of you nerds watching every andor episode as they drop enjoy this.
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I met @trucklos a few years ago, and over time had become a big fan of what he and the @hashboardhq team have accomplished. They've built a delightful product and punched way above their weight. We kept in touch and realized how much our visions and roadmaps were converging –.
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we got to alpha test GPT-4.1 for @_hex_tech . spoiler alert, it's really good. but we could only know that because we've invested a ton of time in a challenging, rigorous evaluation suite that goes far beyond what most teams are doing.
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