Max Keenan

Aurelian | prev. @Moelis @UChicago

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@willdepue 36% fat... it's basically heavy cream. Maybe that's your new bulking strat?

[James Kaplan @jamesekaplan]

Engineers and cracked technical builders: Are you interested in working as a forward deployed engineer at @elevenlabs , @FactoryAI , Aurelian (@MaxKeenan3), or Forge (@markiewagner)?

Come to our talent event Thursday, July 24th from 6:00–8:30 PM in SF where founders of some of the fastest growing AI startups will pitch you.

You don't need to be a forward deployed engineer today to attend. These startups are just looking for people who are:
-Deeply curious, move fast, and hustle
-Engineering background
-Excited to be customer-facing and creatively dig into customer problems

Signup link below.

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@GrantSlatton Makes the $5mm fence they built on the Aurora bridge seem reasonable

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@Zach_Kamran and risk tolerance

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@willdepue and sensitive to small changes, OAI models are the most robust but there's still so much room for improvement

[Pete Koomen @koomen]

I’m thrilled to announce that today I’m joining @ycombinator as a Group Partner.

This is the second time that YC has changed the course of my life.

(🧵1/10)

[PatronusAI @PatronusAI]

We are launching out of stealth today with a $3M seed round led by @lightspeedvp, with participation from @amasad, @gokulr, @MattHartman and other fortune 500 execs and board members 🚀

Read our story here:
https://t.co/okK7DfTjuW

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@parth_raghav It’s really easy to make a cool demo and really hard to create value

[rahul @0interestrates]

Built https://t.co/jcSGSjy1O8 to let anyone query SF public databases with just natural language.

"show me all the muggings"
"where are all the needles in Hayes Valley"

access to public safety and demographic data should be democratized

code is open-source and linked below:

[Amjad Masad @amasad]

Stackoverflow (2025) “About to spin up a new training job, how do I make sure I stay below the Yudkowsky AirStrike threshold?”

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@realEstateTrent Property owner is probably the fencing coach at a top 10 school

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@zachtratar It’s amazing because Skyrim built the first “endless” RPG just 12 years ago (granted it was just templatized quests)

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@tanayj https://t.co/C6m7wR89MO

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@tanayj Didn’t he mention they were near profitably and will be profitable Q2?

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@alexalbert__ 100% agree, Apple's been doing this with Siri for years via edge computing. As new iPhones come out, more and more is done locally

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

Turns out a lot of AI startups are just complicated ChatGPT plugins.

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@vladquant Love seeing @MichaelRoyzen's Phind so high up here. Small team winning in a field they pioneered

[Max Keenan @MaxKeenan3]

@ednevsky @spolu @NeedlHQ I love this description btw "geeky on-device plug-in" is spot on haha