Category: Business
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Alibaba claims that its new Qwen 3.8-Max is second only to Fable 5. In my testing, the new Qwen excels at coding and customer support. But ask it about Tiananmen Square, and it suddenly shuts down. Here’s where Qwen performs well, and where it seizes up… Round #1: Building a…
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+ AI, Alibaba, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneur, Founders, LLM, Qwen, Startups, Tech, Vibecoding+
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China is crushing the US on open weights models. But Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO, is striking back. Today, I put her new Inkling model through 3 real world tests. Inkling does a solid job on coding and web scraping. But compared to the leading models, its results are less…
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Token costs killing you? Google may have the solution. Gemini just dropped their fastest, cheapest models ever. This morning, I took them out for a test drive. Gemini’s new models excel at parsing documents, but still lag a little when it comes to coding. Let me show you what these…
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Ever have a great conversation with a VC and then…crickets? If a VC is ghosting you, here’s what to do… Nothing Is Real Until the Term Sheet Hits A founder on Reddit is having this problem right now. He had a good conversation with a VC who promised to get…
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“Who is Francis, and why is he in my DM’s?” I’m not waiting around for the next unicorn to fall in my lap. So you might be getting a message from me soon… Investing in one of the Top Engineers at SpaceX Last fall, I saw something wild: a former…
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I have something special for you guys today: a guest post by one of my favorite founders! This is the story of how Jesse Bray went from being an animator to the CTO of an AI startup, Hoplon. Hoplon helps construction companies automate timecards and track their workforce using geofencing.…
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You’ve got a Zoom in 6 minutes. Who the heck is this person, anyway? If only you had an agent to prep you for your calls. Well, I just built a great one you can use for free… Most Agent Builders Stink — Back to the Drawing Board I’ve used…
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I invested $10,000 in Verustruct last fall. $500,000 more came from my intros. Lesson: use your first investors to get more investors… How My $10,000 Helped Close Another $500,000 Last September, I invested $10,000 in a startup called Verustruct. Founder Nick Callegari is 3D printing houses out of concrete to…
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+ Construction, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Real estate, Robotics, Robots, SpaceX, Startups, Venture Capital+
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Is your landing page getting a little stale? I just built a beautiful new one in less than a minute with Grok 4.5, Elon’s new coding agent. Elon Challenges Dario On His Home Turf: Coding Claude has ruled the coding world for a long time now. But now that Elon…
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You haven’t signed a customer yet. Is your startup on the right track…or heading off a cliff? Here are 5 signs you’re building a startup the right way, even if you haven’t made a dime yet. 1. You’re Building Product. This is the most important factor. You don’t need a…
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