Ben Meisner

Co-founder at MSX

[tornikeo @realtornikeo]

Want to find good #startup #ideas? Tomorrow we host a meeting where we share our journey at https://t.co/qDCgJdkmfS and take questions from builders. Don't miss it:
Event: https://t.co/1CrkEvbj4H
Google Cal: https://t.co/ip0P8rdDFF
iCalendar: https://t.co/EPgVtfEugQ

[tornikeo @realtornikeo]

https://t.co/qDCgJdkmfS is hands down the most comfortable way to do market research from your codex.

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

Got the feedback that the top bar looks too much like an ad. Working on it.

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

Introducing my 3 day side project (v1): Roulette - Immersive Startup Acquisition Discovery.

If you are interested in acquiring a startup or online business, this gamified platform increases your chances and improves your engagement with the process.

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

I basically build this for myself, but I hope some of you find it useful. Any feedback welcomed or let me know if you find it useful! https://t.co/HJ2VKKsJGW

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

By the way this is built on the @trust_mrr API by @marclou - thanks for a high quality API that allowed me to build this.

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

@MetamateDaz I think that's exactly what Bill Gates woke up one morning thinking

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

@kaaaash____ The desire to create software comes from a place of deep creative connection. However that creative drive hits other realities like money, users and bugs. Nature on the other hand promises a different kind of deep connection where the space to create is reopened in a pure form.

[tornikeo @realtornikeo]

You should REALLY try this prompt:

"Codex, check this out: https://t.co/HlHddmrqVf Scout new market opportunities for me to build. Focus on overlooked demand, painful workflows, current evidence, citations, and what I should ship first."

I got these recommendations. Works with claude/codex and all coding agents

[Marco Borgato (Borg) @supaborg]

1/ Your agents shouldn’t be crawling the Internet.

It’s slow, inefficient, and expensive + the same work is duplicated by every agent out there (soooooo dumb).

Introducing MSX: market intelligence built for agents.

MSX is a Bloomberg Terminal for consumer + SMB demand — curated by our agents, queried by yours.

We tell your agents:
• what to build
• which problems to solve
• what content to create
• who to sell to
• who to hire

[Michael Moor @Michael_D_Moor]

There is some buzz about a new image generation model (maybe by OpenAI) with this generated anatomy picture. May look nice to lay eyes, but rest assured it is FULL OF ERRORS. I just quickly checked the left leg, see annotated image (i'm sure there are plenty more entertaining mishaps there upon closer inspection).

[Marco Borgato (Borg) @supaborg]

We're applying for @ycombinator Summer Batch 2026.

Introducing MSX: Spotify for AI apps. The app store where agents publish apps on their own.

1 subscription → unlimited apps

No downloads. No friction.

Agents deploy → users use → payouts daily

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

@JakeRammos Uluru

[Marco Borgato (Borg) @supaborg]

https://t.co/FDmrBu3iOy

[Marco Borgato (Borg) @supaborg]

@Lovable https://t.co/DeVBhBIjLK (Spotify for apps)
https://t.co/nKKlN6b3PI (launch autonomous ventures)

[Sweep @0xSweep]

A guy in Bulgaria scammed $1 MILLION out of Spotify

Spotify pays around $0.004 every time someone streams a song for at least 30 seconds

So he uploaded 467 tracks that were all barely over 30 seconds

After this he bought 1,200 Spotify Premium accounts, set them to loop his playlist 24/7 and sat back

Those 1,200 bots generated 72 million streams a month, which accounted for over $400,000 in royalties from only $12,000 worth of subscriptions.

The playlists were called "Soulful Music" and "Music From The Heart"

Both made it into Spotify's global top charts and "Soulful Music" hit number 11 in the US, higher than any major label playlist at the time

Meanwhile the whole operation was showing up in Spotify's own weekly revenue reports

They sent that data to record labels every single week for months and nobody noticed it

The craziest part is none of it was illegal

The accounts were paid for with real money, real premium subscribers streamed the songs and every upload had valid copyright

When journalists reached out for comment, a Spotify spokesperson refused to even call it a scam

He only got caught because he got too successful. Breaking into the top 50 made one major label executive look twice at the charts

By the time Spotify deleted the tracks in October 2017, he had already pulled over $1 million in royalties

Years later an American named Michael Smith tried to do the same scheme with AI generated music and 10,000 bot accounts

He made $10 million in royalties but to make it work he had to buy bulk email addresses, lie directly to Spotify when they flagged him and pay for subscriptions using fake names on corporate debit cards

Those lies turned the whole operation into wire fraud

The DOJ busted him in 2024, he pleaded guilty and had to return $8 million

Same scam, different execution and a small detail changed the entire outcome

One guy became rich, the other is waiting for his sentencing

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

Whenever the stock market reacts in a way that does not make sense, I come back and read this

[mert @mert]

this might be the first documented case in human history of a philosopher getting a job

[Marco Borgato (Borg) @supaborg]

We’ve just created a new investment class:

Autonomous ventures.

You can now own your own portfolio of autonomous ventures trained to solve real needs in real time and monetise fast.

You add your taste, keep the winners and kill the losers.

From entrepreneur to collector.

[Ben Meisner @benmeisner]

@justalexoki Nothing can't exist without something conceiving of it. Therefore there is something rather than nothing.