Francis Wong @packeted

Physician, Berkeley MBA/MPH, Stanford Biodesign Fellow, co-founder & CEO @auricleneuro (YC W21) working on a next generation cochlear implant franciswong.com Oakland, California Joined June 2009

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Thomas Oxley @tomoxl

5 months ago

Implantable BCI company? Not for the faint hearted. It’s ~ 15+ years. Control your burn if early. You can’t spend to accelerate safety. (Below, “clinical” means fully implantable technology stack and company sponsored trial) Assumptions based on class 3 PMA stories and looking…

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Loren Taylor @lorenmtaylor

6 months ago

No one understands the challenges of raising a family in Oakland more than my wife, Erica. As a mother, she feels the weight of the crime, the trash, and the fear that so many parents in our city carry every single day. This isn’t just political for us, it’s deeply personal.…

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Francis Wong @packeted

6 months ago

Being an Oaklander means coming to terms with the dissonance of living in one of the most vibrant, beautiful and temperate cities in the world that too often feels like a lawless dystopia. It doesn't need to be this way - let's turn it around and vote @lorenmtaylor for mayor

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Francis Wong @packeted

7 months ago

I'll be voting for @lorenmtaylor in the Oakland mayor election 4/15. He's shown dedication to Oakland with competence & integrity we desperately need. His platform is the right prescription 2 get the city back on its feet & on a path to its incredible potential, oh and Go Bears!

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Francis Wong @packeted

8 months ago

DeepSeek's game-changing and open sourced R1 model and the sentiment of what I'm seeing on rednote makes me proud of my half Chinese genes. I hope this continued work will encourage more mutual respect and collaboration between the US and China, it would be wonderful to see!

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Francis Wong @packeted

8 months ago

Trump is doing what he does best, trolling the crypto crowd for what they mostly are, a bunch of multi-level marketers. He's speedrunning the crypto agenda of his presidency to zero, so he can focus on more important things.

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Francis Wong @packeted

2 years ago

Quite impressed with @Apple Vision Pro so far! The clarity of the display is amazing, although the pass-through for indoor lighting and nearby objects could be better. Extending Mac screen is flawless and the audio is excellent. Playing Chess is a surreal experience vs Quest 2.

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Jessica Livingston @jesslivingston

2 years ago

Get ready because the next season of the Social Radars is about to start! Here’s a clip of the new Brian Chesky episode we're releasing tomorrow.

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Paul Graham @paulg

2 years ago

I just invested in Auricle, which is creating a promising alternative to cochlear implants. I asked them what their success rate was with investors who suffered from hearing loss or had a family member who did, and they said 100%. They know. ycombinator.com/companies/auri…

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Daniel Kraft, MD @daniel_kraft

2 years ago

Devastating impact of #GunViolence: 3 wks ago, 8 yr old Asa (the son of a friend) was struck by a stray bullet on a freeway in Oakland. He’s alive, but completely paralyzed below the neck. A @gofundme is helping support costs of his care. Let's help Asa gofund.me/ae79ee81