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#‪Billionaires are a Crime Against Humanity‬

‪@7islucky.bsky.social‬

@statuscoupnews.bsky.social

#VentureCapitalist uses own #Child as #Living #Bloodbag #TechBro #Thiel #Politics

https://youtu.be/fccFUQ54KVE?

#‪Billionaires are a Crime Against Humanity‬

‪@7islucky.bsky.social‬

@statuscoupnews.bsky.social

#VentureCapitalist uses own #Child as #Living #Bloodbag #TechBro #Thiel #Politics

https://youtu.be/fccFUQ54KVE?

@identity

Thats what Ive been learning. Saw that writing on the wall a year ago if not earlier.

Of course the SaaS dealers were dumping tokens at probably 10% of what they cost. Thats the #venturecapitalist playbook. Get people hooked, raise rates to stupid costs cause you can, watch people suffer with #LLM induced #braindrain

Ive been putting together tooling that allows local LLM operation. Its slower right now, but it runs on my machines and does a decent job.

I knew companies would set up their own LLM racks. And as a senior systems engineer, im learning exactly that with cost and performance in mind.

@identity

Thats what Ive been learning. Saw that writing on the wall a year ago if not earlier.

Of course the SaaS dealers were dumping tokens at probably 10% of what they cost. Thats the #venturecapitalist playbook. Get people hooked, raise rates to stupid costs cause you can, watch people suffer with #LLM induced #braindrain

Ive been putting together tooling that allows local LLM operation. Its slower right now, but it runs on my machines and does a decent job.

I knew companies would set up their own LLM racks. And as a senior systems engineer, im learning exactly that with cost and performance in mind.

What other public companies will be taken control of by majority shares by vampiric VC firms to turn into AI pump and dump schemes. What an economy.

#ai #venturecapitalist #economy

What other public companies will be taken control of by majority shares by vampiric VC firms to turn into AI pump and dump schemes. What an economy.

#ai #venturecapitalist #economy

Let's just face facts. The #EU is run by a bunch of neo liberals who want to "copy [their] way to success" by emulating the #SiliconValley #banksters.

The #omnibus package was a way of trying to reset digital liberties so that #Europe too can set up predatory #VentureCapitalist schemes to create another Silicon Valley.

They don't have a creative bone in their bodies.

Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights

Let's just face facts. The #EU is run by a bunch of neo liberals who want to "copy [their] way to success" by emulating the #SiliconValley #banksters.

The #omnibus package was a way of trying to reset digital liberties so that #Europe too can set up predatory #VentureCapitalist schemes to create another Silicon Valley.

They don't have a creative bone in their bodies.

Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights

Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob’s massive net worth, lavish lifestyle, and multi million dollar estate across the country | NBA News https://www.rawchili.com/nba/510356/ #Basketball #GoldenState #GoldenStateWarriors #GoldenState #GoldenStateWarriors #JoeLacob #NBA #NetWorth #StephenCurry #VentureCapitalist #Warriors

Soso, #Nexthink an eine US-amerikanische Firma zu verkaufen ist also ein grosser Erfolg.

Fühlt sich irgendwie falsch an.

Der Einschub «Diese Transaktion wird viel Geld in die Region zurückbringen, das reinvestiert werden kann» finde ich nur halbwegs tröstlich. Aber hey, ich bin ja auch kein VC...

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/nexthink-schweizer-softwarefirma-fuer-3-milliarden-uebernommen-457395537488

#Schweiz #Ausverkauf #VentureCapitalist #Startup #Software

Soso, #Nexthink an eine US-amerikanische Firma zu verkaufen ist also ein grosser Erfolg.

Fühlt sich irgendwie falsch an.

Der Einschub «Diese Transaktion wird viel Geld in die Region zurückbringen, das reinvestiert werden kann» finde ich nur halbwegs tröstlich. Aber hey, ich bin ja auch kein VC...

