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An angel investor's take on life and business

  • How Grok Saved Me from Getting My Identity Stolen

    Grok just saved me from getting my identity stolen. Here’s how…

    An Unexpected E-mail

    I recently got an e-mail that appeared to be from X. It claimed to be a receipt for X Premium, a service I don’t have because I’m too cheap to pay for it. 🙂

    “Why would I get a receipt for that? Did I sign up on accident?” I thought.

    I clicked on the e-mail, and it looked legit. But then I thought to myself, “Could this be a phishing attempt?”

    Grok Saves the Day

    I wasn’t sure how to find out. So I took a screenshot of the message and pasted it into Grok.

    Grok nailed it right away. It found suspicious details I didn’t notice, like a date sent that was a year in the future!

    And that stripe.com URL that looked so legit to me? Grok flagged that as well. It contained a bunch of random characters, which it turns out is atypical for such a URL.

    Grok advised me to ignore the e-mail and go to X.com myself to find out what’s what.

    When I went to X.com, it turned out that I had the same El Cheapo subscription I’ve always had. No issue.

    The e-mail was fake.

    Had I given them the info they requested, they might be buying jewelry in Moscow on my dime by now. But Grok saved the day!

    Preventing Identity Theft

    If you get any suspicious e-mails, texts, or phone calls, I highly recommend you confer with Grok.

    Don’t click anything or give anybody any info. Ask Grok or another AI model first.

    The safest way to figure out these issues is to do what Grok told me: go straight to the company website. That way, you know you’re dealing with the actual company, not some scammer. Then, once you’re there, you can find out what’s what.

    Wrap-Up

    Scams are getting more sophisticated every day. And thanks to AI, they no longer come with funny English to help you spot them.

    Don’t click anything. Don’t give any info.

    Ask Grok or another AI model if the message seems legit. And if the message claims there’s an issue with Company A’s service, go straight to Company A’s actual website, rather than clicking any links.

    There’s no foolproof way to avoid getting scammed. But following these rules and using AI to advise you can help a lot!

    There will be no blog on Monday. Happy Memorial Day!

    More on tech:

    Why Airbnb Will Never Be a Superapp

    Using Grok as My Personal Trainer

    YC’s New Request for Startups

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Why Airbnb Will Never Be a Superapp

    Every few years, Airbnb puts out Experiences with some type of rebrand. They want to be a superapp — but that’s never going to happen. Here’s why…

    The Ultimate Superapp: WeChat

    The biggest superapp in the world is China’s WeChat. You can do anything on Wechat: talk to friends, pay for stuff, even access government services like passports.

    Since you chat with friends and buy things often, WeChat stays front of mind. You open the app many times a day. You basically live in WeChat.

    Why Airbnb Can’t Be a Superapp

    Airbnb will never be that tool for Americans. The core use case, booking accommodations for a trip, is too rare.

    I only travel somewhere where I need to book a hotel once or twice a year. Even if you travel more than I do, it’s probably not too much more than 5-10 times a year.

    Just 5-10 times a year! That’s how often we think of Airbnb, given that it’s primarily for booking accommodations on trips.

    Meanwhile, Chinese folks open WeChat countless times every day.

    The Best Candidate for an American Superapp: Uber

    So if Airbnb isn’t a likely candidate for an American superapp, what is? A company we all know and love: Uber.

    The core use case for Uber is taking a ride. I use either Uber or Lyft about once or twice a week, versus once or twice a year for Airbnb or a hotel chain. Some folks take Uber daily.

    With Uber, we’re getting close to that daily use case. And Uber has put a bunch of other services into its app: food delivery, package delivery, even bike rentals. All these services make sense for Uber: they involve moving something somewhere.

    How Uber Can Become a Superapp

    To become a true superapp like WeChat, Uber needs to get people opening the app many times a day. Here’s one way they could do that: payments.

    I use Apple Pay for everything. I rarely touch paper currency anymore, or even a credit card.

    What if we had Uber Pay? And maybe Uber gives us some sweet incentives, like the credit card companies do, to lure us away from Apple Pay.

