Just took my first Waymo from Union Square to 3 Embarcadero Centre. Hands down, this was the most magical experience I've had in SF!
I felt completely safe sitting next to a driverless seat.
๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ The car carefully checks pedestrian lanes
๐๏ธ always stops to let other vehicles like motorbikes pass first
๐ฆ Itโs 100% compliant with traffic lights ๐ฃ๏ธ even optimizes lane choices while on the move.
A personal bonus for me was I didnโt have to engage in any small talk at all. There were zero safety concerns related to human drivers, and so far, no unwanted odors either. I could actually concentrate on my work when needed.
The only draw back: it took over 15mins to pick me up and sf was coooold today ๐คง
@sidbr0@pritika_mehta Omg, me too! Just DM'd you, Pritika. I'm new to the Bay Area and recently chatted to a founder who also feels that the South Bay engineers/founders seem so much more chill (if not slacking) than those in SF. I love to get to know the community better.
@BasileGSenesi zero-effort rewards network that uses open banking data to automate offline retail loyalty and get consumers rewarded 10x than credit cards at partner merchants
Imagine chatGPT searches, summarizes, and create content from knowledge databases like academic journal articles. What a noise-cancelling, supercharged learning experience that will be โบ๏ธ. #ChatGPT
@paulg It was so fun that I didnโt realize half a day was gone. The best part was I was able to research various topics I had in mind while generating high quality copywriting at the same time. The productivity gain was insane.
Spent 2 days at a16z in SF. #TimeToBuild captured all there is to me in building a technology startup. The feasibility and value of new technology will remain unknown till someone builds it, demonstrates it and inspires the market of how to use it.
@danfaggella Loving your AI in Banking -> Business content since 2020 @danfaggella . What do you see are some common Go-to-market strategies for enterprise AI startups? Did you see patterns in how startups get their first 1-5 enterprise customers?
One benefit of founding companies with PhDs is I get communication skills trained by people who successfully ground through making bulletproof arguments.