fun fact: Alap is so good at pitching he got me to quit finance. When he presented @Sentieo while i was still working in my hedge fund, I walked him out to the elevators and asked him for a job. Sentieo was my first startup job, and my 3rd attempt at applying "ai" to finance
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Sam Altman Steps Down from Helion Board for OpenAI Partnership
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I have loved being on the Helion board; I continue to be extremely excited about a future with abundant energy and Helion in particular. As Helion and OpenAI start to explore working together at significant scale, it is difficult for me to be on both boards. (I will have a financial interest in Helion so still be recused from negotiations, but from a governance perspective this will make things easier for both companies.) David and Chris are exceptional founders and I think people will be quite impressed by the company's progress. David Kirtley (@Dkirtley) Sam Altman is stepping down from Helion’s Board of Directors. This decision enables Helion and OpenAI to explore future partnerships to bring zero-carbon, safe electricity to the world, which Helion is perfectly poised to deliver. Sam has played an integral role in Helion’s development; I am extremely grateful for his commitment to Helion since he joined our board in 2015. He has pushed me and the Helion team to dream big, build with urgency, and focus on the thing that matters most: deploying fusion for our customers as quickly as possible to fully satisfy the world’s need for clean and abundant energy. Fusion would not be where it is today if it were not for Sam’s support over the last decade. Sam, thank you for your vision, your encouragement, and your commitment to Helion. I look forward to working with you in this new capacity. — https://nitter.net/Dkirtley/status/2036120194805014537#m
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Trent AI at Cyber Startup Expo 2026 in San Francisco
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Today only 🤝 Join Trent AI at Cyber Startup Expo 2026 — Meet with Eno Thereska, Co-founder and CEO & Christoph Bartenstein, Chief Product Officer. 👉 go.trent.ai/cyber-startup-ex… Monday, March 23, 2026 8am – 4pm Convene 100 Stockton 5th Floor, Pacific Hall 40 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 Come by and learn how Trent secures your agentic systems with specialized AI agents that continuously scan, judge, mitigate, and evaluate. So, your team ships fast and stays secure! #CyberSecurity #AI #Startups #RSAC #TrentAIHQ
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2026 Reflections: Building at Scale, Learning, and Enterprise Growth
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Constant Learning is the One thing I witnessed working in YAAS, the people the culture around is Nahi ata to seekho and make sure you learn and do it well, solve problems don't rant, and keep improving. Varun Mayya (@waitin4agi_) 2026: – being an individual creator – separately running 70+ channels @ 1Bn+ views a month – running Aeos Labs (enterprise AI services) – running YAAS (enterprise content services) – 100+ enterprise clients across everything incl. Coca Cola, Cleartrip, Zoho, etc etc. – making a video game (UE5, C++) – 500+ people bootstrapped, green PnL despite *lots* of experimental spend what I enjoyed most: – hanging out with the people who are in this journey with me + board game nights (Dune Imperium Uprising) – spending time mentoring new talent and finding prodigy level talent from our large follower base (our moat imo) – running non commercial experiments with new tech. We shipped 10+ unique projects and demos last year purely to learn and improve our craft of content + tech. – teaching as much as I know before I run out of steam – graduating from mostly consumer products to enterprise contracts What I could’ve done better: – taken better care of health – people tend to make too many snap judgements about anything at scale but keeping Aeos stealth too long was a conscious choice – could’ve told the story a bit sooner – could’ve expanded a bit sooner (we delayed decisions like expanding office space because of fear of things maybe going wrong) – started internal management training sooner (leaders are everything at an org like us) – worked with large enterprises much sooner (rather than with startups). I think I significantly underestimated enterprise revenue in India. — https://nitter.net/waitin4agi_/status/2036078191069278424#m
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The Only AI Subscription You Need Stay Edge
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the only subscription you need to stay at the edge of ai:
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Airstreet Epoch 3: Accelerating Funding Rounds in AI
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Thanks, @tim for our great chat in @ft about @airstreet epoch 3! “One of the reasons to go bigger now is the opportunity set has accelerated dramatically” “Companies want to raise faster and raise larger rounds, so you need to adapt the model for the game that’s being played.”
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UTA Startup Faces Financial Challenges Despite Best Efforts
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UTA might fail financially (I go broke doing it maybe) but I hope you will enjoy us trying our best and giving it the best shot we possibly can. With love.
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EU Commission Proposes EU Inc. to Boost Single Market for Entrepreneurs
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Commission presents proposal for EU Inc. – unlocking the full potential of the Single Market for Europe's entrepreneurs https://
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CEO Leadership Critical for AI Industry Success and Innovation
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in ai, a company is only going to go as far as their CEO goes you cannot delegate working with the latest tools—it's a critical part of building your intuition for how this new world works that's why @garrytan @tobi etc are going so hard right now. bullish
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China’s OpenClaw, Amazon’s Rivr, Unitree IPO lead robotics news
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Top stories in robotics today: – China is wiring robots with OpenClaw
– Amazon nabs stair-climbing bot startup Rivr
– Unitree’s IPO will test the humanoid hype
– This home robot cleaner comes with a human
– Quick hits on other robotics news