Sam Dix

Early-stage venture discovery and design, incubating new health and wealth ventures. Ex-frog, teach design strategy @nyuniversity, Startup Studio @cornell_tech.

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

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[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@mhdempsey This is sweet. One of the student teams at the Startup Studio last year was exploring the idea of a friends social-network built around shared reading. Also lets you know when a friend shares an article they actually read it ha

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@zachweinberg You'd be perfect. Pretty sure you've been talking about this for what, years now?

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@ballmatthew wooooooow and here I had lost faith in Xbox - big moves. Congrats!

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@lennysan User research facilitated and analyzed purely by an agent is going to be mediocre research tbh, especially for novel ventures. Still better than what most teams do today and absolutely has a role, but my hope is that designers/PMs still practice the craft

[UJA-Federation of New York @UJAfedNY]

Mayor Mamdani: the refugees you post about exist because 22 Arab states launched a war to destroy Israel on May 15, 1948—rejecting the UN plan that also called for a Palestinian state. In its aftermath, 800,000 Jews were expelled from Arab lands. Your post mentions none of this.

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@zachweinberg 🎯

[yitong @yitong]

There are two Designs. One of them is dead, the other is more alive than ever.

1. Design as the production of visual assets is over soon. This is unfortunately 90% of design jobs in industry. We won’t even need agencies to create design systems like Gokul thinks - they will get solved in the same breath as the rest of it

2. Design as a general method of problem solving is more exciting than ever thanks to AI dissolving the barrier to entry for most tools. The solution space for most designs have expanded dramatically for those with eyes to see

It’s never been more exciting to be a designer, if you can let go of what design used to mean

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@wolfejosh Cover style reminds me of Gameinformer, used to love getting those as a kid

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@ridd_design @0xCharlota @paper @kylezantos Count me in 🫡

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@ridd_design @0xCharlota @paper Have you done a walkthrough of this setup yet in a vid?

[Alex Bores @AlexBores]

What can government actually do to make AI work for people?

Sat down with @ezraklein to talk through it—my AI safety bill in NY, the millions in PAC spending against our campaign, and how to stop Trump's megadonors and AI oligarchs from gaining unchecked power over us.

This is the conversation I've been wanting to have. https://t.co/d1D8xAnaQ0

[Alex Bores @AlexBores]

Why do powerful AI oligarchs fear our campaign and why are they spending millions to defeat us? @ezraklein explains.

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@pbuick Good call on agents aligning on your promise faster than their human counterparts. The question is are agents picking up on the promise you INTENDED for them to grok?

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

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@Compounds365 @Benioff @pearson @PenFed https://t.co/oREKnBecuS

[Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen]

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[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

Not surprising to see Anthropic launch Claude Design, was literally just talking last night about why this move makes a ton of sense for them.

Owning the design system layer is another way to increase switching costs with enterprise buyer

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs: make prototypes, slides, and one-pagers by talking to Claude.

Powered by Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable vision model. Available in research preview on the Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, rolling out throughout the day.

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

Finally tech & beanies have merged. Williamsburg is going to be thrilled

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

cool cool cool Opus 4.7 - so glad I asked

[Sam Dix @sammmdix]

@danprimack @mikewchan My favorite recent piece on the shifting perception and reality for most VC investment is by @mhdempsey: https://t.co/INQH2U2VFH