17 connected korrents · 17 moments on record from 18 Apr 2024 to 3 Sept 2026.
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A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds JHJensen Huang
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Repeated rewrites are the correct answer under fast growth, because a system specified to scale forever would take so long to build that the company would die before it shipped.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds TPThuan Pham
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The half-life of a technology company is short, and the few that last decades are the exception rather than the rule.
Last stated 18 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds BTBret Taylor
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Deploying a new technology at scale takes decades, far longer than the people building it imagine.
Last stated 17 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds RBRodney Brooks
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Tools this complicated need a ten-to-fifteen-year horizon, which is why they belong in a philanthropy rather than a startup.
Last stated 10 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds MZMark Zuckerberg
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Software cannot reach its next level until somebody builds the next level of hardware underneath it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds TFTony Fadell
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Before building on a gap in the general models, work out whether that gap survives six months or three years.
Last stated 30 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds JDJeff Dean
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We will have a country of geniuses in a datacentre within ten years.
Last stated 13 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds DADario Amodei
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Before you raise money, ask what happens if you succeed - whether you will still want this company in ten or thirty years.
Last stated 31 Jul 2026 · a month ago
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Patrick Collison
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Same subject: data centers
A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does.
Last stated 11 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds AMAndy Masley
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Same subject: data centers
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AVAustin Vernon
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Same subject: data centers
A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AVAustin Vernon
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Same subject: startups
A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · a month ago
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Sam Altman
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Same subject: startups
A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has.
Last stated 7 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds MHMax Hodak
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Same subject: startups
A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
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Paul Graham
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Same subject: venture capital
A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
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Paul Graham
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Same subject: venture capital
About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out.
Last stated 18 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
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Pieter Levels
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Same subject: venture capital
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds LTLip-Bu Tan