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Boring Quinn's avatar

Peter Thiel having only one pitch deck from 2012 that people still analyze is peak 'show your work once and let it speak forever' energy

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Chris Tottman's avatar

Great observation!

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Boring Quinn's avatar

Thanks ❤

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Dennis Berry's avatar

Will be interesting to see what Yann LeCun puts together. I really don't think there will be an Ai bubble the way everybody thinks like BOOM, big burst, but just constant changing.

PLUS, I think that all the Ai creators are going to hit a brick wall because there will be nothing proprietary, just lots of prompt sharing.

What do you think?

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Chris Tottman's avatar

I think that Apps will become like content ie audience overwhelm as app creation goes to zero time & cost - particularly for simple use cases in traditional software markets. I think the AI bubble has echoes of the telco boom & bust of the .com boom and bust of 2001. Isolated into certain sub categories vs main street contagion.

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Luis Sousa's avatar

Very interesting, specially seeing Europe on the forefront of the AI application layer

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Chris Tottman's avatar

Some incredible companies coming down the European track in the app layer ✨ keep an eye out for Cogna & Aikido 🌟

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Sharyph's avatar

It's fascinating to see how fast Europe is moving in the AI application layer

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Chris Tottman's avatar

Lots happening. Very quickly. Even in the infrastructure layer like ElevenLabs ✨

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Sam Illingworth's avatar

Thanks team, this is a great curation! The LeCun news story is huge for me, as I am really excited to see what he does next. One of the very few remaining voices of reason in BigTech, and now he has gone too...

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Chris Tottman's avatar

"gone to....." himself! Yep. This is going to be interesting to follow 🍿

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Suhrab Khan's avatar

The Founders Corner’s roundup does a great job connecting macro trends, like AI infrastructure and European tech growth, with actionable insights for founders and investors navigating capital and tooling decisions.

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Chris Tottman's avatar

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated 👍

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Passport Inspiration's avatar

Zero based calendaring a must when traveling and working, that is a great concept, stuck out above everything to us, also the audience first a16z approach is interesting given the industry

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Chris Tottman's avatar

It was driven into me 30 years ago as a kid in sales that every hour or block is accounted for aligned to critical tasks - we called it a modular diary. Ie "Pick up the phone" might be 8.30am to 11.30am. "Demos" might be 12pm to 2pm. "Prep" "Working Lunch" Etc. Thanks for sharing your thoughts 💭

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Passport Inspiration's avatar

you're welcome

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Nazanin Bigdeli's avatar

Very interesting article. Thank you.

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Chris Tottman's avatar

My pleasure ⭐ glad you liked it. This one is jam packed 🤓

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James Barringer's avatar

Love this … have you come across GiANT?

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Chris Tottman's avatar

No. Please tell me more .... 🤓

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