Bram Sugarman Profile
Bram Sugarman

@bram

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Building. Investing. TBD. prev: VP @Shopify, VC @OMERSVentures, SE @EA

Joined April 2008
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Bram Sugarman
2 days
If Zuck is Steinbrenner building the Yankees with unlimited capital, who will emerge as the Billy Beane?.
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Bram Sugarman
8 days
I heard @drfeifei give this talk at NeurIPS in December and it still has me thinking about data, Physical AI, and Spatial Intelligence in 3D. Worth a watch:
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Bram Sugarman
15 days
This. More of this.
@ZainManji
Zain Manji
15 days
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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Bram Sugarman
17 days
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.
@tbpn
TBPN
20 days
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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Bram Sugarman
20 days
Asked Claude to plot lifetime X posts of the top 50 on the 2025 Midas list ๐Ÿค“.- ~10% has > 10,000 posts (removed from chart for readability).- ~25% have never posted.- added Midas Brink List in blue
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Bram Sugarman
22 days
This is the way.
@Techmeme
Techmeme
22 days
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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Bram Sugarman
22 days
Toronto Tech Week is less than one week away! Which events are you most excited about??.
@TOtechweek
Toronto Tech Week
23 days
We teamed up with the incredible @TheFilmLabTO to do our best and capture the why behind this week โ€” and the who that makes it all possible. This video is a love letter to the builders, dreamers, creators, innovators and doers. ๐Ÿ’ก 275+ events.๐ŸŒ† 250+ partners.๐Ÿš€ 10,000+ people
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Bram Sugarman
22 days
Congrats @birk and team! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€.
@polar_sh
Polar
22 days
Announcing our $10M Seed Round led by @Accel alongside incredible angels ๐Ÿ’ซ. It's never been easier to build & ship software. But it's also never been harder to monetize it. Weโ€™re building the open-source monetization platform to empower future one-developer unicorns. How? ๐Ÿงต
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
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 ๐Ÿคฏ. I think we under appreciate the role that competition is playing in changing the world so fast.
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
Observations from convos:.- Many early-stage ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ founders building amazing products. Don't listen to haters.- AI most common theme ๐Ÿค–.- Need more connectivity in the ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ecosystem.- YC Alum endorsements can be elusive. @mmccauley @Kevin1Michael @drupeek @aaronglazer (+more) ideas?.
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
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 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿš€.
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
Absolutely love this open call to collaborate. Founders joining founder-led companies creates meaningful product acceleration. If in the mood.
@jeff_weinstein
Jeff Weinstein
2 months
.@stripe is embarking on some of the most ambitious work i am aware to build the fundamentals of ai commerce. i am looking for startups that, if in mood, want to stop what theyโ€™re doing and join usโ€”startups with a few product, api, and/or ai engineers. => jweinstein@stripe.com.
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
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 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿš€.
@ycombinator
Y Combinator
2 months
The deadline to apply for the YC Summer 2025 batch is coming up in two days! . Apply by May 13:
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
Vibe vulnerability.
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Bram Sugarman
2 months
Watch how quickly โ€œunusualโ€ becomes standard. Nobody has created more shareholders value than founders. Let them cook.
@theinformation
The Information
2 months
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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Bram Sugarman
2 months
I really admire @JoshuaKushner and Thriveโ€™s leadership in defining the future of venture and company building in tech. They go big and move fast ๐Ÿซก.
@JoshuaKushner
Joshua Kushner
2 months
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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Bram Sugarman
2 months
Important day here in Canada. Get out and vote! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ.
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Bram Sugarman
3 months
Firstโ€‘time founders arenโ€™t held back by legacy thinking. At the pace AI is changing things, that fresh perspective is powerful.
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Bram Sugarman
3 months
Toronto LFG ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€.
@skanwar
Satish Kanwar
3 months
From Toronto, with love to Canada. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ.
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Bram Sugarman
3 months
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.
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John Carmack
3 months
@rubyrangerr I think you are misunderstanding what this tech demo actually is, but I will engage with what I think your gripe is โ€” 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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Bram Sugarman
3 months
RT @darrinhenein: If reading this gets you excited about the future of design and how AI tools invite everyone to participate in the creatiโ€ฆ.
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