Sam Yeats

Father of three, Founder of - all for teams

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

As a result of a US government directive, we are suspending access to Claude Fable 5 for all users. You can continue to use all other Claude models.

Here’s what this means for you:

Across Claude products, new sessions will run on your selected default model or Opus 4.8, and existing Fable 5 sessions will end with an error.

On the Claude Platform, requests to Fable 5 will also return an error. Please update your integrations to other Claude models.

We know this is a disruption to your workflows; we appreciate your patience and support.

[John Henderson @johnhenderson]

Two companies are forming inside every industry. One treats AI as a line item next to payroll and is rebuilding how work gets done. The other just renewed its chatbot pilot and thinks it's keeping up.

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@Qantas @Airbus Congrats!!

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@AusTeslaOwners Fine on U6 lite 5Ghz

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

This deserves more attention, because it’s a really cool @Starlink use case.

They’re using collars on cattle that connect to Starlink satellites in space, allowing ranchers to create and adjust a “virtual fence” in real time right from their phone in the middle of nowhere. You don't need to be close to a radio tower anymore. Literally no-one has done this before.

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@Jason I’m in

[Harry Charlesworth @hjcharlesworth]

Australia is an incredible place to build.

Every non-australian that visits for the first time is blown away by the talent, the people, the pace, and whats getting built in this epic country.

It's time to accelerate and build the companies and infrastructure that power Australia to be on the frontier.

https://t.co/4jIfQ0ILll
#BuildAustralia

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@nathanclark_ jealous, been bashing my head for so long hunting

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@chalaska 👋

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@gearside @_sholtodouglas Awesome

[@levelsio @levelsio]

"We think the best team size is one, because a single author can do things that is impossible to do for teams, and hit high notes that are unreachable."

—@tobi

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

Wow. @Qantas WiFi working after all these years on International #qf4 787-9 New York to Sydney
coming back from an epic #AWSreInvent . It’s faster than my nbn and free. While it’s been awesome to have had true disconnected time while in the air for the last million KMs, I’ve recently been super itchy to build / vibe and stay in touch with the fam. Wonder what I can ship on this 17.5 hour flight! Thanks @Qantas !!

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Here are Tesla’s current five largest shareholders (excluding Elon Musk) and how they voted in last year’s ratification of Elon's 2018 pay package:

• Vanguard (holds $115B in $TSLA): For
• BlackRock ($95B): For
• State Street ($52B): Against
• Fidelity/Geode Capital ($30B): For
• JPMorgan Chase ($21B): For

Unlike last year’s ratification vote, Elon and Kimbal Musk can both participate in this year's 2025 CEO Performance Award plan vote due to Tesla's reincorporation to Texas (from Delaware).

BUT, we should not get complacent. Assume this vote is close and encourage everyone you know who is a $TSLA shareholder to vote. 8 days left.

[Tesla @Tesla]

With Tesla’s Annual Meeting fast approaching on November 6, Board Chair, Robyn Denholm, sent a letter to shareholders on the critical nature of this vote.

The fundamental question for shareholders at this year’s Annual Meeting is simple:

Do you want to retain Elon as Tesla’s CEO and motivate him to drive Tesla to become the leading provider of autonomous solutions and the most valuable company in the world?

Make your voice heard — vote with Tesla on ALL proposals today!

https://t.co/WbcKtqU02U

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

As you know, Tesla is at a critical inflection point, and we need your vote to help determine the future direction of our evolving company. Your vote matters, and the deadline for voting is 11:59pm ET on November 5th. The fundamental question for shareholders at this year’s Annual Meeting is simple:

Do you want to retain Elon as Tesla’s CEO and motivate him to drive Tesla to become the leading provider of autonomous solutions and the most valuable company in the world?

