Simon

Stealth until wealth.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

Wild how fast some of these startups are moving.
Astrocade already secured a licensing deal with Mojang to use the #minecraft logo!
The future of gaming truly is here.

[Astrocade @PlayAstrocade]

We raised $56M to help build the next era of interactive entertainment. Series B led by @sequoia, Series A led by Sea.

Astrocade lets anyone create games with AI, play them with friends, and share them with millions.

But this isn’t about replacing creativity. It’s about giving more people the tool to bring their taste, humor, stories, and craft to life.

Today, the fun goes public.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

"Sell the shovels" might actually not be the best advice with LLMs & vision models. Starting to realize you might be better off just selling to the end consumer. IYKYK

[Simon @builtbysimon]

Oddly enough we’re entering an environment where instead of spending 3 months chasing investors you can just build something in those 3 months that prints $$$ and become your own investor. LLM technology will bring about unheard levels of wealth redistribution.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@__Apaex__ @ZherkaOfficial Yes I’m “unc”

[Simon @builtbysimon]

This is so true and it’s not even close.

Also way more productive per hour worked. There’s simply zero chance you’re working this hard if your rent is $600/mo being a nomad on a beach somewhere in Asia.

There’s no motivator like the American cost of living.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

Work ethic is insane. They will out work you.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@dannybuck Since you’re focusing on Craftd the mobile responsiveness is off and some element is pushing the bounds of the page off to the right allowing for side scrolling. Hope that helps.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@LachezarVoynov Send them my way ;)

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@jackofecom Sending a DM.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

is this spike in search volume from actual consumers or vibe coders doing market research?

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@EcomRedneck Let my agency make some for you. If they don’t outperform your winners you don’t pay.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@StephNass Dm it please 🙏

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@galligator Thanks for the plug. I’ll DM you my progress updates and if I can help Medvi let me know. 11+ years in eCom. We make killer statics & quiz funnels.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@jforjacob I’ll do it. Matter of fact I’ll pay YOU if it doesn’t become your top spender

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@jforjacob Let us be another source. First few ads are free and if they beat yours hire us. Sending dm

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@DTC_Quizbuilder Great post. Let’s talk.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

If you use 3rd party tracking & analytics for your #Shopify store, I recommend you go to their terms page, CMD + F, and search for the term "training machine learning algorithms". You're literally paying them to give your competitors an advantage using your proprietary data.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@keetonny Banger. Let’s connect.

Also it’s still so early people have no idea.

[Simon @builtbysimon]

@PascalZeMarshal 3rd party tracking is useless. Shopify analytics and Meta Ads has all you need if you use UTM params and have conversion API setup properly. Also these 3rd party trackers take your data and use it to help your competitors. Don’t believe me? Just read their ToS.