Brian Vince

engaged disruptor for #IIoT, #AI, #generativedesign, #3Dprinting, #digitaltwin and #DigitalTransformation

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

My agents are pissing me off. I can’t keep them working enough. I need to get better.

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

In 1995, that was great advice. In 2026, it’s a suicide mission for your uptime. Your legacy machines are the ultimate "Sleeper Cells." #IWouldnt let them touch my main VLAN.

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

Saturday is for PMs. Greasing bearings? Good. Checking belts? Great.

But when was the last time you checked the "Digital Rust" on your PLCs? #IWouldnt ignore a leak.

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

AI layoffs = poor leadership, imagination, problems to solve. Profound!

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Jensen Huang just called out every CEO who’s been firing people “because of AI.”

Jim Cramer asked him why companies are laying people off if AI is supposed to make everyone MORE productive.

Jensen's answer:

"For companies with imagination, you will do more with more. For companies where the leadership is just out of ideas, they have nothing else to do. They have no reason to imagine greater than they are. When they have more capability, they don't do more."

Read that again.

The man who built the most important tech company on Earth just told you that if your CEO is using AI to cut headcount, it means one thing:

They have no imagination.

They have no vision for what comes next.

They got handed the most powerful tool in human history and their FIRST instinct was to fire people.

This is the CEO of NVIDIA. The company whose chips power every AI system on the planet.

If anyone on Earth has the right to say "AI replaces workers," it's Jensen Huang.

And he said the OPPOSITE.

He said every carpenter could become an architect. Every plumber could become an architect. AI elevates capability. It doesn't eliminate it.

But here's where it gets really interesting...

During the same interview, Jensen revealed something nobody's talking about:

He said AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic are seeing their revenues increase by one to two billion dollars a WEEK. And he wishes these companies were public so the world could see what he sees.

One to two billion per week.

That's a $50 to $100 BILLION annualized run rate.

For companies that most people think are burning cash and making nothing.

The entire Wall Street narrative that "AI companies aren't profitable" might be completely wrong.

Jensen sees their numbers. He sees their compute orders. He sees their growth. And he's saying the revenue is real.

So if the money IS real, why are other companies firing people?

Because they're not building AI products. They're not creating new revenue streams. They're not using AI to expand into new markets.

They're using AI as an EXCUSE to cut costs because they ran out of ideas 3 years ago and need something to tell the board.

Jensen's company added $500 billion in new orders in 5 months. He expects $1 trillion in cumulative revenue through 2027 from just two product lines.

That number doesn't include the new chips, systems, or partnerships announced this week.

And he's not cutting people. He's hiring.

Because when you have imagination, more capability means MORE opportunity. Not less headcount.

Meanwhile Salesforce cut thousands. Meta cut thousands. Amazon cut thousands. All blaming "AI efficiency."

Jensen's response: You're out of imagination.

He also said something that stuck with me.

Cramer asked if he ever thought he'd build a $10 to $20 trillion company while waiting tables at Denny's.

His answer: "I was just trying to make it through the shift."

Biggest tip he ever got? Two, three dollars.

Now he's building tech that increased computing demand by one million times in two years.

He announced OpenClaw, which he says is as big as ChatGPT.

And he's got 21 months of new business that isn't even counted in the trillion dollar figure yet.

When asked how long he plans to keep working?

"I'm hoping to die on the job. And I'm not hoping to die anytime soon."

This is a man who believes every single thing he's building.

And his message to every CEO using AI to justify layoffs is simple...

You're not innovating. You're surrendering.

The technology wasn't built to shrink companies.

It was built to make them limitless.

If your leadership can't see that, the problem isn't AI.

It's THEM.

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

@blake_vince True!

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

Deploy our contract tracing and containment software solution to prevent / minimize an outbreak of #Covid_19 in your company. https://t.co/5Oc4Az8ZGp

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

Some are blessed with hair and others are blessed with an amazing personality. I’ve been working on the personality part as the hair fades away...

[Blake Vince @blake_vince]

@mhrohrbach @brianvince That joke is really old. But it is because my brother wears a toupee!

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

⁦@blake_vince⁩ Happy Siblings Day Bro! Thx for the call today. It brightened my spirits!

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@blake_vince Call them up and sell them your beans. :)

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@blake_vince She is conflicted. Wearing green in a red combine.

[Siemens Digital Industries Software @siemenssoftware]

After only 17 months, Teamcenter is now the hub for @CollinsAero product data for inception through product support - having migrated 371M data records for over 10K users #plme2019

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Circuit Act: Callaway’s new hotshot club designer is a supercomputer - https://t.co/wNIA19duXL

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@blake_vince Happy National Sibling Day.

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Interesting insights for hiring software engineers. https://t.co/JNrCGqEJNt

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

Aviation systems development gap: "the lack of ability to understand architecture-level interaction before physical integration." This is what is driving the need for a #MBSE (model-based system engineering) approach to determine risk. https://t.co/vldVMZr4sn

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

#testautomation helps you fail fast by discovering bugs early. Polarion #ALM provides integrated #QA to support automated testing. https://t.co/DTAUCittx6

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

Every company is becoming a software company. Good article on speeding up the #SDLC. Missing element is that #ALM can help coordinate #DevOps and #CI #CD. https://t.co/pRYqlEg7rB

[Brian Vince @brianvince]

Great visualization of the power that #5G will bring. Can’t wait for the next wave of innovation and connected services.

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

3G vs #4G vs #5G download speed

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[Brian Vince @brianvince]

My last blog post on engineers and smart, connected products. #MBSE #engineering #design - https://t.co/dKUE0grE8c