@swyx
it’s @FanaHOVA’s balloon day! 4 years ago I started the /dev/invest discord to talk about devtools angel investing during covid. he immediately started helping mentor and advise other investors and became a moderator 3 years ago I started Latent Space to write about the rise of GenAI broadly 2.5 years ago we started the @LatentSpacePod to get more tokens from the researchers and engineers leading the space 2 years ago he booked George Hotz, our first big breakout episode and backed @smol_ai which is now transitioning into its next phase tba 1.5 years ago he made the Forbes 30u30 list and backed @jeremyphoward’s Answer AI and @mlejva’s E2B (and theres other co’s i cant name haha) 1 year ago he was one of the first to build an o1 demo in our 🍓 meetup cohosted with @edwinarbus and @romainhuet! we also interviewed the Minister of Technology of Singapore 0.5 years ago we interviewed @btaylor, another huge pod, and Alessio’s chat with Clay Bavor at AIE is one of the most popular for the new AI Architects role emerging. we’re embarking on a new journey soon in SF, with Latent Space incorporating and getting a physical space inside Kernel Labs, the new ai incubator-studio that Alessio has started. if you are talented and dont have a set startup idea but want to work with smart people and good vibes at the heart of AI Engineering, reach out to him!