Gbenga Ige

African & American. Angel Investor. Tech evangelist. @MIT @mypaga and @McKinsey alum. Claim to fame is — I designed Diesel engines. Building @AcadaPlusNg today

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

Some things to ponder as we go on this platform shift…

2nd order effects are what I am thinking of these days…

[Alfred Lin @Alfred_Lin]

Grateful to @satyanadella for spending time with some of the best AI founders and builders at our inaugural AI Builders Salon. A few insights that stuck with me:

1/ The hardest transformations for incumbents are "new-new" categories, where they have no natural reason to win.

2/ Conviction compounds quietly, then shows up all at once. Microsoft's $1B investment in OpenAI was rooted in decades of focus on NLP, and a belief that transformers and scaling laws reflected a real inflection point.

3/ Concentrate capital and talent behind strong teams with strong beliefs. Do not spread resources evenly for the sake of fairness.

4/ Cooperation and competition can coexist when partnering during platform shifts. The goal is durable, long-term win-wins, even when there is overlap.

5/ Vertical AI wins will come from workflow capture, not just AI features. Codify an operating playbook, and own a strong eval loop.

6/ We are heading toward artifact explosion. As document and code generation becomes on demand, the constraint shifts to reviewing, validating, and refining what agents produce.

7/ Tokens are becoming a real budget line. Empower your top builders, but install the right guardrails to avoid scaling low-quality output.

Thanks to @sonyatweetybird and the @sequoia team for launching this new forum. Looking forward to the next one.

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

@AmericanAir why can't I pay for my reservation which was on hold? Been calling your call center and I am almost 2 hours behind the line... of which the reservation could expire before then? Get your code and customer service right!

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

#Goals

[Tara Viswanathan @TaraViswanathan]

My parents recently celebrated 40 years of marriage. 💙

They knew each other 15 mins before committing to a lifetime together. 🤯

I asked my mom what her advice was — here’s what she said:

(dad’s advice was mostly “get financial security” 😂)

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

What my baseball teacher @zacharylevine said!

[Zachary Levine @zacharylevine]

Where I think I stand headed into the season:

Pitch clock: Love it
Shift ban: Stupid
Schedule (balance): Great
Schedule (more interleague): Terrible
Permanent zombie runner: Terrible
Bigger bases: Sure
Position player pitching limits: Stupid
Pickoff max: Intrigued, could be fun

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Waking up at 5:45 am solves 99.9% of daily issues.

12 other unreasonably simple habits to change your life:

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

I am not in Nigeria and cannot vote, but the choice is clear here - Peter Obi. Naija here word o! Make wise decisions going forward.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Fellow Nigerians, it's 3 days to go and in my quiet moments I know that Nigerians are wondering what Peter Obi is thinking. I will share my thoughts here because I have Nigeria on my mind!

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

Free learning…

[Hasan Toor @hasantoxr]

Stanford University is offering free online courses.

There is no fee or application needed.

Here are 10 FREE courses you don't want to miss: courses:

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

@AffiSupaStar Tweet, analysis and replies are hilarious. I am sure he’ll turn out OK (Said in Obama’s voice)

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

@JohnBennettBBC Beautiful infrastructure?

[Dan @danmurrays]

Summary:

• Fucking Homepage
• Edx
• Khan Academy
• Code Academy
• Project Gutenberg
• The Big Know
• Lifehack Fast Track Courses
• Ninite
• Photopea
• myNoise

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

@jidesanwoolu see sense below 👇

[Tayo Oviosu 🗽 @oviosu]

A benefit Lagosians have enjoyed from #EndSARS is free toll for two years.

@jidesanwoolu how about we keep it free and remove the toll booths? build a memorial too while at it 🥸

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

Japan's super effective Lost and Found https://t.co/p15RVaO6wr via @BBC_Reel

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[Brett Cross @BCross052422]

This time, four months ago, It was a normal day. I was at my office getting a booklet made for each of my coworkers that would show their growth in their skills to help get them raises. 2 hours from then, I’d get a call that would shatter my world. My wife called, screaming

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

@ElohoGM Actually not surprising. For me the gap has been the surprising thing…

[Vinny @jah_vinny_23]

Award 🏆for the best new actress goes to…😭😂

[Saheed Kolawole @temabef]

I created threads on all the info and resources you need for your scholarship journey. Such as

1. 100 Samples of CV/Resume
2. 45 Statement of Purpose samples
3. Cold Email Samples
4. Scholarships in US, Canada and UK
5. IELTS/GRE materials

Check here for access to all for free!

[Vidit Saxena @supermode_]

Saying you don't have the capital to invest in real estate is seriously a copout.

Real estate is a very unique instrument -- there are many creative ways to finance a deal.

Here are 24 of them🧵👇

[Amy Pechacek @pechacek_amy]

It feels illegal to know about these 20 websites:

[Gbenga Ige @one3thxavier]

@Office What say you?

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Google Sheets isn't Excel.

But it's more powerful than you think.

10 things Sheets can do, you'll wish you knew yesterday: 📊

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

I remember when I met the @PiggyBankNG or now @PiggytechHQ team at Google Launchpad in Lagos for the first time, they were at 20,000 users. Now, they easily add millions of users for their products. What are they doing right that others are not? Why are they succeeding at it?