Big fan of tech & startups. Doing AI things with @FulbrightPrgrm. Director at @StartupGrindNYC. Art & Tech chair at @NatnlArtsClub. Skipper at @Manhattan_YC.

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Did you know there were recently 4 AI supply-chain security incidents in 50 days? They hit OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta-adjacent infrastructure.... things like elease pipelines, CI runners, and dependency hooks. It got almost zero coverage, which is unfortunate. The attack surface for AI systems is turning out to be the software factory around the model... not necessarily the model, itself. Red teams test for things like jailbreaks and system card violations, but they don't typically test the publish gates, package managers, and CI pipelines that ship the models into production. While I wish this were a coincidence, four incidents in 50 days across three major labs is systematic. When something breaks publicly (and it will soon) this will suddenly get all the coverage it deserves. Check out the @VentureBeat article for a bigger breakdown. venturebeat.com/security/sup…
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Notion just opened its workspace to outside agents. Anthropic just locked Claude's agents inside your own infrastructure. Same week, opposite architectures. One of them is wrong about where enterprise trust lives. @NotionHQ's bet: the platform is the trusted intermediary. Any agent, anywhere, can plug in. @AnthropicAI's bet: enterprise buyers need control at the perimeter. Your data never leaves your environment. Whichever architecture wins will eventually set the default for how AI agents integrate with corporate workflows through 2028. It's governance philosophy masquerading as a product decision.
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This week, Google I/O announced Gemini as the agentic runtime embedded in Search, Workspace, Chrome, and hardware. On the same day, Anthropic grabbed @StainlessAPI (SDK layer) and announced @karpathy will lead AI-powered training automation. Neither company is competing purely on model benchmarks anymore. Both are racing to own the full stack: training pipeline, developer tooling, product integration, and hardware (Nvidia Vera arriving at both companies simultaneously). Frontier model quality is becoming commoditized. The companies that win this phase will be the ones who have the most locked-in infrastructure.
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Anthropic's @StainlessAPI acquisition is actually underrated. It's being covered as a minor infrastructure deal, but it's actually one of the more aggressive competitive moves in recent memory. Anthropic now controls tooling that OpenAI and Google depended on to ship developer products... and they're shutting down the hosted version. The industry covered @karpathy, but the Stainless deal deserves equal attention.
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Two different AI papers this week made the same point from opposite directions. @thinkymachines says the real frontier is real-time interactivity over static output quality. Josh and Palmer at @AICollectiveCo say it's recoverability, no matter if failures are visible and bounded. Both are right. Neither shows up on a benchmark. The field has been measuring the wrong things. Deployment is forcing the issue. The practical implication: If you're evaluating AI tools using vendor benchmarks or public leaderboards, you're selecting for performance in conditions that don't exist in production. The model you pick because it aced MMLU might be the one that wipes a folder without telling you, or breaks when your users don't communicate in tidy, complete prompts. For anyone making AI purchasing or deployment decisions, the honest criteria aren't "what's the benchmark score?" They're: "What does this model do when it's wrong? Does it tell me? Can I recover from it?" Almost no vendor answers those questions directly, because almost no benchmark has required them to.
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18 Dec 2025
I just listened to the @sciencevs episode on #AI making us stupid w/ @MerylEHorn & Dr. Shiri Melumad at @Penn. The panic is real, but misplaced. AI doesn't fry your brain. Bad prompting fries your ROI. If you treat a reasoning engine like a vending machine, you get mediocrity.
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18 Dec 2025
The problem is that offices and classrooms aren't teaching workers and students to use AI correctly. Prompts that are structured and intentional will create specific and non-generic outputs that are way more helpful than inputting, "tell me how to have a healthy lifestyle."
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23 Aug 2025
This was a very fun Easter egg to see! #GMG @MeanGreenFB @UNTsocial
The UNT graphic has been up for the entire Falcons and Cowboys game tonight, and my wife and I are laughing about it. @MeanGreenFB #Cowboys #Falcons #NFLPreseason
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14 May 2025
I'm sitting in a startup pitch session, wishing more of these companies with good ideas made an effort to differentiate between standalone and presentation decks. So much text! What are your go-to slide deck resources for effective presentations?
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18 Oct 2023
This was very cool to conceptualize and film. @CompassDCs is the best. Take a look for a few fresh perspectives on connectivity and emerging technology.
We are in a new era of connectivity, where speed meets innovation. With 5G, we're stepping into a world of limitless possibilities, from lightning-fast downloads to seamless IoT integration. Join @jcness in his discussion on 5G technology horizonsbycompass.com/topics…
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24 Apr 2023
Making it a TBOY today. @tboypod
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28 Nov 2022
A lot of people interested in government technology applications. Guess what percentage will use advanced networks to deliver real-time value to partners and citizens. #govtechlive
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17 Nov 2022
"We're launching a brand new enhanced offering that we couldn't be more excited about! As part of this invigorating new chapter that will definitely make us more competitive in our market, ALL of our customers can GTFO right now. And we do mean immediately. Kthxbye." -@BlooomInc
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11 Nov 2022
There's still 3 days left to apply for #SXSWPitch. Great reason to take your startup to Austin on March 11-12. Apply by Sunday, Nov 13 at 11:59 pm PST. There will be NO extension. sxsw.com/pitch/
10 Nov 2022
I had a great @lunchclubai call today w/ @aBroidy, and this easy productivity gut-check makes a lot of sense to me. I bet something like @pomotodo and a good binaural beats flow state album would help keep me on track -- and even maybe begin quantifying productive time. Thoughts?
Want to be 10x more productive without a system, process, or technology tool? #ship30for30 Here is a simple formula to understand:🧵👇
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25 Jun 2022
Construction disrupting subway plans? What a great time to use @CitiBikeNYC! Oh wait, I can't because there are NO OPEN DOCKS within a mile of my destination. Middle of the day. It's almost like it can be predicted. @CitiBikeNYC doesn't have any issues taking my money, though.
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25 Jun 2022
I can't continue paying for @CitiBikeNYC. I've canceled my annual plan. It's 80/20 when I want to use the service and am unable to do so vs. when I am. They don't have data on when customers choose NOT to use bikes (which is often) b/c they don't ask, but they will when ARR drops
16 Jun 2022
This #NFT micro-summit today by @Tech_in_Motion is pretty cool. First time I'm hearing someone finally talking about tokenization away from simple art and referencing real-world (virtual-world?) utility. techinmotion.brandlive.com/f…

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