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/nexthink-schweizer-softwarefirma-fuer-3-milliarden-uebernommen-457395537488

#Schweiz #Ausverkauf #VentureCapitalist #Startup #Software

Google AI picked up my definition of "data piggy" and I'm having conflicting feelings about it. Lol

#venturecapital #VentureCapitalist

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/data-piggy/

Google AI picked up my definition of "data piggy" and I'm having conflicting feelings about it. Lol

#venturecapital #VentureCapitalist

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/data-piggy/

@blogdiva @sarahtaber @sidereal
Referring to the Newsom item about venture capitalists for Kamala pushing anti progressive policies, it strikes me that 1) people think in terms of finite pies and 2) don’t really understand economics. I believe this is why these same Thiellites can’t relate to art unless it makes money.
#VentureCapitalist #VC

Bitcoin Will Replace U.S. Dollar In 10 Years, Says Billionaire VC Tim Draper - Within a decade, bitcoin will replace U.S. dollar dominance and become the standard curre... - https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-news/2025/05/13/bitcoin-will-replace-us-dollar-in-10-years-says-billionaire-vc-tim-draper #operationchokepoint #venturecapitalist #reservecurrency #coindesknews #timdraper #genetics #usdollar #bitcoin #feature #space #ai

Bitcoin Will Replace U.S. Dollar In 10 Years, Says Billionaire VC Tim Draper - Within a decade, bitcoin will replace U.S. dollar dominance and become the standard curre... - https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-news/2025/05/13/bitcoin-will-replace-us-dollar-in-10-years-says-billionaire-vc-tim-draper #operationchokepoint #venturecapitalist #reservecurrency #coindesknews #timdraper #genetics #usdollar #bitcoin #feature #space #ai

🚨 Alert, alert! 🚨 A venture capitalist predicts the internet's doom in 2004, comparing it to a perilous neighborhood filled with muggers and questionable morals. 👀 Because, obviously, everyone knows the best investment advice comes from someone who equates the web with getting held up by the same guy twice. 🤯📉
https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/netslum/ #internetdoom #venturecapitalist #investmentadvice #techprediction #2004mugging #comparison #questionablemorals #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Alert, alert! 🚨 A venture capitalist predicts the internet's doom in 2004, comparing it to a perilous neighborhood filled with muggers and questionable morals. 👀 Because, obviously, everyone knows the best investment advice comes from someone who equates the web with getting held up by the same guy twice. 🤯📉
https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/netslum/ #internetdoom #venturecapitalist #investmentadvice #techprediction #2004mugging #comparison #questionablemorals #HackerNews #ngated

Matt Mullenweg on the WPengine saga, nice to hear a direct explanation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F0PgMcKWM

Take home messages:
- WPengine is owned by venture capitalists Silverlake.
- This is a long running multi year effort to get Silverlake to contribute back
- They had the option to pay either with money OR by paying developers themselves to work on WordPress

#WordPress #WPEngine #VentureCapitalist #woocommerce

Matt Mullenweg on the WPengine saga, nice to hear a direct explanation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F0PgMcKWM

Take home messages:
- WPengine is owned by venture capitalists Silverlake.
- This is a long running multi year effort to get Silverlake to contribute back
- They had the option to pay either with money OR by paying developers themselves to work on WordPress

#WordPress #WPEngine #VentureCapitalist #woocommerce

Talent flocks to AI but ‘frothy’ market turns off VCs: Dragonfly Capital - Dragonfly Capital general partner Tom Schmidt urged crypto projects to c... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-crypto-talent-venture-dragonfly-capital-token-2049 #artificialintelligence #venturecapitalist #dragonflycapital #cryptoassets #interview #token2049

Talent flocks to AI but ‘frothy’ market turns off VCs: Dragonfly Capital - Dragonfly Capital general partner Tom Schmidt urged crypto projects to c... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-crypto-talent-venture-dragonfly-capital-token-2049 #artificialintelligence #venturecapitalist #dragonflycapital #cryptoassets #interview #token2049

So, in other words, suburban middle-class, and Yale-educated #JDVance, is a #chameleon, who play acts as a #Hillbilly, or #VentureCapitalist, or steely Marine, depending on the audience he's in front of.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/13/poornography-expert-says-jd-vance-a-classic-example-of-the-rich-trying-to-speak-for-the-poor_partner/

So, in other words, suburban middle-class, and Yale-educated #JDVance, is a #chameleon, who play acts as a #Hillbilly, or #VentureCapitalist, or steely Marine, depending on the audience he's in front of.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/13/poornography-expert-says-jd-vance-a-classic-example-of-the-rich-trying-to-speak-for-the-poor_partner/

>100 VCs endorsed MVP #KamalaHarris, a counterweight to [the supposed] #tech #billionaires backing #Trump [just the #TechBros].

