Nick Halstead

Founder GVTLabs, Infosum & DataSift. (and occasional professional racing driver) --9ZO0O--

[Nick Halstead @nik]

After years in stealth, I'm finally ready to share what we've been building at GVTLabs 👀

While Silicon Valley debates the future of search, we're building it from Europe.

Introducing AskGVT: "What LLMs read, AskGVT sees."

We're unlocking the 80% of internet content that exists as video - making billions of frames LLM / searchable, queryable, and actually useful. Imagine asking "what standing desk setup actually works?" and getting real visual evidence from thousands of videos, not just text opinions.

This 30-second glimpse barely scratches the surface of what's coming.

To the exceptional engineers, researchers, and builders reading this: we're assembling a world-class team in Europe to compete with (and surpass) what's being built across the Atlantic.

If you believe the future of knowledge isn't just reading about things but seeing how they actually work...

If you want to help build the visual intelligence layer of the internet...

Let's talk. 🚀
https://t.co/OoCP0oYQvB

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Not nervous, not pumped up. Just leaning on the door for a second before it all starts.

#BTCC

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Ninety percent of a race weekend is standing around talking to someone. This is that ninety percent.

#BTCC

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Livery's on, team's out front, car's ready. Optimal, Patty's and Superhub riding with us this year.

#BTCC

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Circuit's still asleep. Empty benches, quiet pits, hills doing their thing in the background. Not for long.

#BTCC

[Nick Halstead @nik]

New wheels have landed. Boxes stacked, team on it, kit coming together.

#BTCC

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.

400 of them are now worth over $100 million.

These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.

Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.

Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."

The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.

Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.

[Nick Halstead @nik]

@xai and @elonmusk lets talk - @grok needs Visual Understanding of the whole of @x - and I have history, as the original inventor of the Twitter/X Retweet Button

[Nick Halstead @nik]

After years in stealth, I'm finally ready to share what we've been building at GVTLabs 👀

While Silicon Valley debates the future of search, we're building it from Europe.

Introducing AskGVT: "What LLMs read, AskGVT sees."

We're unlocking the 80% of internet content that exists as video - making billions of frames LLM / searchable, queryable, and actually useful. Imagine asking "what standing desk setup actually works?" and getting real visual evidence from thousands of videos, not just text opinions.

This 30-second glimpse barely scratches the surface of what's coming.

To the exceptional engineers, researchers, and builders reading this: we're assembling a world-class team in Europe to compete with (and surpass) what's being built across the Atlantic.

If you believe the future of knowledge isn't just reading about things but seeing how they actually work...

If you want to help build the visual intelligence layer of the internet...

Let's talk. 🚀
https://t.co/OoCP0oYQvB

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

Forget vibe coding. It's time for Chaos Coding:

-> Prompt Claude 3.7 Sonnet with your vague idea.
-> Say "keep going" repeatedly.
-> Watch an incredible product appear from utter chaos.
-> Pretend you're still in control.

Lean into Sonnet's insanity — the results are wild.

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Oh Jason... At least you tried!

#btcc #crazycart #motorsport #touringcars #crazycartxl #bristolstmotors #excelr8motorsport
https://t.co/QYE2noKXPQ

[Nick Halstead @nik]

@jasonplato and Nick break down how Race 1 went

#btcc #touringcars #motorsport #brandshatch

[Nick Halstead @nik]

@jasonplato giving an insight into what FP2 debrief will look like

#BTCC #brandshatch #motorsport #racing

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Come meet @jasonplato, Nick and the rest of the team at the @crazycartchamp merchandise stand at 1:30 and the @BristolStMotors Fan Zone at 1:50!!

#meetandgreet #btcc #motorsport #fans #racing #crazycart #bristolstmotors

[Nick Halstead @nik]

@jasonplato summarising the debrief with Nick after FP1....

#btcc #touringcars #motorsport #racing

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Nick and @jasonplato talk about the hopes for the championship finale here at #brandshatch

So bravery pills are needed for this circuit we think!!

#btcc #motorsport #racing

[Nick Halstead @nik]

Take a walk with Nick as he goes through his morning routine here at #BrandsHatch for the final round of the #BTCC championship.

#motorsport #racing #razor #crazycart

[Nick Halstead @nik]

A drag race for the ages... A #crazycart vs a @BTCC touring car with @DanZelosRacing behind the wheel... Who's your money on? 👀

Also

@Tomingram80's presenting career has a strong future

#crazycarts #crazycartxl #razor #motorsport #btcc #touringcars

[Nick Halstead @nik]

This weekend I am humbled to be joined by the legend that is @jasonplato - if you are coming to @SilverstoneUK come say hello at the @Excelr8M garage 💪🎉❤️

[Andy Murray @andy_murray]

Never even liked tennis anyway.

[Nick Halstead @nik]

This weekend we are holding a very special Crazy Cart Championship with New and Old @BTCC drivers - including @PaulONeill29 commentating (and racing) + The Public get to have a go! 💪 Donington Park 30th March -