    That would get us opening the Uber app many times every day. Once they have that habit established, they could layer on even more services like flight booking or housecleaners.

    Why I’m Banning Airbnb from Releasing New Features

    I’m banning Airbnb from releasing new features until they fix their core product.

    That product is in trouble. People are steamed up about Airbnb.

    Long lists of chores. $200 cleaning fees. I see it on my timeline every day — people are angry.

    But instead of fixing problems in the core product, they’re layering on irrelevant services most people don’t care about and don’t want.

    Fix the core product instead. Cut down the cleaning fees. Ditch the chores. Focus on user happiness.

    Wrap-Up

    So, will Uber become a superapp?

    It’s the closest thing we have in America. But I don’t think it will ever become as dominant as WeChat.

    WeChat is largely a social network. Uber has no social media DNA in its company. Adding a chat wouldn’t make any sense.

    The social network is incredibly sticky, with folks coming back many times a day. Uber will have a hard time replicating that.

    Still, there are some awesome opportunities for Uber to expand its business. Features like payments and travel could add billions to the bottom line.

    Airbnb is no superapp. They need to stay focused.

    Make the stays awesome. Then, and only then, will I give them permission to add new features.

    More on tech:

    Google Glasses: A Computer for Your Face?

    Using Grok as My Personal Trainer

    YC’s New Request for Startups

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Google Glasses: A Computer for Your Face?

    Google unveiled its powerful new glasses yesterday. Will we all be wearing these soon?

    A Computer for Your Face

    The new Google Glasses have some incredible capabilities.

    They can see and hear using a mic, speakers and a camera. They can send a text message or give you directions in a heads-up display. Presenter Nishtha Bhatia even gets Glasses to help her remember where she got coffee earlier.

    But the wildest part of the demo was the live translation. Nishtha speaks Hindi and her colleague Shahram Izadi speaks Farsi. Each sees a translation on their glasses in seconds.

    Google Glasses can do some amazing stuff. But do we want to wear a computer on our face all the time?

    The reality is, we rarely if ever need translation. And having notifications pop up in front of your eyes all day long could drive you nuts.

    I like them where they are: on my phone. At least I can put it in my pocket and ignore it. But since I’m blind as a bat, I’m stuck wearing my glasses any time I’m awake.

    Augmented Reality for Business — The Killer App

    Help navigating a city or sending a text is nice. But augmented reality will be more useful for businesses.

    Google Glasses could show a surgeon exactly where to cut. They could tell a factory worker precisely where to weld.

    AR for business already exists. I have a small investment in a company called Argyle that uses AR to improve construction. It shows workers where to install pipes and beams, avoiding costly mistakes.

    AR for consumers is a nice-to-have. But for businesses, AR could prevent serious problems like botched surgeries and manufacturing defects.

    For the foreseeable future, I expect B2B to be the biggest market for products like Google Glasses.

    Wrap-Up

    I’m not sure I want a future where everyone has a computer strapped to their face.

    Don’t we already ignore each other enough? Aren’t we on screens enough as it is?

    But I love AR for the business applications. I hope Google Glass makes work easier for doctors, nurses and tradesmen.

    And if it can remind me where I got that delicious coffee, I just might get one too.

    Would you buy Google Glasses?

    More on tech:

    YC’s New Request for Startups

    Using Grok as My Personal Trainer

    Testing the New Meta AI App

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • YC’s New Request for Startups

    YC has a new Request for Startups. Here are my 3 favorite ideas, plus one of my own…

    AI for Scientific Advancement

    Group Partner Diana Hu is looking for new ways to apply LLM’s to scientific research. I agree that AI plus bio is going to be the next big thing.

    Powerful new tools like test-time compute could help us discover lifesaving drugs. Then, massive data centers could let us model their interaction with the body.

    There’s actually an exciting company in the current YC batch applying AI to scientific research: Zeon Systems. Zeon lets you describe an experiment in plain text which its robot arms then execute.

    The price of scientific research could drop 90%. That means huge breakthroughs in the near future.

