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AI x Robotics is developing fast. Major announcements this week from OpenAI, ShanghaiTech, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Eli Lilly, Apple, Krea AI, SoundHound, Perplexity, and more. Here's everything that happened and how to make sense out of it:

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10 pitch decks that raised $15 Billion:

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Cheat codes I know at 36 I wish I knew at 20:

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I often see resumes where someone has worked at 6 companies over the last 10 years. I'm staring at one right now. These job-hoppers usually last a little under 2yrs per company on average. If someone has a jumpy resume, it's the first thing I notice. It's so blatant to me, yet…

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I sold my software company for $100M. 3 years later, I took another one public at $2.7B. 7 things I did differently in my second startup:

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Reddit is free education. You can learn 99% of anything you want. Here are the top subreddits to 10X your knowledge:

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we just had an AI breakthrough in our lab robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment and that moment is happening tomorrow

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If you want to build a company, open this:

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If you want to crush any job interview, open this:

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OpenAI + Figure conversations with humans, on end-to-end neural networks: → OpenAI is providing visual reasoning & language understanding → Figure's neural networks are delivering fast, low level, dexterous robot actions (thread below)

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Job interviews always have a Q&A. But asking the wrong questions could cost you. 12 questions to get more job offers:

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24 sentences that will 10X your productivity:

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The electric aircraft company I founded in 2018 raised $215M yesterday. Investors include Boeing, Stellantis, United Airlines. Posting the investor slide deck:

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Figure-01 has learned to make coffee ☕️ Our AI learned this after watching humans make coffee This is end-to-end AI: our neural networks are taking video in, trajectories out Join us to train our robot fleet:

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Reddit is a startup university. You just need to know who the teachers are. 9 golden subreddits to build a $1B business:

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My last company grew from $0 to $2.7 billion in 3 years. Here are 9 startup tools every entrepreneur needs:

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My last company grew from $0 to $2.7 billion in 3 years. The one before that sold for $100M. Here are 10 startup tools every leader needs:

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12 cheat codes to 10X your career:

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Pitch decks have helped me raise $1 Billion. And it all happened thanks to a simple pitching framework. Steal it for free:

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10 years of my life was building software companies. My last one sold for $100M. I doubt I’ll ever return to pure-play software. So here are my cheat codes:

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19 golden startup resources (better than an MBA):

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13 first pitch decks of billion-dollar companies:

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Cheat codes I know at 37 I wish I knew at 20:

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2 months

Excited to share: Figure raises $675M at $2.6B Valuation + OpenAI & Figure signed a collaboration agreement to develop next generation AI models for robots Below are the details:

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💫 WE’RE LIVE 💫 Today, Figure emerges from stealth. We’re building autonomous humanoid robots. One robot for every human on the planet. Here's what the future will look like:

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SVB Founders Today is what will differentiate a good entrepreneur from a bad one: 1/ Get to the office. You are in the war room this weekend. 2/ Build an internal 3-person Tiger Team. Team goal is to extend cash & survive until April.

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The main thing that usually stands between you and what you want...is just asking.

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This took me 15 years to learn, I’ll teach it to you in 5 minutes:

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I took Archer from $0 → $2.7 Billion in 3 years. Before that, I sold Vettery for over $100M. 5 powerful questions guided our weekly planning:

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12 pitch decks that raised $17.8 Billion:

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6 IPO pitch decks that raised $33 Billion:

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35 sentences to help you become an A+ leader:

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Be slow to judge people, and quick to help them.

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"Easy" and "Success" are not friends — it takes consistent hard work to achieve anything worthwhile.

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🧵Things I know at 36, I wish I knew at 20 👇

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YouTube has over 30,000,000 active channels. Here are 9 channels that will teach you more about business than an MBA:

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The slow people at OpenAI fired the fast people. The other fast people quit immediately & more fast people will follow them. The slow people are now hiring more slow people.

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BE PATIENT. It might take a year. It might take a day. But what's meant to be, always finds a way.

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5 months

AI x Robotics is progressing incredibly fast. Significant advancements this week from Stanford/USC, Google DeepMind, Meta, Stability AI, Science Robotics, and more. Here's everything you need to know:

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I read 100s of the best shareholder letters ever written. Here are 7 that will teach you more than an MBA:

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The most important skill no one talks about: Negotiation. 11 proven strategies to become a world-class negotiator:

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My last company went from $0 to $2.7 billion in 3 years Every weekend I spend my time planning I use this simple 5-step exercise:

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The rules of the world were all made up by people who are no smarter than you.

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💫 We’re LIVE 💫 Today, aviation history changes forever Introducing Midnight, a fully electric aircraft Let's begin:

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I’ve built companies for two decades. One sold for $110 million. Another did a $2.7 billion IPO. 5 powerful lessons I learned along the way:

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I'm in year 20 of building companies. Here are 13 hard-earned lessons to skyrocket your career:

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Business "cheat codes" everyone should know:

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2024 will be the year of AI and Robotics. Figure, Google DeepMind, Apple, Alibaba, Microsoft, and OpenAI have all made major progress over the past weeks. Here's everything you need to know:

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Early in my tech career, I used to make investors sign an NDA before I would even speak to them. I was worried that if somebody knew my idea, I could be outpaced or out-executed. Secrecy was an asset as it allowed me to build without tipping off any potential competitors. Over…

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Creating wealth is lonely because it comes from having a contrarian view of the world.

