Sergio Paluch

VC at @betaboom--pre-seed and seed investments in original founders

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

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[Kalshi Finance @Kalshi_Finance]

Amazon just confirmed 16,000 layoffs but sources inside are telling me the real story is so much worse

Word from three different VPs: the 16K number is just "Phase One" - internal docs show another 14,000 cuts planned for Q2

A director in AWS walked me through their new "efficiency matrix" - entire teams being replaced by 2-3 senior engineers running Claude Sonnet workflows

The Alexa division got completely hollowed out. 847 engineers two months ago. 23 remaining after this week. All hardware development moved to a Bangalore team of 31 contractors with Cursor access

Here's the sick part: they're making the outgoing engineers document their entire decision-making process into "knowledge transfer sessions" that are being recorded and fed directly into training datasets

One L7 told me he spent his final two weeks creating detailed prompt libraries and workflow documentation. Thought he was being helpful for the transition

Turns out he was literally training the AI agent that replaced his entire org

The contractors offshore are using his exact prompts and shipping features 40% faster than his old team of 12 Americans ever did

Internal Slack shows leadership celebrating "operational excellence" while badges get deactivated in real-time

They're calling it "right-sizing for the AI era" in the all-hands

But the P&L sheets I'm seeing show $280M in salary savings this quarter alone

The knowledge extraction is complete

If you're still at Amazon and haven't started job hunting, you're already dead

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@AlfieJCarter CLAUDE

Def interested to test :)

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@felixleezd So true. I the age when anything can be built or copied overnight, craftsmanship (along with brand and distribution) will be everything!

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@ishaansehgal True, but the defensibility conundrum extends to all competitors, big and small.

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@KateClarkTweets Congrats Kate!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

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[Jonathan Nez @NezForAZ]

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This race will decide the House majority .

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[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@StephenKing THE MOST ENTERTAINING POSTS OF ALL TIME IN ANY PART OF THE UNIVERSE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@YourAnonNews Read this, and you’ll understand everything

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@McFaul Read this, and you’ll understand everything

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

AWS’ new service tackles AI hallucinations https://t.co/Au9hWS1OhR

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@jefielding BTW, the accelerator that you mentioned.. are you talking about Forum Ventures?

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@jefielding Yes, we're working on an updated list for 2025 as we speak!

[Neil Patel @neilpatel]

Here’s the difference in conversion rates from a form with just 1 field to one with 9+ fields.

Even though more fields decrease conversions, if you don’t ask for enough information, you won’t be able to qualify your leads properly.

You have to find the right balance.

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@mwseibel Me too..

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

Super interesting read about #ZombieFunds--VC funds that are still operating but basically out of money and not investing.

How Zombie Funds are eating startups: https://t.co/cZJRm0Ms9y

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@wawiranjiru @SkollFoundation @Food4Education Wow!! Congratulations!! So well-deserved!

[Sergio Paluch @sergbeta]

@sbyrnes @robustus According to a @barronsonline article referencing a research study, most crypto investors have lost money: https://t.co/U4J8WLCVSy

[New Media Ventures @newmediaventure]

A highlight of #upfrontsummit Day One: @therealfreada calling out the blatant racism current @kaporcapital Managing Partners Brian Dixon and @unolil experienced from a potential LP while raising their fund.