John Dillard (Belk)
@johndillard
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Founds things sometimes. May also find things. StealthCRX | EO | F3 | Techstars. If you don't make stuff, there is no stuff.
North Carolina, USA
Joined December 2008
This. The death of enterprise SaaS is an exaggeration. But not quite *false*
There are many strong arguments re: how vibe coding will utterly disrupt traditional enterprise software, SaaS, etc. But please, please, please before you say so with such >extreme< certainty Actually vibe code an app into full production yourself, without a developer. And get
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In robotics, the majority of compute is to derive causality from a set of observable inputs. In other words, if they see X, then they need to do Y. In the past, the derivation of such functions was done by human knowledge, or what we call “prior knowledge”. This “prior
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It's extremely concerning that AI leaders intend to use regulatory compliance as a fear wedge to create monopolies for themselves. We have seen this movie in aerospace and defense, healthcare, and financial services. Do not fall for this bullshit.
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When I meet seasoned roboticist and tell them I'm excited about robot foundation models, their response is often: "Oh they're far away, not ready, can't be deployed yet." Why is there so much pessimism? Is this not the greatest time to be alive? Are we not living through a
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🤷‍♀️"AI Native" startups don't have access to better LLMs 🤷They often don't have smarter engineers 🤷‍♂️They don't know the space any better 🤷‍♀️Their sales team are often tiny and mediocre So why do they win? 100% of their team wants to do, and are willing to do, what it takes in
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Build Photorealistic Isaac Sim Environments with Gaussian Splatting
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We are working on a foundation model to understand reality to create and reason about rich synthetic worlds so robots can learn from endlessly varied, physics-aware scenarios. Just like @NVIDIAAI Cosmos but in a hyper specific vertical. More to come....
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oh to experience the collective warmth, the glorious purpose, the incandescent friction, of feeling my own body grind against that of my fellow crabs as we writhe together, forever, in the depths of the bucket
Mamdani: We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism
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Today is special. We honor 15 years of history of men showing up in the gloom, choosing discipline, choosing brotherhood. And at the same time, we welcome something new: our 500th region. One Nation. Five Hundred Regions. On our 15th Anniversary. Yeah… today is pretty
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Every founder should know how to: 1. Grab attention with a 30-second elevator pitch. 2. Demo and close customers. 3. Tell their origin story. 4. Communicate their business model clearly and concisely. Master these to attract co-founders, customers, advisors, and investors.
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That's an amazing list and you're one of my favorite follows. Thanks for the great curation!
if you’re learning: • robotics • actuators, motors, gears, transmissions • sensors, IMUs, encoders, cameras, LiDAR • kinematics (forward, inverse) • dynamics & control (PID, MPC) • ROS2, rviz2, gazebo • motion planning (RRT*, A*, trajectory optimization) • SLAM (lidar,
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"AI startup" shouldn't be a category. It should be: - Healthcare startup (that uses AI) - Finance startup (that uses AI) - Logistics startup (that uses AI) The moment AI becomes your identity instead of your tool, you've lost.
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One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people: Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing. Sounds simple on the
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3. What Should Seed Investors Bet on When Time to Copy Is Zero You still need to bet on the best founders. You cannot take the first-month explosion as seriously as you used to. It is not as defensible anymore. Innovation + the best founders get there. If early traction is
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Founders, for the love of God; send investor updates. 1. Leverage them for help with customer intros, hires and fundraises. 2. Use them to create excitement and conversation about you in market. 3. Because these people have trusted you and given you their money. Not doing
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Ben Horowitz literally explains how he differentiates between mediocre CEOs & great CEOs.
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