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𓄀on hyperoptimism

[Bobbi @kittenaround_51]

Just a momma and her baby frolicking in the stream.
I often wonder if they have memories like we do since they do remember people and places.

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

“Always go to the funeral”

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

I feel so grateful to serve our incredible customers. Everyone has such a unique story but they all share extreme grit and the willingness to tackle really hard problems.

Check their stories out!

[Minn @minney_cat]

In the age of AI, human ingenuity becomes even more valuable. The likes of @elonmusk @spacex, @nvidia, @anthropic, @OpenAI were founded in the U.S. for a reason.

Over the years, I've met thousands of talented founders, engineers, and technologists, and many left everything familiar for the chance to build something new.

So we sat down to hear their stories.

First Landing 👇

[Yash Ramchandani @yash14700]

My grandmom is slowly turning blind. Looking for things to help.

What's the best in class AI-powered assistance for the blind?

[primordial intelligence @primal_brainer]

btw in your 20's and 30’s you’ll start rediscovering the niche interests and hobbies you had as a kid. it’s very important you revisit them. your younger self was actually on to something.

[Mason @webdevMason]

I know people who were raised in very well-resourced, very "supportive" families that did not embrace anything one might call unconditional love. A child is an investment that yields a return, or you cut your losses. No thank you!

[jason 🤖 @jasontheutopian]

Bringing generalized robotics to the real world is the most important problem to solve in our generation

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@MilksandMatcha @tyler_fong_ so beautiful, congrats Sarah!!

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@svardnan @mike_matas @bwalkin sleek!

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@sm I think they made some very good, hard to refute arguments tbh :)

[Hurley @Johnsjawn]

Or go to the Presidio, jump in the ocean, get a coffee at The Mill, watch sunset at Twin Peaks, ride a bike anywhere, see live music, eat a burrito, take a grass nap in GG Park, have beer at The Page, watch the Bay Bridge lights, wander Chinatown, wander Ferry building, run across GG Bridge, walk Fort Funston, eat the best meal of your life with friends…drive any direction for 2hrs. And be deeply grateful for the heavenscape you live in.

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@masonwang025 that's so cool!!

[Pejuola| HR🗣️ @Pejuola_a]

Back in 2021, I met a lady who told me about this app where blind people could video call volunteers whenever they needed help with something.

Out of curiosity, I downloaded it and signed up.

I still remember how surreal it felt the first time I got a call. Someone was simply trying to decide what to wear and needed me to tell them if the colors matched. Another person needed help checking something on their TV screen.

And there I was, in my room in Nigeria, helping complete strangers from different parts of the world through a random video call.

It wasn’t paid or anything. It was just volunteering.

But I remember being so fascinated by the idea that technology could connect people in such a deeply human way. For a few minutes, you literally became someone else’s eyes.

Till today, that remains one of the most beautiful things I’ve experienced online.

[Lighthouse @lighthousehq_]

"Eight years later, we're ready to scale." Congratulations to Garth and the Panthalassa team!

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@DanielEdrisian really cool, congrats!!

[Edmund @Kulambq]

My father, after retiring, would sit up nearly every night well past midnight, absorbed in mathematics and physics, filling notebook after notebook. For him, it was a kind of meditation, and for me, a lasting source of inspiration.

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@kwoade perfect amount of control, tink is adorable!!!

[Nichole Wischoff @NWischoff]

Living in SF is a privilege

[mathurah @mathurahravi]

what a rare opportunity it was to hear from the founder of general magic and early team

so incredible to have them share learnings with @designengclub on their journey building the smartphone before the world was ready

we need more design events like these in sf

[Asma @SL_Asma_]

@mathurahravi @designengclub ah you all did a great job organizing, very inspiring convo! <3