    AI Personal Tutor for Everyone

    I spent most of my school years bored out of my mind. The teacher would repeat the same material over and over.

    “If we haven’t gotten it the first 10 times, what difference will number 11 make?” I always thought.

    Here’s a better model for education: have students learn from an AI that customizes the lesson to them. Then, a human teacher can supervise the process and encourage them.

    YC’s Harj Taggar is trying to find personal tutoring startups, and so am I!

    AI for Personal Finance

    My friend Matt recently saw a “financial advisor.” The results were predictable.

    The advisor worked for an insurance company. Guess what he recommended?

    You got it! Tons of life insurance. This for a man in his 30’s with no kids or even a dog.

    It made absolutely no sense for Matt. But it made all the sense in the world for the advisor — he gets commissions on the insurance.

    Instead of this rotten setup, Group Partner Gustaf Alstromer imagines an AI tool that works only for you. The AI could take into account different ages and risk tolerances.

    And not only could AI give you a plan, it could execute it for you too! The system could automatically buy the stocks and bonds it recommends, once you’ve approved the trades.

    I’ll take that over a tricky “advisor” any day.

    My Request for Startup: The Internal Apple Watch

    These days, everyone you see has an Apple Watch strapped to their wrist. It measures heart rate, sleep, blood oxygen and more.

    But what if it were inside you?

    An implanted device could measure the conditions inside your body. If there are problems, it could immediately alert you and your doctor.

    The device could measure things like kidney and liver function, electrolyte levels, cancer biomarkers and more.

    This isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. We already have implanted measurement devices for glucose and cardiac rhythm.

    I’d love to see a cheaper and more flexible one that can become the internal equivalent to the Apple Watch.

    Wrap-Up

    How lucky are we to do what we do?

    We come up with crazy ideas. Then, we find even crazier people to execute them.

    And you never know, we might make millions of dollars doing it!

    I’m really excited for startups working on scientific research, tutoring, personal finance, and biometrics. If you’re building in those areas, let me know!

    More on tech:

    My Biggest Lesson from Four Years Angel Investing

    Which Accelerators I’m Investing in and Why

    My Favorite Startups in YC X25 (Part 1)

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Making Beautiful Charts with Grok

    Grok just released an incredible chart making tool. This morning, I used it to visualize some fascinating data, including cloud spend, GDP growth and fertility rates.

    Everything Is Computer

    This morning, I was researching an investment in a cloud infrastructure company. So I wondered, how much do companies spend on cloud compute and what’s the trend?

    Let’s ask Grok…

    Grok came up with a gorgeous chart showing cloud spend for the last 5 years, just as I asked.

    I love the design here — it reminds me of a Bloomberg terminal. You can also mouse over the graphics and see exact numbers, which is super helpful.

    As it makes the chart, Grok explains where the data is coming from. I clicked through and checked some of the sources, and Grok was pulling the data accurately.

    It turns out cloud spend is growing way faster than I thought. It has more than doubled in the last 5 years, topping $800 billion.

    Looks like I need to invest in that company!

    American Exceptionalism

    Let’s move from today’s business problems to some big picture questions…

    In the last few decades, America has begun to pull away from the rest of the developed world. People are calling Europeans the “Europoors,” a term that never existed when I was a kid.

    So I wondered, how real is the divergence between America and the rest? Let’s see what Grok has to say…

    For this chart, Grok produces a lovely line graph.

    That’s a much better way to visualize this data than the bar chart we saw before. I didn’t have to tell Grok to do this…it chose the chart method on its own. Impressive!

    In 1995, Japan actually ranked higher than the US or what is today the EU. Incredible!

    By 2025, the US had pulled far ahead of the pack. America’s GDP per capita sits at nearly $90,000 a year versus Europe at just $45,000. Japan’s GDP per capita has actually fallen in real terms, from $40,000 in 1995 to $33,000 today.

    We’ve gone from being around 50% richer than Europe in 1995 to twice as rich today. And we’re almost 3 times richer than Japan, which is staggering given how technologically advanced Japan is.

