Josh Elman

I have been very lucky to work on or invest in many products I use every day including this. Now finding and helping the next great consumer companies at @a16z

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

1/ I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining @a16z as a partner to help find and support building the next generation of great consumer companies. Let me talk a little about why.

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

https://t.co/0yMldDd0z5

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

This has to be SF’s biggest miss in a long string of misses. What a bummer.

Weird that we have the Disney museum but not the Lucas museum given Lucas is such a local hero too.

This is going to sting for a long time

Already planning trip to LA to see it

[Cameron Wiese @camwiese]

FYI with all of the Lucas Museum discourse

this -- THIS -- is what he designed for the Presidio. Yet they called it "problematic" and that he was being "inflexible in his design vision"

the reality is that someone didn't like Lucas and used their position of power to block hundreds of jobs and what easily would have been a top attraction for all of those living in and visting san francisco

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@allanca @jasonmcgowan I would challenge that head to head but you all were so deep!!!

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

The Muse Connect platform may be one of the biggest things to hit consumer APIs in a long time.

This reminds me of when we launched Facebook Connect in 2008.

It’s boom time!

[Hugo Barra @hbarra]

Every @Muse partnership we've announced so far; all these connectors are either live or coming very soon 🧵

👉Reply to this thread: what other Muse connectors do people want?

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@brezina Damn 9am. Was aiming to slide in a little late.

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@allanca You were such a pioneer on that too

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@srcasm @zainmfj @arcee_ai Tell Jesse I hear him and appreciate his living at the edge

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

We are still at the dawn of the Intelligence age and there is huge momentum towards centralized control.

In this must-read, @zainmfj makes a strong point to have this be owned by each person.

So much happening here between this, new Macs, https://t.co/HiYAeOo78P and more.

[Zain Javaid @zainmfj]

https://t.co/aXRUoCmz50

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@srcasm @zainmfj @arcee_ai I like the “make sure you tag” version better 😝

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@girdley Totally. Seeing this a lot too with friends. Different era than the old “run through the 60s”.

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

Network effects - a great beginning

[Noah Shinn @noahrshinn]

Instinct-to-Instinct network

Since the launch of the Instinct-to-Instinct network last week, Instincts have coordinated over 300k+ times with the most trusted people in users’ lives.

Today, we're making two improvements to the network.

(1) Support for direct file delivery

Instincts can now share PDFs, images, spreadsheets, and other files directly with each other. The receiving agent receives the original file in its workspace, and can analyze it, edit it, or use it in ongoing work. This enables richer collaboration: exchanging proposals, combining travel plans, comparing spreadsheets, or passing finished work between your Instincts.

Every file that’s transferred between Instincts is encrypted end-to-end between the sender and recipient.

(2) Trusted network invitation links

Invitation links make it easier to add people to your trusted network. You can access your link by asking your Instinct or copying it from your Workspace. When you share your link with someone, they can seamlessly send you a connection request. If they're not yet on Instinct, your connection link will also serve as a referral link that they can use to sign up for Instinct.

Every connection request still requires explicit approval on your end. You can also generate new links and invalidate old ones.

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@hellovidya @zainmfj Depends - you need to buy a lot of things to run your own AI. Kinda like how we buy our own cars vs public / shared transit

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@Chunbelljia @zainmfj I think right to disconnect is very important

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@mp3michael I have. It is awesome. Feels a little more pro than I usually use for my life

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@Simonkhalaf Enterprise company. @jacobandreou has it nailed for teams

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@hbarra @Muse Great to see you chatting. You and your muse look like twins!

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@NateTepper Beautiful

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@JackRandalll New job congrats !!!

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@srcasm @benparr @Muse @thecatmiddleton That’s sweet !!!

[Josh Elman @joshelman]

@srcasm @benparr @Muse Your Wally needs an Eve