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Proven founder (100+ apps, multiple exits) & early-stage investor in A16Z-backed startups | Democratizing AI & sharing insights on tech disruption
Mar 27 16 tweets 5 min read
Deloitte's AI just exposed a devastating truth:

Their systems process 166x more data, cut costs, and boost output by 40%.

Not because they built better technology.

But because they discovered why humans can't compete anymore: 🧵 Image The Big Four accounting firms have invested billions into agentic AI.

Deloitte reported that its AI-powered finance agents reduced costs by 25% while increasing productivity by 40%.

The most remarkable discovery? Image
Mar 20 17 tweets 5 min read
Google just spent $32,000,000,000 on a company nobody has heard of.

It's a cybersecurity startup.

They offered $23 billion and got rejected—then won with $9 billion more.

But why the fuss? What does this unknown startup have that's worth 2x more than Snapchat? 🧵 Image Let's put this in perspective.

This is Google's biggest acquisition ever.

For a company founded only 4 years ago, in 2020.

But here's why Google was so desperate...
Mar 17 16 tweets 5 min read
Humanity is facing EXTINCTION—slowly, silently, and PERMANENTLY.

Global birth rates are COLLAPSING to the lowest levels in history.

South Korea, Japan & the US all just reached record lows.

Here's what this means for the future of our species: 🧵 Image For the first time in history, we're watching our species voluntarily decline.

South Korea's birth rate has plummeted to 0.72 children per woman.

In Japan, two people die for every baby born.

The US has dropped to a record low of 1.64.

Here's the shocking reality:
Mar 14 12 tweets 4 min read
ChatGPT created a dangerous career divide:

Nearly 1 in 4 tech jobs now require AI skills.

It's triggered the most brutal transformation in hiring history—27% of regular jobs just vanished overnight.

Here's why most workers still don't see what's coming: 🧵 Image In late 2022, ChatGPT changed everything.

What began as a fascinating tool morphed into something ominous:

A stark divide between workers who understand AI and those who don't.

But here's what most people missed: Image
Mar 5 16 tweets 5 min read
In 2021, banks gave the CEO of OnlyFans 72 hours to decide:

Ban adult content or lose everything.

He announced the ban, but he changed his mind just days later.

That reversal built a $6.6 BILLION empire...

Here's the ONE thing that made him reverse that decision:🧵 Image Most social platforms rely on ads for revenue.

But OnlyFans decided to cut out advertisers completely.

Focus 100% on direct creator-to-fan payments.

The platform only makes money when creators make money.

But here's where things got interesting...
Mar 3 16 tweets 5 min read
In 2003, this guy created a simple quiz to check if you were a human.

But 20 years later, he can't even solve his own puzzles anymore.

And the worst part is, he regrets ever creating it.

Here's the disturbing truth about CAPTCHA (& the beast they've been training):🧵 Image Back in the early 2000s, Websites were drowning in bot-created spam accounts and fake signups.

They desperately needed a way to verify real humans.

His solution: Make users decipher distorted text.

It was called CAPTCHA and it was absolutley genius...
Feb 28 17 tweets 5 min read
The way Elon is running DOGE is wild: 2 million employees offered buyouts. $55B in cuts identified...in 2 months. It's the EXACT same playbook he used to overhaul Twitter.

Multiple lawsuits have already been filed against him. But here's why every entrepreneur must take notes:🧵 Image First, let's understand what's happening...

Elon is attempting the largest government reform in modern history.

He's trying to cut $2,000,000,000,000 ( $2 trillion) in spending.

And he's doing it with the same ruthless efficiency he used at Twitter...
Feb 27 15 tweets 4 min read
In 2004, this man spent his days taking pictures of the street of Palo Alto.

Everyone laughed at him...

So he strapped cameras to cars, camels, and even snowmobiles.

Now 2 billion people use his app every month.

Here's the untold story of how Larry Page mapped the world: 🧵 Image A man stops every few feet on the streets of Palo Alto.

Takes out his video camera. Records. Drives a bit further. Repeats.

His co-workers were baffled.

Members of the public were creasing...

But Larry saw something nobody else could...
Feb 24 19 tweets 6 min read
Alibaba just declared war on Silicon Valley.

They're investing $52 billion in China's AI future from the ground up.

It's the largest AI infrastructure investment in the country's history.

Here's their master plan to end Western tech supremacy: 🧵 Image $52.4 billion over just 3 years.

That's more than Alibaba has spent on AI in the past decade combined.

This massive investment matches half of the current commitment to the US Stargate AI plan.

But the timing of this move reveals something fascinating...
Feb 21 17 tweets 6 min read
Elon just took a chainsaw to the establishment.

It wasn't just for show.

It's part of his plan to slash government bureaucracy.

But one move in particular has politicians terrified of what's next: Image On January 20, 2025, Trump issued an executive order that sent shockwaves through Washington.

He created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) & appointed Elon as its head.

It gave Elon's team access to 15 federal agencies instantly.

