Dimi

product @fal | prev. co-founder of Lucent (acq. by @fal) | imperial 22

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[Dimi @builtbydimi]

In 2024, I quit my job to chase a dream. Today @lucent_chat has been acquired by @fal.

Six months at @join_ef. Demos breaking minutes before pitching top VCs. Almost everyone doubting us. Three pivots. The highest of highs, and lowest of lows.

Most of the time I had no idea what the next step was. Just a belief that if I bet on myself and didn't stop, I'd figure it out.

To @AlexKoumpas -- you took the same bet and never let either of us quit. To our advisors Mike Berry and @shyamalanadkat for the guidance.

The dream continues at @fal with @burkaygur and @gorkem and the best team in genmedia. Come say hi.

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@deepdinos Your environment can shape you in two ways: either you become like it, or you have an example of what not to become

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

Setting goals and achieving them is a skill in and of itself.

Start small. The task doesn't matter - it's practice. Over time you will amaze yourself with the size of your achievements.

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@pmitu Assuming you have a decent personal runway (3-6 months) to not feel extremely stressed with financials of course

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@pmitu Easier said than done - for first-time founders your learning rate is 100x faster if you take the risk and join an accelerator. Once you've been in the game, then you have enough experience to do what you're saying. Otherwise, it's way too slow and hard in practice...

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@fal https://t.co/toyixbnK2k

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@fal agent can now edit videos for you

We've just added a full-scale video editor onto fal agent... and gave it the power to control it for you

You can ask it to trim / re-order generations, split or remove sections, layer videos and audio etc.

try it out, link below

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@deepdinos @sigma2society Legend!

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

Incredible work as always from @PJaccetturo!

[PJ Ace @PJaccetturo]

This film cost $29,575 and took 10 days to make.

AI ≠ Cheap

Our Nexus feature will still cost millions next year. But it'll look like a $200M film.

I have a Claude skill you can copy that makes this easy.

Full process and Dreamina prompts below👇🏼🧵

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@deepdinos 🙏🙏🙏

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@edchucation @lucent_chat @fal @join_ef Thank you!!

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

In 2024, I quit my job to chase a dream. Today @lucent_chat has been acquired by @fal.

Six months at @join_ef. Demos breaking minutes before pitching top VCs. Almost everyone doubting us. Three pivots. The highest of highs, and lowest of lows.

Most of the time I had no idea what the next step was. Just a belief that if I bet on myself and didn't stop, I'd figure it out.

To @AlexKoumpas -- you took the same bet and never let either of us quit. To our advisors Mike Berry and @shyamalanadkat for the guidance.

The dream continues at @fal with @burkaygur and @gorkem and the best team in genmedia. Come say hi.

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@MattJonWilson @airstreet @MadronaVentures @creandum Let's go! 🚀

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@bonatsos @AlexKoumpas @fal @lucent_chat Thank you @bonatsos!! Means a lot :)

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

@rehan_shei same for you! 🫶

[Alex Koumpas @alexkoumpas]

Two years ago, @fal became our vendor. Today, they’ve acquired @lucent_chat.

@dimi_is_on_x and I built an agent that turned campaign ideas into finished ads using 60+ models. Within a month: 16,000 creators, 75,000+ assets.

Our biggest lesson: the value compounds around the models - in context, memory, and understanding creative intent.

Now we’re joining @fal to push that further. From prompting to directing.

Thank you @join_ef for backing us early, our advisors Mike Berry and @shyamalanadkat for their guidance, and @burkaygur and @gorkem for believing in what comes next.

[Burkay Gur @burkaygur]

Welcome to the team @AlexKoumpas and @dimi_is_on_x!

[apek @apekshik]

So happy to have @AlexKoumpas and @dimi_is_on_x part of our team. working with them has been equal parts fun and equal parts transformational.

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

This happened today.

Seedance 2.0 from @BytedanceTalk

99%+ of content created, across all modalities, will undoubtedly be AI in the next 5 years (and probably sooner).

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

Don't be afraid of making a mistake.

[Dimi @builtbydimi]

In a world of infinite opportunities,
one where you can do anything,
be anything,
build anything,

the most important skill is purposeful self-constraint and focus.

Digging deep into what you truly care about.
And what you want out of life.