Jake Laes
@jacoblaes
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Growing AI Tinkerers Worldwide. Pessimists sound smart. Optimists die rich.
Seattle, WA
Joined January 2017
"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment" - Rumi #5BulletFriday
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how are you testing your ai tools/apps? vibes? are you subscribed to the eval industrial complex? there's been a lot of discussion on the rise of Big Eval and whether its overkill. But also maybe Evals are back!? come riff with the best builders in the bay at the beautiful
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Big news! Iβm officially joining @AITinkerers as Executive Director. 50,000+ of the worldβs top AI builders, active in over 100 cities, all pushing the frontier together. Want to be involved? Reach out and letβs chat!
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ββ¦* Weβre live. OKRs + Agents β now shipping. Today, weβre launching a new kind of OKR platform β one where agents help automate the busywork, so your team can focus on actual impact. πWeβre live on Product Hunt now:
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A new kind of OKR platform β where agents help automate the busywork, hold teams accountable, and coach teams to success. Leadership teams can't *see* how execution is going until it's too late....
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π¨ I AM HIRING π¨ @cerebral_valley is the premier event producer in the tech industry, working with clients like meta, openai, microsoft, google, anthropic, and 100+ more. in 2024 alone, our brand hosted over 20 events, with travels taking us across 4 continents and 10
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Hey YC X25 founders + Alumni, @brexHQ and the @deel team are throwing the first event for the first YC Spring batch! Speakers from @deel, @ProductHunt, @mintlify, @boundaryML, @copycat_agents, and moderation by Brex β we'll dig into the life cycle of a YC founder. RSVP below.
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Event Alert! π¨ π β«οΈ My team at @deel & our friends at @brexHQ are throwing a killer welcome bash for the new @ycombinator X25 batch on March 25th in SF! If you're a YC founder based in SF (alum or newly accepted) you'll definitely want to check this one out. πππ We've got
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Unreal Youngtech event on Thursday. David Tepper of Pay-I gave a captivating and succinct overview of one of the biggest problems facing GenAI adoption β accurate cost forecasting. Beyond that, David & Cameron Borumand of FUSE graced us with their prescient thoughts on the
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Big milestone for @Deel! π Deel has reached an $800M annual revenue run rate, with an impressive 70% YoY growth. Plus, last week, General Catalyst and others joined as anchor investors, acquiring nearly $300 million in secondary shares. Deel continues to redefine how
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New anchor investors have purchased close to $300 million in secondaries in leading payroll and HR company Deel. Deel has achieved a run rate of $800 million and has been profitable for more than two...
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8. Bite-Sized AI by @n_vannortwick: https://t.co/WnnXJMiJ3U Not-to-be-missed for any PNW founders & investors, this covers all things local to the region + a smattering of national & global AI news.
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7. Import AI by @jackclarkSF: https://t.co/9caKdwJpXK This one is a slightly more technical weekly analysis of breaking news and research in the AI world done by the @AnthropicAI co-founder.
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6. The Intelligent Worker @intelligentwrkr: https://t.co/b4DfuCNxeV Great tips and tricks on automating & upgrading your flow with the latest AI tools + some news & fun stuff thrown in.
newsletter.theintelligentworker.com
Practical lessons on how to be more productive with AI, automation, no-code, and other technologies
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5. The Rundown AI @TheRundownAI: https://t.co/4FZICmk6db Another curated AI news piece but includes job openings, raise announcements, and live workshops.
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4. TLDR @tldrnewsletter: https://t.co/hmExW4lRTL Super quick & digestible tech news -- has a bunch of tailored, subject-specific offshoots as well.
tldr.tech
TLDR is the free daily newsletter with the most interesting stories in startups, tech and programming!
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3. AI Breakfast @AiBreakfast: https://t.co/OgfaemVM0T Great breakdown & compilation of AI related news stories, new products, and bleeding-edge AI research.
aibreakfast.beehiiv.com
Curated weekly analysis of the latest AI projects, products, and news
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