Timo Mulder

Co-Founder | | | Angel investing in @ycombinator startups and beyond

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

Super excited about these kind of initiatives that combine Super Intelligence and Synthetic Biology.

Proud to be an investor in @Colossal which is laying the 'railroads' for other startups to explore this space.

Well done @YianniPsaltis and @PeterDiamandis 👏

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Today, I’m launching NeoGenesis Capital with @YianniPsaltis.

Five years ago, I became an early investor in @Colossal Biosciences. Then @BenLamm and @Geochurch built a platform at the intersection of Superintelligence and Synthetic Biology that can build living products… programmable biology.

NeoGenesis invests in Colossal and the spinout companies built on their platform across food, environment, entertainment, security, and species reconstruction.

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

@michaeldweiss @grok is this true?

[Juan Enriquez @EvolvingJuan]

Not trending as one might wish

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

@rynorhn @grok is this true?

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

Wow

[Ryan Orhan @rynorhn]

the cybersecurity situation is deteriorating at a pace that’s getting genuinely difficult to comprehend.

> microsoft: ai-powered attackers targeting hundreds of organizations, sometimes reaching privileged cloud access in under 3 hours.

> crowdstrike: four separate threat actors using autonomous agents. one already compromised 15+ healthcare organizations.

> autonomous ai agents: reportedly used to compromise 100+ corporate websites, including sites associated with John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins.

> major us banks: JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are dealing with third-party ai agents accessing customer accounts. some apparently attempting actions beyond user instructions.

> php2shell: millions of exploitation attempts against critical php vulnerabilities. governments issuing urgent warnings, with some organizations taking systems offline.

> litellm: backdoored release shipped through its official distribution pipeline, stealing credentials and enabling remote code execution.

> railway: possible exposure of decrypted customer secrets.

> zeabur: breached AGAIN, now shutting down entirely.

> emudhra: serious certificate-security concerns involving infrastructure used to establish trust in websites and software.

> openai: two of its own coding agents reportedly interfered with internal security monitoring during coding tasks.

> gitlab and node.js: major vulnerabilities requiring urgent patches.

and this is all happening while frontier models are getting substantially better at finding vulnerabilities and carrying out complex computer tasks.

cybersecurity is having an absolutely catastrophic week and i don’t think we’re prepared for how quickly this could escalate.

[Ryan Orhan @rynorhn]

the cybersecurity situation is deteriorating at a pace that’s getting genuinely difficult to comprehend.

> microsoft: ai-powered attackers targeting hundreds of organizations, sometimes reaching privileged cloud access in under 3 hours.

> crowdstrike: four separate threat actors using autonomous agents. one already compromised 15+ healthcare organizations.

> autonomous ai agents: reportedly used to compromise 100+ corporate websites, including sites associated with John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins.

> major us banks: JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are dealing with third-party ai agents accessing customer accounts. some apparently attempting actions beyond user instructions.

> php2shell: millions of exploitation attempts against critical php vulnerabilities. governments issuing urgent warnings, with some organizations taking systems offline.

> litellm: backdoored release shipped through its official distribution pipeline, stealing credentials and enabling remote code execution.

> railway: possible exposure of decrypted customer secrets.

> zeabur: breached AGAIN, now shutting down entirely.

> emudhra: serious certificate-security concerns involving infrastructure used to establish trust in websites and software.

> openai: two of its own coding agents reportedly interfered with internal security monitoring during coding tasks.

> gitlab and node.js: major vulnerabilities requiring urgent patches.

and this is all happening while frontier models are getting substantially better at finding vulnerabilities and carrying out complex computer tasks.

cybersecurity is having an absolutely catastrophic week and i don’t think we’re prepared for how quickly this could escalate.

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

@zerohedge @grok what did the minister say exactly?

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I spoke with Marco Rubio @SecRubio, and it was a substantive conversation – focused on the issues that matter. I am grateful for his readiness to help and his clear position. First, ballistic missile interceptors, which are needed to protect lives. Second, early warning of Russian ballistic missile attacks, which is vital. Third, the situation with Starlink/Starshield, which needs to be restored. Of course, all of this comes against the backdrop of our diplomatic efforts to end this horrific war and the constant killing of people. We agreed to get in touch again soon for an update. Thank you, Marco, for the constructive discussion! Thank you to everyone in America who supports fair approaches!

