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@indexventures prev: @lightspeedvp @harvard @thecrimson @juilliardschool New York, NY Joined July 2021-
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The web’s next user isn’t human. AIs will soon use the internet far more than humans ever have. At Parallel, we are building for the web’s second user. Our API is the first to surpass humans and all leading AI models (including GPT-5) on deep web research tasks.
Index Ventures are the most impressive firm in venture today. They have more partners who have picked fund returners than any other firm. Figma ($59BN): @dannyrimer Revolut ($75BN): @martinmignot Adyen ($44BN) & Robinhood ($82BN): @janatindex Scale ($14.9BN): @mavolpi Wiz…
Index Ventures are the most impressive firm in venture today. They have more partners who have picked fund returners than any other firm. Figma ($59BN): @dannyrimer Revolut ($75BN): @martinmignot Adyen ($44BN) + Robinhood ($82BN): @janatindex Scale (14.9BN): @mavolpi…
I’m not an investor in $FIG, so this isn’t me making it about myself. This is about Dylan, and hopefully it serves as inspiration. That if you put in the work and consistently show up, you’re already doing more than most of your peers. And maybe someday you’ll ring the bell at…
Index is the most underrated firm in venture right now. They have returned $8.78BN+ on 3 deals in the last 6 months: Figma: 16.8% (potential $25BN IPO): $4.2BN Wiz: 12-13% ($32BN acquisition): $4BN Scale AI: 2% ($29BN post money acquisition price): $580M Total: $8.78BN (wow…
Index Ventures doesn’t get enough credit. Largest shareholder in Wiz, second largest in Scale AI, largest in Figma, all are generational >$15b exits within 4 months. Top 3 VC firm globally, and arguably #1 IMO due to the consistency in fund size and returns they put out
The team is the thesis
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session #2 of the NYC AI Reading Group w/ @qw3rtman @willccbb is in order! > where: @haizelabs hq > when: thursday 5/29 @ 7:30 pm > what: sft memorizes, rl generalizes: a comparative study of foundation model post-training > who: awesome people like yourself :^) > also:…
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inaugural nyc ai reading group meeting fully packed room with many more on the waitlist… on a sunday morning bullish 🚀 🗽 @leonardtang_ @willccbb @qw3rtman
There’s no place better than NYC right now
My Weekly AI Reading List Part 1 AI is evolving faster than ever, with new breakthroughs and creative applications surfacing every day. Here’s a curated selection of some of the most interesting developments and threads this week!

Gaby Goldberg @gaby_goldberg
80K Followers 3K Following Forward Deployed Member of the Non-Technical Staff https://t.co/RoVLmvUt3j. Writing https://t.co/Qjs6An95TF.
Scott Sunarto @smsunarto
25K Followers 4K Following founder/ceo @ArgusLabs_, (traumatized by) distributed systems, prev @Berkeley_EECS
Bruno F | Magna @Bfaviero
21K Followers 7K Following 🇺🇸 Founder @magna_digital (YC W22) Token vesting, airdrops, custody ($10B+ TVL). Prev: Product/AI @PalantirTech, 2x AI founder (acq by Palantir), MIT CS grad
em herrera 🌃 @emilyhxrrera
36K Followers 5K Following I run https://t.co/hT5UCqsEgX | Exec Director @ https://t.co/rURzTAu7IB | Advisor, Creators @stanford | prev @slow @nightmedia_ | Creators & Capital
Joe @0x_Osprey
11K Followers 1K Following Picotransaction Enthusiast/Signature Salesman @WitnessCo_ - Crypto Accelerationist - Advisor @Maven11Capital - Prev @hiFramework - Tweets are sarcasm/NFA
Mercedes Bent @mercebent
19K Followers 803 Following Building smthng new. Venture Partner @Lightspeedvp💁🏾♀️ @Stori_MX @investwithAtlas @Beek_io @Fidu_La @getHoneylove. Consumer. Fintech. SciFi.
Amber Yang @theamberyang
13K Followers 1K Following partner @lightspeedvp. cs + physics alum @stanford👩🏻💻
anand iyer @ai
45K Followers 712 Following Decentralizing AI · Managing partner Canonical · Venture Partner Lightspeed · Core Contributor Few Shot · Father · Husband
Andrew Yeung @andruyeung
60K Followers 694 Following throwing tech parties @meetfibe + investing in early-stage founders | fmr product @google @meta
Jeffrey Wang @jeffreygwang
5K Followers 1K Following Researcher @OpenAI, working on pretraining & reasoning. Previously (and perhaps again) CS/Math/English @Harvard.
jess lozano schmitt @JessLozanoS
39K Followers 5K Following ~something new~ prev. airplanes @JetBlueVentures | MSc Business Analytics | all opinions are (unfortunately) my own
BlockchainBrett @web3brett
19K Followers 4K Following Investing in Consumer Crypto @1confirmation cofounder @palmtreecrypto
Rahul Rana @rrana03_
6K Followers 1K Following Investor, Solari Cap & CoS @SALTConference / Writer @NotBoringCo + Author, Making Moonshots / prev @Lux_Capital + @GeneralAtlantic + @ArcadiaScience
Sreeram Kannan @sreeramkannan
43K Followers 6K Following Founder @EigenLayer ($20B+ AUM protocol) • Verifiable Cloud for the Agentic Era (backed by a16z) • Ex-Prof @UW: Genomics, AI & Info Theory.
Travers @travers00
430 Followers 1K Following // collecting things for the memory bank // building a parallel web for AIs // https://t.co/IqezL0ZBU9
BlancheSimon @7o9Et5N8F7eMD7
11 Followers 1K Following
Summer @Ievemo807
46 Followers 1K Following
Dookarv @Dookarv2879
52 Followers 1K Following
Jennifer Strybel @RealVasque
276 Followers 3K Following SEVP, chief operating Officer,HSBC Bank UK PLC
PrincessHarperBaker @Oliner155077
20 Followers 2K Following Rising above the challenges Living with purpose
Gaurav @gragtah
9K Followers 3K Following 🔨 LLMs & open-source AI https://t.co/KC5a1dIPP1. Prev- Google, Yelp, Klout, SlideShare; built ThisYaThat. TED res. CS/linguistics/math @Columbia @ColgateUniv. Pun-jabi.
TuringPost @TheTuringPost
77K Followers 13K Following Newsletter exploring AI&ML - AI 101, Agentic Workflow, Business insights. From ML history to AI trends. Led by @kseniase_ Know what you are talking about👇🏼
Sarah Sachs @sarahmsachs
752 Followers 479 Following AI Modeling lead @NotionHQ. Prev @robinhoodapp, @googlemaps Full-time momager to my labradoodle, Ruby.
SamGuanming @SamGuanming
1 Followers 71 Following Believing that the future belongs to robots continues to create real value
Jordan Smith @TheAntiTechBro
4 Followers 26 Following
AndreaPound @A8n1z670pD5eW
0 Followers 245 Following
Daniel Van Cleave @Dan_Van_Cleave
157 Followers 2K Following Developer focused on the future of Robotics
Mia @Femim330
27 Followers 949 Following
Mandy Lim @Giobbncstark
680 Followers 4K Following If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.
VictoriaRoger @4D4wkHP805VZflv
11 Followers 610 Following
Hide @hide_jp_br
429 Followers 2K Following Throwing random thoughts on startup and venture capital | Working at a venture capital fund in U.S | Masters in Entrepreneurship
蓉 李 @0xretire
54 Followers 4K Following
Sunday Relish @SundayRelish
46 Followers 405 Following I look forward to collaborating on groundbreaking solutions in the cryptosphere! @mexexchange
LilLuluBunny @Tiemarn891716
28 Followers 2K Following "The greatest privilege in medicine is being trusted to care for someone's life."
Vincent Weisser @vincentweisser
24K Followers 4K Following @primeintellect ceo / open superintelligence & infra / automating ai & science
Belle 🦧 @BelleNichatornT
482 Followers 702 Following Growth Lead 🔮 @hyperbolic_labs | Fellow @generalcatalyst | Prev @panteracapital 🐆 | @calblockchain @xcelerator
manta. | Opsoon @mantadefi
732 Followers 3K Following thinking @opsinfinance. Duerme, vuela, reposa: ¡También se muere el mar!
FotografieNerd @warMEhN1s0drG
11 Followers 715 Following
Dido @mutigsol
324 Followers 6K Following Digital Marketer | Freelance | SEO | Domain Investor| Crypto investor
Inevitable Enterprise... @InevitableEnter
3 Followers 20 Following looking out for every political activity with niche analysis
divyasshree @divyasshree_
108 Followers 1K Following First user/tester at @bitquery_io Samples https://t.co/IWZk9YPOIz MSM @UofIllinois, ex - @VMware
JillGeorge @33a1y094mHup4c
66 Followers 2K Following
Drago @DragoXBT
973 Followers 7K Following Explorer | @UnidentifiedDao @StressCapitals @FrensPods | Fiat voluntas tua.
Vleiefie @Vleiefie89973
45 Followers 2K Following
RK_Serenity @RK_serenity
84 Followers 658 Following
Iquiausee @Iquiausee10837
14 Followers 903 Following
Neil Band @neilbband
1K Followers 702 Following PhD student @StanfordAILab @StanfordNLP @Stanford advised by Tatsunori Hashimoto and Tengyu Ma. Prev: @OATML_Oxford @CompSciOxford
VWAP_Strategy🇺🇸 @Gidead2986
34 Followers 2K Following 15-30% Monthly | 2 High-Conviction Stocks.Short-Term Gains: 15-20% in Days/Weeks.DM "JOIN" for WhatsApp Alerts. Live Trade Signals • Market Analysis
Leona @zrU2I7F0ioNqy
14 Followers 880 Following I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
FibLevelsPro🇺🇸 @Houbar3179964
44 Followers 2K Following 15-30% Monthly | 2 High-Conviction Stocks.Short-Term Gains: 15-20% in Days/Weeks.DM "JOIN" for WhatsApp Alerts. Live Trade Signals • Market Analysis
EthelDunbar @64jEKLqB3euvT9
30 Followers 1K Following
Domains For Sale @Webs_ForSale
2K Followers 1K Following #Web #Forsale #Domain #DomainsForSale #PremiumDomain #Brand #Startup #Biz #ForSale #BuyNow #MakeOffer 👉 DM If You Need Any.
Mike Dudas @mdudas
184K Followers 835 Following crypto investor @6thManVentures // co-founder @theblock__ @linksdao
david phelps @divine_economy
74K Followers 973 Following cofounder @jokerace_io write on web3 @ https://t.co/SxoZmGADyy angel https://t.co/1bRybuBYWV
Justine Moore @venturetwins
128K Followers 984 Following Partner @a16z AI 🤖 and twin to @omooretweets | Investor in @elevenlabsio, @krea_ai, @bfl_ml, @hedra_labs, @WaveFormsAI, @ViggleAI, & more
Gaby Goldberg @gaby_goldberg
80K Followers 3K Following Forward Deployed Member of the Non-Technical Staff https://t.co/RoVLmvUt3j. Writing https://t.co/Qjs6An95TF.
Georgios Konstantopou... @gakonst
144K Followers 2K Following very greek accent. general partner & cto @paradigm. ceo @ithacaxyz. optimist and rustacean 🦀 // team lead of reth, foundry, alloy. join us.
Scott Sunarto @smsunarto
25K Followers 4K Following founder/ceo @ArgusLabs_, (traumatized by) distributed systems, prev @Berkeley_EECS
Vance Spencer @pythianism
126K Followers 7K Following Co-founder @hiframework. Tweets not financial advice. Views my own.
Tarun Chitra @tarunchitra
76K Followers 6K Following ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ♪♬ @gauntlet_xyz/@robotventures/@aerafinance/@thelatestindefi/@_choppingblock/@zeroknowledgefm // main: @guilleangeris
alli @sonofalli
22K Followers 2K Following building @v0 @vercel | prev @variantfund | occasionally funny | 💍 @brextonpham
Bruno F | Magna @Bfaviero
21K Followers 7K Following 🇺🇸 Founder @magna_digital (YC W22) Token vesting, airdrops, custody ($10B+ TVL). Prev: Product/AI @PalantirTech, 2x AI founder (acq by Palantir), MIT CS grad
Tom Schmidt >|< @tomhschmidt
39K Followers 4K Following Investing @dragonfly_xyz. Previously product @0xproject, ads product @facebook and @instagram. Vos debes periculum pro buccellatum.
em herrera 🌃 @emilyhxrrera
36K Followers 5K Following I run https://t.co/hT5UCqsEgX | Exec Director @ https://t.co/rURzTAu7IB | Advisor, Creators @stanford | prev @slow @nightmedia_ | Creators & Capital
Matt Huang @matthuang
173K Followers 809 Following founder @paradigm, project lead @tempo, board member @stripe, building & investing at the frontier
Stuart Sul @stuart_sul
1K Followers 118 Following ml research @cursor_ai, cs @Stanford, mlsys @HazyResearch
Parag Agrawal @paraga
548K Followers 1K Following building https://t.co/KLxULH5Io7, device following @vintweeta
Dan Wang @danwwang
48K Followers 416 Following The secure transport of light: Investigating industry and technology at Hoover History Lab
SkalskiP @skalskip92
38K Followers 1K Following Open-source Lead @roboflow. VLMs. GPU poor. Dog person. Coffee addict. Dyslexic. | GH: https://t.co/dEmzMDGq5H | HF: https://t.co/4Lx1Yw34W7
Karthik Narasimhan @karthik_r_n
4K Followers 456 Following Professor@PrincetonCS, Research@SierraPlatform. Previously @OpenAI, @MIT_CSAIL, @iitmadras
will depue @willdepue
51K Followers 2K Following (taking time off) RL posttraining @openai, past: sora, applied research
Star History @StarHistoryHQ
2K Followers 9 Following The No.1 GitHub star history graph on the web. 👉Follow us to discover interesting repos curated by real humans (not 🤖️). Post daily (usually).
Malte Ubl @cramforce
42K Followers 854 Following Artificial General UI @Vercel CTO. Immigrant 🇺🇸/🇩🇪/acc
Farhan Thawar @fnthawar
27K Followers 12K Following FOLLOWS YOU. VP & Head of Eng @Shopify - Helpful (Acquired), Pivotal, Xtreme (Acquired), Microsoft, Trilogy, Waterloo. Everything you know is wrong! 🇨🇦/acc
Techmeme @Techmeme
423K Followers 972 Following Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web. This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit our site for full context.
Jesse Zhang @thejessezhang
7K Followers 197 Following Building gen AI agents for customer teams @DecagonAI
Osvald Nitski @OsvaldNitski
138 Followers 420 Following Canadian man living in SF, working at @mercor_ai | prev @nvidia, @scale_AI
Rohan Kodialam @KodialamRo
51 Followers 41 Following CEO at @getsphinx, previously AI research at Citadel and CSAIL
Ameya Jadhav @ameyajadhav_
2K Followers 395 Following @OpenAI & @neo | cs @stanford | prev @StanfordAILab @hackwithtrees
DailyPapers @HuggingPapers
6K Followers 3 Following Tweeting interesting papers submitted at https://t.co/rXX8x0HzXV. Submit your own at https://t.co/QhbJKXBd4Q, and link models/datasets/demos to it!
Denny Zhou @denny_zhou
22K Followers 540 Following Founded the Reasoning Team in Google Brain (now in the Gemini Core team of Google DeepMind). Build LLMs to reason. Opinions my own.
Naveen Rao @NaveenGRao
33K Followers 880 Following VP GenAI @Databricks. Former CEO/cofounder MosaicML & Nervana/IntelAI. Neuro + CS. I like to build stuff that will eventually learn how to build other stuff.
Grad @Grad62304977
7K Followers 2K Following
Brain Co @BrainCo_AI
1K Followers 7 Following We're building an AI platform and applications for the world’s largest and most important institutions.
Keshav Jindal @Keshavatearth
1K Followers 745 Following using twitter as a proxy to test out different personalities. Content & Code @bensbitesdaily
Akash Pasricha @akashpasricha
2K Followers 847 Following Host of TITV, The Information's Daily Tech News Show / reporter @theinformation / reach me: akash at theinformation dot com / made in @toronto 🍁
Sarah Sachs @sarahmsachs
752 Followers 479 Following AI Modeling lead @NotionHQ. Prev @robinhoodapp, @googlemaps Full-time momager to my labradoodle, Ruby.
Michael Zhang @mzhangio
2K Followers 520 Following cs phd @hazyresearch, @StanfordAILab. LLM reasoning, robustness, (r)efficiency
Crosby @crosbylegal
673 Followers 5 Following The AI Law Firm Built for Execution. Lawyer-assisted AI to review MSAs, DPAs and NDAs in under an hour.
Neil Band @neilbband
1K Followers 702 Following PhD student @StanfordAILab @StanfordNLP @Stanford advised by Tatsunori Hashimoto and Tengyu Ma. Prev: @OATML_Oxford @CompSciOxford
Hyung Won Chung @hwchung27
38K Followers 302 Following AI Research Scientist @Meta Superintelligence Labs. Past: @OpenAI / @Google Brain / PhD @MIT
Micky 🐸 @mickymalka
19K Followers 1K Following Entrepreneur at heart investor by trade. Better money makes life better -Ribbit Capital-
Ivan Zhao @ivanhzhao
56K Followers 2K Following CEO @NotionHQ. LEGO for software. Tools for thought. https://t.co/D246L7CmX5
Ramp Labs @RampLabs
1K Followers 1 Following
Jared Sleeper @JaredSleeper
9K Followers 855 Following Partner @avenir_growth, where I invest in startups. Honorary head of data science. Here to bring some analytical irreverence. Views my own.
Laurens van der Maate... @lvdmaaten
4K Followers 2K Following Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic. Ex-Meta. t-SNE. Llama 3. DenseNet. Web-scale weakly supervised vision. CrypTen.
Bill Chen @realchillben
2K Followers 573 Following @openai ; Prev @ycombinator @Retool @Meta ML @Columbia