jacob

funmaxxing. founder @spawn

[jacob @jsnnsa]

jacob lore:

2018: fired. electricity cut. car repo'd. the day after repo, got bridgewater offer.

2019: moved to SF. called CEO a moron. fired. spent 8 months grinding CS. got offers from google, facebook, snapchat, tesla. covid hit. all rescinded.

2020: lived on $400/month. learned rust on a broken laptop. joined nvidia out of desperation.

2021: left nvidia with $5M unvested. friends staged intervention at $10k net worth. stayed one more week to vest $150k. raised $250k for pluto.

2022: burned the pre-seed. couldn't raise. bridged with my own money. raised $2.5M. built crypto product. entire strategy was FTX partnership. FTX imploded. we almost died.

2023: pivoted with 3 months runway. launched first AI wealth advisor. users connected $100M in assets. about to raise series A. cofounder quits. kills the round. down to 3 people (me, @baileyrmoses and @thestonechat).

2024: robinhood acquisition. company had $20 at close. personal networth -$20k. almost blew up the deal fighting for my team. was putting rent on credit cards during negotiations.

car repo'd → $5M left on table → $20 in the bank → acquired

the journey is never what it looks like.
but i never stopped shipping.

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@Attack @spawn 🫶🫶

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@lucidpaths33 vibe archeology is great nice

[BunBox @BunBoxMomo]

Alright, two weeks into @Spawn, its about time I shipped something rather than tinkering around with things and dev tools in my private worlds.

So here's DONE IN A SEC.
A simulation puzzle game about delivering food and managing support tickets while everything falls apart around you.

NomNow, the big food delivery company of the city, has had their servers go down.

The tech teams on it, but for now, its on you to keep NomNow afloat, managing orders, dispatching drivers, and answering support tickets coming your way.

Good news is the tech team think it should be done in a sec....probably.

Free to play on Spawn, no account needed.
(But you should totally make one and get hooked making stuff too)
https://t.co/pLx4nW15R3

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@BunBoxMomo the “but” isn’t me selling or screwing you guys. the only real one is that it just doesn’t work. if we stop growing and not enough people find out about spawn, in a few years we could be in a bad spot. the whole team and community is working on making sure that doesn’t happen.

[jacob @jsnnsa]

i mean it

im build this with you guys for the long run

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@chrisheatherly @spawn literally will not be selling. have already been approached by a few of these teams. wouldn’t take $10B

[David Jaffe @davidscottjaffe]

I have NEVER seen a game making AI tool as AMAZING as @spawn. This is what I literally fantasized the future for game designers would be like when I was in HIGH SCHOOL! And it's here! I can't wait to share! Let's make a TM game together!

12:15 pm pst!

https://t.co/BV3NEFx3eg

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@RossKovt lots and lots was also gloriously fun. watch!

[jacob @jsnnsa]

david jaffe created god of war and twisted metal.

he just spent 3.5 hours building a game in spawn.

we sponsored the stream. i promised i'd tell you when we pay someone, and i will every time. he seemed to really enjoy it.

the guy who made god of war is making games in something we made. it's a great watch enjoy.

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@matthuang agree ofc. the scarce things probably don't change much. nfx, faster loops, capital

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@shalommann creators telling each other is enough

announcing it loudly attracts money vampires

[jacob @jsnnsa]

not paying for published games, paying for players. you only earn when you bring people to spawn who actually enjoy your game, and we’re careful about how we measure that

spawn has to be the only rational choice for where to make and play games. if we get that right, figuring out how to pay for it is the easy half

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@JoshSeriesAI 🫶 im glad you're having fun!

it will only get better too

[Izkimar @Izkimar]

You guys thought I was shitposting, but Fable 5.2 literally put the whole fucking universe inside of that cube.

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@MrDylanCollins definitely

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@ryzemew @blakeir yes

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@anishthite @blakeir @trq212 yeah feed is a dead end imo

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@blakeir hi there. this is what i saw last year and have been building a community around except the game can be multiplayer too

https://t.co/xIw9ZkzfW6

[jacob @jsnnsa]

david jaffe created god of war and twisted metal.

he just spent 3.5 hours building a game in spawn.

we sponsored the stream. i promised i'd tell you when we pay someone, and i will every time. he seemed to really enjoy it.

the guy who made god of war is making games in something we made. it's a great watch enjoy.

[Chucky @chukinice]

Asked Fable 5.2 to build a Backrooms Battle royal game

You start alone in a room. Loot, survive the monsters and rivals, be the last one

Coming soon on Spawn

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@Major5965 @SebRedBu11 @infinterenders why not just pay for opus 4 in a local model now? that guy was called agi at launch and wasn’t horrible at coding

[jacob @jsnnsa]

@chrisheatherly @spawn lmfao

[jacob @jsnnsa]

https://t.co/Giwr35rvsr