Kevin Bao

[Russ Roberts @EconTalker]

My favorite part: “Here’s how it will work” as if it’s straightforward. Who will be able to purchase those goods at those low prices? Will re-selling be illegal? Will the supply be guaranteed? I wonder how it will actually work. We’ll see. Econ 101 in action. Looking forward to it.

[Jonathan Pulley @WhidbeyWXGuy]

The evening satellite image of the Pacific Northwest is downright scary.

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@gwenshap @richardartoul You can use it! Make sure you set the proper subdomain for the MCP

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@ggswangg stonks only go up!

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@expo My team and I are building https://t.co/cKV6J8RRt6, an AI scribe for nurses, starting with hospice & post-acute care. Expo has really accelerated our velocity across a variety of devices!

[Viet Q Nguyen @VietQNguyen]

Seattle vs. Bellevue: 20 years of data, side by side

I pulled the numbers and the gap is wider than I expected. Both cities grew about the same (Seattle +40%, Bellevue +34%). But the outcomes diverged hard.

Budget (ex-municipal utilities, real per-capita, 2026 dollars):
• Seattle: $5,997 → $8,677 per resident (+45%)
• Bellevue: $5,741 → $4,653 per resident (−19%)
• Seattle now spends 1.9x more per resident than Bellevue on essentially the same menu of city services

Crime (per 100,000, 2025 estimates):
• Violent crime: Seattle ~542, Bellevue ~99 (5.5x gap)
• Property crime: Seattle ~4,100, Bellevue ~2,200 (1.9x gap)

Homelessness (King County PIT count):
• 2006: ~7,900
• 2024: 16,868 (+113%)
• Seattle absorbs nearly all of the visible unsheltered population. Bellevue, same county, does not.

Schools (4-year graduation rate, 2024):
• Seattle Public Schools: 88%
• Bellevue School District: 94%, ranked #1 in Washington
• SPS has lost 4,000+ students since 2019. Families with options are leaving.

Median household income (2023, inflation-adjusted):
• Seattle: $121,984
• Bellevue: $161,300 (+32%)

Life expectancy:
• East King County (Bellevue area): 84.2 years
• King County overall: 81.2 years
• Seattle Downtown/Belltown/First Hill: 71.6 years
• 15+ year gap within the same county

Where Seattle still wins:
• Parks system, ranked #8 in the U.S. by Trust for Public Land
• Transit (more buses, light rail, walkability)
• Cultural amenities

Bottom line: Seattle spends nearly twice as much per resident as Bellevue and gets worse outcomes on schools, safety, homelessness, and life expectancy. Some of that is because Bellevue is wealthier and less burdened with regional problems. But not all of it. The dollars-to-outcomes gap is the real story, and Seattle’s defenders have a hard time explaining it away.

[greg @greg16676935420]

If you’re working on your taxes this week don’t forget to report your income from illegal activities and stolen property

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@AzianMike Nice, seems like a good one

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@cmkshama Have you considered the idea that her actions are out of necessity, even for a self-described democratic socialist? You claim this policy was a win but evidence suggests otherwise. Socialism never works.

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@bfioca No, some of us want better governance and policies (e.g. spending accountability). Why are taxes the only solution? Surely as an entrepreneur you can think of more effective ways to operate our state.

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@essamsleiman Ask pi agent to create an extension to do this for you!

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@notsky Building a reliable PWA-esque audio recording and uploading management system with offline support and resumable uploads that works across all browsers and platforms. Willing to pay if you can solve this.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Hey guys this is racism

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@parthematics I took two of his classes in university, lots of fun stories

[Austen Allred @Austen]

Turns out when people say Marxists can’t do math they’re not exaggerating

[K.L @kinglinzhuhui]

爱国容易，爱学习太难。

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Summed AI (YC S24) is an AI copilot for insurance agents, starting with Medicare.

By enabling agents to be their best on every call, Summed AI helps the 32.8 million—and growing—Medicare Advantage population get the coverage they need.

https://t.co/FKrUPlrOp4

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@DrOz @realDonaldTrump @RobertKennedyJr We're working on making Medicare Advantage sales more efficient with technology; any chance we could talk, especially about CMS? https://t.co/1iNI7WT0Q4

[Kevin Bao @kzbao]

@elonmusk @elonmusk, have you thought about reforming CMS as part of DOGE? Huge obstacle to innovation and waste of money and time in an industry that needs it most. This is part of what we're tackling this at https://t.co/1iNI7WT0Q4 (also open to investment!)