For 4 years @Snapchat, I got the chance to partner with @alexmashrabov and become close friends along the way.
Seeing @higgsfield_ai's growth has been incredible but in some ways not surprising. Beyond being brilliant (he puts himself to sleep with CS Olympiad problems), Alex always recruits teams of wildly creative people. And then just lets them do their best work.
Those wildly creative people are now building a product that lets creative teams everywhere make anything they can dream of, in one place.
This episode was awesome and I'm excited for so many people to get inspired by a special leader and person.
Some fricking wild stats from our show coming tomorrow with @alexmashrabov:
- $1BN ARR in 18 months, faster than Cursor and Cognition.
- Higgsfield spend $4M per month on different models
- That is over $10K per head.
- Alex expects to spend $50-$100K per month on tokens for his 10x people.
- One engineer spent $30K in a single week on Astra vibe coding. WTF!!
- They have a team of 150 people in content alone.
The story that has not been told, coming tomorrow...
Jeremy Voss retweeted
1/ today we're releasing muse spark, the first model from MSL. nine months ago we rebuilt our ai stack from scratch. new infrastructure, new architecture, new data pipelines. muse spark is the result of that work, and now it powers meta ai. 🧵
Running is more fun when you're holding an easy conversation with a friend.
I made an app called Pace that tries to recreate that feeling when you're running alone.
Just pick an AI running partner and topic to talk about, and start your run.
I made Pace as a way to learn after @laurentdelrey walked me through his Cursor + Claude Code + Xcode process. As insanely creative as Laurent is, he's even more generous with his time.
The app's available today on iOS. Try it out on your next run (or walk, or strenuous sitting at your desk). And let me know what would make it better!
apps.apple.com/us/app/pace-a…
Re-x’ing this unique opportunity for anyone building the next great gaming company: a chance to build with the support of @andrewchen and some of the top minds in the the gaming industry.
Fun update:
Today we're open for applications on SPEEDRUN 2024, the second run of our accelerator for Games x Tech, with $75M from the a16z games fund to find the next amazing pre-seed startups.
Applications are now open for SPEEDRUN 2024: speedrun.a16z.com
I was lucky to take Professor Bhattacharya’s Economics of Health Care class in college. Data was his tool to understand and take on the biggest challenges facing our medical system.
There was never a time when the world was better off with @DrJBhattacharya’s voice silenced.
Still trying to process my emotions on learning that @twitter blacklisted me. The thought that will keep me up tonight: censorship of scientific discussion permitted policies like school closures & a generation of children were hurt.
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76% of drug deaths in peoples ages 13-23 involve fentanyl.
@Snap is partnering with the @AdCouncil and @youtube on a campaign, Real Deal on Fentanyl, to raise awareness on fentanyl's dangers and its prevalence in counterfeit prescription pills and drugs.
snap.com/en-US/safety-and-im…
Last week at Snap, we said goodbye to creative and wonderful people across nearly every function.
Snap's Alumni Talent Hub is a rare resource for anyone who's hiring in tech.
snap.com/en-US/talent
Safety and privacy have been embedded in Snapchat’s design since day one.
Our new Family Center gives parents a window into their teen’s online presence, serving as a starting point for important conversations—while protecting the privacy of messages.
youtu.be/QGWm7jRYk-g
Good things happen when you work with @laurentdelrey @danmorenooo @nkboyd @davepaliwoda @alexedelsburg
this was the very first ux exploration i made spontaneously when @jeremy_41 pitched me about snapchat on desktop
trying to connect chatting and snapping by bringing the camera top level, persistently ツ
Snapchat. Now on your computer!
Snap, chat, and video call friends with a product designed for friends.
Coming to every computer soon at web.snapchat.com!
Zenly's new map brings the playfulness of a 3D game to your real world.
In awe of the "beautiful, living and breathing mapping experience" that Charly Delaroche and the @zenly team have created over the last three years.
techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/so…
