This is your sign to experiment with new LLMs this weekend!

Watch @HarryStebbings ask @matanSF all the difficult questions about commoditization across the AI stack, Factory's controversial culture, or whether US startups should use Chinese models. The 20VC episode is out now!

Had a fun conversation with @HarryStebbings on all things Model Independence, Software Factories, pricing wars… And sprinkled in some hot takes that I may or may not regret sharing 😳

Fable 5 is actually usable in @droid

MiniMax M3 has arrived in Droid.

Introducing Automated Security Review in Droid.

With Fable - here's my current workflow. GLM5.1 in @droid still remains my go-to model for planning, brainstorming, and most other use-cases. Whenever I plan a HUGE feature, or a COMPLEX one, I get GLM5.1 to write me the plan (not in the spec mode), and then I have Opus4.8 review the plan for leakages, if any. With Fable, I'm now able to get SOLID recommendations, leakage detection, failure points not just from a tech POV, but also from a usability, product and design POV too. Fable is quite good.

You can now use Missions, the long-running environments, not just in your CLI, but on Desktop too.

Design mode used with Factory Droids & you can edit code by clicking on the UI elements. Awesome demo by @anasibnanwar! What are you building with Droid?

introducing - ON MY RADAR (hot ai companies that are hiring) by Venture with Grace every week i am gonna feature my top pick of ai companies i would join secret: there are 4 companies' founders below was on Venture with Grace, comment below on which 4?? If you are right i will give you a shout out on our next pod! :) All 20 of these companies are growing and backed by top funds: 1. @theworldlabs - 3D world generation from images and text ($1B) 2.@FactoryAI - autonomous AI software engineers ($150M) 3. @BedrockRobotics - autonomous heavy machinery for construction ($270M) 4. @ExaAILabs - neural search engine for developers ($250M) 5. @armada_ai - edge computing and sovereign AI cloud ($230M) 6. @GoodfireAI - AI interpretability, debugging neural networks ($150M) 7. @UseCorgi - full-stack insurance for tech startups ($160M) 8. @braintrust - monitoring and eval for AI apps ($80M) 9. @depthfirstlabs - autonomous security remediation ($80M) 10. @juicebox_work - AI recruiting on an 800M profile database ($80M) 11. @appliedcompute - custom AI models and agent workforces ($80M) 12. @brettonai - AI agents for financial crime compliance ($75M) 13. @fieldguide - AI platform for audit and advisory ($75M) 14. @SocketSecurity - AI-powered open source security ($60M) 15. @encord_team - multimodal data labeling for AI training ($60M) 16. @doss_hq - AI-powered ERP for inventory and workflows ($55M) 17. @heyivoai - AI contract management and redlining ($55M) 18. @Vapi_AI - voice AI agent platform for developers ($50M) 19. @MonacoGTM - AI revenue and outbound sales platform ($50M) 20. @crewAIInc - multi-agent AI workflow automation ($20M) Career pages see comment: I interview top startup founders, C-level and VPs of big tech, and partners at top VC firms daily. Follow Venture with Grace and me (Grace Gong). special thank you to @harmonic_ai, the ultimate database for startups :) #vc #startup #ai #jobs #sf

How everyone is spending their day today

Wo - @droid harness for fable helps it A LOT

What models are you using the most with @droid?

What is your favorite way of using Droid?

Design mode (unofficial) with my favourite Cli @FactoryAI

Downtime protection from codex/claude is huge

Reliability is built into @droid. Factory Router has auto-failover across model providers, so your sessions keep running even when one of the providers goes down. We also provide dedicated compute capacity for enterprises, and we reserve a guaranteed TPM (token per minute) allocation. We believe that diversifying LLMs in your agent stack is the future, and the way to achieve the highest reliability in production.