#SiliconValley – traditionally seen as #liberal, but #Republicans won support from [some] *prominent industry figures*. They [pathetically] were bolstered by Trump's selection of [#MaleSupremacist] #JDVance, a fmr *#VentureCapitalist* [um, no, that’d be his patron #PeterThiel], as VP.

#Harris2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-than-100-venture-capitalists-throw-weight-behind-us-democrat-harris-2024-07-31/

>100 VCs endorsed MVP #KamalaHarris, a counterweight to [the supposed] #tech #billionaires backing #Trump [just the #TechBros].

#SiliconValley – traditionally seen as #liberal, but #Republicans won support from [some] *prominent industry figures*. They [pathetically] were bolstered by Trump's selection of [#MaleSupremacist] #JDVance, a fmr *#VentureCapitalist* [um, no, that’d be his patron #PeterThiel], as VP.

#Harris2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-than-100-venture-capitalists-throw-weight-behind-us-democrat-harris-2024-07-31/

⬆️ @wdlindsy

>> The #broligarchs who played a leading role in getting #Trump to choose #Vance — #ElonMusk, #DavidSacks, #PeterThiel — are showing signs of disenchantment

Not ALL #VentureCapitalist bets bear fruit.

A #VC is a harsh mistress. #JDVance should be worried

«Vance authored the 2016 blockbuster memoir Hillbilly Elegy and fashioned himself as a “conservative outsider” fighting for everyday people. But during his 2022 US Senate campaign, we revealed that the one-time venture capitalist counted himself among the elite few able to take advantage of a notorious carried-interest tax loophole that allows … moguls to pay a fraction of what they’d otherwise owe on their income.»
#JDVance #VentureCapitalist #TaxLoopholes
https://www.levernews.com/j-d-vance-as-trumps-vp-a-corporate-ceos-dream-and-a-workers-nightmare/?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=newsletter-article

«Vance authored the 2016 blockbuster memoir Hillbilly Elegy and fashioned himself as a “conservative outsider” fighting for everyday people. But during his 2022 US Senate campaign, we revealed that the one-time venture capitalist counted himself among the elite few able to take advantage of a notorious carried-interest tax loophole that allows … moguls to pay a fraction of what they’d otherwise owe on their income.»
#JDVance #VentureCapitalist #TaxLoopholes
https://www.levernews.com/j-d-vance-as-trumps-vp-a-corporate-ceos-dream-and-a-workers-nightmare/?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=newsletter-article

Hi, I'm a #VentureCapitalist and my job is to make sure we can rob you and call it "free market" in the same breath.

Why do data tracking and canvasing with your own servers, when you can save on the cost of processing by letting people pay for expensive GPUs and electricity to do the work for you/?

We call this model the schmuck model.

Not all ‘open source’ AI models are actually open: here’s a ranking
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02012-5

Macro Investor Dan Tapiero Predicts ‘Scary Bullish’ BTC Prospects; Foresees Crypto Asset Surpassing $90K - Macro investor Dan Tapiero has described bitcoin’s prospects as extremely bullish.... - https://news.bitcoin.com/macro-investor-dan-tapiero-predicts-scary-bullish-btc-prospects-foresees-crypto-asset-surpassing-90k/ #venturecapitalist #cryptocurrency #btcbreakout #dantapiero #featured #bitcoin #crypto

Macro Investor Dan Tapiero Predicts ‘Scary Bullish’ BTC Prospects; Foresees Crypto Asset Surpassing $90K - Macro investor Dan Tapiero has described bitcoin’s prospects as extremely bullish.... - https://news.bitcoin.com/macro-investor-dan-tapiero-predicts-scary-bullish-btc-prospects-foresees-crypto-asset-surpassing-90k/ #venturecapitalist #cryptocurrency #btcbreakout #dantapiero #featured #bitcoin #crypto

Trying to figure out differentiation for my own startup took some time, which is why we didn’t rush to market, even as we looked at dozens of others rushing ahead of us.

Unlike VCs, many founders are unaware of how different entrepreneurship within the AI space is, and I’d love to start a discussion around that, even if my own takeaways below are as off as can be.

