Byron Thom

Tech leader and investor. Founder @optigonetworks. Tweets are my own.

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Celebrating another year of amazing @UBC community members at the UBC Alumni Achievement Awards with MC @LienYeung. Congrats to all the recipients!

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

❤️ this. #climate #risingoceans

https://t.co/GPQqgQyxE5

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

At a loss seeing footage from Kelowna and impacted directly by the proximity to our UBCO family. My thoughts go out to everyone affected and hope that everyone is able to evacuate safely.

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Up bright and early to judge at the @yellcanada #pitchfest, part of Vancouver Startup Week. Thanks for the invite @vchan cc: @vanstartupweek #tech #bctech

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Congrats to all the graduating classes of 2023! Was privileged to join the Chancellor’s Procession at this morning’s convocation for @UBCSauderSchool MBA and Graduate students. Excited to see the impact you all will make!

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The last 45 days have been the biggest ever in AI.

All of this happened:

GPT-4
Auto-GPT
Midjourney v5
Runway #Gen2
Viral Drake Songs
ChatGPT in Robots

Here are the key takeaways from a crazy month and a half in AI 🧵

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

@kc_dot_io @ckneumann Sorry to hear, but 😂

[Tyler Stambaugh @ProfessorStam]

I worked in bank liquidity and treasury for the better part of the last decade, and there is one very interesting risk factor from the SVB collapse that I do not think we have ever witnessed before in modern finance, a 🧵:

[matt roberts @mattroberts]

It’s funny how journey’s come to an end it is also funny how they start.

In ’08 at age 65 when most of his peers were retiring my dad John and his colleague Girvan founded GaN Systems

My dad’s goal was to build the worlds best Speaker not a semiconductor company. 1/

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Celebrating Top #FortyUnder40 with @mattpcarlson and @BIVnews #startups #tech

[Patrick OShaughnessy @patrick_oshag]

#goals

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Puck Drop #WinterClassic #GoThunderbirdsGo @UBCThunderbirds

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Getting ready to cheer on the @UBCThunderbirds #WinterClassic

[Tom Loverro @tomloverro]

PREDICTION: There's a mass extinction event coming for early & mid-stage companies. Late '23 & '24 will make the '08 financial crisis look quaint for startups. Below I explain when, why & how it will start & offer *detailed advice to founders* on surviving the looming die-off. /1

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

So great to have the #2022TIAs back in its rightful home. Congrats to @jilliantipping and the entire team at @wearebctech #bctech #startups

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

Congrats to all the finalists of the New Ventures BC Awards. Good to see so many ecosystem friends supporting these amazing startups. And congrats to @nvbc on another amazing year

[Byron Thom @bmthom]

@lindsaymchan @UBC Thanks sis!

[Shayne Ramsay @Shayne_Ramsay]

Today I’m announcing that I have decided to retire as the CEO of BC Housing. On Saturday morning, May 7th, something shifted. I watched out my window as police descended on Crab Park. I had just returned, minutes earlier, from taking Fred for our regular morning walk. 1/10