    The Baby Bust

    One of the big reasons America is outpacing Europe and Japan economically is our growing population. We have higher fertility than most of Europe. Meanwhile, Japan’s population is in outright decline.

    Let’s graph fertility across these regions….

    Turns out, fertility is falling everywhere. America is doing better than most developed countries, but we need to pump up those numbers if we’re going to remain a superpower.

    I’m looking for early stage startups that can help address the fertility crisis. If you know one, let me know!

    Wrap-Up

    I loved using Grok’s new charts function. It works beautifully, scraping data from all over the web and putting it in a beautiful format.

    I’m going to use this when I research startups. It will help me understand markets better.

    I can also produce some cool charts for the blog. You may start seeing more of those soon!

    Congrats to the xAI team on a great launch. Give Grok charts a try and make some cool graphics!

    More on tech:

    Using Grok as My Personal Trainer

    Using Grok 3 to Manage My Stock Portfolio

    Testing the New Meta AI App

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Which Accelerators I’m Investing in and Why

    Everyone has an opinion on accelerators. But where am I actually investing? This morning, I dug into my portfolio to find out…

    To be clear, I think these are all fantastic programs. A founder will do great in any of them.

    A Peek Inside My Portfolio

    Now, let’s do the numbers…

    LAUNCH Accelerator: 12

    YC: 4

    Techstars: 4

    Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Accelerator (ERA): 1

    None: 13

    Folks in startupland view an accelerator as a rite of passage. So I found it interesting that the most common program attended by companies in my portfolio was no program at all.

    Which Accelerator Is Best?

    If you look at my 4 most successful startups so far, no one program dominates. One came from ERA, one from LAUNCH, one from Techstars, and one didn’t go to an accelerator.

    LAUNCH does stand out in terms of sending me the most investments. I find that the companies coming out of LAUNCH have stronger traction and better valuations than other accelerators.

    No wonder I never miss their demo day!

    YC stands out in backing highly technical teams going after huge ideas. That’s a combination I love. The name comes at a premium price, but sometimes you get what you pay for.

    Should Founders Even Go to an Accelerator?

    If you’re under $1 million ARR and having any trouble whatsoever raising money, definitely apply to accelerators.

    Stick to these 4, plus Sequoia Arc. Anything else isn’t likely to be worth your time.

    And for heaven’s sake, don’t pay to go to an accelerator!

    If they’re not giving you money, they’re not real investors. They’re scam artists.

    Accelerators connect you with a ton of investors. They also give you a stamp of approval.

    Raising a round coming out of a top accelerator will be 5x easier, minimum. If you went to YC, make that 10x.

    They also provide a ton of wonderful advice. They’ve seen entrepreneurs go from nothing to billion dollar businesses before, and they can help you do the same.

    Wrap-Up

    You don’t have to go to an accelerator. But for most founders, attending a top accelerator is a good move.

    As for me, I’m targeting LAUNCH and YC as two of the most important sources of dealflow for me in the future. I’m also keeping an eye on Techstars and ERA.

    But I’m also excited about meeting founders who didn’t attend any of these programs. Some of my best investments have come this way!

    Have you gone to an accelerator? Do you plan to?

    Have a great weekend, everybody!

    More on tech:

    My Biggest Lesson from Four Years Angel Investing

    My Favorite Startups in YC X25 (Part 1)

    The Coolest Startups at ERA Demo Day

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Using Grok as My Personal Trainer

    Working with a personal trainer can be expensive and time consuming. But can AI train me? Let’s find out…

    Grok As My Personal Trainer

    This morning, I typed a week’s worth of workouts into Grok 3, my favorite LLM at the moment. I gave Grok my goals: general fitness, longevity, and bigger muscles. Because hey, why not?

    Are my workouts on point? Or am I coasting?

    Let’s see what Grok has to say…

    Coach Grok Tells Me to Step It Up

    Grok likes my program for the most part, but recommends a few changes.

    It wants me to up the volume slightly on zone 2 and HIIT. That’s something I may do.

    It also advises me to reorganize my lifts a little. It recommends some interesting new lifts to try that I haven’t heard of, such as the Romanian Deadlift and Bulgarian Split Squat.

