Janis Krums

🇱🇻 🇺🇸 🇨🇭 Building @lobbicard 🏨 Invest @badideas_fund @supabase @ashbyhq @maticrobots @limebike @aerones_com @psilera @giraffe360

[jules @julesrosenberg]

5 things @alanaagoyal does differently

> solo gp that commits code every single day
> doesn't take pitch meetings
> runs her agents in cmux on top of @mitchellh's ghostty
> built her personal website using a dozen of her own portco's products
> automated her investor updates without AI writing

ep 4 of show me your stack is live!

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

an all-time bet on yourself

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

@adcock_brett Impressive execution.

[Cyro @cyrooooo_]

Tennis is the greatest sport known to man and it’s not even remotely close

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Dr Balakrishnan casually explaining how he built his own AI agent (a 2nd brain for diplomacy) using Claude & WhatsApp integration etc. on a Raspberry Pi

“You cannot govern a technology you have only been briefed on.” 🇸🇬

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

@AOC The idea that all billionaires got their money by exploiting peopl doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.

JK Rowling wrote books about cheeky wizards. I invented a better way to make virtual reality headsets and games to play on them. We just made things people wanted.

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

@dangtony98 @infisical smart. we did this with emails decade+ ago to notify users when someone was snooping inside your inbox. with honey pot emails that would alert you.

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

one of the best interviews I've listened to in a long time. super inspiring and relevant to any entrepreneur.

[Patrick OShaughnessy @patrick_oshag]

My guest today is Brian Chesky (@bchesky), founder and CEO of Airbnb and one of the great consumer founders of the last 20 years.

Paul Graham coined "founder mode" based on Brian's experience running Airbnb. This conversation is about what comes after it, what he calls AI founder mode, and how it will force founders to focus even more on the details.

We talk about his eleven-star exercise for finding product market fit, why your first hire should be a recruiter, and why Airbnb's $100B IPO became one of the saddest days of his life.

Brian still comes across like the 17 year-old at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) who picked to study industrial design. His heroes are all artists. Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs, all of whom were working the week they died because they loved what they did.

Rick Rubin taught him that an artist is only an artist when they make things for themselves. Now Brian believes AI is the opportunity for all of us to do the same.

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
1:00 Studying Industrial Design
11:33 AI Founder Mode
17:02 Lack of Consumer AI Companies
22:10 Small Teams and Focused Problems
30:52 The Evolution from Founder to CEO
38:13 The 11-Star Experience
41:07 AI as a Canvas for Creativity
48:17 Detaching from Success
53:12 Founder-Led Moats
58:34 The Next Chapter of Airbnb
1:03:08 What Endures in the Age of AI
1:06:43 Lessons from Bodybuilding
1:10:20 The CEO's No. 1 Job
1:17:01 Activating Talent
1:20:39 The Kindest Thing

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

@ryancarson @DevinAI @openclaw @OpenAI @BrettFromDJ @twentyminutevc @vercel we should catch up. been building solo-ish as well.

[Maria Bartiromo @MariaBartiromo]

White Castle unveils new 'Crave & Go' kiosk with ready-to-eat burgers on the go | https://t.co/6Tj31xTT6z @MorningsMaria @FoxBusiness

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

@alanaagoyal I need to add this to the @LobbiCard tech stack flow.

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

@tferriss 10

[Janis Krums @jkrums]

@adamwasch @mattressguy_ @BOBHotels DM me, I'm working on something that could be interesting.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

[Tim Hwang @timthwang]

Today we’re announcing that @NitraFinance has raised a combined $187 million in financing as we build the AI-native operating system for healthcare practices.

We're also announcing that Dr. Richard Park, founder of CityMD and healthcare legend, will be joining Nitra’s Board.

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

.@14__ai is building the world’s first AI-native customer service agency for brands.

Congrats on the launch, @marieschneegans and @michaelfester!

https://t.co/bc75zdFEhb

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[Janis Krums @jkrums]

Exactly. You still have to sell spot.

[_Checkmate 🟠🔑⚡☢️🛢️ @_Checkmatey_]

Jane Street didn't suppress the Bitcoin price folks.

HODLers all did.

It's just not that hard, stop summoning your inner salty goldbug but blaming manipulators.

People. Sold. A. Fucktonne. Of. Spot. Bitcoin.

[Notion @NotionHQ]

The @braintrust team has a rule: refuse to do repetitive work. So, they built Custom Agents to automate it across every team. Now, hours of manual work is done… before anyone logs on.

"What's cool about agents in Notion is that they allow everyone in an org, whether you're technical or non-technical, to do the same kind of automation as a coding agent." — Ankur Goyal, CEO

[Penguins Jesus @PenguinsJesus]

There are people in this country who rooted against their own country and own team in this game.

The team who wanted to share their victory with the children of their teammate who was killed by a drunk driver.

Perspective.

[USA Hockey @usahockey]

THE GOAL HEARD AROUND THE WORLD 🥇🥇 #WINTEROLYMPICS