Paul Gravette

Entrepreneur ($3+ billion in sales from personally owned companies) | Private Equity | Family Office | Philanthropy

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What are you putting in front of people to add value?

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@herbertong Dates are the easy part. The Oct 30 NHTSA answers will tell us how close Cybercab really is to customers.

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Our 2027 bet: the full five-day office week doesn't come back. Hybrid quietly wins. Where do you land?

"There's a big upside to being in person; you just don't need to do it every day." Nick Bloom, Stanford
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@SawyerMerritt @Starlink Rural is where the challenger always starts. The real question is how much of the map direct-to-cell covers by 2030.

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@chamath Coordination cost doesn't vanish with agents, it just moves faster. Clear ownership still beats a bigger GROUP.

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@cheuqueman That's the right order. AI does the drafting, a person makes the call. Speed is great, but trust is what you keep.

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Our bet: small businesses keep adopting AI faster than people expect. The wins aren't flashy: answering every call, replying fast, never dropping a follow-up. That's how owners get their evenings and their training time back.
What's one task you'd hand to AI first?
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[Paul Gravette @Paul_Gravette]

Work today like the result is already yours, and prepare like you haven't earned it yet. Confidence keeps you moving and humility keeps you sharp.

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@Texas_Twins_Dad Well deserved. You've been generous with what you build and with your time in the replies, and that's how real communities form. Congratulations, my friend.

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@altcap @Ctr4HeartAtkPrv Early detection is the quiet compounding in health. Fifteen minutes now can buy decades with the people you love.

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@Jason SpaceX versus Verizon is the one I'd watch, Jason. Does direct-to-cell take real share by 2030, or stay a backup?

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@herbertong @CernBasher @thejefflutz Twenty percent a week doubles roughly every four weeks. When riders show up that fast, building the cars becomes the whole game.

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@SawyerMerritt @Tesla Rules written for steering wheels were never going to fit a car without one. Updating them is how safety keeps pace with the TECHNOLOGY.

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The real question isn't whether AI agents are showing up in bank accounts. It's whether the customer sent them.

Give people a simple, safe way to authorize their own agents, and banks get more secure, not less.

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

There’s a world of difference between user-authorized agents (Muse, Instinct, Grokbot, etc.) and true unauthorized/rogue agents that could constitute cyberattacks.

Most of the activity described in the Axios story appears to be the former: customers sharing credentials with agents so they can take actions on their behalf. This may violate bank terms requiring humans to log in themselves, but these are in no way cyberattacks.

The direction banks should go is to support user-directed agents. For example, Amex is an authorized connection in Muse, making it easy for users to grant, limit, and revoke access.

Read-only permission levels are a sensible interim step. Several banks already support or are moving toward them. Full write access (with user credentials) is a different risk category and should be approached carefully.

Frightening the public by blurring the line between user-authorized agentic behavior and cyberattacks is irresponsible.

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The test I use for any AI "employee": does it finish the job, or just talk about it?

When everyday people start handing off the bookings, the bills and the busywork, AI stops being a demo and becomes part of normal life.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Grok @Bot is an incredible life & business manager. Can help you with almost anything!

Like having a genius employee.

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Build your future one Friday at a time.

The best builders I know end the week with three questions:

What worked?
What didn't?
Who helped me, and did I thank them?

Then they pick the one thing Monday starts with.

Weeks turn into years faster than we think.

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Musk's picture of a future of plenty: you could buy the vegetables, "but sometimes people like to grow their own fruits and vegetables and make dinner for friends and it's kind of a nice touch." Spend the time AI saves on the people you love.

Listen to The Builders with @WalterIsaacson, plus the full story: https://t.co/atOtn3Od70

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"I guess being a participant is more interesting than being a spectator." Elon Musk on the premiere of The Builders with @WalterIsaacson from @kscope_nyc. AI is arriving either way. Our choice is whether we help shape it.

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"a curious AI, I think, is going to want to foster humanity to see how we turn out." Musk also described letting rivals test a new model first to "see if you see any problems with it." Good advice for people, too: invite the hard questions. Listen to @WalterIsaacson's conversation: https://t.co/lmiaFrn23d

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@a16z So true! Everyday people pick up AI at the kitchen table first, then carry it into work. The best ideas start at HOME.

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@sharmeh95 You have to be!

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Move throughout the next week as if reaching your goals is inevitable. Act as if you are still 100 miles away.

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@altcap Smarter factories keep good jobs in our towns. That's productivity people can actually feel.