Welcome to the Llama Lounge, AI Startup Series that I organize. See the final event of the year hosted by @HanaHaus Palo Alto, Nov 2. Is this the largest tech event in downtown Palo Alto since the iPhone launch? Drone video by the talented @spcmonkeyfilms crew. #llamaLounge

4/4: Zooming out from a bird's eye view, you can see the entirety of the new Nvidia campus in Santa Clara, the heart of Silicon Valley. I worked in Santa Clara at Hitachi, Exodus, and this region has been a big part of my career since the dotcom era.

3/4: The NVIDIA HQ is massive and amazing. There's like an entire city under the honeycomb structured roof. We took that photo down on level one and around us was thousands of talented (and happy) workers in this building, called Voyager (from Star Trek)

2/4: I was invited to kick off the content, giving a lay of the land; I was followed by the super talented @hTrapVader who's a top agent developer and tests out the latest agent tech and methods, he problem solves like no other. He attended with his brother, who's also in tech.

1/4: I presented on AI agents at Nivida. Here's what went down. An honor to speak at NVIDIA @nvidia HQ last week in the heart of Silicon Valley. I presented on AI agents, and provided examples, definitions, and forecasts. Here's the definition slide that I led with #agents

Here is everything that happened in AI Agents this week 🧵  (save for later)

Here is everything that happened in AI Agents this week 🧵  (save for later)

The inaugural AI Agent Congress. @jowyang from @BlitzVentures assembled leaders in AI agents from all across the 🌎 It was incredible to hear everyone’s perspectives on where they see the industry moving.

Forbes: Silicon Valley - The Epicenter Of Artificial Intelligence Innovation @Bajarin thanks for the shout out https://t.co/DfZn4sL0T6

Bay Area captured 35% of all VC $ (on Carta) in the last year. New York is #1 for fintech though, at 24%. & bc it always comes up- Miami fell off the chart 🫠

Beware

New post (and photos): Llama Lounge 15: Techcrunch Disrupt & Global Founders hosted at @genlabstudio https://t.co/yVYV5NacIz

By my estimate, one-third of the billboards on Highway 101 (the main freeway between Silicon Valley and SF) are dedicated to AI. -mostly larger tech companies advertising that they have AI built in or that they enable AI -I've been here for 27 years and have never seen such a

What are the chances Wi-Fi actually works on your plane?

There are 11k active startup investors according to recent data from Pitchbook, That could include very small checks to dominant firms on Sand Hill. The rate has been shrinking. I'm actively investing, I recently updated my LinkedIn bio with the checks we've written.

I'm speaking in Tokyo on Nov 14th on the topic of AI Agents At Venture Cafe Tokyo https://t.co/1tcDY0ALkB

My latest newsletter is out https://t.co/FyhR9YgXvV

A robot to do your laundry. We all want one. It will take years for price to come down. But awesome to see.

I Voted.

So I’ve never seen this before; a wing suit foil. https://t.co/J1IKQaq8QM

Impacts of AI https://t.co/2L2rgp3ma5