Michael Dodd

[Aadit Sheth @aaditsh]

YC just told you where the next trillion-dollar companies are hiding.

Their 2026 Request for Startups includes:

1. Cursor for PMs
2. AI-native hedge funds
3. AI-native agencies with software margins
4. Modern metal mills
5. Infrastructure for government fraud hunters

The pattern: AI isn't replacing industries. It's rebuilding them from scratch.

The ideas are public. The question is who builds them first.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: Boston Dynamics has just released a new video of its upgraded next-generation humanoid robot called Atlas.

• 4 hour battery. Self-swappable for continuous operation
• 6 feet 2 inches tall
• Weight: 198 lbs
• 56 total degrees of freedom
• Now fully electric, ditching older hydraulic systems
• New lightweight mix of aluminum and titanium components
• 110 lbs weight capacity (66 lbs sustained)
• Can reach up to 7.5 ft
• Constantly evaluates its surroundings and adjusts its posture, balance, and grip in real time
• Hands that can reconfigure as needed. Tactile sensors feed data back into the system, helping apply the right amount of force
• Brain is powered by Nvidia chips

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Our TPUs are headed to space! 

Inspired by our history of moonshots, from quantum computing to autonomous driving, Project Suncatcher is exploring how we could one day build scalable ML compute systems in space, harnessing more of the sun’s power (which emits more power than 100 trillion times humanity’s total electricity production).

Like any moonshot, it’s going to require us to solve a lot of complex engineering challenges. Early research shows our Trillium-generation TPUs (our tensor processing units, purpose-built for AI) survived without damage when tested in a particle accelerator to simulate low-earth orbit levels of radiation. However, significant challenges still remain like thermal management and on-orbit system reliability. 

More testing and breakthroughs will be needed as we count down to launch two prototype satellites with @planet by early 2027, our next milestone of many. Excited for us to be a part of all the innovation happening in (this) space!

[Michael Dodd @Doddecahedron]

Complete List of Prompts for Sora 2 (How to Make AI Videos) by Travis Nicholson https://t.co/EzuG4E2AUh

[Grant Lee @thisisgrantlee]

Gamma crossed $50M ARR with 28 employees and more cash in the bank than we had raised ($23M)

In hindsight: We got here because we ignored common VC advice.

Examples of glaringly bad advice that you should ignore to save you $10M+ and years of time, like we did for Gamma:

[🎭 @deepfates]

this is a political compass

[alterego @alterego_io]

Introducing Alterego: the world’s first near-telepathic wearable that enables silent communication at the speed of thought.

Alterego makes AI an extension of the human mind.

We’ve made several breakthroughs since our work started at MIT.

We’re announcing those today.

[Michael Adams @m_adams]

Introducing a new type of civic tech made possible by AI. Every citizen should have a live, systems view of their government and today we bring that to SF!

Track gov entities, spending, news, and more in real time. With LLMs, we can bring this to every city. Who's next?

[John Rush @johnrushx]

I've tried all (61 😵‍💫) AI Coding Agents & IDEs

[Emergent, CodeRabbit, Anything, Zed, Factory, Cursor, Windsurf, Wrapifai, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, Canva, Devin, Github Spark, Figma Make, Cline & more]

The most complete list ever made (with demos & notes):

[Firecrawl @firecrawl]

Announcing Open Lovable 🔥

We've built an open-source AI web app builder that can transform any website URL into a working, editable clone, giving you a foundation to build on instantly.

All powered by @GroqInc, @e2b, and Firecrawl.

[Dave @GamewithDave]

Are you this old?

[Iza @izadoesdev]

will anyone really notice though...

[Deedy @deedydas]

This 67 page AI report on how 300 execs at software startups like Cursor, ElevenLabs, Sierra (revenue $10m-$1b+) use AI just dropped.

I read it all so you don't have to. Top 7 takeaways:

OpenAI is still the #1 model provider in the enterprise, but Claude is second.

1/10

[Bland @usebland]

Today we’re excited to introduce Bland TTS, the first voice AI to cross the uncanny valley.

Several months ago, our team solved one-shot style transfer of human speech. That means, from a single, brief MP3, you can clone any voice or remix another clone’s style (tone, cadence, or pronunciations, etc.).

With Bland TTS:

• Creatives can turn text into realistic sound effects or AI voice tracks with precise control over style and emotion.

• Developers can plug in our TTS API to build voice apps fully customized to their liking.

• Enterprises can launch AI-driven support lines that sound so natural — customers will save you as a contact (try talking to it on our site).

🧵Check out the thread below or visit our website to get started for free

[Sherry Jiang is at ai engineer wf (sf) @SherryYanJiang]

vibe-coded the first version of https://t.co/UZRO46DLAw in 3 hours.
it got us into an accelerator that invested $275K.

here’s the exact stack 👇
1. chatgpt (customGPT) - wrote PRD, broke features down atomically
2. v0 - dragged in each atomic feature to build the UI
3. cursor - wired up core functionality + called claude for API integration
4. supabase - backend
5. vercel - deploy

in today's world, you can just do things

[Michael Dodd @Doddecahedron]

Bowling Green worked with Google Jigsaw to solicit and categorize a city's worth of opinions. https://t.co/u8MPx53KOY via @MorningBrew

[Aze Λlter @AzeAlter]

If we united.
Our potential as a species is limitless.

This, is the Age of Beyond.

[Aadit Sheth @aaditsh]

This guy literally shows how to automate customer support in 2 minutes for free

[AI Andy @ItsAIAndy]

How to automate your customer interviews with AI question probing #Voiceform #aitool #aiquestion