Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
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filmmaker
San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2019
· built his first startup @ 16 (20,000+ users) · dropped out of high school @ 17 · moved to London · moved to SF · $1.5M raised · joined YC S25, building @nozomioai · has Collison installed half of San Francisco I met up with @arlanrakh in The Construct to catch up.
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we have 2 worlds that just aren’t talking to each other a lot of storytellers just aren’t on X
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Stumbled on this incredible Medium post by writer & theater director Shadow Liu “Every civilization in history – Athens, Florence, Paris, Hollywood – rose not just because they built things, but because they told stories about themselves.”
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2026 will be the first year a film industry emerges in San Francisco, from inside tech
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Last week visited @superpower HQ to talk branding with @hannah_ahn: 0:28 What is Branding 1:07 Branding’s Evolution in Tech 1:53 Why Storytelling Matters 3:15 ROI on Brand 4:04 Good Design 6:29 Who Should Build a Brand 9:11 Future of Tech Branding
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OpenAI is cooking with the handheld 1m30s format today Present, personal, immediate. What Twitter loves.
Beyond image generation, we know people want more from AI like healthcare improvements and scientific discovery. Compute is how we get it. If America doesn't build it, others will.
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Hope to see more directors and producers emerge from within San Francisco
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There was an @anuatluru post (that I can’t find) that was like “the tweets that get no likes are the real you talking” I don’t do enough of those kinds of tweets, because they would expose the vulnerable place I’ve been all year. So I’m going to leave this up, it is the real me
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People ask me what I do at events and as of 1 month ago I’ve started saying “filmmaker.” I can never say it confidently, because it was never a career option for a majority of my life. Until this year. So when I say it I question if it’s even a real thing, or if I’m saying a
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Getting a 2nd phone for work has greatly improved my mental health
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Lighting a 3-camera podcast
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Anthropic has the highest bar for visuals in tech
In her first Ask Me Anything, @amandaaskell answers your philosophical questions about AI, discussing morality, identity, consciousness, and more. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:29 Why is there a philosopher at an AI company? 1:24 Are philosophers taking AI seriously? 3:00
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have been thinking about a renaissance in Ethiopian cinema recently
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Introducing Ricursive Intelligence, a frontier AI lab enabling a recursive self-improvement loop between AI and the chips that fuel it. Learn more at https://t.co/cSpbrQwwEn
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I wish there was a way I could invest in an index on the entertainment industry in Silicon Valley. All boats will rise.
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