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The timeline split of AI vs Robot Hardware has changed the last 90 days i’ve witnessed industry leading AI in our lab running on humanoid hardware, and frankly it’s blown me away i’m watching robots performing complex tasks entirely with neural nets. AI trained tasks that i…

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Everything in the world can be learned if you have the appetite.

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Life is too difficult to waste time on pessimistic people.

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Y Combinator accepted 282 startups in the latest batch. At least 30% of them are AI companies. Here are 20 to keep an eye on:

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20 sentences that will 20x your leadership skills:

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AI and Robotics have been developing at an incredible pace. Here are the 15 most important developments that happened this week: 1. NVIDIA revealed Project GR00T, a foundation model to help robots understand the world

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Your rate of learning is your greatest lever.

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This took me 20 years to learn. I'll teach it to you in 3 minutes:

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My last company went public at $2.7B. The one before that was acquired for $100M. Recruiting the best in the world enabled this success, but it’s a widely unknown art. Here are 6 proven tips to find (and hire) world-class talent:

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Figure-01 electromechanical humanoid robot

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17 tips to help you become a $100M CEO:

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The world needs you to focus on solving hard problems, not making quick bucks.

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I've raised $1B in my tech career. 10 years of funding tips in 5 minutes:

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Never build something if you aren't committed to making it great.

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I took my last company public at $2.7B. Scaled from 0 → 400 people in 3 years. Now, I’m leading AI Robotics company (with 40 people). 7 things I’m doing differently in this new startup:

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Interesting data point from Amazon's CEO after internally reviewing their Remote vs. In-Office policy. Amazon has 1.5M employees; the last 3 years has been a mix of in-person and remote. Here are their key findings:

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11 decisions that will 10X your productivity (at least):

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True wealth is having an abundance of time to do meaningful things.

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Never stop learning because life never stops teaching

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Deliberate weekly planning will change your career trajectory.

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Unless you deliver on your potential, no one will care about it.

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17 gold standard productivity principles for the ultra-ambitious:

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Every human will own a robot in the future, similar to owning a car/phone today

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Productivity is: → 20% knowing what to work on → 50% avoiding distraction → 30% work 8 productivity killers (and how to beat them):

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Figure on 60 Minutes tonight

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Your biggest enemy is the version of yourself that wants to take the easy way out.

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I've built a $2.7B company. I've built dozens of successful small projects, too. A 4-step framework to build any company you want:

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AI x Robotics is progressing incredibly fast. Major advancements this week from Berkeley, OpenAI, Channel 1, Mistral, Microsoft, Waymo, Stability, Meta, Stanford, Alibaba, DeepMind, Imperial College, and the biggest AI conference (NeurIPS). Here's everything you need to know:

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AI-first companies are going to change the world. I’m going into learning mode on the space. I will share what I learn in real time on this thread:

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ChatGPT is good. But AutoGPT is the future. 7 threads to teach you AutoGPT 101:

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AI x Robotics is advancing incredibly fast. Rabbit, Amazon, OpenAI, Intuition, Samsung, Shift Robotics, and Columbia University have all made major progress over the past week. Here's everything you need to know:

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If you break down the Bill of Materials for a humanoid robot, you are left with a straightforward breakdown Structures, Motors, Battery Cells, PCBs, CPU/GPU, Cameras It’s 10x less parts than a car and 20x less mass There is no limiting factor getting cost to $20k with enough…

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Jensen Huang says in the near future, humanoid robots will be available for $10-20,000

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AI and Robotics is moving fast. So, I share the most important research every week. Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:

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Set challenging deadlines — you'll hit them the same as other deadlines, in half the time.

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AI x Robotics is progressing fast. So, I share the most important research and developments every week. Here's everything that happened and how to make sense out of it:

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if not obvious yet, Figure’s humanoid robot is the ultimate deployment vector for AGI

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OpenAI + humanoid robots — we’re collaborating with @Figure_robot to expand our multimodal models to robotic perception, reasoning, and interaction.

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My last company went public at $2.7B. Before that, sold one for $100M. Here are the 17 action items I use:

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New website video is live 🤖

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Parents after a 3-day weekend

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Great company names are worth millions. Choosing a name is one of the most important decisions you will make as an entrepreneur. I've named Vettery, Archer, and Figure. My 7 rules for naming a company:

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Life hacks to master by the age of 35:

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27 sentences to help you build the next great startup:

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13 rules for starting a company (that will save you time, money, and pain):

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Chaos is the default of life — you have to organize yourself if you want a better result.

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Updated website video is live:

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Huge week in the world of AI x Robotics. Significant developments from Google DeepMind, Figure, Meta research, UC San Diego, AMD, xAI, Microsoft, Inflection AI, and more. Here's everything you need to know:

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SVB Founders I’ve pooled together funding partners for emergency capital. Funds with >$5B to: → Lending new money. → Buy deposit claims outright. Apply for help:

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The pace of AI and Robotics has been incredible. Google, Meta, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, OpenAI, and Samsung all made major progress over the past two weeks. Here's everything you need to know:

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The year is 2043. The biggest companies on the planet are all in Deep Tech. → AI → Space → Fusion → Robotics → Genetics Here's my 10-step playbook to start a deep tech company:

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