To start, it’s almost as if AI companies require a new business model, or at least a new approach: A de-risking scheme for VCs and founders. I call it the !moat or No Moat model. It focuses on what happens when tech differentiation is missing, and what then falls from that for company development.

If we assume there is no differentiation, the company becomes a Blub (“business-led business”). As every business is led by business concerns, that simply means the burden is entirely on the business side to invest in mitigation strategies, as tech isn’t pulling its own weight, and who would fund you when all you have to show is a Go To Market slide? It would need to be so strong it’d be an Unfair Advantage all by itself.

Thus, the third key difference here would become the Team. Specifically, an Adaptable team. Yes, investors often look at the team first, but what else is there to look at with AI companies, when no differentiator is present?

Can you find PMF when everything changes around you constantly? How would you navigate the market when all you have to show for yourself is marketing spend?

“I’m a unit 8200 alumni” doesn’t really cut it anymore. Pfft. 😇

Then, comes Vision. Breaking away from the !moat approach by finding differentiation - Showing an actual moat: What customers can’t live without. You’re suddenly a regular startup that might pivot, but you know where you’re headed.

In AI security Vision would be something other than yet another company building DLP, CASB, and Firewalls for LLMs.

Endless landscape changes won’t mean constant pivoting.
You’re a special Unicorn, congratulations!

Thus, in !moat your product is a discovery engine for your next one — A _mostly_ made-up reason to engage customers as you endlessly rewrite your code.

You rely fully on your ability to sell ice to eskimos in order to collect data on what you should build next.

!moat is therefore about avoiding being a FAFO AI startup (Fidget Around, and Find Out). Either you upend the model with a clear market vision, or map your FAFO mitigation strategies as you go to market while not ready, such as, for example, strong access to customer channels.

As founders look into building AI companies, this is where I’d suggest they focus on.

What are your thoughts? Where is building an AI company different than any other startup?

#venturecapitalist #vc #startups #startup #startupfunding #informationsecurity #riskmanagement #ai #genai

OpenSea Valuation Plummets As Tiger Global Faces Significant Loss - According to a report today, December 1, Tiger Global Management, an American inve... - https://coingape.com/opensea-valuation-plummets-as-tiger-global-faces-significant-loss/ #24/7cryptocurrencynews #tigerglobalmanagement. #venturecapitalist #opensea

OpenSea Valuation Plummets As Tiger Global Faces Significant Loss - According to a report today, December 1, Tiger Global Management, an American inve... - https://coingape.com/opensea-valuation-plummets-as-tiger-global-faces-significant-loss/ #24/7cryptocurrencynews #tigerglobalmanagement. #venturecapitalist #opensea

#TheGrifters, 1990, #DirectedBy #StephenFrears and starring #JohnCusack, #AnjelicaHuston, and #AnnetteBenning is a great #con #hustler #oedipal #noir, even better than the great #HouseOfGames, 1987 (#DirectedBy #Trumper #DavidMamet 🤮)

It has a line that applies to literally every #SiliconValley #VentureCapitalist and #tech #CEO since its release:

"They were making money when everybody was making money. They think that means they're smart."

#TheCriterionChannel

#link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-grifters

#TheGrifters, 1990, #DirectedBy #StephenFrears and starring #JohnCusack, #AnjelicaHuston, and #AnnetteBenning is a great #con #hustler #oedipal #noir, even better than the great #HouseOfGames, 1987 (#DirectedBy #Trumper #DavidMamet 🤮)

It has a line that applies to literally every #SiliconValley #VentureCapitalist and #tech #CEO since its release:

"They were making money when everybody was making money. They think that means they're smart."

#TheCriterionChannel

#link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-grifters

Something tells me that the #Weather #channel is about to fall into the tank.

#TechBros #VentureCapitalist #IBM #DataHarvesting #data #privacy #apps

IBM sells The #WeatherChannel and other #digital #assets after seven-year hold - UPI.com

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/22/ibm-francisco-partners-weather-company-underground-channel/5661692721941/

Something tells me that the #Weather #channel is about to fall into the tank.

#TechBros #VentureCapitalist #IBM #DataHarvesting #data #privacy #apps

IBM sells The #WeatherChannel and other #digital #assets after seven-year hold - UPI.com

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/22/ibm-francisco-partners-weather-company-underground-channel/5661692721941/

What is your typical day like as a venture capitalist in Southeast Asia? Jeremy Au tells it all!

