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Sep 1, 2025 18 tweets 6 min read
OpenAI offered their ex-researcher $2M to keep quiet.

He refused. And now he's warning us:

"AI will collapse $1T of wealth by 2027"

Daniel Kokotajlo just revealed how the tech giants will pull it off.

Here are his 8 terrifying insights: Image Daniel Kokotajlo isn't some outside critic making wild predictions.

He was deep inside OpenAI's most advanced research.

But he refused to stay silent about the dangers (forfeiting about $2 million from OpenAI).

Here's what made him quit:
Aug 6, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
Elon Musk's latest move will make him a TRILLIONAIRE.

He quietly moved $2 billion from SpaceX into his new favourite company.

Now Tesla shareholders are begging to join in.

Here's the GENIUS move that has Meta, OpenAI, and Google terrified: Image Everyone sees the money moving. Few understand the blueprint.

SpaceX doesn't just invest $2B for financial returns.

They're building something monumental.

Here's what Elon's up to:
Jul 23, 2025 20 tweets 7 min read
Apple fired this guy over "office pranks and politics."

Everyone thought his career was over.

Instead, he built Apple's BIGGEST rival & sold it for $50 Million.

Today, it's worth $1.5 TRILLION.

4 lessons from the ultimate revenge story: 🧵 Image Andy Rubin wasn't your typical Apple engineer.

In the early 1990s, he worked on Apple's General Magic team building early mobile software.

But Rubin had a problem:

Office politics and pranks led to his departure.

What happened next shocked the tech world... Image
Jul 21, 2025 16 tweets 6 min read
Naval interviewed 500+ founders in the last 30 years.

But he only invested in those who nailed this ONE contrarian question.

It's so powerful, it led him to Uber, AngelList, and a $500 million net worth.

Here’s his genius test that spots future legends: 🧵 Image Most investors rely on metrics, projections, and market analysis.

Naval discovered something far more revealing.

A single question that cuts through the noise and changed how he spots exceptional founders.
Jul 17, 2025 16 tweets 6 min read
Everyone laughed when Joe Rogan left LA for Austin, Texas.

Especially after he dropped $14 million on a fortress—with gun ranges and ex-military guards.

Most people think it's for security...

But it's really because of what he knows about America's future: ⬇️ Image In 2020, Rogan did more than relate.

He purchased a lakefront property in the Austin area.

Enhanced security measures and professional protection became part of his new lifestyle.

This wasn't just about Texas's tax benefits...
Jul 12, 2025 18 tweets 7 min read
In 2022, Elon Musk was the most hated CEO on Earth.

Today, he’s flexing Cybertrucks, creating a political party, and has millions of obsessed fans.

It’s not an accident—it’s the smartest branding move you’ve never heard of.

Here’s how he's doing it: 🧵 Image Remember when every headline called him toxic?

Tesla plummeted from America's most admired brands.

SpaceX's reputation crumbled.

Polls showed the public turning against him in droves.

Most CEOs would panic. But Musk? He saw opportunity... Image
Jul 9, 2025 20 tweets 8 min read
This actress made $250 million in her 20-year career.

Then vanished overnight.

Everyone thought she retired.

Instead, she spent 10 years secretly building a $900 Million empire.

Here's how she did it: Image Meet Reese Witherspoon:

You probably know her name. But perhaps not her work.

She landed her breakout role at 14.

By 29, she's winning Oscars.

By her mid-30s, she's one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses.

Then something strange happens...
Jul 4, 2025 17 tweets 7 min read
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t believe in interviews.

Instead, he asks ONE question to decide if someone's "fit for Facebook."

It's so powerful, it built his $100+ Billion leadership team.

Here's the question (and answer) that discovers legends: 🧵 Image In Facebook's early days, the company was growing rapidly from a small team.

Zuck had to hire fast.

But he'd already seen how bad hires could destroy startups.

So he developed a hiring filter unlike anything in Silicon Valley...
Jun 27, 2025 19 tweets 8 min read
Jeff Bezos didn’t study business at Princeton.

Instead, he read “nerdy” sci-fi novels and built Alexa, AWS, & Blue Origin.

How? A mental model so powerful, it created a $2 Trillion empire.

Here’s his brilliant "fiction-to-fortune" framework: 🧵 Image First, some context:

Young Bezos spent summers buried in sci-fi novels.

Not just business strategy.

Stories about the future became his "thinking gym."

A place to train his imagination for what technology could become.
Jun 23, 2025 17 tweets 7 min read
AI's biggest names just made horrifying statements:

• Anthropic CEO: "...everyone will lose their jobs."
• LinkedIn founder: "People still underestimate AI's impact."

Only one gave a roadmap to survive—and profit—from it.

Here's his advice: ⬇️ Image The disagreement is explosive.

One predicts a "white-collar bloodbath."

50% of entry-level jobs gone in 5 years.

The other calls this "media sensationalism."

Both are billionaire tech legends who shape our future...
Jun 20, 2025 15 tweets 5 min read
Sam Altman just shocked the world in his latest podcast.

He revealed the U.S. govt. had to step in to stop Musk's abuse of power.

Altman was "shocked by how far [Elon] would go."

But that's not the most shocking.

