Garrick

Tech (@xai @x) Investing (ex-investment banking) Rock climbing...sometimes surfing

[Garrick @giwamoto]

New Grok profile pic for 2026

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

NEW YORK: We’re back outside the Garden.

We have approved a ticketed MSG watch party for Game 4. More details soon.

As we prepare to watch together, let me be clear: this is a historic, joyful moment for our city. We will not allow it to be disrupted by violence.

Be safe, take care, and celebrate responsibly.

Knicks in 5.

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@ClimbingCoachX He will be the first to send v18…he is so strong

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@ClimbingCoachX 😂😂😂 so pure. The essence of climbing

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@AandGShow @garrytan What’s the price?

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

The test I always apply: what’s the quickest, cheapest, easiest way to try this? Not the best way.

Not the right way. The fastest way to find out if the idea has legs.

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

What looks like a low-hanging fruit rarely is.

[Jon Lai @Tocelot]

a16z @speedrun request for startups: GUIs for Agents

we’re still in the MS-DOS era of agents today - CLI, terminal sessions, file directories deleted by openclaw etc. while a small slice of silicon valley are power users, we're SO early for the rest of the world

at Speedrun, we’re looking for bold founders excited to bring the power of agents to normies everywhere. there's a whole slew of products to be built here - from agent builders to marketplaces to managed infrastructure

one broad idea we’re excited about are visual abstraction layers for agents. if you don't know exactly what you want, a command line / chat interface is paralyzing - you need to see options

1 example - think of a GUI or visual command center inspired by strategy games (ex. Factorio) where agents and workflows are represented graphically. skills, tools, MCP connections, background processes, etc could all be configured and shown visually in a workspace

on UX, strategy games have long perfected agent management. zoom to get a birds-eye view of your agents, batch and queue orders via shortcuts, assign agents in multiplayer etc. a well-designed agent command center would make multi-agent orchestration for normies feel easy & intuitive

most folks today still haven't moved beyond ChatGPT. the potential is enormous - just as Windows unlocked mass-market use of personal computers, the right visual abstraction layer could unlock agentic work for everyone - from individuals to enterprise teams

if you share our vision, we'd love to chat!

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@beffjezos Zoolander…but for data centers

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@alexisohanian Sports and news are the only live media left

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@signulll Ticketmaster

[Garrick @giwamoto]

Earlier in my career, I thought the path to success was a straight linear line. However my career has been mercurial. The highs were high and the lows were low.

At every low point, I deeply believed in myself. This made it much easier to be persist when facing rejection and failure. So far, the universe has rewarded me with this approach.

Always believe in yourself. Over the long term, your path will move upwards

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

At some point, usually in your 20s, you'll notice that the people around you stop believing in themselves. And no matter how hard you try, you can't save them. By all means, do not let it infect your mind. Stay on your path.

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@thedankoe The tide has shifted to ultra productivity and intense work culture. Due to this, it’s especially more important to resist the strong influences and save quiet time for yourself

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@thedankoe TV / social media / news you watch is food for your brain

It’s crazy that people don’t realize that their brain only eats junk food

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@bsngln38133 Amazing! Yes i will DM you once it’s in a more refined state!

[Garrick @giwamoto]

building a fun poke horoscope app!

it will have onboarding and growth mechanics built entirely by me!

will continue to post as I make more progress. Reply if you want to get access to test!!

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@Thomas_Tao_1 Thanks Thomas! Yeah it has been really cool to create everything end to end

I used to be a product manager…so it’s especially gratifying to no longer be dependent on SWE and UX designers now

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@TrungTPhan the real question is whether Google was involved in the format of Justin's show? 🤔

[Garrick @giwamoto]

@FoxNews Coachella forgot the "Paid Partnership with Google" stamp

Amazing viral marketing for Google if they collaborated with JB

[Garrick @giwamoto]

good for the builders / hands-on type
bad for the corporate politician

the corporate org structure is about to be overhauled in the next year

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Google is now asking PM candidates to open Cursor and build a working prototype in 45 minutes.

Not engineers. Product managers.

Figma does it. Perplexity does it. v0 does it. It's been confirmed on Blind and I've had candidates come back from these rounds stunned because nothing in their prep covered it.

The round doesn't test whether you can code. It tests whether you can think through a product problem and make it real while someone watches. Scoping, trade-offs, what to build first, what to skip, how you handle the moment something breaks. All the product judgment that used to happen in a whiteboard case now happens in a live IDE.

No framework saves you here. CIRCLES doesn't help. A product sense structure doesn't help. You either have reps in these tools or you freeze for 45 minutes while the interviewer writes their notes.

Google removed the standalone technical interview for PMs entirely. They replaced it with this. The bar moved from "can you talk about technology" to "can you build with it while we watch."

The candidates practicing behavioral answers and product cases are preparing for 4 out of 5 rounds. This is the round they don't know exists yet. And it's the one with a zero percent recovery rate. A mediocre behavioral answer still passes. A blank screen doesn't.

[Garrick @giwamoto]

very little Coachella content on the X timeline vs IG…unsure how I feel about this