Main Site: https://www.analyse.asia/the-southeast-asia-investment-landscape-vc-angel-investing-jeremy-au/
Full Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/i3U9LrWNR5E
Newsletter Signup: https://www.analyse.asia/#/portal/signup

#shorts #VC #AsiaVC #venturecapital #venturecapitalist #startups #ASEAN #southeastasia #techtrends #investor #angelinvestor

Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin Will Outpace Fiat Currencies, Asserts Its Superiority Over Traditional Banking - Renowned bitcoin investor and venture capitalist, Tim Draper, envisions a future w... - https://news.bitcoin.com/tim-draper-predicts-bitcoin-will-outpace-fiat-currencies-asserts-its-superiority-over-traditional-banking/ #draperpredictions #venturecapitalist #globalacceptance #digitalcurrency #futureoffinance #bankingsystems #cryptocurrency #draperforecast #fiatcurrencies #interview

Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin Will Outpace Fiat Currencies, Asserts Its Superiority Over Traditional Banking - Renowned bitcoin investor and venture capitalist, Tim Draper, envisions a future w... - https://news.bitcoin.com/tim-draper-predicts-bitcoin-will-outpace-fiat-currencies-asserts-its-superiority-over-traditional-banking/ #draperpredictions #venturecapitalist #globalacceptance #digitalcurrency #futureoffinance #bankingsystems #cryptocurrency #draperforecast #fiatcurrencies #interview

Crypto VC Firm Polychain Capital Raises $200M for Fourth Fund: Fortune - he crypto-focused firm has also cut three members of its research and development staff. - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/18/crypto-vc-firm-polychain-capital-raises-200m-for-fourth-fund-fortune/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #venturecapitalist #polychaincapital #finance #funding #news

Crypto VC Firm Polychain Capital Raises $200M for Fourth Fund: Fortune - he crypto-focused firm has also cut three members of its research and development staff. - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/18/crypto-vc-firm-polychain-capital-raises-200m-for-fourth-fund-fortune/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #venturecapitalist #polychaincapital #finance #funding #news

@franceinter @xporte Le code a changé https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/le-code-a-change
Debrief et résumé de ce matin #siliconvalley et #sociologie : en gros rien de nouveau sous le soleil #technosolutionnisme #venturecapitalist #idéologie Ce qui m'a frappé c'est de voir a quel point la Silicon Halley imprime sa marque sur le monde par ses codes. Cette idée paradoxale d'exprimer sa différence, sa singularité via des formats très codifiés et des règles clairement énoncés. Tous unique donc tous pareil ! 1/2

@franceinter @xporte Le code a changé https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/le-code-a-change
Debrief et résumé de ce matin #siliconvalley et #sociologie : en gros rien de nouveau sous le soleil #technosolutionnisme #venturecapitalist #idéologie Ce qui m'a frappé c'est de voir a quel point la Silicon Halley imprime sa marque sur le monde par ses codes. Cette idée paradoxale d'exprimer sa différence, sa singularité via des formats très codifiés et des règles clairement énoncés. Tous unique donc tous pareil ! 1/2

The #VentureCapitalist's dilemma - #MollyWhite

"Recent weeks have drawn a bold underline beneath what has been clear to many for a long time: that those controlling massive amounts of #capital and #power in our #society are not the smartest, or most level-headed, or most altruistic among us. #VentureCapital may be the best way to serve the interests of capital, but we need to consider alternative models that prioritize the interests of people."

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-venture-capitalists-dilemma

The #VentureCapitalist's dilemma - #MollyWhite

"Recent weeks have drawn a bold underline beneath what has been clear to many for a long time: that those controlling massive amounts of #capital and #power in our #society are not the smartest, or most level-headed, or most altruistic among us. #VentureCapital may be the best way to serve the interests of capital, but we need to consider alternative models that prioritize the interests of people."

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-venture-capitalists-dilemma

Come watch Jon Duren and me in our new video series called Startup Lantern. It’s a show that gives tips to budding tech entrepreneurs, and the first episode is titled “The Three P’s of VCs” #vc #venturecapital #venturecapitalist #cybersecurity #startups https://youtu.be/-O2kWUoMJJY