the most productive month of your life

San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2026
50 MW coming online early 2027, congrats @Riyanxali!
Earlier this month I was deep in the Permian building towards a more scalable and repeatable way to unlock power. Now, starting early 2027, we're bringing up to 50 MW online in West Texas and setting aside some capacity for startups building frontier energy infrastructure in America. If you're in El Segundo, San Francisco, or anywhere in the U.S. and want to test your: • Turbines and gensets • New generator tech like fuel cells and linear generators • Storage and power electronics • Microgrids • Modular data centers Reach out.
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your time is limited. so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. #lightyearresidency
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One hour of time is not equal to one hour of time if it’s spent on a wrong thing. #lightyearresidency
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When you know your why, the grind does not break you. #lightyearresidency
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At Lightyear we challenge the status quo. 1 years work in 1 months time? What do you think? Possible? #LightyearResidency
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Day 1 was awesome. Recap
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1 years work in 1 months time
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It’s time to build. The new cohort is locked in the mansion — heads down, focused, working toward demo day. Let’s go.
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The cohort starts today!
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Tomorrow it begins. A new group of the most driven founders alive moves into the mansion. 30 days. Zero distractions. Just build. We can't wait to introduce them to you.
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One month. Zero distractions. The best founders alive. The next Lightyear cohort starts very soon.
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Lou didn’t start Pintours in a boardroom. He came from Apple’s R&D team, where he helped build products reaching hundreds of millions of people. Then he built Pintours — the AI that powers real-life experiences, partnering with GetYourGuide and Uber. One month at Lightyear. Everything accelerated
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Every company that changed the world started with one person who refused to stop. Not because it was easy. Because they couldn't imagine doing anything else.
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Solo grinding has a ceiling. Not because you’re not good enough. But because no one builds their best work in a vacuum. The best ideas come from friction. From someone across the table saying “have you thought about it this way?” From watching someone work harder than you and feeling that quiet pull to match them. Two founders pushing each other forward is a different animal than one founder pushing alone. Put enough of the right people in the same room and something shifts. It’s hard to explain until you’ve felt it.
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