Gobi Dasu

Future of Work · Human-AI · Startups · Travel · Stanford BSCS/MSCS · Northwestern PhD CSEd · · / aka गोविंद

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

Hi friends, @anishackd and I will be in:

- Chicago Jun 13 - 14
- SF/Bay Area Jun 19 - 25
- Portland, OR Jun 27 (morning)
- Seattle Jun 28 - 30
- NYC Jul 8 - 22
- Boston Jul 24 - 25 (morning)

Hit us up if you’re around and want to hang out!

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

@elonmusk @karpathy Do you have any intuition on complexity or entropy here? Wouldn't shifting from a token space to a pixel or photon space increase the input and output spaces significantly?

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

Specific insights for bootstrapped founders:

1. Bootstrapped founders trying to scale without burning out need to build human-AI systems since keeping dozens of people on payroll isn't an option.
2. The 'vibe coding' → 'scalable ops' transition is exactly what we're all wrestling with. Establishing a 'system of record' early can avert doing everything through Slack DMs and founder heroics.
3. The trust-but-verify + budget caps approach could be a game-changer for teams that can't afford expensive ops tools yet. People say you need to hit PMF first, but isn't PMF like any extensive heuristic search? Why wouldn't having a more robust operating model help you reach PMF faster?

What's your biggest bottleneck when trying to professionalize your startup?

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Some founders scale humans. Others don't. Here’s the difference we gleaned from ops leaders at Alchemy, Meter, Sonder, and FAANGM.

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@anishackd Plug: Building Hailcube, human‑AI ops that make all of this automatic. Calendly on my profile.

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

Some founders scale humans. Others don't. Here’s the difference we gleaned from ops leaders at Alchemy, Meter, Sonder, and FAANGM.

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

@anishackd What's blocking you from scaling vibe-coded visions into scalable human-AI systems?

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@anishackd A DAO won't ship a vision; setters and accountable middle managers who update the system of record and align teams will.

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

@anishackd Tribal knowledge is continuity—retain or document it in the system of record. So it's no longer "tribal".

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

@anishackd Hiring for attention to detail means hiring credible people who will actually OWN keeping the system of record up to date.

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@anishackd Onboarding for alignment; traceability for visibility. All orchestrated through the system of record.

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@anishackd System of record (ATS→CRM→handbooks) > Slack archaeology.

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@anishackd Allow tool freedom; standardize roles, flows, and the system of record, but not apps.

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@anishackd Build vs. buy vs. acquire = finance math. VP-level folks should do these. Decision records > vibes.

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@anishackd Publish the vision—but silently test edge‑case coverage on delivery.

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@anishackd Trust‑but‑verify means a culture of bottom‑up suggestions from ICs, but go authoritative during crunch.

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

Thanks John, and congrats on building Kolega across many tiers/use cases. We specifically have built a self running AI Kanban board connected to a vetted tech talent network. The traceability aspect is with respect to the human actions in this context. In a nutshell, the system can take in a high level vision, assign subtasks with suggested “prompts to use” to vetted human IC, and coordinate peer reviews amongst those ICs. The ICs themselves use AI tools. Every AI coordinated task assignment, reassignment, extension request, and peer review is logged, linked, and timestamped in the Kanban board interface allowing the visionary to oversee the instrumented actions of many fractional human ICs of varying org affinity before even having the money to keep them on full time payroll.

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

Summer wrap w/ #SFTechWeek: Malcolm Gladwell × Jay Gambetta, SPC, a16z + IBM meetups, ERA NYC, Stanford/Harker alumni events, hackathons, and a drone show. Spent most of our time heads-down on a human-AI system that fixes vibe coding with a traceable, reliable HITL workflow. DM "aipm" to join the waitlist.

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

@ananyachadha I'd like to try this.

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🚀 Important Update: Dear customers and talent, due to high demand, we're actively automating our processes to serve you faster and more efficiently! Thank you for your patience—we're excited to connect with you soon. Stay tuned! 🔥

[Gobi Dasu @gobidasu]

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