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Seth Bannon

@sethbannon
15 posts
2026-02-28
a16z finally chimed in and they think AI should be used to spy on american citizens and control killer robots with no human supervision. Because of course they do.
2026-02-28 View on X
Anthropic

Anthropic says it'll challenge “any supply chain risk designation in court” and that the designation would only affect contractors' use of Claude on DOD work

Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.

a16z finally chimed in and they think AI should be used to spy on american citizens and control killer robots with no human supervision. Because of course they do.
2026-02-28 View on X
@secwar

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company

This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our ...

When can we go back to having adults in charge instead of name calling children?
2026-02-28 View on X
@secwar

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company

This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our ...

When can we go back to having adults in charge instead of name calling children?
2026-02-28 View on X
Anthropic

Anthropic says it'll challenge “any supply chain risk designation in court” and that the designation would only affect contractors' use of Claude on DOD work

Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.

2026-02-26
Supporting @ehsanik @LucaWeihs @inkynumbers has been an absolute pleasure. What they achieved in a short time is incredible. Excited to see what they do with 1,000x the resources at Anthropic!
2026-02-26 View on X
GeekWire

Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to “advance Claude's computer use capabilities”

Anthropic is acquiring Vercept, a Seattle startup founded by alumni of the Allen Institute for AI, in a move that illustrates …

2026-02-25
Supporting @ehsanik @LucaWeihs @inkynumbers has been an absolute pleasure. What they achieved in a short time is incredible. Excited to see what they do with 1,000x the resources at Anthropic!
2026-02-25 View on X
GeekWire

Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to “advance Claude's computer use capabilities”

Anthropic is acquiring Vercept, a Seattle startup founded by alumni of the Allen Institute for AI, in a move that illustrates …

2026-02-05
Beautiful way of expressing a fear a lot of us have. Is the future humans adapting to AI? Or AI adapting to us? Proud to support @sarahookr @sudip_r0y @adaptionlabs as they build AI that continually learns and adapts to us. [image]
2026-02-05 View on X
Fortune

Adaption Labs, which aims to create AI systems that learn continuously and cost less to run than current top models, raised a $50M seed led by Emergence Capital

Sara Hooker, an AI researcher and advocate for cheaper AI systems that use less computing power, is hanging her own shingle.

2025-09-21
AMERICAN CITIZENS who relied on H1-Bs to work here: Eric Yuan, Zoom founder Eren Bali, Udemy cofounder Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO Gustaf Alströmmer, YC Partner François Locoh-Donou, F5 CEO Andrew Ng, Coursera cofounder
2025-09-21 View on X
@presssec

White House Press Secretary says the $100K H-1B fee is not an annual fee and it is a “one-time fee that applies only to the petition” in the upcoming lottery

To be clear: 1.) This is NOT an annual fee. It's a one-time fee that applies only to the petition. 2.) Those who already hold H-1B visas and are currently outside of the country ri...

AMERICAN CITIZENS who relied on H1-Bs to work here: Eric Yuan, Zoom founder Eren Bali, Udemy cofounder Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO Gustaf Alströmmer, YC Partner François Locoh-Donou, F5 CEO Andrew Ng, Coursera cofounder
2025-09-21 View on X
GeekWire

VCs and founders warn that the $100K fee will make H-1B sponsorship prohibitively expensive for startups, not Big Tech, and drive talent outside the US

Longtime entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are sounding the alarm over President Trump's new H-1B fee that would impact tech companies and the workers they hire from abroad.

2025-08-05
Would have thought we were 1+ years away from this. The real-time rendering + the memory is super impressive. Wild times!
2025-08-05 View on X
The Verge

Google DeepMind releases its Genie 3 model, which can generate 3D worlds from a prompt and has enough visual memory for a few minutes of continuous interaction

AI world models have many limitations, but Genie 3 offers improvements like real-time interaction and better memory.

2025-03-15
This is what integrity looks like. Politically I disagree with @DavidSacks on most things but respect his decision to divest his crypto before serving. More of this please.
2025-03-15 View on X
CNBC

White House memo: David Sacks sold $200M+ in digital asset-related investments personally and via his firm, Craft Ventures, before starting his government job

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC :

2021-04-15
What reduces inequality, improves public health, boosts GDP growth, democratizes education AND IS WORTH OVER $1B? @fiftyyears pre-seed partnership @astranis_space! $250m more to cover the earth in internet from BlackRock, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford. 1/ https://www.cnbc.com/...
2021-04-15 View on X
CNBC

Astranis, which is developing small, low-cost satellites to provide broadband internet, raises $250M Series C at a $1.4B valuation led by BlackRock

Michael Sheetz / CNBC :

2019-09-19
There are far too few investors in tech willing to back the truly hard, truly ambitious endeavors. @DCVC is one of them. Great for the entire ecosystem that our frequent co-investors have $725m more. 👏🙌👊 @hardimanjames @mattocko @SABarclay @zackbogue https://fortune.com/...
2019-09-19 View on X
Crunchbase News

DCVC, which focuses on early-stage “deep” technology startups, closes a $725M fifth fund; the fourth DCVC fund, raised in 2016, topped out at $212M

Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News :

2018-01-19
3/ Does Moritz consider Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Norway, Austria, Finland, Germany, and Australia examples of “unhinged” countries? All have mandatory paternity leaves. pic.twitter.com/YxZjhytg9c
2018-01-19 View on X
Financial Times

Western tech companies will increasingly need to compete with Chinese counterparts where employees work very long hours and enjoy few perks

The declaration by Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing company, that delivery business Meituan's decision to launch a rival service would spark …

1/ Mike Moritz writes in @FT that “debates over the appropriate length of paternity leave” is an example of “concerns of a society that is becoming unhinged.” I disagree, but I do think his argument is a sign of a Mike Moritz that's become unhinged. https://amp.ft.com/... ?
2018-01-19 View on X
Financial Times

Western tech companies will increasingly need to compete with Chinese counterparts where employees work very long hours and enjoy few perks

The declaration by Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing company, that delivery business Meituan's decision to launch a rival service would spark …