Travis Dailey

Running marketing for B2B healthcare tech brands at families tell stories for generations at

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@danielzarick Yo Daniel, Long time no talk. Been doing this for clients and my own side projects.

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@davidsenra Love it

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Looking forward to this pod with Rubin.

Curious how David is going to spin a Ramp ad out of it.

[David Senra @davidsenra]

This conversation with @RickRubin is special. Here's a 2 minute preview that I’ve watched 15 times.

The episode will be out tomorrow:

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@thepatwalls Solo

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@_DennisBuckley Website/lander designs, ad creatives, marketing/sales collateral, social graphics, direct mail assets, and even conference assets (e.g., large backdrops, popup banners).

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Been using Pencil with Claude Code for several months. It's been great.

Started using Paper a week or so ago. Upgraded today. Highly recommend.

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@amirmxt Agreed, it’s a terrible practice that’s deployed with 0 repercussions for the card holder

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@_DennisBuckley thought of you when I read it

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Fingers crossed

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: 40% chance Tesla and SpaceX merge within the next year

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

We’re back baby.

Spent last week getting Codex working for my workflows.

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

Usage limits are up, effective today we're:

1) Doubling Claude Code's 5-hour limits for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans

2) Removing peak hours limit reduction on Claude Code for Pro and Max plans

3) Substantially raising our API rate limits for Opus models

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

https://t.co/t98wMeWWsb has a been helpful with my client work.

Moved from 10s of Ghostty windows (even more tabs) to a single window with all clients and multiple agents (Codex, Claudes).

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Solid marching orders.

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase:

Team,

Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future.

Why now
Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both.

First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth.

Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day.

All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core.

What this means
To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice?

- Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles.

- No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams.

- AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role.

In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs.

To those who are affected
I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done.

All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information.

To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements.

Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters.

How we move forward
To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together:

Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it.

The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission.

Brian

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

The battery level on Elons phone gives me anxiety

[NIK @ns123abc]

🚨 Altman texts Musk: "we offered you equity when we established the capped profit. you didn't want it at the time."

(Altman drafted this with Shivon Zilis, then sent it to Musk that night.)

OpenAI's lawyers' plan was to use this to argue Musk's lawsuit is competitive warfare — he was offered for-profit equity, refused only because he wanted control.

Musk on the stand today:

>"How can I have equity in a non-profit?"

That single sentence inverts the defense exhibit.

If OpenAI offered Musk equity, OpenAI was already operating like a for-profit. Musk refusing the equity proves he understood the original charter.

And in the same text, Altman wrote: "I personally have no equity and never have."

Two years later, it was revealed Altman secretly owned the OpenAI Startup Fund.

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Owner is an impressive company to watch

[Adam Guild @adamguild]

Introducing Grader: the world's first AI CMO for restaurants.

It’s helped us drive over $1 BILLION in sales for our customers.

Grader outperforms human marketing teams. See how:

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Definition of you can just do things

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Allbirds $BIRD stock rises over 420% after announcing shift from shoes to AI.

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Andersen has some of the best print marketing.

The below version and their long form sales letters are gold standards.

Much better than the postcard versions their competitors send out.

[HVAC SEO @HVACSEO]

If I’m doing a mailing campaign, I’m making it stand out. This is a good example. It made me pause to read before throwing out when sorting.

If it makes me pause, it’s making other people become leads

[Jack Lindsey @Jack_W_Lindsey]

Before limited-releasing Claude Mythos Preview, we investigated its internal mechanisms with interpretability techniques. We found it exhibited notably sophisticated (and often unspoken) strategic thinking and situational awareness, at times in service of unwanted actions. (1/14)

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

Still have to build Hubspot automations by hand which is annoying.

Come on Hubspot.

Let us build workflows and automated emails via API.

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

I rarely access the ui of many apps these days

Claude Code + API

- Google Ads
- Instantly
- Landers
- CRMs
- Marketing Automations

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

I rarely access the ui of many apps these days

Claude Code + API

- Google Ads
- Instantly
- Landers
- CRMs
- Marketing Automations

[Cody Schneider @codyschneider]

I can't express to you how useful a claude code with an .env file that contains the API key for your Instantly AI with 2,000 warmed inboxes
is

it's like test any GTM or PR idea at the speed of thought

I can test outbound motions

or test back link building ideas

or test PR placements

or test creator reach out

and then once you figure out something that works, you can just literally spin up an agent on a railway server that does that task for you

agents that just run email for you are the most underrated thing in your tool kit

stack is hypertide io, apollo io, millionverifier, instantly ai

[Travis Dailey @TravisDailey]

@ShaanVP send it