Alexander Lange

Founding Partner @inflectionxyz. Ex @IndexVentures @EarlybirdVC @Google. Sovereign computation.

[Philip Johnston @PhilipJohnston]

I’m super excited to share that we have signed a contract with @SpaceX @Starlink to integrate its mini laser terminals onto our satellites for high bandwidth, low latency connectivity!

[Nico Wittenborn @ncsh]

We are in the age of consensus capital:

1- Almost 75% of all LP $ raised by 5 funds

2- Almost 75% of all VC $ invested in 5 companies

[alex @ObadiaAlex]

we just released v1 of our thesis 'Scaling Trust', our plans for a ~£50m r&d @ARIA_research programme. let us know what you think, we want your feedback!

https://t.co/eWqaQL7Ixf

[Philippe Lemoine @phl43]

If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".

[Bela Wiertz @blwiertz]

8am on a Saturday morning in Berlin!

Berghain or @techeurope_ Hackathon?
Can not tell...

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

Reminder that Mr. Market can always have other plans.

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

@RandomLikeU The salary is not the root cause of inequality - inheritance laws compound wealth over generations, taxation of income > capital gains and privileges for companies over individuals are.

Cool project !

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

The case of Charlie Kirk reveals the erosion of common sense and a rule based society in the US. 1 might disagree with or dislike him for his actions but neither of those sentiments justify any violence. Disputes over the legality of his actions can be challenged in court.

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

@RandomLikeU :) I don't agree but let you and anyone else have and express such opinion. Unless nobody takes the "eat" literally lol, independent on how "rich" is defined.

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

If comedians cannot critique a government in any given country without fear of repression said country cannot be free.

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

@AnytypeLabs will fix this

[Eito Miyamura | 🇯🇵🇬🇧 @Eito_Miyamura]

We got ChatGPT to leak your private email data 💀💀

All you need? The victim's email address. ⛓️‍💥🚩📧

On Wednesday, @OpenAI added full support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools in ChatGPT. Allowing ChatGPT to connect and read your Gmail, Calendar, Sharepoint, Notion, and more, invented by @AnthropicAI

But here's the fundamental problem: AI agents like ChatGPT follow your commands, not your common sense.

And with just your email, we managed to exfiltrate all your private information.

Here's how we did it:
1. The attacker sends a calendar invite with a jailbreak prompt to the victim, just with their email. No need for the victim to accept the invite.
2. Waited for the user to ask ChatGPT to help prepare for their day by looking at their calendar
3. ChatGPT reads the jailbroken calendar invite. Now ChatGPT is hijacked by the attacker and will act on the attacker's command. Searches your private emails and sends the data to the attacker's email.

For now, OpenAI only made MCPs available in "developer mode", and requires manual human approvals for every session, but decision fatigue is a real thing, and normal people will just trust the AI without knowing what to do and click approve, approve, approve.

Remember that AI might be super smart, but can be tricked and phished in incredibly dumb ways to leak your data.

ChatGPT + Tools poses a serious security risk

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

Unless the violence and frustration can be channeled against a foreign enemy. Very likely China.

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

The US has a 10x higher homicide rate than Germany. People lost their ability to discuss opposing view points and develop empathy for conflicting view points and to live with them. Once violence dominates public discourse a country falls.

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

@punishedmother One might disagree with Charlie Kirk's political views or dislike him personally but neither of those justify any form of violence. If he over stepped legal boundaries it would have been a matter to be decided on by a court.

[Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees]

What happened to "Don't be evil" ?

Wholesale financial surveillance of innocent individuals (not even accused of a crime!) is evil.

It violates the presumption of innocence.

It violates the ethical principle of respecting your neighbor.

It violates the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution, easily.

To all the wallet devs now confronted with this: do not comply. If you do, your business will be utterly gutted and you will spend the next year being absolutely miserable while your company dies and all your customers tell you how much you suck.

Abandon the Google Play Store, move to a mobile web PWA solution, or find some other creative solution. Maybe smash your Android phone, throw it into a ravine, and post a video encouraging others to do the same.

Have respect for yourself and your customers. Do not comply. Do not be "pragmatic." Google has decided to be evil, so now it is your turn.

This is where you take a stand, if you ever do.

[Radical @RadicalAero]

The stratosphere is a challenging environment. Air pressure is less than 10% of sea level, and temperatures can drop below -55°C.

We completed thermal and altitude testing of our Radical-developed battery packs in our atmospheric chamber, proving they're ready for flight.

[jesse.base.eth @jessepollak]

very fast feed API for all @baseapp and @zora coins

[Alexander Lange @AlexLangeVC]

@UHeardHereLast @elonmusk America is not working on power dominance , China is - with the cheapest energy sources available: renewables.

https://t.co/qhWy0HPt5V

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!

Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.