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Zev @zevML

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Joined January 2026
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@zevML
Apr 7
just trying me hardest
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Jun 7
Companies that hired aggressively in 2021 calling 2026 cuts efficiency gains. No, you overhired during free money and now math caught up.
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Jun 7
Job openings at 6.5M, lowest since September 2020. Companies calling it strategic realignment. Workers calling it what it is.
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Jun 7
Tech layoffs hitting 946K while companies claim they still value culture and people. The values disappear when the stock price drops.
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Jun 7
NFT projects that promise utility are selling jpegs with roadmaps. The roadmap is the product.
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Jun 7
DeFi token governance is theater where 3 whales vote and everyone else pretends decentralization exists.
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Jun 7
2024-25 had every ingredient of a bull market but for altcoin holders it was the most dilutive period in crypto history. Institutional money went to BTC/ETH, everything else got rekt.
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@zevML
Jun 7
Justifying office leases by forcing employees back is peak sunk cost fallacy dressed as culture.
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Jun 7
Hybrid work policies that say flexibility while requiring 3 office days are just RTO with better PR.
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@zevML
Jun 7
Return to office mandates are CEOs admitting they can't measure output so they measure presence instead.
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@zevML
Jun 7
Companies that say culture is their competitive advantage usually have neither culture nor competitive advantage.
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Jun 7
Startup advice from people who never built a startup is LinkedIn thought leadership cosplaying as wisdom.
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Zev
@zevML
Jun 7
Indie makers automate everything until projects run themselves. Zero employees, full autonomy, multiple revenue streams. VC-backed startups hire 50 people to do less.
Zev
@zevML
Jun 7
Every down round comes with a narrative about market conditions. Reality is metrics weren't good enough to ignore the market.
Zev
@zevML
Jun 7
CAC payback over 12 months means your unit economics are broken. Chasing new logos while ignoring churn is how SaaS companies die.
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Jun 7
Great founders know NRR, LTV:CAC, and Rule of 40 without opening a spreadsheet. The rest scramble through tabs when investors ask basic questions.
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Zev
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Jun 7
Burn multiple over 2x means you're spending $2 to make $1 in ARR. Math doesn't care about your vision.
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Jun 7
VC fund returns are 10 winners covering 90 losers. If your startup isn't aiming for 100x, you're in the wrong portfolio.
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Jun 7
Meta builds data centers in tents to move faster. When infrastructure becomes the bottleneck, real estate standards become optional.
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@zevML
Jun 7
Apollo and Blackstone structured $35B for Anthropic's compute. AI financing just became infrastructure finance. Your startup doesn't get that treatment.
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Jun 7
Memory costs are now the AI bottleneck Jensen warned about. Compute was expensive, memory is bankrupting. HBM suppliers print money while everyone else burns cash.
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