That's when it got interesting...
Feb 12 18 tweets 6 min read
You will never need to do a chore again.

For decades, we've dreamed of the day we can give up housework.

Now, Meta's robots are learning to do 100,000 household tasks and granting our wishes.

Here's how their latest breakthrough will change your home life forever: Image To be clear: I don't mean a romantic partner.

I'm talking about something far more practical:

A household companion that helps manage your daily life.

And this isn't a new invention, we've been trying to do this for decades:
Feb 7 22 tweets 6 min read
This 2-year-old startup solved SpaceX's biggest problem:

Not rockets. Not satellites.

What they built was so powerful, Stripe had no choice but to buy it for $1.1 BILLION...

Here's why it's been keeping Wall Street execs up at night ever since: Image SpaceX faced a major hurdle in emerging markets:

Traditional banking infrastructure was unreliable and slow.

Local banks across Africa, Latin America & Asia struggled with international payments.

And the banks were showing no signs of improvement... Image
Jan 29 19 tweets 6 min read
China just sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley.

It took OpenAI 8 years and billions of dollars to get to this point.

DeepSeek just crushed them at 3% of the cost.

In 2 months.

Here's what this means for the future of AI: Image Let's put this in perspective:

OpenAI spent $5 billion developing their AI models.

They used over 10,000 NVIDIA A100 GPUs.

Their development spanned nearly 8 years.

So honestly, no one saw this coming: Image
Jan 27 17 tweets 5 min read
Donald Trump's $500B Stargate project isn't what you think.

It's not even government money.

Meanwhile, China just dropped $8.2B in real public funding.

The untold story of how America's AI strategy is becoming a dangerous game of chicken: Image The world of AI just got a lot more interesting (if it wasn't already)...

Trump announced a $500B AI infrastructure project called "Stargate."

The media's going wild about this "government initiative."

But there's something they're missing entirely...
Jan 17 17 tweets 5 min read
TikTok could disappear this Sunday.

99% of people are panicking.

But some have been waiting for this moment.

They've spent years building TikTok competitors.

Here's who's positioned to win (and my wild prediction about what's really happening): Image Congress passed a divest-or-ban law forcing TikTok to stop US operations if ByteDance doesn't sell.

Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Snapchat are the obvious winners.

They've got massive audiences and have already copied every TikTok feature.

But beneath the surface, something far more interesting is brewing:
Jan 13 14 tweets 4 min read
Elon predicted AI will be smarter than every human within 5 years.

But researchers just tested the leading AI models...

The most advanced models failed at tasks that children can do easily.

Here's what this means for AI's future: Image They tested ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT 4o, Claude 3.5, Gemini 1.0, and Gemini 1.5 using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).

It's a pretty standard test for detecting cognitive impairments.

They found that the newest versions still struggle with basic tasks that humans find easy. Image
Jan 8 13 tweets 4 min read
Zuck just took a CRAZY bet:

Dismantling 7 years of fact-checking infrastructure.

And copying Elon's controversial moderation system.

But leaked documents expose the real reason why: Image In 2016, Meta launched a groundbreaking program.

They partnered with independent fact-checkers to combat misinformation after foreign actors tried to influence US elections.

For 7 years, this was their North Star.

But as of yesterday, everything changed:
Jan 6 19 tweets 5 min read
Apple built a trillion-dollar empire with human marketing teams.

But that era is ending.

Something is making traditional marketing obsolete.

And it's 1000x cheaper than what we have today.

Here's what's coming: Image The next wave of startups won't have marketing teams.

They'll have AI agents working 24/7 instead.

What used to cost $2M in salaries now costs $2K in agents.

AI agents are transforming marketing forever.

5 ways marketing teams will evolve (and why you should care):
Jan 3 13 tweets 4 min read
This AI doesn't just write emails.

It made salespeople 333x more effective.

Not by replacing humans - but by working alongside them.

Here's how AI agents are changing the game (and why 2025 will be their breakout year): Image First, let's talk about the state of sales today:

84% of sales reps missed their quota last year.

67% don't expect to meet it this year either.

Their skills aren't the issue.

The real problem lies in how they spend their time... Image
Jan 2 17 tweets 5 min read
Wall Street's biggest nightmare just came true:

Elon proved that 80% of corporate jobs are unnecessary.

Not because humans are lazy.

But because he discovered a dark truth about modern companies that no CEO wants to admit: Image When Elon bought Twitter for $44B in 2022, the world called him crazy.

The platform was bloated, inefficient, and bleeding money.

But Twitter would become more than a social network.

It would become the testing ground for the future of work.
Dec 30, 2024 17 tweets 4 min read
Most people are waiting for ChatGPT-5.

But there's an entire chain reaction coming in AI.

Here's my step-by-step framework to get ahead before it happens:

P.S. It's the same one I used to invest in Nvidia at $30/share pre-stock splits Image Most people are focused on the wrong timeline.

They're thinking about ChatGPT-5 or the next Anthropic model.

But the real transformation isn't about individual AI models.

It's about the cascading effects that will reshape entire industries.