Josh Sookman

2X Founder (1 Exit). Product, Growth leader. Past VC. Startup advisor. @reforge alum. @beondeck #ODF11

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Next major space-based commercial platform from SpaceX. Will be interesting to look back at this post in 10 years.

[Shan Aggarwal @ShanAggarwal]

millions of investors across the U.S. start their day on Yahoo Finance, and now, they can move from researching an asset to trading on Coinbase with a single click

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

A new era of Coinbase is here.

I want us to be the #1 financial services app in the world. With our new releases like stock trading and prediction markets, our financial management tools that outperform traditional alternatives, and our crypto as a service offerings, we’re positioned to make this a reality.

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Another 5D chess move from Tesla/Musk. Legends…

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🇨🇳 TESLA PATENTED THE HOLY GRAIL OF LITHIUM REFINING, AND CHINA'S ENTIRE CHOKEHOLD IS CRACKING

Tesla's new patent isn't an improvement.

It's a full execution of the old lithium refining model.

They figured out how to generate the soda ash reagent on-site from the CO2 waste produced during calcination, turning the biggest emissions into the exact chemical needed for the leach process.

Result:
- ~30% lower refining costs
- 0 hazardous sodium-sulfate waste
- Near-0 external soda ash purchases
- Massive reduction in energy and water use

This is the refinery equivalent of discovering how to turn exhaust fumes into gasoline while you're driving.

China controls 60% of global lithium refining and almost all soda ash supply chains; they’ve been weaponizing both for years.

Tesla built the bypass.

Every other lithium producer is now officially obsolete.

Tesla batteries are about to get even cheaper, even greener, and completely independent of Beijing's mood swings.

The rare metals war just g

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Well played @Shopfiy 👏👏👏

[Daniel Beauchamp @pushmatrix]

This is three.js running on the Exosphere. 🤯

Rendering in realtime from a browser at 8K / 60fps.

Here’s how Shopify just pulled it off 👇

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Exciting news 📣

[Coinbase 🛡️ @coinbase]

We’re doubling down on @Solana.

Coinbase is acquiring @VECTORDOTFUN, an onchain trading platform built on Solana, whose tech will plug directly into Coinbase to help better serve one of crypto’s most active ecosystems.

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Pretty unbelievable progress here.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨 NEURALINK SUBMITS FIRST PEER-REVIEWED PAPER WITH HUMAN DATA

Neuralink submitted results from its first 3 patients to the New England Journal of Medicine - the company's first peer-reviewed publication with human data.

Includes safety data. Performance metrics. The stuff that actually matters for regulatory approval and scaling beyond experimental trials.

Brad, the first ALS patient, used Neuralink to narrate and edit a YouTube video using only brain signals. Custom AI trained on his pre-ALS voice recordings restored his natural speech.

He played Mario Kart with his kids using thought control.

"That moment was incredible," said Neuralink co-founder DJ Seo.

Scientific credibility matters. Publishing in NEJM signals they're ready to move from hype to medicine.

Source: Bloomberg

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

@markmacleod_ Let’s go 👏👏👏

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Jays in 6. Right?

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

It’s a bittersweet day when your resurrection campaign melts your servers

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

@BrandonWaselnuk 🇨🇦

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

@JulieDaniluk Congrats Julie!

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

This is wild.

[Min Choi @minchoi]

RIP Motion Capture.

China's ByteDance just dropped DreamActor-M1.

This AI turns any image into realistic, full-body human animations 🤯

10 wild examples:

1. Marilyn Monroe comes alive

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Supremely useful AI 🙏 https://t.co/nbWoOAAh83

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

@stallionmheng Yikes

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

ChatGPT Deep Research is 🤯

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

Beautiful.

[Matt Taylor @MetMattTaylor]

Strongest aurora in 20 years this evening.

This is the astounding view as far south as Switzerland a short while ago …on top of Jungfraujoch 😍😍

via https://t.co/XN8jh4HhE1

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

@SpaceX Congrats on another historic milestone 🚀

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

"how we show up in meat space trumps our desire to dwell in a photorealistic computing virtual utopia" – key takeaway 😂 from @etherington's inaugural post on @theangle about the Apple Vision Pro https://t.co/fIAq9KqxsL

[Josh Sookman @jsookman]

@eriktorenberg I thought about a similar business once. Still think it’s a good idea. When LinkedIn’s API gave you much more (useful) data, it would have been the best time to launch! Good luck!