Founder & CEO of @Softeq, Founding GP & VC @Softeq Ventures, lifelong entrepreneur, startup mentor, family man, geek, and host of the Forging the Future podcast

Joined February 2009
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The jobs data coming out continues to suggest the opposite of what a lot of people had thought would happen. Just take engineering, as the prime example of the area with greatest AI impact (and perceived risk). Most companies now have far more software projects than ever before because of AI, and effectively only engineers are going to be the ones doing that work. You can get by for a while by being non-technical building software, but eventually someone has to understand what the thing is that got built, has to maintain it, has to fix security issues that come up, upgrade the systems beneath it, and so on. That’s all jobs. Now apply that to a number of other job functions. AI is going to cause companies to hire more in sales because agents can let them process more leads and do more customer research. AI will cause an explosion of new marketing roles because of how much more efficient it is to launch campaigns and target. The list goes on. AI is going to have the opposite effect that lots of people thought on jobs.
What if AI is actually creating more jobs than it is replacing? The latest JOLTs data showed that US job openings surged by a massive 731,000 jobs in April. Markets were expecting no change, resulting in the largest beat in JOLTs history. As a result, available employment hit 7.6 million for the month, the highest since May 2024. And, job openings in the professional and business services sector surged by a massive 668,000. The labor market's bull case from AI is underpriced.
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I'll be at @SensorsConverge next week. Oddly the first time I've been at this show. Anyone else going to be there? And always great to be in Silicon Valley, I'm happy to meet for coffee, lunch or dinner. Let's connect! @Softeq #ontheroad
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How to get your prompts right!

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Looking forward to this session with the one and only Thorsten!
Mar 4
Every engineering leader is being asked the same question: “Can we move faster with AI?” The better question is how to do it without sacrificing architecture discipline or security. Join Chris and Thorsten to find out! hubs.la/Q045DKJS0
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Wow that went by fast! I could swear we were just celebrating our 25th and here we are well on our way to 30. It’s been a wild ride to go from storing code in holes punched in paper to AI helping you write complex code. Every year we are accelerating what’s possible. Thankful to be living and working in the future.
Feb 19
Twenty-nine years of building what’s next. 🎉 Since 1997, we've helped companies turn complex ideas into embedded, AI-driven, and connected products that ship and scale. Grateful to our Teqies, clients, and partners worldwide. 🌐
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So happy that @united has been switching planes to @Starlink. The WiFi on United flights has sucked so bad for way too long. Now it just works. Finally!! Thank you @elonmusk and thank you both…you’ve made my magic chair in the sky so much better.
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Good read. I’ve always been a huge proponent of constant learning and that won’t change in the AI era. It will just accelerate and your potential will compound if you choose to lean in and embrace it as the high agency individual you are. In the tech world, that’s been a constant need as the technology has always changed fast. With AI the pace has only picked up speed.
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Interesting thread on how the creator of Claude Code and the Claude team use Claude internally.
I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. I wanted to quickly share a few tips for using Claude Code, sourced directly from the Claude Code team. The way the team uses Claude is different than how I use it. Remember: there is no one right way to use Claude Code -- everyones' setup is different. You should experiment to see what works for you!
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It was an honor to be one of the first guests on the We Are UH podcast celebrating UH’s upcoming Centennial. My interview starts about 30min in. youtu.be/77SnZgqy8Ow?feature… The University of Houston has had a fundamental impact on my career. I graduated High School in Florida in the top 2% of my class out of 900 students. But my family didn’t have the ability to send me to college. My Aunt lived in Houston and she suggested I apply to UH and stay with her and her family. And lo and behold UH took a chance on me by giving me a full ride Honors Scholarship in Electrical Engineering. I moved to Houston in 1981. 🏀 It was the days of Phi Slamma Jamma but I digress. Two years later I got married and couldn’t attend full time, but UH had something called the Co-Op program. I could work while going to college and gain experience. First I worked for the Light Company (now Centerpoint) and then for IBM down at NASA during the Space Shuttle days. It was the beginning of the IBM PC era and was fantastic experience. I was at IBM for 2.5 years learning everything about the PC and teaching myself programming languages from Basic to ADA to C to Assembly, while attending UH at night. From that foundation I kicked off my entrepreneurial journey, and none of it would have happened without the opportunities that UH gave me. Now it’s so exciting to see UH lean into entrepreneurship with Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, TechBridge, and more. Bauer Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at UH recently ranked No. 1 for the Seventh Consecutive Year. Thank you UH. Go Coogs!
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Scott Adams Celebration of Life 01/25/26 x.com/i/broadcasts/1zqJVdPLY…

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This is pretty cool. I did this way back when, like 50 years ago, and still have the card.
3 million of you are joining us for the Artemis II mission. Welcome! We've noticed a massive uptick in Send Your Name submissions over the past couple of days, so we are keeping submissions open a little bit longer. Sign up here: go.nasa.gov/artemisnames
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Thanks for the laughs and for the insights, Scott. At one point I had a Dilbert full head rubber mask that used to scare the bejeezus out of people for some reason. 🤣 I have his Dilbert anthology and read his book God’s Debris but somehow missed his others. Going to read them now and pay it forward. RIP.
A Final Message From Scott Adams
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BREAKING: Thousands of BRAVE IRANIANS are once again taking to the streets tonight in the heart of Tehran in their uprising against the Islamic regime. 14th night in a ROW. The media is ignoring this - MAKE IT GO VIRAL. Share this EVERYWHERE.

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22 Sep 2025
Excited to dive into the world of AI and Computer Vision this Wednesday! As Softeq's CEO, I'll be sharing real-world challenges, proven engineering strategies for production success, and the game-changing trends ahead. Don't miss out—join us and turn obstacles into innovations. Register now! #AI #ComputerVision #Innovation
22 Sep 2025
THIS WEDNESDAY webinar "AI & Computer Vision: Cracking the Code & Turning Challenges into Breakthroughs.” -CV project challenges -How Softeq engineers CV systems -Trends in CV Register here hubs.la/Q03Kf-xb0 #AI #ComputerVision #Webinar #Innovation #MachineLearning
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28 Jul 2025
The robots are coming! 🤓🤖
28 Jul 2025
How many times have you walked into a room and literally everyone was staring at their phone?
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21 Jul 2025
On July 20th, we landed on the moon…an amazing feat that hasn’t been duplicated for over 50 years now. That’s today! Neil Armstrong made the first footprint on another planet. Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon. 🌖 My wife Jill and I got to meet Buzz and two other astronauts, Charlie Duke and Walt Cunningham, at the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. 🧑‍🚀 It was held at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. It was an honor.
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3 Jul 2025
Happy World UFO Day! We took the grandkids to Space Center Houston today (Jill’s pics to follow! 🥰). Coincidentally our NASA visit and my shirt were on point for today. 🤓👽🛸🧑‍🚀🚀🪐
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2 Apr 2025
Robot? I’m in!
1 Apr 2025
I ordered 12 Optimus robots to give to my fans over the next 12 days… retweet to be entered.
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23 Mar 2025
This is an important distinction…we are NOT in a CLEAN ENERGY Race…we are in an ENERGY Race. And good news…nuclear is the cleanest out there.
Senator Wyden: " We are in an arms race on clean energy with them. Are you going to be on the side of people who want to unravel this?" Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent: " China will build a hundred new coal plants this year. Senator Wyden. There is not a clean energy race. There is an energy race. China will build 10 nuclear plants this year."
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