Here's what he said next... ⬇️ Image These 2 billionaires used to be partners.

Back in 2015, they co-founded OpenAI together.

Their shared vision: Build AI that helps humanity.

But that partnership was doomed from the start...
Jun 19, 2025 18 tweets 7 min read
Elon Musk only hires 5% of SpaceX applicants.

Why? Because most fail to answer his ONE simple question.

It's so powerful, it discovered the brilliant minds behind his $350B empire.

Here are the 9 words that reveal genius: ⬇️ Image Getting hired at SpaceX is harder than Harvard.

Only 5% of tens of thousands of applicants make it through.

But the selection process reveals something shocking:
Jun 19, 2025 20 tweets 8 min read
In 1984, Nike got CRUSHED by Adidas.

• They lost $28 million in one year
• Adidas locked down Michael Jordan

Then Phil Knight made one "desperate hire" everyone called insane.

Here's the real story behind Nike's $165+ BILLION empire: 🧵 Image Picture this: The year was 1984.

Nike was a running company trying to break into basketball.

But they were getting destroyed.

Converse owned the courts with Magic and Bird.

Adidas ruled street culture. Nike was the distant third choice nobody wanted:
Jun 18, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
Everyone says Gen Z is the laziest generation in history.

But LinkedIn's founder says they're wrong.

He just called Gen Z the "most valuable asset" in today's job market.

Why? Because of ONE skill that makes them irreplaceable: ⬇️ Image For years, headlines have painted Gen Z as entitled and unprepared.

"They don't want to work hard."

"They lack loyalty and commitment."

But one man sees something completely different...
Jun 18, 2025 18 tweets 7 min read
The real genius behind OpenAI is NOT Sam Altman.

It's a college dropout who taught himself 3 AI systems and co-founded a $300 BILLION powerhouse.

How? A mental framework that makes learning AI easy.

Here's Greg Brockman's 3-step model: 🧵 Image Meet Greg Brockman.

Co-founder and President of OpenAI.

Left Harvard after 1 year.

Briefly tried MIT, then dropped out completely.

While classmates memorized textbooks, he was mastering the future.
Jun 16, 2025 16 tweets 6 min read
Silicon Valley's biggest secret just went public.

The CTOs of Meta, OpenAI, and Palantir are joining the U.S. Army.

Not as vendors. As official military officers.

And they're prepping for something insane (that you should be too): ⬇️ Image Less than a decade ago, working with the military was anathema in Silicon Valley.

Even developing technology that might be used by the military was taboo.

The tech industry wanted nothing to do with defense work.

But something changed everything: Image
Jun 15, 2025 18 tweets 7 min read
In 2008, Elon pulled off the greatest heist in history:

• SpaceX was dying
• Every rocket failed
• Boeing was stealing their $1.6 billion contract

Then Elon made ONE desperate call to NASA.

Here’s how a 60-second convo saved him: 🧵 Image Picture this: December 2008.

The world economy is crashing.

SpaceX has burned through $100 million of Elon's personal fortune.

Three Falcon 1 rockets have exploded on launch.

And NASA is about to hand a $1.6 billion contract to... Boeing.
Jun 14, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
The biggest threat to Google's $2 trillion empire isn't ChatGPT.

It's a new search engine promising to "show what Google hides."

The most shocking?

Elon created it himself.

Here's how it's taking over the ENTIRE internet: 🧵 Image On June 8th, Elon Musk dropped a bombshell.

xAI launched "TruthGPT" — a search engine powered by Grok AI.

The promise? "No censorship. Real answers."

But this isn't just another search engine...
Jun 13, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
Sam Altman just held a secret meeting with NYC's billionaires.

He revealed exactly how AI will transform America's economy.

Not by replacing workers.

But with a performance hack built to "make everyone richer."

Here's his $3 TRILLION plan: 🧵 Image The guest list reads like a Forbes billionaire directory.

KKR cofounder Henry Kravis was there.
So was Tishman Speyer CEO Rob Speyer.

In fact, 100 of NYC's most powerful business leaders gathered behind closed doors.

But this wasn't your typical tech conference... Image
Jun 12, 2025 18 tweets 7 min read
Mark Zuckerberg thought he DESTROYED the Winklevoss twins.

In 2008, he settled their Facebook lawsuit for a measly $65 million.

But instead of disappearing, the twins quietly built something even bigger.

Here's the $3 TRILLION revenge play 20 years in the making: 🧵 Image Let's take a quick trip back to Harvard, 2003.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss had an idea for a social network.

They needed a programmer.

Enter sophomore Mark Zuckerberg.

But what happened next would spark a 20-year war:
Jun 11, 2025 24 tweets 9 min read
This is the most expensive betrayal in history:

In 2006, Steve Jobs invited Google’s CEO to Apple's meetings.

Jobs was told they were building the "next big thing" together.

But Google had other plans.

Here’s the $1 TRILLION backstab that changed Apple forever: 🧵 Image Apple and Google used to be natural allies.

Google's search and Maps were integral to Apple's ecosystem.

Neither company competed in the other's core business.

Jobs saw Google's CEO Eric Schmidt as a valuable asset to Apple's board.

But Schmidt was hiding something massive: