Ryan Laverty

Tweets about startups and the future of learning. Co-Founder @arist (YC S20)

[Ryan Laverty @ryanjlaverty]

By the time I was 24 I'd raised over $17m -- here's all the worst pieces of advice I got:

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This is so awful. Adam and I were just messaging each other last week. He was always so kind with his time and quick to give helpful advice. Gave me some great input during a tough personal spot. Such an advocate for founders succeeding. Just horrible

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife, their two children, their nanny, and two close friends have been identified as the victims of the Learjet 60 that crashed in Florida.

The captain was Jeff Gregory, 55, and the co-pilot was Nathalia Gadelha, 20.

Robinson, 44, and his family were traveling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas when the plane nosedived in Florida.

He was the founder and CEO of Retention dot com and RB2B.

Robinson and his wife Helen had two young children, Bella and Emma. Their nanny was also on the plane when it went down.

The nanny and their two close friends have not been identified.

55-year-old Jeff Gregory was identified as the pilot of the 2-million-dollar Learjet 60. He is described as an experienced pilot from Pennsylvania.

Heartbreaking.

[Ryan Laverty @ryanjlaverty]

@bolau_ @BusinessInsider great event 🙌

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I think most of retail isn't prepped for agentic commerce. One-click-checkout sites like Fast failed because the workflow for every site is pretty different.

The SEO > AEO wave that happened with search is only just starting to hit commerce, and how an agent finds what to buy looks quite different than how a human finds what to buy.

But big brands aren't really optimizing for that yet. This space feels like dropshipping did when Alibaba / FBA first launched.. so exciting

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Yesterday's Zuck / Alexander Wang interview on Cheeky Pint is a masterclass on how agentic commerce will look:

Similar to the shift from brick and mortar to eComm, Agentic Commerce is the next big wave that will power most repeatable purchases. My notes from the interview -

1 - Agents will unlock new customers and purchasing behavior, vs. just streamlining existing behavior. eComm removed so much friction in buying that people bought more stuff. Agentic buying will be another step function increase in the volume of what people by, vs. just automating my weekly purchases.

2 - Memory is a core moat. My passwords and purchasing behavior will be held in a single agent like Muse or Instinct, and so my likelihood to switch will be relatively low and get lower over time, even if a marginally better agent comes out.

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3 - The ecosystem needs to be built. All of the energy seems to be in user interaction, but the underlying infrastructure needed for agentic commerce is still in it's infancy.

4 - Agents will start with browser navigation and then agent to agent interactions.

The progression will essentially be:
- Agents navigate websites
- Agents use direct APIs
- Personal agents transact with business / retail-side agents
It seems like Meta is actually trying to own both sides of this trade, vs. just a personal agent like Muse.

[Ryan Laverty @ryanjlaverty]

this is Kendrick v Drake for people who know what RSUs are

https://t.co/SMbut9T0AA

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@elonmusk thoughts on moving compute to sea?

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Sam is doing incredible work solving one of the most pressing challenges of our present and future. Sub 2 months to compute is miraculous 🚀

[Sam Mendel @SamMendel00]

Introducing NetworkOcean.

Our future is bottlenecked by the speed at which we can deploy power.

We’re building floating solar arrays powering data centers at sea. This will soon be the fastest way to deploy new compute, skipping years of land, grid connections, and traditional infrastructure delays.

Our 2030 target is 1 GW/week.

@network_ocean_

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@thisiszinger wild

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@cremieuxrecueil 2 years in, SMILE was the best decision i’ve ever made

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@FarzaTV dude this is awesome

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Executives are running companies with a blindfold on.

Meet Arist Diagnostic, an always-on performance consultant that finally lets you see

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congrats to spacex on the ipo! 🙃💀

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@dibstickets love this product

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Incredible articulation of how distribution affects outcome

[Organizermemes @OrganizerMemes]

I love this video

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TIL Steve Jobs / Apple basically invented the word podcast

[Global Index @TheGlobal_Index]

@HinataMotivates When we learned Steve Jobs essentially popularized the term "Podcast"

[Ryan Laverty @ryanjlaverty]

There’s a huge business waiting to be built running the AI Review Board (ARB) at every major company.

Legal and IT teams are swamped evaluating hundreds of tools, and it can take months to get a spot in the board’s queue if you don’t have the right champions

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@joshqharris rosemary oil every day for 1-2 hours then wash it out, right after workout / while pores open is best

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@m_franceschetti @eightsleep have had my 8sleep for 3 years, love it — well deserved

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

A great reminder that letting startups grow into independently successful businesses, rather than be bought up by existing giants, can generate enormous value.

A win for employees, investors, innovation, and the public.