Dirk Breeuwer

Data Products @ Google | Writes about AI

[Miranda Nover @mirandanover]

Introducing Fort, a wearable that automatically tracks strength training.

Strength training is one of the best things you can do for your health and longevity. It deserves better tools.

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

@mirandanover Been looking for something like this for a while! Great launch guys, kudos.

[Ollie Forsyth @ollieforsyth]

Meet Y Combinator's latest batch (W26)

(and which YC Partners have been coaching them).

Demo Day is taking place in less than three weeks time and this batch is packed with 180+ super cool startups, some of which will become unicorns!

A few trends from this batch I am noticing:

1️⃣ Founders are going all in on B2B (60%+ of the batch)

2️⃣ Healthcare is becoming more of interest (and more generally)

3️⃣ Consumer is pretty quiet

4️⃣ A few crazy startups are being built such as hotels on the moon!!

Discover the latest startups that should be on your radar and which YC Partner coached them 👇

YC Partner: @agupta's companies:

👉 @autumn_ai_inc - Stalk your prospects at scale. Founded by @shiv_kampani and @VishnuSampathk1.

👉 @mavenpayments - Payments infrastructure for voice agents. Founded by @WasiAhmed05 and @brandondboehme.

👉 @S2_INC - AI drone systems for defense. Founded by @Alex_10200.

@gen_legal_inc - The AI native law firm for growth stage companies. Founded by J.P. Mohler, Javed Qadrud-Din and Ryan Walker.

YC Partner: @sdianahu's companies:

👉 Beacon Health - AI agents for primary care. Founded by @ObinnaAka.

👉 @_eosai - The autonomous operating system for healthcare. Founded by @ary_src.

👉 @bubblelab_a - Your ops super-employee in Slack. Founded by @Selinaliyy and @zhubzyz

👉 @TryLance - Your hotel's best employees. Founded by @calebychan, @GatikTriv, and @GavinBrennen.

YC Partner: @bradflora's companies:

👉 @zerosettle - Avoid the 30% App Store tax by supporting direct billing in your App. Founded by @relliott3131 and @gaberoeloffs.

👉 Shortkit - We make enterprise-scale short-form video really simple. Founded by @neilbhammar and @michaelmahersel.

👉 Remy AI - Automating dexterous tasks in warehouses. Founded by @oscar__2025 and @ben_kaye_eye.

👉 @CorveraAI - AI agents for CPG brands. Founded by @chriskong852, @dirkjanbreeuwer, and @matthewncollins.

Discover the latest batch in full - link in the comments! Good luck for Demo Day @ycombinator's Startups of W26!

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

@mernit This is exactly what I’ve been looking for ! Can’t wait to try it 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

@ycombinator @CorveraAI @ChrisKong852 @matthewncollins Thanks for the shout @ycombinator excited to be part of the YC W26 batch

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

.@CorveraAI helps retail brands increase profits 40% with AI agents that handle their day-to-day ops.

Retail brands are drowning in monotonous tasks. That ends now.

Congrats on the launch @chriskong852, @dirkjanbreeuwer, and @matthewncollins!

https://t.co/wuM3A7dSgp

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

@paulg @WallStreetSilv Thank you for fighting misinformation @paulg

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

@ChristophMolnar spearheaded

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

7/7
🔍Prompt2Model Process Breakdown:
1 - Task Translation
2 - Dataset Retrieval
3 - Custom Training Data
4 - Model Acquisition
5 - Model Refinement

The result? A model that can match or surpass giants like GPT-3.5 in specific tasks.

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 Thrilled to kick off my weekly series on AI for business challenges. This week: "Prompt2Model" - a new model that outperforms GPT-3.5 in narrow NLP tasks. Dive in and discover its potential! 🔗 https://t.co/WkYvgTRyun
#ai #nlp #gpt4 #llms

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

6/7
🤖 The Prompt2Model Advantage: Bypass complexities. Instruct in plain English and provide a few-shot examples. Prompt2Model handles the rest, from gathering datasets to training a tailored model.

[Dirk Breeuwer @dirkjanbreeuwer]

Tweet 1:🧠 LLMs and their Capabilities: GPT-4 by @OpenAI has showcased the impressive capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). They excel in:

Text Generation
Translation
Summarization
Sentiment Analysis

[KDnuggets @kdnuggets]

Never mind killer robots—here are six real #AI dangers to watch out for in 2019
1. Self-crashing cars
2. Political manipulation bots
3. Algorithms for war ?
4. A surveillance face-off
5. #deepfakes
6. Algorithmic discrimination
@techreview

https://t.co/ChHPGZyrvb

[Drako Nabulsi @DrakoNabulsi]

It's amazing how #GANs have progressed in generating faces in just a few short years!
Can't wait to see their progression in hundreds of other fields in the coming years!
#MachineLearning
@goodfellow_ian