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scaling Plank to help build the AI-native workforce of the future; prev Co-founder, BlueOak; VP, Lanzatech; BCG; PhD (neuroscience); HBS; WEF YGL & Tech Pioneer

[privahini @Privahini]

“If race or class war divides us into hostile camps, changing political argument into blind hate...the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all, and a martial government...will engulf the democratic world.”
— Will Durant (1968)

[privahini @Privahini]

@CFCamerer @Caltech Thanks @CFCamerer 🙏

[Colin Camerer @CFCamerer]

An extremely profound thought. excited to explore this further with my @caltech class this fall

[privahini @Privahini]

Now, what could possibly go wrong here?

"Second, the creation of a new corporate category in Argentine law: the non-human corporation. These are entities operated by AI agents or robots. Where these systems exercise independent judgment in unpredictable environments — as they must, if they are to be genuinely useful — their actions entail real risks. Limited liability is not a luxury for such entities; it is a precondition for their existence. Human shareholders may participate, but are not required."

[Michał Podlewski @trajektoriePL]

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[privahini @Privahini]

Hear, hear

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

This is an important point from @Tyrangiel. AI is not going away. The most productive path forward is to work with it and the people building it to ensure the technology is moving us in the right direction, not the wrong one. https://t.co/xuxsQFk5B4

[Mario Schlosser @mariots]

Oscar Q1 numbers are proof that it really is possible to build a profitable healthcare business ever more beloved by members: 3.2M members, $4.6B revenue, $704M earnings from operations in Q1 '26.

But could YOU have done it?
Now you can test yourself... 1/2

[Nakul Mandan @nakul]

"A week is 2% of the year. The cadence we operate on is: A week is not the shortest timeline. It's the longest timeline. What can we decide by tomorrow?" - @grinich.

Michael Grinich. Founder and CEO of WorkOS. The company powering the enterprise adoption of AI.

Knuckle Up ↓

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00:00 Introduction

01:33 From design-obsessed founder to enterprise infrastructure

04:20 Michael’s year off and what made the WorkOS bet obvious

06:54 Why a great startup idea has to look bad first

09:46 Minimum awesome product beats MVP

11:09 The org with no CRO, no VP of sales, and one PM

13:29 Hiring for curiosity, not credentials

16:25 The "AI pilled" interview red flag

18:25 A week is 2% of the year

26:00 How WorkOS approaches brand

33:00 The future shape of engineering orgs

43:20 Why senior engineers benefit most from AI

44:45 Micro-leadership over micromanagement

49:10 Tough times in the early days

59:04 The reverse Peter principle

1:04:38 Quickfire: red flags, hires too early, and biggest fears

1:10:30 Michael's advice to his 25-year-old self

[Pedro Domingos @pmddomingos]

The future belongs to skilled blue-collar workers and skilled users of AI. Advice to students: become one or both before it’s too late.

[privahini @Privahini]

I fell in love with this so much that I added a link to this in to all our jobs descriptions as a necessary core ethos

[kepano @kepano]

In good hands

There is a feeling I search for: being in good hands. It is the feeling I look to give and the feeling I look to receive.

I know I am in good hands when I sense a cohesive point of view expressed with attention to detail.

I can feel it almost instantly. In any medium. Music, film, fashion, architecture, writing, software. At a Japanese restaurant it's what omakase aims to be. I leave it up to you, chef.

When I am in good hands I open myself to a state of curiosity and appreciation. I allow myself to suspend preconceived notions. I give you freedom to take me where you want to go. I immerse myself in your worldview and pause judgement.

I want to be convinced of something new. I want my mind to be changed. Later I may disagree, but for now I am letting the experience soak in.

That trust doesn't come easily. As an audience member it's about feeling cared for from the moment I interact with your work. It's about feeling a well-defined point of view permeate what you make.

If my mind was changed, I must have been in good hands.

[privahini @Privahini]

Hey @Apple @tim_cook can you please for the living love of Siri just acquire @WisprFlow @tankots???

[privahini @Privahini]

Cleantech needed an AI moment

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

Wow.

The White House just announced that grid infrastructure is essential to national defense.

This includes transformers, transmission lines and conductors, substations, and high-voltage circuit breakers.

Companies working to electrify America will have a big tailwind.

[privahini @Privahini]

Seeing two friends who are both amazing, insightful humans in same screen makes me incredibly happy :) Look forward to listening to this! @qasar @nakul

[Nakul Mandan @nakul]

“Founders aren’t made when they start companies. They’re made when they interpret their market correctly.”

Episode 2 of @KnuckleUpHQ is live.

Qasar Younis (@qasar): Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. One of the sharpest and most intentional operators you’ll ever meet on the craft of building a company.

Full episode ↓
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00:00 Intro

01:19 What really makes someone a founder

05:26 The company that almost became Kickstarter

08:12 The most common misread on feedback

13:40 Why most founders don't end up with the best team

19:45 How to pick a co-founder

23:38 Your first 10 hires are really your first 100

28:21 The case for hiring slow and firing slow

33:22 Red, yellow, green: how Applied gives monthly feedback

35:00 The role that knows what’s actually going on in a company

40:01 How to operate with speed and intentionality

42:41 The three things Qasar spends time on

45:57 How Applied is driving AI adoption

52:06 The type of engineer Applied is now looking for

1:01:19 Why this could be the golden age of small companies

1:09:13 Quickfire: red flags, overrated advice, and superpowers

1:12:32 Qasar's advice to his 25-year-old self

[privahini @Privahini]

@ianbremmer “AGI isn’t scary because AI will become more like humans - it’s scary because it will reveal how many humans are already like AI.”

[privahini @Privahini]

AGI isn’t scary because AI will become more like humans - it’s scary because it will reveal how many humans are already like AI.

[privahini @Privahini]

@nakul Also, this!

[hari raghavan @haridigresses]

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, @Bouazizalex.

[Joscha Bach @Plinz]

@pmddomingos The manager is the original prompt engineer

[privahini @Privahini]

When I’ve made similar points in convo, pushback from people is - so you’re saying we’ll have more nannies, tutors, coaches and baristas for rich people.

One, no, that’s not what I’m saying.
Two, what did you think bankers, consultants and lawyers do today?

The biggest illusion of the last few decades might be the inherent value of knowledge work. It has always disproportionately been in service of the wealthy. If anything, we might democratize access to knowledge outputs to those that haven’t historically been able to afford it.

[privahini @Privahini]

Love this essay, and made a similar point recently!

“As AI advances, thinking may become less central to human purpose and more a source of stimulation or mastery (as we saw with physical effort after the Industrial Revolution). In this world, purpose may shift toward deep (and likely irl) emotional and care work - helping people feel held, supported and seen.”

https://t.co/E5kaGNEBPu

[privahini @Privahini]

Super excited for this! This has been such a labor of love for @nakul - can’t wait to see his incisive intensity in action with this stellar line up!

[Nakul Mandan @nakul]

Building a company is a confrontational act.

Introducing Knuckle Up: conversations with people who’ve operated at the highest level.

Recruiting. Culture. Intensity. The inner game of being a CEO.

First episode with Frank Slootman drops today.

Trailer ↓

[privahini @Privahini]

@bznotes Love these reminders :) something I’ve done with my parents is recording the equivalent of a podcast with them for posterity - have them tell their life stories (esp awesome with cousins, siblings etc around who add levity and their own curiosity, angles and Qs)

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Maybe a very obvious point, but it only just struck me that, so far at least, intelligence seems to require four valence electrons.

[privahini @Privahini]

the most important Q to maximize value when using AI: Do you know what great looks like in whatever output / outcome youre seeking?