    That’s actually one of the great things human trainers do: introduce you to exercises you’ve never heard of.

    For upper body, it recommends going from my current 12 sets (6 pushing, 6 pulling) to 16 sets. Each exercise will include 2-3 sets, spread across different exercises.

    For lower body, it recommends going from my current 6 to 9 sets. That also involves 2-3 sets per exercise.

    So, Am I Gonna Do It?

    I hate being told what to do. I also dislike spending more time in the gym…I find it boring.

    But I’m gonna give it the old college try! After all, it’d be nice to get in better shape.

    I estimate that all told, this will take me an extra 20-30 minutes per week. When you think about it, that’s not that much!

    Wrap-Up

    Human personal trainers run $50-100 per hour. Grok just did a lot of that job for free.

    So, are human trainers doomed?

    Not exactly. I think most people hire a trainer because they’re looking for someone to motivate them and hold them accountable.

    I don’t need that. I hold myself accountable. I just want information.

    But there are enough folks who want that motivation that trainers will be making good money for a very long time.

    Do you use a human trainer? Would you try an AI trainer instead?

    More on tech:

    Using Grok 3 to Manage My Stock Portfolio

    Scouring the Internet with Grok DeeperSearch

    Testing the New Meta AI App

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • My Favorite Startups in YC X25 (Part 1)

    YC’s X25 batch is in full swing. 94 companies have launched so far. Here are my 3 favorites…

    Zeon Systems

    I only see a company this exciting a couple times a year, if that.

    Zeon Systems is automating scientific research. You type in the experiment you want to do in natural language. Robot arms execute the experiment for you.

    This can make every researcher enormously more productive. That means the cost of scientific research falls dramatically.

    What happens when you make something cheaper? You get more of it.

    More scientific research could cure cancer, heart disease and countless other diseases.

    Think about how long it takes to train a scientist. They have to be born, go to kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school. Next comes college, then grad school. Finally, they can make a meaningful contribution to a lab.

    You can stand up a new robot in a few hours, if that.

    The potential for Zeon is incredible. I have a meeting set with these guys for next month.

    Notus Autonomous Systems

    Two years ago on the blog, I wrote about how a drone botnet could win the next war. Welp, these guys actually built it.

    Notus Autonomous Systems is a drone swarm that operates autonomously to accomplish a mission.

    Today, one pilot flies one drone. With Notus, you’ll give the drone swarm a goal and it will act on its own.

    Notus’ drones both fly and move over land. They could be a powerful tool to protect America.

    These founders are so committed they went to Ukraine to learn about modern war. Any founder willing to do that will stop at nothing to make his company a success.

    I just contacted these guys to set up a meeting.

    YouLearn

    I use AI to teach me things all the time. Recently, I’ve learned about CRISPR and missile defense.

    I learn way faster with AI than in most classrooms I’ve been in. So if AI learning works for me, it might work for someone else too, right?

    YouLearn is a personal AI tutor. It digests your class notes, quizzes you, and explains concepts you’re struggling with.

    I’ve looked at several different AI tutoring startups. YouLearn appears to be catching on faster than anything else I’ve seen.

    I just e-mailed these fellas to learn more!

    Wrap-Up

    Investors love to complain about YC — waah, the valuations!

    If you don’t like the price, don’t pay it.

    Me, I’m grateful for Y Combinator. Nobody else helps early stage startups more than they do.

    I had a great time learning about all these awesome companies. The week of Demo Day, I’ll be back with my top picks from the later YC launches.

    What are your favorite companies in the current batch?

    More on tech:

    My Biggest Lesson from Four Years Angel Investing

    The Coolest Startups at ERA Demo Day

    Meet My Latest Investment: Sent.dm

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Scouring the Internet with Grok DeeperSearch

    There’s a new way to dig into the darkest bowels of the internet, if you dare: Grok DeeperSearch. This morning, I set this powerful tool loose on an important question: the threat humanoid robots could pose to human beings.

