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Co-founder @cradlebio. Previously designed the first apps for @uber, @bookingcom, @catawiki and many others. @jelleprins.com elsewhere.
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Jul 2, 2023 12 tweets 2 min read
Very little has been written about Travis Kalanick’s (Uber’s ex CEO) new company: CloudKitchens.

I considered joining his new company when he left Uber, but I wasn’t ready for another startup.

It is however an interesting company, likely already valued at $15B-$30B

🧵 Considering it is one of the most valuable private tech companies, it’s fascinating how they are able to keep out of the media.

This is obviously on purpose: Travis believes the media had a role in his downfall.
May 4, 2023 17 tweets 5 min read
🔥 If you read one thing about AI this week, let it be Google’s leaked doc

“We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI” Image Full article here: semianalysis.com/p/google-we-ha…

Some quotes 🧵
Nov 17, 2022 17 tweets 6 min read
💰 We have raised $5.5M from @IndexVentures, @Kindred_VC and 30+ amazing angels for Cradle.bio, an AI platform to design proteins.

Why? Because designing proteins is the first step towards replacing factories 🏭 and farms 🐄 for a more sustainable future.

...🧵 This is a protein. It's like a small machine. It twists and turns. It grabs a molecule and takes it apart. Or combines molecules into a new thing.

Multiple proteins work together like an assembly line in nature's small factory: the cell.
May 21, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
It seems like almost every day now a new tech company announces that they will have all or a large portion of their employees work from home permanently.

Tech talent will spread out over the globe 🌏 I wonder what this will mean for “tech hubs” like San Francisco (or Amsterdam) — there will be less of a need to have an office in a hub. Distributed teams will be more viable for funding.
Apr 14, 2020 10 tweets 1 min read
I expect journalists to talk to Apple and Google in the coming days. I have questions 👇 Will they provide code (examples) for both the clients and back-end?

Will they provide apps that can easily be used by governments, or will every government build their own implementation in this phase?
Apr 14, 2020 12 tweets 2 min read
The Dutch government is asking Dutch companies to propose plans for the contact tracing app. Deadline is today.

They want to start testing this weekend 👀

*insert any Product Manager joke here*

This is just not realistic. Not realistic to do a good interface design or a technical design. Not realistic for implementation or testing.

Furthermore, I don’t think Apple & Google’s APIs will be available? 🤷🏻‍♂️