Mayor Maier

aka hind-sighted Nostradamus. all thoughts are my own, I think. #Maier4Mayor2048

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

They not like us

[Lester @Chen]

the best 3 minutes of video I've watched this year

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@JamesonCamp what could go wrong.

[⚡️☠️🇺🇸Notorious🇮🇹☠️⚡️ @CryptoOnlyCoims]

“Hey what lvl conspiracy are you on?”

Me:

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@GovBobFerguson so when the next pandemic hits, no masks?

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@RealProductGirl https://t.co/vqYblIG26B

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

Fix the money, fix the world.

Banks are the final boss of down every rabbit hole you go down.

[Alexander Lorenzo @alexelorenzo]

The Banks Found a Way to Fractionalize Stablecoins

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

Tried to warn everyone in 2016 before Prop HHH got passed.

Used to be President of the Little Tokyo/Arts District Neighborhood Council 2018-2020

Please take a look at this info. Take whatever might help. God Speed brother, rooting for you.

https://t.co/2pOZB29Xuo

https://t.co/yA1wJ7ZIGs

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

As Models get compressed, Apple has the opportunity of the century to turn iPhone's into agentic powerhouses.

[Vadim @VadimStrizheus]

THIS IS INSANE!!

I’m going to locally host this on my 16GB 512GB SSD Mac Mini tonight.

If this performs to almost Claude level, we’re making the switch.

RIP to the Mac Studio owners.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

Prediction:

Some of the slowest/most resistant to adopt AI and reduce workforce will be non-profits (including higher education and healthcare) and local governments.

Not because of security or other concerns but because administrative bloat is a feature not a bug.

They SHOULD be the first to pursue efficiency to maximize ROI toward their mission.

AI adoption will be the true indicator of who actually cares about their mission.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@jessegenet I'm a dad homeschooling... can i join?!

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@_Investinq the green bar in stock prices will be directly correlated to red employee decreases.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

Canary in the Coal Mine.

[jack @jack]

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.

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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.

first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.

we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.

i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.

a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.

we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.

to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.

to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.

jack

[jack @jack]

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.

####

today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.

first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.

we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.

i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.

a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.

we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.

to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.

to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.

jack

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@CrypSaf Agreed that Apple has the opportunity of a generation to make Siri your Agentic OS on your phone upon set up.

Steve Jobs would be at the forefront of all this.

Will be the greatest bag fumble of all time if they don't make your phone your custom everything agent.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

The "tech" will be the marketing tool.

All SAAS products are headed to $0 and will be the funnel to the ecosystem value.

Landscaping businesses get free project/bid creation software but pay for access to customers creating their own landscaping projects.

CRMs will be open-source but the trained agent to customize/white-label it will be the product.

When the tech becomes the commodity, the communities and customization become the value.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

I haven't felt this much excitement around tech since waking up to play Ocarina of Time on Christmas morning.

Openclaw is not hype.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@otium33 @AlexFinn thats a prompting issue. ask claude how to do x the best way or how to ask the agent. then take that response and use it with the agent.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@OpenFire78 @AlexFinn yes.

[Mayor Maier @maiertweets]

@AlexFinn The limited views and comments on these videos are perplexing. This is such a gamechanger. Is X throttling API posting?