    Yesterday on the blog, we looked at a disturbing incident in which a robot flailed its arms wildly, endangering several nearby workers. The robot involved appears to come from the Chinese startup Unitree.

    I started to wonder…has this happened before?

    These incidents are scattered all over the world. The reporting tends to be spotty at best.

    This was a perfect job for DeeperSearch.

    DeeperSearch scours tons of sources all over the web. Then, it uses chain-of-thought reasoning to find the best answers. DeeperSearch is based on the Grok DeepSearch tool, but goes further and uses advanced reasoning to provide the best results.

    DeeperSearch ran quickly, taking about 2.5 minutes. Here’s what it came up with:

    DeeperSearch found two incidents, both involving Unitree robots. Both occurred this year.

    In the first case, a robot at a public New Year’s exhibition lunged at a spectator and started waving its arms wildly. The second incident is the one we covered yesterday, when a robot started flailing its arms dangerously in a factory.

    This points to a recurring problem with Unitree robots. They seem to start flailing unpredictably. With the power in their metal limbs, this could put humans in serious danger.

    Grok did a wonderful job of finding this info and putting it into the bulleted list I asked for. I’m excited to use this to research startups!

    The citations were also great, although I would’ve loved to see clickable links in line with the response instead of at the end.

    Overall, Grok DeeperSearch is an awesome product. I would’ve had to Google around for 30-60 minutes to find what Grok found in 2 minutes.

    I’m giving DeeperSearch a solid A. Clickable links inside the response would bump it up to an A+.

    I can’t wait to see DeeperSearch paired with Grok 3.5 soon. That could be the most powerful fact finding tool of all time.

    More on tech:

    Did a Robot Try to Attack Humans?

    Using Grok 3 to Manage My Stock Portfolio

    Testing the New Meta AI App

    Save Money on Stuff I Use:

    Fundrise

    This platform lets me diversify my real estate investments so I’m not too exposed to any one market. I’ve invested since 2018 with great returns.

    More on Fundrise in this post.

    If you decide to invest in Fundrise, you can use this link to get $100 in free bonus shares!

    Misfits Market

    I’ve used Misfits for years, and it never disappoints! Every fruit and vegetable is organic, super fresh, and packed with flavor!

    I wrote a detailed review of Misfits here.

    Use this link to sign up and you’ll save $15 on your first order. 

  • Did a Robot Try to Attack Humans?

    The robot flails wildly as human workers run away in fear. This isn’t a new sci-fi movie: it’s a real video from a factory producing robots.

    The video shows a robot suspended from a crane as human workers mill around it. Suddenly, it starts flailing its arms uncontrollably. Any contact with these powerful limbs could severely injure or even kill a human.

    There are conflicting reports on which company made the android. Early reports said the robot was produced by Clone Robotics. But later reports say it’s from Unitree, a Chinese robotics company.

    The robot doesn’t really look like one of the Clone Robotics models, which mimic human muscle and bone. It looks more like plain metal, suggesting a Unitree.

    Fortunately, the workers got away in time. But as androids become more common, we’re going to be dealing with this scenario more and more.

    These robots need highly reliable motion sensors. If a human, or any obstacle, is nearby, they need to stop. What’s more, humans need a way to quickly and easily disable them.

    Some people will jump to the conclusion that the robot is sentient and wants to hurt the workers. I doubt it.

    It’s probably just a mechanical problem that caused the arms to move unexpectedly. But in the end, the result is the same: someone could’ve been hurt or even killed.

    So far, the American robotics companies seem to be far ahead of the Chinese. We haven’t seen any scary incidents like this from the Figure androids, for example.

    Getting humans to accept these bots is going to be really hard. If they go nuts and attack people, it will be impossible.

    That would be a shame, because we have a lot to gain!

    Robots could do our housework and handle dirty and dangerous industrial jobs. But to get those benefits, we have to show the public they’re not a threat.

    Just like with self-driving cars, the key here is safety. People will not accept a new technology if they think it’s unsafe.

    We’re better off moving slowly and nailing the safety. Because if one of these robots kills a human, you won’t see androids for a very long time.

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