Just had both my grand dads call me back to back, and talk to me for not more than a minute each, and in their own ways, check on me n tell me they wanna see me soon. Wow 🫠
We recently added a job board to Hard Problems, which has great design jobs related to health, climate, and education all around the world. I think it's already one of the best job boards around for designers who want to make a positive impact. Please RT. https://t.co/iBBirVbpvf
@millsbaker Such an honest job posting. And although my portfolio isn’t fully up to date with my current works, here’s what I have from before AI took over (this past year) and I’ve since been able to actually ship code with claude:))) https://t.co/DUWOdgwdaa
IRL is going to crush AI over the next 5 years.
In the last 3 months, $750M+ in capital was deployed on "anti-AI" bets.
Big players are doubling down on their investments in events, experiences and in-person connection.
Here's what I'm seeing:
@cornerapp, a social map app for Gen Z, has grown to 60K+ users helping people curate and share places to meet IRL—"Google Maps but social." Everyone ik in NYC loves them.
@partiful, @poshvip_, and @LumaHQ have raised a combined $60M and are exploding. Partiful hit 500K+ MAU, Posh hit 6 million registered users, and Luma has over 2 million users signing up for events.
Harvard alum @aidaxbaradari just launched @be_inaudible, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings and keep IRL conversations private.
@mcuban made a massive bet, investing in Burwoodland, a NYC-based live-events company behind IRL experiences in the US, Canada, and Europe.
Former COO and CPO of Hinge officially launched Rodeo to help people spend more time IRL with friends.
@a16z keeps doubling down on IRL via investments and a16z Build — a dinner series and community for founders / operators figuring out their next move. @nazzari, @katiekirsch, @eriktorenberg.
Billion-dollar companies are paying $$$ for community and events leads:
- @AnthropicAI: Events Lead - $320k
- @Substack: Events Lead - $190k
- @VaynerMedia: Head of Experiential - $250k
- @Spotify: Global Experiential & Content - $175k
- @BiltRewards: Director of Events & Experiences - $150k
Investors are pouring billions of dollars into AI.
But smart money is quietly deploying millions into IRL at the same time.
a16z backs both OpenAI and Partiful. ElevenLabs and Substack.
The nuance is - it's not AI vs. IRL.
It's that the more we live online, the more premium real-life connection becomes.
They're not competing investments.
They're a hedge on each other.
@eventbrite@eventbritehelp what is up with your sign in flow? I was trying to attend a virtual event yesterday and just couldn’t get in. The google log in was in loop 🔁 select account and back to login. 🥲 I missed the whole event.