Vivek Sharma

Founder & Executive Chairman @MovableInk. Williamsburger. 🎸ist.

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

So crushed to hear this. Josh was a dynamo and such a positive thinker. He invested in and supported Movable Ink from its earliest days and I was proud to recently invest back in him. Such a loss.

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

Capital Factory founder Joshua Baer, a visionary force in the Texas technology and start-up ecosystem, died Tuesday night in a private plane crash in Laredo, the organization confirmed to the American-Statesman.

"Joshua was a fearless leader, a brilliant partner, and a dear friend to so many of us," Capital Factory President Bryan Chambers said.

https://t.co/rYhKmYv0Yg

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

Well said

[Mehdi 麦迪⁠ @BetterCallMedhi]

the scariest part of this Anthropic story is what it implies about the timeline and I think most people are completely missing it

Anthropic built a model called Claude Mythos that found thousands of zeroo day vulnerabilities across every major operating system & every major web browser entirely on its own without huuman steering

it it found a 27 yo vulnerability in openBSD which is considered one of the most security hardened OS on earth, a 16 yo vulnerability in FFmpeg in a line of code that automated testing tools had hit 5 million times without catching it & it autonomously chained multiple linux kernel vulnerabilities together to escalate from regular user to full system control, this is the kind of work that used to require elite nation-state level hackers working for months
and here’s what should keep you up tonight

Anthropic is so terrified of what this model can do offensively that they made 3 unprecedented decisions simultaneously, they decided to never release it publicly, they contacted the US gov before publishing anything & they formed a coalition called project glasswing with apple/Google/ microsoft/amazon NVIDIA & 40+ other companies to use Mythos exclusively for defense, when the company that built the model is too scared to let it out of the lab that tells you everything about what we’ve crossedd…

but I think the real story that absolutely nobody is discussing is the second order implication, if anthropic built this then google deepmind can build it, if Google can build it China can build it, if China can build it , every state actor on earth will eventually build it, anthropic chose responsible disclosure but that choice is a luxury of being first

the next team that reaches this capability level might not make the same choice and once a model like this leaks or gets independently replicated every piece of software on earth becomes a potential attack surface

and connect this to the Google quantum paper from last week, quantum computers that can crack BTC in 9 min AND AI models that can find zero days in every operating system autonomously, both arrived in the same month, we’re watching the entire security infrastructure of human civilization get challenged from 2 completely different directions simultaneously

I genuinely think we just entered a new era where the offense-defense balance in cybersecurity has permanently shifted, the window between a vulnerability existing & being discovered just went from years to minutes and the only thing standing between the current internet and total chaos is that the people who built this capability happened to be responsible about it, that is an incredibly thin line to bet civilization on

one last thing that I keep thinking about… mythos scored 93.9% on SWE-bench verified & 77.8% on SWE-bench pro, it outperforms every model ever built at coding and reasoning by a massive margin

anthropic built built the most powerful AI model on earth and chose to lock it in a cage because its offensive capabilities are too dangerous…

Mzrc Andreessen declared AGI is here 3 days ago to pump his portfolio, meanwhile the people actually building the most advanced systems are too afraid to release them, that contrast tells you everything about who understands what’s happening and who is performing for an audience

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War.

https://t.co/rM77LJejuk

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

America is headed in the wrong direction. This needs to stop. If you care about freedom and liberties it’s time to renounce Trumpism. If you’re a leader then this is the time to stand up. The left has its flaws but we’re on a destructive path that will not end well.

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@adambain This is why we never invest in AI

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@rahulvohra @Grammarly Amazing stuff @rahulvohra! Can’t wait to see the full productivity suite.

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

Wish I could have invested! 😆

[Joshua Baer ⚙️ @JoshuaBaer]

For the past 20 years, my primary source of income to live off has been from investments made >10 years earlier.

Yesterday I got an email telling me that a $75,000 investment I made in 2011 is now selling for $2.5M in cash (to me).

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@fendien @Work_Bench Go Work-Bench team!

[Intel Capital @intelcapital]

Check out the newest episode of @intel’s #InTechnology #podcast with @MovableInk’s @vivsharma and Intel Capital’s John Gildea for a discussion on the age of #AI in digital #marketing. Watch the full episode to learn about Movable Ink’s personalized approach: https://t.co/YWKoTm2nPN

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Most liquids become more compact when they freeze. Water does the opposite, expanding when it freezes, because H2O's shape crystalizes into a structure with large open spaces. If not for this odd quirk, ice would sink, freezing the oceans over long ago, and we would not be here.

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

sales vs. marketing in 1 photo

[Marketing AI Institute @MktgAi]

We've been big fans of @movableink for a long time - and were thrilled when @mikekaput had a chance to sit down with @vivsharma. Read more: #AI #personalization #cx #customerjourney https://t.co/4NWwouRBfG

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@icreatelife Rocket takeoff, mars, astronauts, lots of dust and flame

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@shaig @fcollective @movableink Shai, I can’t think of any interesting topics for our Wed brunch. Can you? 😂

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@vsodera @vivekramaswami Yo, why was I not told about the club meeting? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@movableink working with @warnerbros to deliver on true content personalization:
- Open rate for Eurosport spiked by 72%
- Users with higher engagement were retained 20% higher
- The discovery+ show ‘Love in the Jungle’ secured a 51% increase in CTR

https://t.co/42mFXNcnNN

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@nihalmehta @reshmasaujani @aasif @jaysean Nice kurta!

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@saranormous Movable Ink (in the Image category) Da Vinci by Movable Ink personalizes marketing messages to every customer and is used by some of the biggest retailers in the world https://t.co/jCrH79auQz

[Vivek Sharma @vivsharma]

@electriceden92 @mkliberal1138 @kevinroose I get it. But all artists were steeped in the works of those who came before. When you hear John Frusciante play you can hear the Jimi Hendrix influence.