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founder @outsetai (@ycombinator S23) | founder @watchduty | firefighter & engineer

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michael hess
24 days
my investor said she can drop us off if yours can pick us up
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michael hess
4 months
What % of venture backed startups in SF have founders w/ Bay Club memberships?
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michael hess
6 months
I’m thrilled to announce @OutsetAI's $17M Series A funding round, led by @8vc! Since day one, @AaronLCannon and I were driven by a simple truth: Companies build better products when they actually talk to their users. YC drills "talk to your customers" into founders for a
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michael hess
11 months
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from friends about the fires in Southern California, specifically about why they still say “0% containment” after days. “Zero percent” containment doesn’t mean the fire is burning on all sides. A fire's edge only counts as "contained" when
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@watchdutyapp
Watch Duty
11 months
When we say “Watch Duty is built for first responders”, that’s not marketing. That’s our mission and a promise.
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michael hess
11 months
reconnecting with @brickywhat definitely one of the highlights of my year
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Erika⚡️⚡️
11 months
2024 wrapped - joined @join_arc and got to wear a lot of hats🧢 - went to church every Sunday with @alecdewitz ⛪️ - startled @garrytan on the street once by saying hello like we were besties despite being a complete stranger🥲 - made new friends @SarahChieng @coffeewithone
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michael hess
1 year
Cannot wait for this presentation!
@joshua_weidmann
Joshua Weidmann
1 year
Heading to Cologne for @europsa to present joint work with @mm_bechtel, @AaronLCannon, and Michael Hess on how to harness the AI revolution for qualitative interviews in mass surveys. Excited to meet everyone in Cologne. #epsa #epsa2024 #cologne #politicalscience
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michael hess
1 year
ok this is getting out of hand
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michael hess
1 year
everyone talking about how sf is the center of tech innovation and nobody talking about how sf is the center of being the most beautiful fucking city on the world
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michael hess
2 years
🤯🤯🤯
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michael hess
2 years
l'industrie does, indeed, live up to the hype.
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michael hess
2 years
how am I supposed to crush our competition when they are all such lovely people
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michael hess
2 years
> show up to founder poker night in sf > 3/10 people are wearing MIT Poker Team jackets > leave
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michael hess
2 years
find a cofounder that makes you feel secure
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michael hess
2 years
every office needs a rice krispy drawer
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michael hess
2 years
in college I was friends with a girl who would separate her cereal into two bowls, one for dry cereal and one for milk, and then would eat by scooping dry cereal and dipping it into the milk bowl and I still think about this at least once a week
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michael hess
2 years
my cofounder made me tweet this
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michael hess
2 years
and the CEO is really smart and charming
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michael hess
2 years
super cool up-and-coming AI team. worth checking out if you do any qualitative research!
@AaronLCannon
Aaron Cannon
2 years
🚨 NEW LAUNCH ALERT 🚨 @OutsetAI introduces... 🎥 AI Video Interviews 🎥 If a picture is worth a thousand words, than a video is worth 1.8 billion. And research is all about uncovering and telling great stories. Let AI conduct conversations directly with hundreds of
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