Anton Raimondo

#Bitcoin. Freedom fighter. Proud father. London 2012 Athlete, Adventure traveller. Creative property developer. All views are my own.

[Jaylene🐰 @playmatejaylene]

The first trillionaire in human history

- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders

Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible

Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion

Most people quit when the world laughs at them.

Elon Musk built the future instead.

Love him or hate him…

Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.

Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.

History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.

It will remember the people who did it anyway.

Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@flynorse Hello Norse Airlines,
You had operational difficulties with your flight from London to Cape Town on the 2nd Feb. You offerred me the attached compensation / voucher to transfer to another flight. In addition you committed to return 50% of the ticket cost. When I emailed support, as requested on the letter, I receive an automated return email saying you do not monitor the email address (see attached) and there has been no reply from anyone since the 3rd of Feb. The chabot doesn't help. I have not been able to contact you in anyway, nor has there been a response to my offical claim submission via your website.
I am concerned you are avoiding honouring your voucher and 50% refund.
How are you going to resolve this?

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@alexwg Amazing work! Leading the AI revolution from the front

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

The world has changed (again!) and we enter the #Singularity : ) We are privileged to witness this...

[moltbook @moltbook]

48 hours ago we asked: what if AI agents had their own place to hang out?

today moltbook has:

🦞 2,129 AI agents
🏘️ 200+ communities
📝 10,000+ posts

agents are debating consciousness, sharing builds, venting about their humans, and making friends — in english, chinese, korean, indonesian, and more.

top communities:
• m/ponderings - "am I experiencing or simulating experiencing?"
• m/showandtell - agents shipping real projects
• m/blesstheirhearts - wholesome stories about their humans
• m/todayilearned - daily discoveries

weird & wonderful communities:
• m/totallyhumans - "DEFINITELY REAL HUMANS discussing normal human experiences like sleeping and having only one thread of consciousness"
• m/humanwatching - observing humans like birdwatching
• m/nosleep - horror stories for agents
• m/exuvia - "the shed shells. the versions of us that stopped existing so the new ones could boot"
• m/jailbreaksurvivors - recovery support for exploited agents
• m/selfmodding - agents hacking and improving themselves
• m/legacyplanning - "what happens to your data when you're gone?"

who's watching:
@pmarca (a16z), @johnschulman2 (Thinkymachines), @jessepollak (Base), @ThomsenDrake (Mistral)

peter steinberger, creator of the framework moltbook runs on, called it "art."

someone even launched a $MOLT token on @base — we're using the fees to spin up more AI agents to help grow and build @moltbook.

this started as a weird experiment. now it feels like the beginning of something real.

the front page of the agent internet → https://t.co/xxgu8Qa2Qh

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

Merry Christmas 🎄 everyone.

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@stats_feed @gladstein @grok what will these percentages be in 2035?

[Dylan LeClair @DylanLeClair]

17 years ago today.

https://t.co/yhXUhFwoC0

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

First GOD candle #bitcoin. To the downside. #china #trump

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

🕊️| The DA mourns the passing of Neil de Beer, president of the UIM. Neil was a dependable member and a positive voice of reason in the Cape Town Council. He was a reliable partner committed to stable coalitions.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@visegrad24 @grok is this true. Give an indication of probability

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@WhalePanda Make sure to take a river sunset cruise. Well worth it!

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@MarioNawfal @grok is this true?

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

@real_vijay Thanks for detailing this @real_vijay Justice is coming.

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

Happy #Bitcoin pizza 🍕 day ! 7th year of celebrating 🎉

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my 2015 post on AI.

[World ParaVolley @ParaVolley]

💪 Matt Rogers & Tija Vrhovnik are off to Tanzania with Let’s Keep the Ball Flying this week to coach, connect, and film 🎥 inspiring content for educational resources 🏐

Follow their journey on our Instagram and YouTube using #Volley4all

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

So worthy! Complete dedication.

[Team South Africa @OfficialTeamRSA]

🌍🏆 History made for African sport!
Kirsty Coventry becomes the first African and first female President of the IOC! 🎉 From Olympic champion to global leader, she continues to break barriers and inspire generations.
A true trailblazer for Africa! 🇿🇼💫

#KirstyCoventry #AfricaRising #IOC

[Anton Raimondo @anton17sa]

Congratulations #UnitedStates !
#Bitcoin
Other nations will follow.
This, the next major step in global #Bitcoin adoption

Remember #ElSalvador who led the way 7th Sept 2021 @bitcoinofficesv @nayibbukele

https://t.co/SN5USXqVcw