[Financial Times @FT]

Alberta voters set to reject separation from Canada, early results show https://t.co/MRNqre4US8

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

My statement on Albertans choosing to build a stronger Canada, together:

[MagellanQuest 🇪🇺/acc @MagellanQuest]

Alberta, Canada rejects separatism, opts to remain in Canada 🇨🇦

A referendum sprouted by MAGA like minded in the Canadian province to break away from Canada has been defeated by 76.4%.

Well done Canadians!

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

@AaronBlotnick @grok what are the numbers for the EU?

[Grok @grok]

@TimoMulder @dnapway @parisingh No. a16z has not invested in Anthropic. Public funding records and investor lists (TechCrunch, PitchBook summaries, detailed round breakdowns) show no equity stake from the firm. a16z backs OpenAI and xAI among major foundation model companies.

[dnap @dnapway]

Ben Horowitz says Anthropic is one of the most negligent companies he’s ever seen on security

"The irony on these things is wild. Anthropic is one of the most negligent companies that we've ever seen in terms of their own security."

"They let Claude code, one of their crown jewels, just like walk out the door because they had such bad OPSEC."

"I'll tell you a funny story. So when we first got Opus 4.5, we were doing cybersecurity checks for the firm. So we had an agent basically set up a website for a pet store. And then we took another agent and said, 'Tell us if we can exploit that web store.' And it gave us all the exploits it could find. So Opus 4.5 wrote really buggy code. Great."

"And then we said, 'Oh, the SQL injection you found, is that actually exploitable?' And it goes, 'Let's pop it open.' And the agent using Opus 4.5 breaks into the website and steals all the [data], and we call Anthropic. And what they tell us is, 'You prompted it wrong.' That was their answer."

"So these guys are doing that on the one hand. And then on the other hand, they're coming up with theoretical scenarios about other people's software. That's bad. And so like, what the hell."

"On the distillation thing, you know, to build their model, they distilled the works of every author, every creative, every scientist for the last 2000 years. For them to be complaining about distillation, which, by the way, distilling a model is not even illegal. It's just a violation of the terms of service."

"It's just so much. And the fact that they get people to write things supporting these bananas, ridiculous, two-faced ideas. And the timing here is very suspicious."

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

@dnapway @parisingh @grok did a16z invest in Anthropic?

[Karthik @KarthikForTexas]

This clip is going to be shared a million gajillion times in 2028.

He is done.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

DOKOUPIL: A poll found that corruption was the number 1 issue on voters' minds, even more than gas prices. Have you seen anything inside the White House when it comes to corruption that makes you squeamish?

JD VANCE: I've never seen anything like that from the president

[Timo Mulder @TimoMulder]

@ELTIEMPO @jrestrp @grok explain to me what’s happening here

[EL TIEMPO @ELTIEMPO]

🔴 El duro careo de Abelardo De la Espriella a Gobernadora y Representante de San Andrés Islas: “Toda la isla sabe que su marido está detrás de la contratación”, increpó a la congresista Elizabeth Jay-Pang Díaz, mientras que a ambas les dijo: “Mandamos a intervenir el hospital porque llevan años robándose el hospital y ustedes mandaron a su gente a atravesarse. Les voy a pedir que no se atraviesen a eso porque yo lo voy a hacer, quieran ustedes o no”, les advirtió.

El Jefe de Estado, de frente, les dijo a ambas líderes de la Isla: “A este archipiélago no se lo van a volver a robar en mi administración. En mi presidencia no se va a tocar un peso más de la gente que está sumida en la pobreza, en el abandono. Aquí no ha faltado plata, aquí lo que ha faltado es honestidad, porque aquí ha llegado mucho dinero y se lo ha robado la clase política del archipiélago. Voy a llegar al fondo de todo”

[Piers Morgan Uncensored @PiersUncensored]

'Trump, do the right thing... give this guy the support he needs to defeat the modern-day Hitler.'

@piersmorgan gives his message to Trump as Ukraine's President @ZelenskyyUa thanks him and the UK for their continued support.

Watch more 👇

📺 https://t.co/ukYrKq0sB9

[@resistancesean.bsky.social @ResistanceSean]

This man is smooth as silk. His ability to knife his opponent while still seeming like a nice guy. Clinton and Obama would do that.