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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 26 Sept 2024 to 17 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about startups .
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20 Aug 2026
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Neha Narula — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: New businesses are being started at close to twice last year's rate, the largest relative jump Stripe has ever recorded. — tap to centre the map on it New businesses are being started at close to twice last year's rate, the largest relative jump Stripe has ever recorded. Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not centralise the economy into a handful of companies; there are going to be many thousands of winners. — tap to centre the map on it AI will not centralise the economy into a handful of companies; there are going to be many thousands of winners. Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The schleps of building a payments company were repaid, because no Stripe customer has ever turned out to be boring. — tap to centre the map on it The schleps of building a payments company were repaid, because no Stripe customer has ever turned out to be boring. Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The new wave of businesses is not lightweight slop: the median one is doing better than a year ago, and more of them clear every revenue threshold. — tap to centre the map on it The new wave of businesses is not lightweight slop: the median one is doing better than a year ago, and more of them clear every revenue threshold. Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: By every objective metric Stripe can see, there has never been a better time to start a business. — tap to centre the map on it By every objective metric Stripe can see, there has never been a better time to start a business. Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AI build-out will end the way the internet did: a couple of Amazons, and a long list of companies that go sideways or disappear. — tap to centre the map on it The AI build-out will end the way the internet did: a couple of Amazons, and a long list of companies that go sideways or disappear. Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Turning a breakout open-source project into a company would be the wrong move -- joining a lab reaches everyone faster than building another large company. — tap to centre the map on it Turning a breakout open-source project into a company would be the wrong move -- joining a lab reaches everyone faster than building another large company. Last stated 8 months ago
14 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The fastest-growing companies are not using data well, because they reached enormous scale before they had time to build any of the instrumentation. — tap to centre the map on it The fastest-growing companies are not using data well, because they reached enormous scale before they had time to build any of the instrumentation. Last stated a year ago
21 Sept 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. — tap to centre the map on it A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. — tap to centre the map on it A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. — tap to centre the map on it AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same. — tap to centre the map on it Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
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Stripe has always been about capturing the wide swath of new companies, not Fortune 500 enterprises
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New businesses are being started at close to twice last year's rate, the largest relative jump Stripe has ever recorded.
Holds
AI will not centralise the economy into a handful of companies; there are going to be many thousands of winners.
Holds
The schleps of building a payments company were repaid, because no Stripe customer has ever turned out to be boring.
Holds
The new wave of businesses is not lightweight slop: the median one is doing better than a year ago, and more of them clear every revenue threshold.
Holds
By every objective metric Stripe can see, there has never been a better time to start a business.
Holds
The AI build-out will end the way the internet did: a couple of Amazons, and a long list of companies that go sideways or disappear.
Holds
Turning a breakout open-source project into a company would be the wrong move -- joining a lab reaches everyone faster than building another large company.
Holds
The fastest-growing companies are not using data well, because they reached enormous scale before they had time to build any of the instrumentation.
Holds
A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither.
Holds
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Holds
A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead.
Holds
A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for.
Holds
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them.
Holds
Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds