#startups

Builders overvalue Twitter (imo). X has a high creator-to-consumer ratio. i.e. X is mostly creators talking to creators. Your average consumer is on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook.

Kacie Ahmed argues that builders overvalue X because its audience skews heavily toward creators talking to other creators, while ordinary consumers spend more time on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. A useful reminder to pick distribution channels by actual customer behavior, not founder peer visibility.

People at major AI labs (using internal models) 3-4 months ahead of startup silicon valley engineers SV founders/eng 3-6 months ahead of NY NY founders/eng 6-12 months ahead of rest of world Most people have no idea how fast AI shifting as 1-2 years behind SOTA "The future is

Elad Gil argues that AI capability awareness is highly uneven: internal model users at major labs are months ahead of Silicon Valley builders, who are ahead of other startup hubs, leaving many people one to two years behind state of the art. Useful as a zeitgeist marker about the pace and uneven diffusion of AI tooling.