Michael Wang

building @heygen | @ycombinator, @cresta, and @facebook alum | learning and unlearning.

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

there was a period of time after opus 4.6 came out where may SaaS products felt much more buggy since developers rushed to build new ideas at unprecedented speed. but things have reverted back as models got better and guardrails for a new way of doing engineering were created

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@catboosted what's the argument for underperform or match? seems like a no brainer for me

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@krishnanrohit @pitdesi did you get paid yet on this?

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@catboosted Not 100% correlation of course :)

These are just markers of traditional success. You gotta be able to do a first round filter somehow

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@nikunjyadav89 Nikunj we need heygen! :D

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@elonmusk @AnthropicAI @SpaceX where on your site can we connect with someone to learn more and get pricing? we need more gpus

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@antoniogm @OpenAI We've been buying ads with them and the ROI is very good. Better than any provider. Plan on doubling down

[Thierry from arvy 🇨🇭 @ThierryBorgeat]

Costco spots a recession before economists do.

When members shift from beef to chicken, then to canned tuna, something in the economy is bending.

You don't need a model. You need a checkout counter and millions of members with long memories.

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@bwjbuild @HeyGen Ahh -- thanks for the feedback. You couldn't see this on the free plan, right? We'll fix that ASAP 🙏

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@rwmcmorrow @byersblake Voters thinking about second order effects is a tall ask.

See LA's "mansion" tax that actually made building 5+ units impossible.

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

Same here at @HeyGen! If you’re interested in AI video and startups, no better place to be

Highest ARR series A/B/C company, profitable, super technical and creative work, great hardworking teammates

DMs open

[Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK]

We are hiring a bunch of Members of the Technical Staff for @GoogleAIStudio who can blend PM, design, eng, and more

If this is you, pls DM me, we will move fast for the best people.

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

This offline backup feature came in very clutch @spotify 🙏🏼

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@RadishHarmers Congratulations!

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

a strain of innovator's dilemma

[signüll @signulll]

it's fascinating that openai's 900m consumer distribution became a deep prior that shaped what they optimized for which was engagement, breadth, & the chatgpt as companion vibe.

anthropic, without that gravitational pull, could ask the boring capitalist question which is simple... where does a token actually clear its cost of production?

& the answer was code, agents, & knowledge work where a seat is worth $200/mo & enterprises pay for reliability over charm. coding in particular is the ideal beachhead cuz it's verifiable, high willingness to pay, & compounds into agentic workflows (which is where the real margin lives downstream).

interesting lesson where sometimes your obvious advantages kinda turn into baggage for the long term. i am not saying this is bad for openai but every enterprise right now has two words on their mind: "claude code".

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Congratulations to Lauren Betts and the sensational seniors at @UCLAWBB for winning their first NCAA Championship!

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@AlanDaitch @joshua_xu_ Hi! Did you prompt it to include sound?

Can you also send me your email? I’d love add more free credits to your account so we can get the perfect output

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

@AlanDaitch @joshua_xu_ Hey Alan! We're deploying the fix right now. So sorry about this. LMK if it's not fixed in the next 2 hours. Thanks for trying out the feature and let us know how you like it!

[Michael Wang @immichaelwang]

calling something 'research preview' instead of 'beta' is great branding

[Claude @claudeai]

Computer use is now in Claude Code.

Claude can open your apps, click through your UI, and test what it built, right from the CLI.

Now in research preview on Pro and Max plans.