cyrus

co-founder of @Timper_ai / prev. at @Tesla and @Terrafirma_Inc

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

GDPR is the true constitution of Europe. All else must yield to it.

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

now this is what I call owning the narrative

[Christophe CUNY @chcuny]

En France, on cultive le « principe de précaution » que l’on place au-dessus des faits et de la science.

Les statistiques en termes de sécurité du FSD sont bien meilleures que celles d’un conducteur lambda. On n’interdit pas les chauffards (pire encore, on ne les sanctionne principalement que sur l’aspect vitesse, pas sur leur comportement global) mais on interdit le FSD.

C’est juste inconcevable, surtout que ça reste un ADAS de niveau 3, pas du niveau 4 ou 5.

@PhilippeTabarot doit laisser les dogmes de côté et s’appuyer sur les faits et la science.

Demande t’on à un candidat au permis de conduire de passer 10 fois l’examen avec à chaque fois la note maximale ? Non.

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

very sad. protectionist move by France and Germany. especially ironic because all Model Y's in Europe are made in Berlin

[Kees Roelandschap @KRoelandschap]

Bad news for FSD in Europe 🇪🇺

The French will be giving Tesla FSD a very, very hard time

They do not deem FSD capable and safe enough in its current state

This is not good, at all

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

AI gives us an opportunity to close the information assymmetry: scattered regulations, opaque permit precedents, local sentiment and market information. We might have a shot at getting closer to closing the housing gap. At @timper_ai we are on a mission to do exactly that.

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

The housing crisis is finally getting global coverage:

- Gen Z dopamine-optimized:
https://t.co/xGYcdhfgBr

- Millennial format:
https://t.co/3Ovx3TUnJn

- Boomer-ready in plain economic terms:
https://t.co/KD1CCETXjQ

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

All three talk about policy, zoning and economics. None mention the lack of tools available to real estate developers to navigate the built environment and make the right investment decisions.

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

cigarette in a bottle?

[Andreas Storm @avstorm]

Coca-Cola unveils a new global brand identity

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

'Real' numbers are likely much higher. Cash only inside the venue... Berghain accounting is like the German flag, one third 'in black'

[Ara Kharazian @arakharazian]

TIL German companies have to publish financials even when privately held, including Berghain.

€1.4m net profit in 2024
€414k annual rent
355 employees

[Ara Kharazian @arakharazian]

TIL German companies have to publish financials even when privately held, including Berghain.

€1.4m net profit in 2024
€414k annual rent
355 employees

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

got this email 30 mins after Terrafirma announced their fundraise. these people are ruthless.

[TBPN @tbpn]

Terrafirma CEO @noah_schochet and his co-founder started by building homemade robots out of Tupperware containers from their lunchboxes.

Today, the company announced a $100M Series A led by @kleinerperkins.

Terrafirma's first paying customer was their landlord, who asked if their robots could demolish a building.

"We went around asking, 'Who is willing to let us make some money with these robots?' Our landlord said, 'Hey, I got a building for you to demolish. You think you guys can do it?'"

"We literally operated the robots ourselves and knocked down a couple buildings and got paid our first check."

"We were like, 'Whoa, you can just become a robotic construction company.'"

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

@noah_schochet @kleinerperkins @NoahMcGuinn @SpaceX Hell yeah! Congratulations guys. Honored to have contributed a small part to this journey

[litquidity @litcapital]

Looks like VCs are finally back to investing in real things that advance civilization instead of shitty photo filter apps circa 2010-2018

[Bain Capital Ventures @BainCapVC]

The @TerraFirma_Inc team heard “builder mindset” and took it literally.

TerraFirma is bringing robotics and a modern engineering mindset to one of the world's oldest industries: construction. They aren’t replacing operators, they're giving them better tools to build faster, more safely, and at lower cost.

That's why we were proud to lead TerraFirma's seed round in 2024, and why we're so excited to see today's $115M Series A led by @kleinerperkins.

Congratulations to @noah_schochet, @NoahMcGuinn and the entire team. Well deserved.

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Construction workers right now

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: SpaceX alumni raise $115 million for TerraFirma, a robotic construction startup aiming to build infrastructure on Earth — & eventually megastructures on the Moon & Mars.

[cyrus @cyrusbohn]

@YIMBYLAND The Terrafirm Noah's are next level!

[Josh Coyne @josh_coyne]

🚨 New Investment 🚨

Excited to announce @kleinerperkins is leading TerraFirma’s Series A.

In 1931, we built the Empire State Building in 13 months. Today, a comparable skyscraper takes 6-7 years. Construction is one of the only major industries where productivity has actually fallen every year for the past 60 years. And it’s about to get worse: 40% of construction workers are set to retire in the next decade - just as American reindustrialization demands the biggest infrastructure build-out in generations.

TerraFirma’s answer: bring autonomy to construction. The company has developed a hardware+software platform that can retrofit excavators, dozers, and loaders into autonomous machines, orchestrated by AI agents and a remote command center where one human operator can run 3-4 machines at once. Projects move ~3x faster and at significantly lower cost. And this isn’t a demo. They’re already in the field today helping to build substations, data centers, roads, schools, and more.

TerraFirma’s co-founders Noah Schochet and Noah McGuinness met at Princeton and subsequently worked together at SpaceX, helping to build Starlink, Starshield, and Starship. Now they’re applying that playbook to how we build on Earth - and eventually, Mars.

Let’s go! 🌍->🚀

[TerraFirma @TerraFirma_Inc]

This mission will not be easy, but we will build a brighter future or die trying. We are scaling a kick-ass team that does what others think is impossible. Join us if you have what it takes to move mountains.

Pioneers wanted
Builders wanted
Explorers wanted

Apply here: https://t.co/GQlDWM5EG6