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Hmm, which verticals did I do this in?

The majority of companies listed I did not invest in, as well as in some cases areas I have not invested in at all I am actively involved in AI and have been for a few years, so th…

I agree this is a potential outcome. One big question is generalizability versus niche models. For example, is the best legal model a frontier model + a giant context window + RAG?…

I think this is already true for things based on diffusion models - e.g. Midjourney, Pika etc For LLMs, Character and ChatGPT are arguably two vertically integrated consumer apps (…

Would love to get any views / counterpoints on these topics. Eg which AI infra approach thrives relative to the big clouds? What new architectures are needed for agents vs transfor…

I forgot to list Bitcoin as another one that launched with no VC money :) It is remarkable how many of the tech companies that have lasted the longest and got the biggest started o…

Braintrust also provides eval, so nice tie in across both...

Agreed on ML being in production in a lot of places and has been quite valuable, particularly for large incumbents. I write about this a bit here: https://blog.eladgil.com/p/ai-sta…

100% agree the theory on AI is old and actually dates back to the early days of "cybernetics". But the real difference is at what point do we considered it sufficiently reduced to …

The bar for what is "AI" keeps moving. For example plane autopilots would be "AI" in the 1980s, the ability for a machine to win at chess, go, and other games etc.

Definitely not my intention to forgot or denigrate the past. Obviously all this exists due to deep learning and prior architectures. What I have been running into is many people an…

I agree that most startups fail. Only a small handful of companies at a given moment are the "breakouts" that are clearly working, and those are the most derisked to join (although…

I definitely agree motivations for starting a company are mixed, and vary a lot from person to person. For the most successful companies I have seen, the motivations have largely c…

It depends on who gets vaccinated. For example, Israel focused first on the 20% of the population (largely elderly) who drive 95% of deaths.

Thanks for the fix! I also changed the title of my blog to remove "VR". Too bad Twitter still doesnt have editable tweets :/

Thanks for the feedback. We will move away from calling it VR in the future and more about "spatial reality" or "spatial video" most likely

Yeah we changed names a week or two ago and the logo has not caught up yet :)

Hmm, I did not mean to abuse the term "VR". The original usage is much broader than just "put on a headset" immersive VR. For example, text-only MUDs & MUSHes https://en.wikipedia.…

Yorb was definitely one of the inspirations! Aidan is awesome and he attended one of the events we had.

Just looking for something space related :)

No headset needed. It works best on a laptop or desktop with keyboard right now versus mobile

Thanks! We view awkwardness as a good sign - it means we are hopefully capturing a part of real social interactions :)