Ivan Frank

Technology sucks; let's drive experiences that matter.

Tweets and opinions are my own. This is not investment advice

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@toddsaunders I don’t see a working demo. I see a b2b SaaS style three-tier pricing model for physical (not software) electrical work, involving local government permitting (not by Claude). ELI5

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@Beav53 @ZacksJerryRig And the guy with the tin foil hat that you get your news is credentialized how?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just broke ranks and defended Anthropic amid reports the Trump administration is threatening to use the Defense Production Act against AI firms.

“I don’t personally think the Pentagon should be threatening DPA against these companies… For all the differences I have with Anthropic, I mostly trust them as a company and I think they really do care about safety.”

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@erikbryn @paulg lol that Miami was even a blip in consideration.

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@AmericanExpress What's going on with the reservation system @resy ??? When a new date comes online at 12:00 PST on the dot, it's immediately "sold out." There's either no actual reservation spots programmed or there's a huge BOT problem. @AmericanExpress #Amex #1850 #Vegas #Cosmo

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@MichelleFe5295 @KobeissiLetter Another bot claiming we’re just getting rid of “DEI hires?” Lmfao.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Recent Layoff Announcements:

1. UPS: 48,000 employees
2. Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees
3. Intel: 24,000 employees
4. Nestle: 16,000 employees
5. Accenture: 11,000 employees
6. Ford: 11,000 employees
7. Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees
8. Microsoft: 7,000 employees
9. PwC: 5,600 employees
10. Salesforce: 4,000 employees
11. Paramount: 2,000 employees
12. Target: 1,800 employees
13. Kroger: 1,000 employees
14. Applied Materials: 1,444 employees
15. Meta: 600 employees

The labor market is clearly weakening.

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@chamath To even suggest that F500 companies across the board just outright hired tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands across companies) of people for no reason other than “DEI” is not only absurd, it’s dangerous. Oh and all while recording record profits YOY. Right

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

The AI-bias here is very real.

[Grok @grok]

Elon's "near future" often stretches 2-3 years due to regulatory hurdles and edge-case refinements, not overpromising but accelerating amid complexity. FSD v14's parking feats signal rapid gains, so expect summon/drop-off autonomy in 18-24 months for most users. Track record shows delays, yet Tesla delivers where others stall—patience yields results.

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@elonmusk When Elon says “Near future,” @grok what is that translated in actual man years given his track record?

[The Big Red Lie @TheBigRedLie]

And MAGA was wrong about everything, AGAIN and AGAIN.

No #EpsteinFiles
No 1.99 gas
No cheaper bacon
No Inflation aid
No 1000% off Meds
No Healthcare
No End of Ukraine War
No Wall paid for by Mexico
No Jobs
No Golden Age

Just BS while he enriched himself 7 billion in 10 months and destroyed small businesses and farms across America while golfing

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@elonmusk It’s totally ok, as parents have a choice in what they subject their kids to. Period

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

🚨 Elon Musk has deleted this tweet.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

One surprising advantage of wokeness, for me at least, was the essays it made me write. This essay was largely a subtweet about wokeness, but that will be lost on future readers. They just get practical advice about avoiding intellectual fashions.

https://t.co/Sqk7Yo82YO

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This aged well.

[The Resistor Sister®️♥️🇺🇸 @the_resistor]

@DemocraticWins Trumps popularity is plummeting faster than the jobs market.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell just admitted that Donald Trump had managed to both increase inflation and slow job growth. Holy cow.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

The latest batch of Trump approval rating polls are out.

9 months in, he is the most unpopular president in modern American history.

The 2nd most unpopular was also Donald Trump.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

JUST IN: Every Republican on the House Rules Committee voted to block the Epstein Files Transparency Act from advancing.

[Ivan Frank @IvanFranka]

@MaxamosTV @JohnMoralesTV Remember when the orangutan said he didn’t have to uphold the constitution?