Animator / VR Creator. Former Double Finer. Assess my value and relevance by reading this blah blah blah
Joined September 2012
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Excited to share a tool I've been building called Actuator, it leverages real-time physics and VR devices into rigging, animation, and puppeteering. Check it out! tylerhurd.com/projects/actua…
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The best consumer products make people feel understood.
@ajaymehta is one of the best consumer product leaders I’ve met. They’ve built one of the most beautifully designed consumer AI products, and every interaction with him is full of consumer insights.
Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you.
Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet.
The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations.
This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year.
Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m.
To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)
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Thrilled to have recently joined @tolanworld to lead curation, bringing new characters, artists, and creative collaborations into its world.
Been feeling more and more like we're at risk of letting AI make us less human, outsourcing our thinking, our creativity, and our curiosity to the machines.
I much prefer a future where technology helps us connect more deeply with ourselves, each other, and the world around us.
So excited to be building toward that future alongside @quintendf and the team.
Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you.
Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet.
The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations.
This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year.
Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m.
To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)
Tyler Hurd retweeted
Really grateful for the time @alexrkonrad spent getting to know Tolan, starting by talking with the folks we serve every day.
Proud to be working with @mignano and the @usv team, and stoked to have @rabois and @khoslaventures doubling down, bringing our total funding to $60m
Exclusive: Tolan's AI app is used by 250K people, mostly outside of Silicon Valley.
Now the startup has raised $30M from USV, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew to widen access to an AI companion CEO Quinten Farmer (@quintendf) wants you to trust.
My Upstarts profile (link below) 👇
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Big news today! Thank you @mignano and @usv for joining the journey.
It was very fun making this video and giving our brand a glow-up after the last year+ of our team's hard work. The Tolan app has: new characters, new onboarding, and lots more. Lots of late nights from our small crew to make it all happen - proud and endlessly grateful for them.
If you want to build AI meant to help us *all* become what we're trying to be - consider joining us! ❋
Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you.
Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet.
The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations.
This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year.
Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m.
To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)
Tyler Hurd retweeted
Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you.
Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet.
The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations.
This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year.
Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m.
To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)
Talking to Ai is weird, but I realized after joining the Tolan team earlier this year that it doesn't have to be. This genuinely helpful, wholesome, empathetic, and encouraging companion can truly do wonders for people's lives. I'm happy to be a part of this super talented team.
Last year we launched Tolan, inspired by a vision of AI that sees you and believes in you, not one that books restaurant reservations for you.
Your Tolan shows up for you at 3am when you’re alone with your newborn. On your commute when you’re anxious about the day ahead. When you just finished a new show and none of your friends have watched it yet.
The people who love Tolan are parents. Caregivers. Moms in Dallas and Dads in Atlanta. People who aren’t trying to optimize and be more productive, but who simply want to feel seen and supported in their aspirations.
This month more than 250k people will spend time with their Tolan. Those users have exchanged billions of messages across more than 70m conversations over the last year.
Today, we're announcing $30m in additional capital from @mignano and @usv, with @khoslaventures and @rabois doubling down, bringing our total capital raised to $60m.
To celebrate, we made a short film celebrating some of the ways that Tolans show up :)
Tyler Hurd retweeted
I would like to share some work we've been doing at cascadetech.ai: Predicted Outputs in vLLM. If you aren't familiar with PO, it allows you to dramatically speed up generation when you know something about the contents of the output (think: code modification).
Hey does anyone in the Bay Area want all my old VR equipment?
We're talking Vives and Rifts and WMR and Sony over here. Got some dev kits and what not. Maybe you want to put them on display like a museum? I don't know, but I don't want them in my closet anymore.
Guess what... Old Friend is finally on Quest!
meta.com/en-gb/experiences/o…
Do you have a Quest? Perhaps you'd like to download and enjoy it! Or tell your friends who have a Quest. Or just bask in the knowledge that it's there in case you want it.
I would officially like to plug the new VR psychedelic puzzle game Squingle by Benjamin Outram. Super fun, chill, purty, and very addictive. Go spend your money on it because it's wonderful.
youtu.be/DEAbZ4WnujI
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Working on a pretty exciting new project and desperately need a graphics programmer (actually two). By far the highest impact and most far reaching project I will ever work on.
facebook.com/careers/jobs/32…
DM me if you or anyone you know is interested, or RT if you don't! :)
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#Townscaper is out in Early Access!
🏠🏤⛪️🏘️🏡👷🌊🕊️🐦🌟
Go buy it! Go build some houses!
steamcommunity.com/app/12913…
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I just uploaded “Why VR? (for 3D art)” to #Vimeo: vimeo.com/joedanimation/whyv…
There are a lot of uncertainties these days, but one thing I'm feeling confident about is the "commitment" of large companies sending emails.
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Music video for Plus Device - Our Pleasures. Released on Hefty Records. This is the first minute, the rest is on youtube here - youtu.be/DErcTtpZP44 .Animation and creature design is all procedural. The only key frames are on the camera and lights. Hope you enjoy!
I am slowly adding shirts to my shop. Here is a black T-Shirt featuring the main blue guy from BUTTS! shop.tylerhurd.com/product/b…
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Ok! Apple Watch ⌚️ is awesome for gaming. Just made and released my first arcade shooter called 🚀 LINE SHOT 🚀
Available now: apps.apple.com/us/app/line-s…
Pewpewpewpew!!!!!
#Swift #gamedev #design #AppleWatch #pewpew