DeReK WaTSoN
@derek__Watson
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On a mission to enable startups to connect with relevant investors without all the BS. #investor #mentor ex hedge fund owner.
Dubai, UAE
Joined August 2019
Super interesting to see how the old subjective VC signals are getting blown out of the water now real data is being implemented across across the startup stack. Facts and stats win over gut feeling and hearsay This is only going one way … like stockbrokers getting booted
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VC is already getting so compressed … founders doing more for less in shorter cycles means more objective data points. This invites a different breed of investors and capital. Series A data today looks like Series C two years ago.
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Ahhh so it just me 😂. Interesting you see the one pre paying and not that one after I paid
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The block button is therapy. 1. Block Liars 2. Block Propaganda 3. Block Sheep Fuck me, there's nothing in my feed 😂 ... Now to add some quality humans.
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Over 75% of the worlds population is already in 2026 — and so far it’s calm, peaceful, and oddly relaxed. No drama. No polarising takes. Just decent vibes. Happy New Year to the rest of you. Don’t fuck this good karma up.
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If everyone can build quickly, speed stops being an advantage. The question quietly shifts from “how fast can we ship?” to “why do we still exist in three years?”
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One of the best engineered AI platforms out there.
Excited to announce that @ManusAI has joined Meta to help us build amazing AI products! The Manus team in Singapore are world class at exploring the capability overhang of today’s models to scaffold powerful agents. Looking forward to working with you, @Red_Xiao_!
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I can’t shake this feeling that entrepreneurship is a paradox right now. It’s never been easier to start a business if you have agency and curiosity. But it’s never been harder to build something that actually lasts, because the moats we relied on are evaporating in an AI world.
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Yes it is
‘The Thinking Game’ documentary has just passed 200M views on YouTube in just 4 weeks! 🤯Perfect holiday viewing if you’re interested in a behind-the-scenes look at how an AGI lab works, or what goes into making a Nobel Prize winning project like AlphaFold happen.🧬🚀
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100%. Better architecture at the same time as bigger context means we will reach this point very soon
Geoffrey Hinton says that in 2026, AI will gain the capability to replace many jobs Every 7 months, AI doubles the length of tasks it can handle. It went from 1-minute coding to hour-long projects Soon, it'll manage month-long software engineering tasks "then few people will
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Big GDP ≠ Rich Economy GDP measures money moving, not lives improving. Higher rents? GDP up. More expensive healthcare? GDP up. More debt just to survive? GDP up. That’s not prosperity. It’s turnover. Stop applauding the scoreboard. Read this b4 you applaud a bigger number
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Mega AI rounds aren’t funding innovation. They’re funding positioning in the supply chain.
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Sample sets of one seem to be all it takes as evidence of proof for people .... see this .. do this .. you'll win
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Biggest change for 2026 will be AI Agency & Execution Layers This is the core shift. Everything else is downstream.
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The hardest part of scaling AI is owned in Europe.... Good luck scaling AI and trying to break up Europe at the same time.
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If you believe your values are universal, your rules should bind everyone, your opponents’ sovereignty is negotiable, and you’re entitled to coerce compliance—financially, politically, or militarily—you’re a …….,,,,,,?
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe
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I still miss opportunities. Everyone does. But I’m better now at spotting when my brain is lying to me. That Soho House lunch still gives me indigestion.... 🤢
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