Bram Sugarman
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Building. Investing. TBD. prev: VP @Shopify, VC @OMERSVentures, SE @EA
Joined April 2008
Wild. Would be fun to hear how this went down 🤯.
Scoop: OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off. The startup's CEO, co-founder & some R&D team members are all going to Google DeepMind to support its AI efforts and work on Gemini.
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If Zuck is Steinbrenner building the Yankees with unlimited capital, who will emerge as the Billy Beane?.
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This. More of this.
We should all aim to be more helpful without expecting anything in return. Just more good juju needs to be deposited into the ecosystem. We all remember those who helped us just out of straight goodness.
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Tech Bros talking to a VC proclaiming the seriousness of revenue conversion by a 2 month old product made by a company whose mission is to cheat on everything. Not parody.
We spoke with @kirbyman01 about @a16z's $15M investment in @cluely. "It's revenue conversion.". "A lot of people think it's just hype, just stunts.". "The truth is he is actually converting that to revenue, whether it's consumer or enterprise. That to me is the seriousness that
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Asked Claude to plot lifetime X posts of the top 50 on the 2025 Midas list 🤓.- ~10% has > 10,000 posts (removed from chart for readability).- ~25% have never posted.- added Midas Brink List in blue
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This is the way.
Wix acquires Base44, which lets users build apps from text prompts, for $80M; Base44 was founded by a solo entrepreneur six months ago and employs six people (@shulman_sophie / CTech).
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Toronto Tech Week is less than one week away! Which events are you most excited about??.
We teamed up with the incredible @TheFilmLabTO to do our best and capture the why behind this week — and the who that makes it all possible. This video is a love letter to the builders, dreamers, creators, innovators and doers. 💡 275+ events.🌆 250+ partners.🚀 10,000+ people
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Congrats @birk and team! 🚀🚀🚀.
Announcing our $10M Seed Round led by @Accel alongside incredible angels 💫. It's never been easier to build & ship software. But it's also never been harder to monetize it. We’re building the open-source monetization platform to empower future one-developer unicorns. How? 🧵
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The pace of innovation and change in AI feels unprecedented. What we've seen from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google in the last week alone has been 🤯. I think we under appreciate the role that competition is playing in changing the world so fast.
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Observations from convos:.- Many early-stage 🇨🇦 founders building amazing products. Don't listen to haters.- AI most common theme 🤖.- Need more connectivity in the 🇨🇦 ecosystem.- YC Alum endorsements can be elusive. @mmccauley @Kevin1Michael @drupeek @aaronglazer (+more) ideas?.
Which Canadian founders are submitting applications for the upcoming @ycombinator batch? . Would love to help where I can (user, customer, network, funding. ). DMs are open 🇨🇦🚀.
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Absolutely love this open call to collaborate. Founders joining founder-led companies creates meaningful product acceleration. If in the mood.
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Which Canadian founders are submitting applications for the upcoming @ycombinator batch? . Would love to help where I can (user, customer, network, funding. ). DMs are open 🇨🇦🚀.
The deadline to apply for the YC Summer 2025 batch is coming up in two days! . Apply by May 13:
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Watch how quickly “unusual” becomes standard. Nobody has created more shareholders value than founders. Let them cook.
Mira Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is raising $2B at a $10B valuation, with terms giving Murati a board vote exceeding all other directors combined. Learn more about this unusual control structure: #AI.
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I really admire @JoshuaKushner and Thrive’s leadership in defining the future of venture and company building in tech. They go big and move fast 🫡.
We are humbled to announce Thrive Holdings, a permanent capital vehicle dedicated to investing in, acquiring, and operating businesses for the long term. The mission of Thrive Holdings is to transform enterprises through the strategic application of technology to foster enduring
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First‑time founders aren’t held back by legacy thinking. At the pace AI is changing things, that fresh perspective is powerful.
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Bookmark this one. "AI tools will allow the best to reach even greater heights, while enabling smaller teams to accomplish more, and bring in some completely new creator demographics.". These themes go way beyond game development.
@rubyrangerr I think you are misunderstanding what this tech demo actually is, but I will engage with what I think your gripe is — AI tooling trivializing the skillsets of programmers, artists, and designers. My first games involved hand assembling machine code and turning graph paper.
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