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LFG!

[Anna Mutoh @anna_mutoh]

Startup founders - @OpenAI and @OpenNetwork_Lab are hosting a Startup pitch contest in Kyoto with OpenAI providing $1M USD in API credits across the program, including $100,000 USD for the 1st place winner! 🇯🇵
Apply NOW ! 👉 https://t.co/UPUKY8FdeA

[The Long View @HayekAndKeynes]

Let’s just call him Scamath @chamath

[@jason @Jason]

Jason’s Japan on Google Maps
https://t.co/kg1mB7bk66

[Ahmad @TheAhmadOsman]

> be me
> Alexandr Wang, born January 1997
> age 19, drop out of MIT
> co-found Scale AI
> "what if we label data, but mid?"
> convince every LLM company that this is fine

> 2016–2023
> flood the market with barely-labeled goat photos and out-of-context Reddit takes
> call it “foundational data”
> raise billions
> valuation hits $7.3B
> everyone claps

> 2025
> sell Scale AI to Meta for $14B
> not a typo.
> fourteen. billion. dollars.
> join Meta as Chief AI Officer
> rename division to Meta Superintelligence Labs
> start saying things like “AGI by 2027” in interviews

> meanwhile, researchers:
> "the data from Scale is trash"
> models hallucinate goat facts and mislabel wheelchairs as motorcycles
> AI alignment folks are malding
> i am Alexandr. unbothered. moisturized. thriving.

> ranked #1 in Times Top Grifters of All Time
> beat out SBF, Elizabeth Holmes, and your favorite VC
> literally built an empire out of copy-pasted Amazon Mechanical Turk tasks

> mfw I labeled 4chan posts for pennies and turned it into a 14B exit
> mfw I am now leading Meta's quest for godlike AI
> mfw data quality was never part of the business model
> never bet against the grind

[StarPlatinum @StarPlatinum_]

Coinbase bought the UpOnly NFT from Cobie for $25M

Paying $3.125M per episode for 8 new episodes.

UpOnly had around 50K–100K listeners at its peak in 2021–2022

For context, here’s how much the biggest podcasts cost:

• Joe Rogan Experience (Spotify) – $250M total → ~$800K per episode

• Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM) – $125M → ~$1M per episode

• SmartLess (Amazon) – $100M → ~$500K per episode

• Kelce Brothers (Wondery) – $100M+ → ~$600K per episode

• Armchair Expert (Wondery) – $80M → ~$400K per episode

UpOnly’s price is around 3–15x higher than top mainstream podcast deals.

Will this be worth it for Coinbase?

[Deedy @deedydas]

These are the top 15 most valued private AI companies, their latest public revenue and growth.

[SHRAPNEL » Play Now on Steam @playSHRAPNEL]

✦ Partnership Weapon Skins ✦

We’re thrilled to introduce our first collection of partnership weapon skins with @GamingOnAvax, @BoDoggosNFT, @SuperVerseDAO , @NeoTokyoCode, and @play_alchemy!

➜ Operator NFT holders are eligible for an airdrop of all weapon skins - just make sure to link your wallet holding an Operator NFT to your Shrapnel account before April 1st when we'll be taking a snapshot.

➜ If you hold a BoDoggos NFT, SuperVerse tokens, Neo Tokyo Citizens or Outer Citizens, or Alchemy Gods, please join our Discord for detailed instructions on how to claim. You’ll need to link your wallet through Collabland and fill out a Google form.

➜ To receive the Avalanche skin “Snowy Sentinel”, visit the Avalanche booth at GDC on Thursday, drop by the WolvesDen House #WolvesDENgdc , or find a member of team SHRAPNEL at GDC! #GDC

➜ All communities have until March 31st, 2024, to claim their skin. The airdrop will be executed before April 4th.

[Alex Mason 👁△ @AlexMasonCrypto]

$ALEO secured $298M in funding by Samsung, Coinbase, and a16z.

Aleo token launch is scheduled for Q2.

Time: 10 minutes
Cost: $0

Dive into the guide👇

[Alex Mason 👁△ @AlexMasonCrypto]

Wormhole raised $225M from Coinbase with a $2.5B valuation.

The upcoming airdrop is about to become the most generous in crypto history.

Time: 10 minutes
Cost: $2

Dive into the guide👇

[NEO TOKYO @NeoTokyoCode]

100+ Citizen companies propelling gaming into a new era, utilizing the most valuable network for builders and investors.

Citadel Law #4: We only win together.

Citizens, tag your companies below!👇

// Q1 '24 Update Received

[@jason @Jason]

Late-stage investing can be amazing, quick money.... or you can get your ass handed to you as we see here in the later stages of the Instacart IPO $cart

Congrats to founders and early investors: @ycombinator, @vkhosla (GOAT!), Sequoia and @pmarca!

[defizard @belizardd]

I managed to generate an impressive $50M by tracking VCs' wallets.

The top 10 crypto VCs have 1,200+ wallets combined, and I've been closely monitoring them throughout the last month.

Prepare to be amazed as I reveal all the VCs' wallets 🧵🔍

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

Market cap at IPO vs current

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

I resigned from Meta, and my internal post got leaked to the press, resulting in some fragmented quotes. Here is the full thing: https://t.co/iUcr8TYMLD

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Musk: Imma buy Twitter
Twitter: or no you’re not
Musk: ok then I won’t
Twitter: the hell you won’t
Musk: ok then I will
Twitter: over my dead body

[LilMoonLambo @LilMoonLambo]

NAH IM DEAD LMFAO

[Stammy @Stammy]

I’m dying 😅

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@wholemars Haven’t even had sex in ages (sigh)

[ScreenTime @screentime]

Johnny Depp wins the defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard