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18 Aug 2025
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Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making AI agent hardware and software free to consumers dramatically lowers the barrier to entry and brings AI's benefits to ordinary people who otherwise wouldn't adopt it. — tap to centre the map on it Making AI agent hardware and software free to consumers dramatically lowers the barrier to entry and brings AI's benefits to ordinary people who otherwise wouldn't adopt it. Last stated a month ago
11 Sept 2026
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Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer. — tap to centre the map on it Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer. Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is good at giving artifacts that are not necessarily grounded in understanding of the system, which works for prototypes and one-off experiments but leaves you lost the moment you need to debug. — tap to centre the map on it AI is good at giving artifacts that are not necessarily grounded in understanding of the system, which works for prototypes and one-off experiments but leaves you lost the moment you need to debug. Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents will solve problems by building software on the fly, creating a market of software and data for agents to pay for — tap to centre the map on it AI agents will solve problems by building software on the fly, creating a market of software and data for agents to pay for Last stated a week ago
12 Oct 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The biggest effect of agents on the market may well be that the rewards for better products increase. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest effect of agents on the market may well be that the rewards for better products increase. Last stated 2 weeks ago
9 Oct 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas. — tap to centre the map on it AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas. Last stated 2 years ago
6 Apr 2025
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Rita Kozlov — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago
13 May 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software at the AI frontier iterates in days where a hardware display takes years: a breakthrough on Monday can be in customers' hands on Wednesday. — tap to centre the map on it Software at the AI frontier iterates in days where a hardware display takes years: a breakthrough on Monday can be in customers' hands on Wednesday. Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
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Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. Last stated 6 months ago
10 Apr 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-driven storytelling is currently in an early, experimental phase comparable to the first "animated photographs" of early cinema. — tap to centre the map on it AI-driven storytelling is currently in an early, experimental phase comparable to the first "animated photographs" of early cinema. Last stated 2 months ago
30 Aug 2026
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Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Digital biology is about to have its ChatGPT moment, on the back of multimodality, long context and synthetic data generation. — tap to centre the map on it Digital biology is about to have its ChatGPT moment, on the back of multimodality, long context and synthetic data generation. Last stated 9 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: GPT-5 was an ordinary incremental advance, and the gap between what was promised for it and what shipped is the story of the field. — tap to centre the map on it GPT-5 was an ordinary incremental advance, and the gap between what was promised for it and what shipped is the story of the field. Last stated a year ago
9 Aug 2025
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The gap between GPT-5 and GPT-4 will be as large as the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-3, and the job is to live a few years ahead and remember that today's tools will look terrible from there. — tap to centre the map on it The gap between GPT-5 and GPT-4 will be as large as the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-3, and the job is to live a few years ahead and remember that today's tools will look terrible from there. Last stated 3 weeks ago
1 Oct 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are
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An application-layer AI company's real breakthroughs come from going a click or two down the stack rather than from using the models as they are.
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Making AI agent hardware and software free to consumers dramatically lowers the barrier to entry and brings AI's benefits to ordinary people who otherwise wouldn't adopt it.
Holds
Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer.
Holds
AI is good at giving artifacts that are not necessarily grounded in understanding of the system, which works for prototypes and one-off experiments but leaves you lost the moment you need to debug.
Holds
AI agents will solve problems by building software on the fly, creating a market of software and data for agents to pay for
Holds
The biggest effect of agents on the market may well be that the rewards for better products increase.
Holds
AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas.
Holds
A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic.
Holds
Software at the AI frontier iterates in days where a hardware display takes years: a breakthrough on Monday can be in customers' hands on Wednesday.
Holds
A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one.
Holds
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Holds
AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement.
Holds
AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever.
Holds
AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun.
Holds
AI-driven storytelling is currently in an early, experimental phase comparable to the first "animated photographs" of early cinema.
Holds
Digital biology is about to have its ChatGPT moment, on the back of multimodality, long context and synthetic data generation.
Holds
GPT-5 was an ordinary incremental advance, and the gap between what was promised for it and what shipped is the story of the field.
Holds
The gap between GPT-5 and GPT-4 will be as large as the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-3, and the job is to live a few years ahead and remember that today's tools will look terrible from there.
Holds