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Nikhil Krishnan

@nikillinit
20 posts
2025-08-01
I'm buying figma at any price - just doing my part to push up the pop and get bill gurley mad at bankers
2025-08-01 View on X
CNBC

Figma's stock closes up 250% at $115.50, after Figma sold shares at $33 in its IPO, hitting a ~$68B valuation; Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition fell apart in 2023

Figma's stock more than tripled in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, a day after the design software company sold shares at $33 in its IPO.

2023-12-05
well I guess inadvertently the 23andMe hack now gives a ballpark amount for how much a genetic database is worth? [image]
2023-12-05 View on X
TechCrunch

23andMe says hackers stole the ancestry data of 6.9M of its 14M customers, via a breach first disclosed in October 2023, by leveraging access to ~14K accounts

https://arstechnica.com/... John / @obeto@mas.to : That's the problem with biometric PIIs: they cannot be changed if a breach occurs.  —  If, some of the victims work in sensitive ...

2023-11-18
yo how many Altmans are there, this is some pompliano shit
2023-11-18 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”

The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …

we are literally watching a villain origin story unfolding
2023-11-18 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”

The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …

2023-10-06
@MikeIsaac Thumbnail photos for articles gonna start looking like YouTube thumbnails lol
2023-10-06 View on X
The Wrap

X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @rickf@indieweb.social : In other words, “please generate needless clicks so I can boost ‘engagement’ on the platform to get more advertisers ba...

2023-10-05
@MikeIsaac Thumbnail photos for articles gonna start looking like YouTube thumbnails lol
2023-10-05 View on X
The Wrap

X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023

The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites' featured images on its iPhone app

2023-02-19
Now I'm wondering how much money twilio makes in sms based 2FA lol https://twitter.com/...
2023-02-19 View on X
The Verge

Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; all users can use an authenticator app or a physical security key

In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use a far …

2023-02-18
Now I'm wondering how much money twilio makes in sms based 2FA lol https://twitter.com/...
2023-02-18 View on X
The Verge

Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; non-Blue users can use an authenticator app or physical security key

In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use …

2022-07-26
I put down some thoughts on the Amazon + One Medical news https://www.outofpocket.health/ ... respond to the email with your takes and I'll do around up of the best answers in a future newsletter https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-26 View on X
Out-of-Pocket

Amazon's purchase of One Medical is likely cheaper than unionization would be, and could be used as a tool to fight against unionization of employees

I guess I should say something? … This episode of Out-Of-Pocket is brought to you by...  Nabla creates SDKs and APIs …

2021-05-22
Every public health campaign from now on should rely on one of two measures 1) people's desire to get rich 2) people's desire to get laid https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-05-22 View on X
New York Times

Biden administration says it will partner with popular dating apps including Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, BLK, and Chispa to promote vaccinations against COVID-19

New York Times :

2020-10-17
New iPhone has LIDAR - lets brainstorm some ways this might be useful in healthcare quarter-baked ideas -autonomous carts in hospitals -caregivers can use to map homes to assess risks (e.g. fall risks) -putting overlays onto patients before things like surgeries
2020-10-17 View on X
Ars Technica

A look at the lidar industry and Apple's potential role within it, as the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max become the first mass market phones to adopt the technology

2020-08-05
Quality of sleep is one of the more understudied biomarkers, esp when looked at in conjunction with other biomarkers (e.g. heart rate, O2, etc.) I think we'll end up learning a lot about multi-factorial diseases (e.g. mental health/brain disorders) through studies like this https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-05 View on X
UCLA

UCLA and Apple launch a study to see whether iPhones, Watches, and Beddit sleep monitors can help in understanding how daily routines impact depression symptoms

Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge collaborate with Apple  —  Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge collaborate with Apple

2020-07-28
Google ended up setting the expectation of perk culture at startups since most companies had to compete with offers from Google. Perks and in-office culture were a huge sell for Google. Now what happens? And can startups compete by pushing for in-office culture? https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-28 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Google will extend its work from home policy until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees

a year from now — making it the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable. Partly to give staff maximum family flexibility. One year from now. https://ww...

2020-07-27
Google ended up setting the expectation of perk culture at startups since most companies had to compete with offers from Google. Perks and in-office culture were a huge sell for Google. Now what happens? And can startups compete by pushing for in-office culture? https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-27 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Google will keep nearly all of its employees working from home until at least July 2021, affecting almost 200,000 full-time and contract employees

Search-engine giant pushes back return to normalcy  —  SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July …

2020-04-26
This is a good post, and what it suggests to me is that high quality operators (especially ones that have industry specific expertise) are going to be even more valuable than tech talent if spend is moving from R&D to SG&A https://twitter.com/...
2020-04-26 View on X
luttig's learnings

The internet tailwinds that propelled meteoric growth in Silicon Valley are stalling, which will accelerate zero-sum games between startups and incumbents

The Internet tailwinds that propelled Silicon Valley's meteoric growth for decades are stalling out.  The ripple effects will jolt the tech industry.

2020-03-18
I've never felt better about what the internet can do to bring people together, and this week has shown that. A big part IMO is we're now using it for more synchronous functionality instead of asynchronous. Good article talking about different uses. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-03-18 View on X
New York Times

This pandemic has generated a surge in online community building, creating cautious optimism that our virtual efforts can offset some in-person losses

We've always hoped that our digital tools would create connections, not conflict.  We have a chance to make it happen. Tweets: @cnalive , @nbcnews , @salilkallianpur , @ediplomat ,...

2019-11-12
FWIW, most healthcare entities that plug-in to your provider do this. This is a very regular occurrence, but most people don't know or have never interacted with those companies. Google is just a name people know https://twitter.com/...
2019-11-12 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Google partnered with Ascension, the 2nd-largest US health-care system, to analyze personal health info of millions, sources say as part of Project Nightingale

Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed

2019-09-11
This @Alex_Danco piece about positional scarcity is a new favorite of mine - a great framework in how to think about the intersection of curation, prestige, and access https://alexdanco.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-11 View on X
Alex Danco

E-commerce and other internet companies can take cues from industries like retail and commercial aviation to build loyalty businesses

Alex Danco : Tweets: @jasonfried , @nikillinit , and @simoncarless Tweets: Jason Fried / @jasonfried : When Google puts 4 paid ads ahead of the first organic result for your own b...

2019-09-10
This @Alex_Danco piece about positional scarcity is a new favorite of mine - a great framework in how to think about the intersection of curation, prestige, and access https://alexdanco.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-10 View on X
Alex Danco

E-commerce and other internet companies can take cues from industries like retail and commercial aviation to build loyalty businesses

Each day on Tech Twitter, we get up in the morning, open up the website, and then go see what it is we're mad about.  A few days ago, it was this: Tweets: @nikillinit , @simoncarle...

2018-02-10
Honestly this seems super smart and I would be surprised if more sector specific versions of this didn't pop up soon: http://techcrunch.com/...
2018-02-10 View on X
TechCrunch

Austin-based Think3 announces $1B private equity fund to buy SaaS companies and finance those companies' founders to launch new startups

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :