Thato Brander 🚀

AI I Innovation | Technology 🇿🇦🇸🇪

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

I always knew I wanted to have an to have a positive impact on the world, that was my superhero complex, I never outgrew it. Growing up my grandma was an entrepreneur, I realized the true impact one could have. My mission became helping other entrepreneurs.

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

7/7 This isn’t an untested experiment. Prosus has been using this tech internally for 18 months, deploying 60,000 agents and 10,000 apps built by employees who don't code. Now, it's already in the hands of 5 million merchants and restaurants globally.
#AI #TechInnovation

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

1/7 @Naspers launches free, Anthropic-powered AI for South African businesses.

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

6/7 Data privacy is also a major focus here. Anything you or your team input into ToqanClaw stays entirely under your control. It operates in a secure environment and your business data will never be used to train third-party models. 🔒

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

13/ This thread was inspired by Venkat Subramaniam’s brilliant talk, "It AI n't What You Think!"

#GenerativeAI #SoftwareEngineering #Future #SouthAfrica #TechJobs #Tech4Africans #TechForGood

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

Thread: How to Survive the AI Revolution 🧵

1/ AI isn’t what you think it is.

We are caught in a classic historical trap: part fascinated, part terrified. But every great "revolution" in human history was actually just an evolution that finally reached a tipping point.

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

10/ "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, It is the one most adaptable to change."

If your job is just typing code, you are a highly paid typist, and that job will disappear. If your job is problem-solving and critical thinking, you are irreplaceable. Skill up.

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

We weren't busier; we just let ourselves get rewired.

How we spend time (1990-2026):

1921 - radio arrives 📻
1952 - TV takes over 📺
1998 - Internet goes mainstream ����
2007 - Smartphone arrives 📲
2010 - social media popularises 📈
2018 - tiktok era begins 🎥
2019 - lockdown ☣️

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

I explored how this brand is harnessing AI models to revolutionize fashion and what it means for the future
Here’s how it’s changing the game:

https://t.co/PiuFPDIuLd

#Innovation #Futureofwork #AIinFashion #AI

[Thato Brander 🚀 @ThatoVc]

The fashion world just changed forever.

One brand is pushing the boundaries by using AI models — and it's rewriting the rules of fashion as we know it.