Excited to announce a new steward for USB Club. A big day for memory, for connection, for shared presence.
Grateful to everyone that continues to make it a meaningful place to belong.
Today we're launching Era and announcing $11M in funding.
We're building the intelligence layer for a new ecosystem of AI devices — the platform that lets any device manufacturer, brand, designer, or creator make objects that think, respond, and act in their own style.
We're entering a Cambrian explosion — new form factors, new creators, new objects worth desiring. Made by people who've never had the tools to make them, before today.
Welcome to the new Era.
Backed by @AbstractVC, @BoxGroup, @topology_vc, @betaworks, @CollaborativeFund, @MozillaVentures, and @AIResidency.
A Waymo headed to the sunset brought me to the weatherspace of a new kind of labor which I call,
Generative Pressure:
the work of introducing, managing, and pushing context in a material-less space.
Just came across this
Cool to hear @jacksondahl & @broskoski from @AREdotNA bringing up Norm & I on @DialecticPod
On blending art + business in real decisions
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This week, with @mozilla and @usbclub we launched https://t.co/fPlTpkcnV6 - a speculative design piece exploring the potential of local LLMs for protecting and preserving our precious family memories, stories and heritage.
Explore the research here →
& read on 🧵
AI could help preserve the next millennium of family heritage — but only if those memories stay at home.
Today we’re releasing https://t.co/G57TmSjRu4, a speculative design project by @usbclub and garden3d, co-presented with the Mozilla Foundation.
Hardware isn’t slow because it’s hard.
It’s slow because it’s far away.
Shenzhen. A new hardware class. Shorter feedback loops.
Record of Thought 006:
↓ "Signal to Source" ↓
The last couple months we've been working with @usbclub to compile our research into the feasibility and design thinking around building hardware devices running local LLMs. We just published the piece on Substack, but here's the seed that got us started:
https://t.co/fDQ2cquW3C
Record of Thought: Augmenting Education
A new set of ingredients for campuses and careers.
An adaptation of our talk at FWB Fest, where we unpack our approach to pedagogy.
With a glimpse into the beginning of my self-directed MBA journey.