Ali Wasti

VC. Techie @ heart. Helping build new things to make lives better. @alation @singlestoredb @lyft @Sprinklr @tutumcloud @Docker @predictionio @lumahealthhq

[clem 🤗 @ClementDelangue]

Taking advantage of a visit to the @huggingface Paris office to record a short video with my predictions in AI for 2024.

TL:DR: get ready for another banger year. Happy New Year everyone!

[Chris Anderson @TEDchris]

This is the bravest attempt I've read so far to try to make sense of the horrifying situation in Israel/Gaza, using language that just might evoke a nod of acceptance from people on more than one side.

[Semil @semil]

[quick post]

“Seed Market Evolution During A Downturn” https://t.co/xtQpPCX9VQ

[xlr8harder @xlr8harder]

The main takeaway I had from Oppenheimer is a reminder that there’s nothing on earth like being part of an elite team.

[Ali Wasti @awasti]

@virginmedia Please help. trying to close my account as I’m moving country. on hold for 2 hrs with moving team before call disconnected. Called again 8am in morning - hold for 25 min, call disconnected. I am not sure why you have made it near impossible for customers to cancel.

[Ali Wasti @awasti]

Congratulations team @Convercent. Wonderful news and it was great being part of the journey.

[Corporate Compliance Insights @cci_compliance]

@OneTrust today announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire @Convercent . Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in April. #compliance #risk #infosec https://t.co/ChZu2OGRVn

[Sam Altman @sama]

Speculation is fun, but it's not the easiest way to make money over a long period of time.

Take this energy and look for more TSLAs, demand better access to investing in startups, etc. Beat the hedge funds by holding great stocks for 10 years.

[Eade @eade_bengard]

If Robinhood didn’t want this to happen they should have gone with a different name

[Ali Wasti @awasti]

@joshelman @AppStore Congratulations Josh! Wonderful news and best of luck ‘creating great tech that shapes the world for the better!’

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

It's OK to predict the future and be wrong. BUT — Being a believer is more profitable than being a skeptic, because if you're a skeptic and right, you make no new thing happen.

If you're a believer and you're right, something awesome happens. Nice incentive to be positive sum.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

In 1995, only two years after the birth of the worldwide web, @BillGates tried to explain ‘The Internet’ to Letterman.

Today, tech pioneers face the same redicule as they describe artificial intelligence and impact of automation of future work @AndrewYang

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Government at every level is killing the golden goose— an engine of innovation that is a world treasure.

[Ali Wasti @awasti]

@brettnorthart Well he is referred to as Mr. Son...

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

We def need racing game using actual car steering wheel & pedals!

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The old car companies think what separates them from Tesla is that Teslas are electric. But they're also separated by the fact that Teslas are software, and that, they will discover, is an unbridgeable gulf.

[Brett Northart @brettnorthart]

The end is near

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

“If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.” - @DavidDavisMP
Parliament Square, London
23rd March 2019

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

On this day in 2009: bull market begins

Tech stock returns since then:

Netflix: +6,256%
Amazon: +2,579%
Nvidia: +1,715%
Expedia: +1,919%
Salesforce: +1,907%
Adobe: +1,418%
Apple: +1,356%
Google: +690%
Microsoft: +629%

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Never let your credentials be the only noteworthy thing about your pitch.

Instead focus on: Product, users, market, usage, and why now?

Namedropping will fool investors who have never built anything in their lives, but those aren’t the investors you want on your cap table.

[Ali Wasti @awasti]

Some interesting perspective on value creation.

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Change in combined valuations over the past 10 years:

Uber
Tesla
Netflix 2019:
Spotify $1 trillion
Facebook
Airbnb
Twitter
Square
SpaceX 2009:
Dropbox $20 billion
Shopify
Nvidia
Slack
Roku
Epic Games
Palantir
DJI