Ervinas Janavicius

cut the noise | @capco

[Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey]

bets still on the table America, yet.

[𝗗𝗘𝗖 𝗥!𝗖𝗘 @DR41fanpage]

I told you all. It's done 🏆❤️

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This is Arteta’s moment.
Yes, the squad’s been amazing.
Yes, the fans have been incredible.
Yes, the club’s owners stepped up big time last summer.
But it was this man’s vision, intensity, intelligence, courage and decisions that won us the League. Thankyou @m8arteta 🙏

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

What a player.. 🔥
What a performance. 🔥
I love @_DeclanRice so much.
Just a magnificent warrior.

[Giorgi Revishvili @revishvilig]

General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and current Ambassador to the UK:

Due to scientific and technological progress, it has become impossible, regardless of what others may claim, to carry out operational-level tasks. 1/12

[Ervinas Janavicius @ervinasjan]

@SD19888 @HandofArsenal yes but you can’t just switch off mentally - imagine the mental drain living this potentially first in 22 years season. Let’s hope they deal with it over the next few weeks!

[Ervinas Janavicius @ervinasjan]

@davidfigeira agency

[Ervinas Janavicius @ervinasjan]

@henrythe9ths AI Guide

[Henry Shi @henrythe9ths]

There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really.

I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on AI.

But like many busy software builders, I felt lost—overwhelmed by the noisy, crowded and fast-moving modern AI landscape. And I wasn’t alone.

So I spent my entire holiday diving deep into AI research—reading 30+ papers, watching hours of lectures, analyzing trends, and catching up to the research frontier.

✨ Here’s what I learned:
- You don’t need months (or years) to catch up.
- You don’t need a PhD or decades of ML experience.
- You need fewer than 20 papers and 2 weeks to understand the major breakthroughs shaping AI today.

It's because the technology is extremely nascent and most techniques that came before are no longer relevant:
- ChatGPT is barely 2 years old and Transformers are only 7 years old.
- Most game-changing discoveries happened within the last 4 years, driven by a few breakthrough ideas, scaling laws, and efficient matrix multiplication.

The biggest secret?
Many groundbreaking AI papers with thousands of citations are surprisingly simple and applied, like adding "let's think step by step" to the prompt, or simply asking the LLM over and over again to improve its answer (Self-Refine).

I realized there are tons of founders and builders in the same boat—wanting to dive deeper into AI but unsure where to start.

I've created an essential AI Guide that helped me catch up, in just 2 weeks, to the frontier of public AI research to figure out where the next opportunities and gaps were:
- Curated list of only the most important papers
- Simple explanations of key concepts
- Clear pathway to understanding the frontier of modern AI

It’s perfect for:
- Founders expanding into AI
- Builders wanting to innovate at the frontier of AI
- Investors looking to separate the signal from the noise

👇 Want the full guide?
- Like and Share this post
- Comment "AI Guide"
- I'll send you the complete guide

(ps, I’m also teaming up with @VishalVasishth, co-founder of @obviousvc with @ev (focused on large-scale societal impact companies like Twitter, Medium, Beyond Meat), to host a small meetup to discuss what's working and needs to be solved in the AI stack in SF. Message me if you're interested)

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Game, set and match

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

THE MATRIX was released 25 years ago today. Acclaimed as both one of the great science fiction movies and a groundbreaking action film, the behind-the-scenes story will have you questioning reality…

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[Ervinas Janavicius @ervinasjan]

3) Due to some local factors (like regulatory openness or talent) Lithuania can maintain the position as a lead platform/'sandbox' where brand new or maturing ideas around blockchain, web3 and fintech can be tested before launching to larger markets. @ASharma_VT @anbartm

[Ervinas Janavicius @ervinasjan]

Had honour in organizing the 2024 fintech panel at the NALB forum last week in NYC with @ASharma_VT, @anbartm and other industry speakers. We discussed current fintech landscape, financial inclusion, blockchain and other thought-provoking opportunities. #NALB #fintech

[Ervinas Janavicius @ervinasjan]

2) Despite the current risks (e.g., economic, trust) we must focus on bringing inclusion & democratization, blockchain for all and borderless (incl. 'network state') ideas and concepts to life @ASharma_VT @anbartm