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• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  As opposed to short term R&D and negative profits [embedded post]

• @carloagostinel2 Carlo Agostinelli on x

  The best part of our job is finding truly out-of-distribution people—the ones you know you'll be in business with for life. A lot will be said about how exceptional @bfspector , @amspector100 , and @aidanmantine are as founders—there's little debate there. What matters even more

• @karpathy Andrej Karpathy on x

  A conventional narrative you might come across is that AI is too far along for a new, research-focused startup to outcompete and outexecute the incumbents of AI. This is exactly the sentiment I listened to often when OpenAI started ("how could the few of you possibly compete with

• @flappyairplanes @flappyairplanes on x

  Announcing Flapping Airplanes! We've raised $180M from GV, Sequoia, and Index to assemble a new guard in AI: one that imagines a world where models can think at human level without ingesting half the internet. [image]

• @houjun_liu Houjun Liu on x

  I will say, one of the most exciting group of people and project I've come across. very exciting things cooking up... also yeah high time when people work on architecture again fr fr

• @victoralazarte Victor Lazarte on x

  I've watched Ben and Asher operate up close—exceptional taste, exceptional execution. Assembling the most talented new minds to work on the biggest problem of our time will be an incredible journey. Grateful to be a part of it.

• @stanfordaiclub @stanfordaiclub on x

  Two of our recent Stanford AI Club officers are now cooking something at @flappyairplanes. Very bullish on the team and can't wait to see what's to come!

• @kushal1t Kushal Thaman on x

  The data wall is massive and incredibly durable. We are going to fly over it. Today, I'm glad to announce that I've joined Flapping Airplanes, a foundational AI research lab whose singular mission is to solve the data efficiency problem. Prepare for liftoff! [image]

• @davidcahn6 David Cahn on x

  Today, I'm excited to announce our investment in Flapping Airplanes, and our partnership with @bfspector best known for being a founder of Prod, and @amspector100, a former debate champion and Stanford statistics PhD.

• @aidanmantine Aidan on x

  There might be fast takeoff at SFO, but people are forgetting about it in AI. We're building Flapping Airplanes to train models radically differently and fly over the data wall. We can't wait to show you what we've been working on soon.

• @marvinvonhagen Marvin von Hagen on x

  excited to live in a world where capital gets fearlessly allocated to the most talented and hard working members of society might read like sarcasm given the $1.5B pre-seed for a team w a high schooler and goofy branding, but i mean it. make silicon valley more like silicon