Olivier Smekens

Banker. Entrepreneur. Founder of LandShark Ventures, a collaborative ecosystem for hungry and entrepreneurial minds. Lack the art of enchantment in your pitch?

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

Belgium, you gotta pay your bills.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Game, set and match

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The rumor that I’m secretly creating a zombie apocalypse to generate demand for flamethrowers is completely false

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

Good old sales!
Elon Musk Has Sold $700,000 Worth of Boring Company Hats https://t.co/jecLHwIXYv

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

Terrible loss , one of our most inspiring leaders https://t.co/MTGPR5p1s7

[Peter Hinssen @hinssen]

Immense droefheid bij het heengaan van een van de meest inspirerende en bezielde managers die ik ooit heb ontmoet. Wat een verlies... https://t.co/TNkeRDnqty

[Guillaume V.d.Stighelen @GuillaumeVdS]

De angst om te blazen is groter dan de angst om iemand dood te rijden. Hou je kinderen binnen als de 40+ zich goede chauffeurs wanen na hun receptie

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Worth reading Life 3.0 by @Tegmark. AI will be the best or worst thing ever for humanity, so let’s get it right.
https://t.co/lT0uMH3ujZ

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

نعبِّر عن أسفنا الشديد تجاه الهجوم المروع على مسجد الروضة في مصر ونعزي جميع أهلها. 🇪🇬

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

Indeed, you win a game, so let's destroy whatever is not yours? Sick. https://t.co/R82lToosKE

[Lorin Parys @lorinparys]

Dus om te ‘vieren’ verniel je onze hoofdstad? Verwerpelijk. https://t.co/zwPy0yDJG7

[Guillaume V.d.Stighelen @GuillaumeVdS]

De Pauw heeft mss nooit goed ingeschat hoe hij de dames lastig viel. Maar wat de man nu overkomt heeft men ook niet goed ingeschat, vrees ik

[Geert Noels @GeertNoels]

Grensoverschrijdend gedrag en grensoverschrijdende veroordelingen. Beiden sterk af te keuren.

[Carl Miller @carljackmiller]

Every single New York Times front page since 1852. Look at the growth of pictures in news.
(h/t Josh Begley).

[BelCham @BelChamUSA]

“You have to hire ahead. Build capacity before you need it”. Wise words from Tesla cofounder @mtarpenning. #atelierSF #fullhouse

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

https://t.co/LzG3SVj1ie

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

An important reminder to ask for help when you need it. https://t.co/rHUcRvDBfj #WorldMentalHealthDay

[Asker Jeukendrup @Jeukendrup]

Something that does all of this? it is safe, free and very effective?

[jeroen blokland @jsblokland]

Which one of these is NOT a bubble?

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

1 Big message: have guts, be ambitious https://t.co/CdSQMDRh6Q

[Olivier Smekens @OSmekens]

#WWEVIENNA Hi Jules and Louis!!! Great to be here