Mik Attisani

Exited cofounder @FACEIT / Cofounder / Investor

[Ronan @Ronanchamberss]

"Ursula von der Leyen should be on the phone with the ASML CEO every week and just ask, "What can we do for you? Like, how can we help you?" - yes yes yes.

[Louis Lecat @louislecat]

Excited to launch Upstream and announce our $3M pre-seed round

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[Alex Macdonald @alexfmac]

Meanwhile I have a friend who sold his company for more than $1b and now wants to invest hundreds of millions in the UK and his fund was denied a visa sponsor license.

Madness.

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

@FDavidsonT Yes please!

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

Excited to be supporting @xomarket and the future of prediction markets. Everyone can create new markets on XO, and creators can get a cut to promote organic virality. Consumers already validated this approach with Millions in daily volume pre-launch! Join us on https://t.co/op9EThmSsE

[Ali @AliHabbabeh]

Habibis, @xomarket just closed a $6M seed to build permissionless conviction markets anyone can spin up a Yes/No market on any belief in seconds.
Led by @20vcFund and @picuscap , with @cbventures, and others along with 30+ angels including @patcummins30
Prediction markets cracked this open. We're opening the rest.

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

In my teens and 20's I would spend way too much time playing Starcraft and Civilization. Harvesting resources, building things, and expanding was super addictive to my brain - to an almost unhealthy degree.

Later I realized that entrepreneurship and business is the ultimate game. It scratches the same itch for me (resources, building, expanding), but you're actually contributing to humanity at the end of the day, which can be much more fulfilling.

Business is also much more positive sum than video games. In Starcraft, the other player has to lose for you to win. In business, there is competition, but in a growing market there can be multiple winners. And gains compound long term (it's a infinite game) instead of starting over each time.

Now days I prefer to watch pros play video games to unwind, instead of playing video games myself. But a quick game can still be fun here and there to unwind. By contrast, the game of business is played over many decades.

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

Would love to see our Western Governments making a similar move quickly. Mostly for Europe getting at the forefront of Government innovation is the only viable strategy to survive.

[HH Sheikh Mohammed @HHShkMohd]

Under the directives of the President of the UAE, we launch a new government model. Within two years, 50% of government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, making the UAE the first government globally to operate at this scale through autonomous systems.

AI is no longer a tool. It analyses, decides, executes, and improves in real time. It will become our executive partner to enhance services, accelerate decisions, and raise efficiency.

This transformation has a clear timeline. Two years. Performance across government will be measured by speed of adoption, quality of implementation, and mastery of AI in redesigning government work.

We are investing in our people. Every federal employee will be trained to master AI, building one of the world’s strongest capabilities in AI-driven government.

Implementation will be overseen by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, with a dedicated taskforce chaired by Mohammad Al Gergawi driving execution.

The world is changing. Technology is accelerating. Our principle remains constant. People come first. Our goal is a government that is faster, more responsive, and more impactful.

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

@zan2434 @eddiejiao_obj @drewocarr Just wow

[Zain Shah @zan2434]

Imagine every pixel on your screen, streamed live directly from a model. No HTML, no layout engine, no code. Just exactly what you want to see.

@eddiejiao_obj, @drewocarr and I built a prototype to see how this could actually work, and set out to make it real. We're calling it Flipbook. (1/5)

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

@tarakeeney Come work with us in Silicon Victoria!

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
…

Just keep going ✌️

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

Incredibly excited to be backing @kamath_sutra and the team at Smallest! Go check out their work

[Sudarshan Kamath @kamath_sutra]

https://t.co/uYwkeSC4Y9

[Sudarshan Kamath @kamath_sutra]

https://t.co/uYwkeSC4Y9

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

Nailed it!

[Jonah Lowenstein @jonahsaullow]

The 2nd Renaissance needs an OS.

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

@alexfmac @Kieranleehill @HarryStebbings @reecechowdhry @_CommonMagic Sorry I only answer tweets Mon - Thu from 9am to 5pm ;)

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

How can the EU political class be so utterly useless?!?

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Following the ongoing situation in Iran, I am convening a special Security College on Monday.

For regional security and stability, it is of the utmost importance that there is no further escalation through Iran’s unjustified attacks on partners in the region.

[Dima Shvets @dmitrshvets]

We're beating MLX and llama.cpp on Apple Silicon, with 14 people.

Now we're hiring 2 more.
ML Engineer & Inference Engineer at @trymirai

If you know someone who fits, tag them or show them this post.
https://t.co/yq6Qwr7rwE

[@levelsio @levelsio]

🇪🇺 @steipete on why Europe was unable to retain him as talent:

"In the US, most people are enthusiastic.

In Europe, I get insulted, people scream REGULATION and RESPONSIBILITY.

And if I really build a company here, then I get to struggle with things like investment protection laws, employee rights, and paralyzing labor regulations.

At OpenAI, most people work 6-7 days a week and get paid accordingly.

In Europe, that's illegal."

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

That was good fun! Thanks @chichikid @HarryStebbings @dinikaM2

[Dominik Vacikar @chichikid]

5 minutes in, the script went in the trash. 🗑️

When you have @HarryStebbings, @dinikaM2 (@cherryventures), and @Mattisani (https://t.co/wxZAIbiD0k) on stage, you don't moderate—you just try to keep up. 🧵

[Mik Attisani @Mattisani]

@mbCARMAC @Kevin_Hitt The way Kevin recalls it is more interesting!