Kathleen and I engaged in a rigorous, seven-month Special Committee process resulting in a highly customized performance plan that aligns shareholder value and measurable business outcomes with the interests of our CEO. Our goal was two-fold: (1) retain and incentivize Elon to capitalize on the unique opportunities that lie ahead for Tesla and (2) do so in a manner that promotes the development of products and services that will propel our world toward a cleaner, safer, and more prosperous future while creating unparalleled value for our shareholders. We’ve done this by challenging Elon with the potential to secure what he values most—meaningful voting influence—conditioned on his commitment to continue leading Tesla for at least another 7.5 years while successfully driving our company to ambitious new heights. The bottom line is simple: Elon is rewarded only if and when he delivers extraordinary performance that benefits all Tesla shareholders.

When negotiating this performance award, we necessarily considered what Tesla’s future without Elon would look like, and we did not believe it was the future that our shareholders deserve. At a time when companies—both big and small—are competing to be the first to bring groundbreaking AI technologies to market, we could not risk losing the best leader in the industry to put Tesla on top. Now is a pivotal moment for our company to emerge as a leader in AI, and with our exceptional CEO at the helm, we are perfectly positioned to seize it.

Though it’s no question that Elon has other pursuits, he has proven that one of the many things that make him unique is his ability to stretch his capacity beyond normal limits and remain successful at Tesla. However, if we fail to foster an environment that motivates Elon to achieve great things through an equitable pay-for-performance plan, we run the risk that he gives up his executive position, and Tesla may lose his time, talent and vision, which have been essential to delivering extraordinary shareholder returns. Without Elon, Tesla could lose significant value, as our company may no longer be valued for what we aim to become: a transformative force reimagining the fundamental building blocks of mobility, energy and labor, with products such as FSD and Optimus, and working to better humanity in the process. While there may be nothing wrong with being just another car company, our Board believes that Tesla can be more, that our shareholders deserve more, and that Elon is the right leader to help us achieve our full potential.

Elon’s leadership is also built upon the critical support of our ��tailor made” governance structure, including our carefully constructed Board. Good governance should be customized to the company, not applied with a “cookie cutter” approach, and it is exemplified by the results that Tesla has delivered, and this Board has overseen. We therefore ask you to vote “for” the three members of the Board—Ira, Kathleen and Joe—who are up for re-election to ensure that the Board, which has worked alongside Elon for years, complementing and enhancing his efforts to deliver extraordinary shareholder returns, remains in place.

That is why your vote is so consequential to the future of our company. A vote here is both an endorsement of Elon’s vision and a vote for Tesla’s carefully tailored strategy and governance. I urge you to support Proposal One, which ensures the continued leadership and support of our outstanding and experienced directors, as well as Proposals Three and Four, which aim to keep Elon focused on our mission here at Tesla.

I feel strongly—as do the rest of my colleagues on our Board—that Elon singularly possesses the leadership characteristics and technical manufacturing know-how to keep us on the path towards maximizing long-term shareholder value as well as social good. We at Tesla are laser focused on exceptional performance—not promises—and we structure our awards in line with this principle.

If you care about building a better world for humanity and supporting our vision for Sustainable Abundance—then you should vote “FOR” Proposals One, Three and Four.

If you want Tesla to have a shot at becoming the world’s most valuable company—then you should vote “FOR” Proposals One, Three and Four.

Please read the Special Committee Report, which is attached to this year’s proxy statement, for a more detailed explanation of Kathleen’s and my work in coming to the essential conclusions embodied in the proxy statement and how we structured this performance plan to align Elon’s incentives with delivering extraordinary performance for all of you.
Thank you for your continued support of Tesla.

Very truly yours,

Robyn Denholm
Chairperson of the Board

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@Aviator_Pete It’ll be here soon enough, little more patience

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@SawyerMerritt @elonmusk @Qantas 👆

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@RobGrieves If you live anywhere rough road or potholes don’t do it, tyres are 2x $$ and I’ve gone through 3 cracked wheels in 12 months

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@RobGrieves @NBN_Australia Best I can get is 25/6mit when it’s not raining with never ending delays to FTTC dispite the trenching and cabling being pulled a year ago

[mitsuri @0xmitsurii]

Some of Apple's earliest employees talking about Steve Jobs.

[Sam Yeats @samuelyeats]

@Forbes My Tesla has been driving itself for 90%+ of my 2 hour commute for almost 10 years straight, and it only gets better, human-ai combo is safer than just me @elonmusk