Nikao

Venture Capital & Startups @ AWS | formerly @ TikTok | Co-founder @ AdColony (acquired by Opera Software) | Chasing left point breaks & the eurostep

[FBRC.ai @fbrcai]

The inaugural Culver Cup is complete!

Thank you @AWSstartups for the opportunity to design and execute this first of its kind GenAI Film Competition!

#LATechWeek

[MetaPuppet @MetaPuppet]

🚨Fellow AI peeps… Hollywood is taking notice! 👀🤘🎉

[Tarlon @TarlonKhoubyari]

Today at @AWSstartups event with @BaronDavis and @nikao ✨

A really insightful conversation what Baron’s career and what’s coming for @BIGsummits_ 👏

@Techweek_

[Nikao @nikao]

Kickoff #LATechWeek on Mon, 10/14/24! Thanks to @fbrcai @LumaLabsAI @playbook3d and more with our first ever @AWSStartups Culver Cup GenAI Film Competition. Proud to lead an amazing team to plan, build, and deliver this amazing event! Sign up now! https://t.co/vFbXujIfVe?

[Nikao @nikao]

#LATechWeek panel on #GenAI pops off in 45 min! Shout out to @otawakol @bruinengineer for joining @AWSstartups on stage for what’s sure to be an incredible event. Check out the “before” pics, jump in the car and come grab an AI Colada!

[Nikao @nikao]

🎙️ 👑 🐐 Excellent WSJ article about the GOAT. “But I ain’t 5-0, y’all know it’s Nas, yo.”

Shout out to @Brie and Evan Giamanco who were front row with me at Nas’ Cannes 2022 performance nearly one year ago. Thanks to @mikeowennyc for the hookup. https://t.co/oz1deYF8Z0

[Nikao @nikao]

🤖 #AI alert! 🤖Excited to host my @AWSstartups panel featuring
@bruinengineer (https://t.co/MwxMYSNiB1) and
@otawakol (Rembrand) at LA #TechWeek. Shout out to @a16z for organizing the week-long conference! https://t.co/8J2v5q6DYk

[Nikao @nikao]

Ciao amici! Attention Cleantech friends!

In collaboration with Italy's Eni Joule Entrepreneurship School, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is co-hosting a Cleantech Startup Demo Day featuring 11 promising Italian cleantech startups in Sa…https://t.co/tNM6xMI0bh https://t.co/hBOwiACLOz

[Nikao @nikao]

Besides our mutual love of the Golden Era of Hip Hop, @a16z Co-Founder @bhorowitz knows even more about innovation (as well as deftly worded punchlines)…https://t.co/QhkqWOEW7u

[Nikao @nikao]

@mjbarash @mjbarash at first glance I thought this was the brilliant art of @tkawaja

[Nikao @nikao]

@NBAMemes Michael Olowokandi (sniffles): “I’ll go down in history as one of the worst No. 1 picks in the modern era.”

Ben Simmons (shoves Anthony Bennett aside): “Hold my Foster’s mate.”

[Nikao @nikao]

Love these #TikTok interviews with our friends at National Hockey League (NHL), Warner Bros. Entertainment, and SiriusXM speaking to how these they uniquely partner with us for their marketing campaigns! #FutureofEntertainmentMarketing https://t.co/GbuRVzN1sU

[Nikao @nikao]

@samislucid All I do (did) is (was) eat, eat, eat. No matter what. Shout out to my financial guru @djkhaled

[Nikao @nikao]

Day 4 at Cannes, rain is pouring but #DiscoverySharkWeek 🦈 sand sculpture staying strong amidst the downpour. Shout out to our friends & partners at Warner Bros. Discovery for great meetings this week! https://t.co/t1b7geLspx

[Nikao @nikao]

Many call TikTok the last sunny place on the internet. Especially when it comes to #movies.

Lionsgate's Marisa Liston, Universal Pictures' Alex Sanger and of course, the Mandalorian himself, Pedro Pascal, would all agree.

On the…https://t.co/Jiu5xEY5FN https://t.co/0gO6uIBIxP

[Nikao @nikao]

Excited to moderate the Emergence of the Creator panel featuring Hannah Stocking & Alex Warren at the ThinkLA Entertainment brunch on Thu 4/6. Join us as we learn how today’s top Creators partner w/Brands and Fans to create the Future of Entertainment Ma…https://t.co/tFOxXmWmWY

[Nikao @nikao]

“Ever since young Americans began their exodus from commercial television to streaming services and social media…” Great opening line from the latest report on how TikTok enables brands to connect more deeply with today’s customers. https://t.co/PHOZrPUBtJ

[Nikao @nikao]

@samislucid Let’s goooo @samislucid!!!

[Nikao @nikao]

@mjbarash @skyholden @mikeowennyc Whassssssup!!!

[Nikao @nikao]

About five years ago, I chatted with a good friend from a major social network about which of his competitors kept him up at night. The name he called out surprised me. It wasn’t one of the usual suspects. 

The competitor? He replied, “…https://t.co/3vT1uVXgf5