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Dave Font

2 months

SORA. WTF!? OpenAI doesn’t stop shipping. And neither do we. Introducing the program for repeat founders: Five repeat unicorn founders are already starting their next startups with us. Why? (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

Request for startup: airline that flies slowly between SF and NYC so you can get a full 8 hours of sleep

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

GPT4 launched yesterday. Today, HF0 launches: (1/n)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

Founders have been asking us when the next HF0 batch is. There’s more interest than ever. And we just decided to launch another batch this year. - 10 teams - $500k uncapped - The best place in the world to build Apply now: (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Applications for next HF0 batch open today: It’s a twelve week residency for ten of the top engineer founders in the world. (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

6 months

HF0 is now the most selective AI residency in the world. Last batch, 2500 teams applied. And we still only work with ten. Early application deadline for the next batch is this Sunday. Apply now: (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

We now offer the best deal in town. Introducing the new HF0 deal: We invest $500,000 uncapped mfn in every team. Program fee is still only 2.5%. If you already applied to YC, just send us your Google doc: evan @hf0 .com (1/3)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 months

idk if ppl outside of sf fully get this yet you can literally take self driving cars here instead of uber

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

I didn’t fully understand why @sama started @worldcoin until now.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Who are the top seed investors in 2022?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

Getting a ton of great applications for HF0 rn If you are applying to YC tn, feel free to just send evan @hf0 .com your YC app We can interview you on Friday so that you can have offers from both HF0 and YC before making a decision.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

5 months

The current HF0 batch is our best yet: - a decacorn founder starting their next company - a former openai researcher who sold her last AI startup - and three teams that already broke $1M annualized revenue If you know someone we should consider for our next batch, intro us.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 years

I'm going to throw a hackathon.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Who is the strongest chief of staff you've ever met? Just looking to meet the best to calibrate.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

The founders crushed it at Demo Day this week👇 Since then, we’ve been getting so many incredible late recommendations that we decided to extend the final deadline to this Sunday: If you know a founder we should absolutely meet, let us know right away.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

11 months

The @nytimes just dropped an incredible piece on @HF0Residency My favorite quote: "Only in San Francisco would people be talking about abstract syntax trees at 9 p.m. on a Friday night."

A Week With the Wild Children of the A.I. Boom

In Silicon Valley’s hacker houses, the latest crop of young entrepreneurs is partying, innovating — and hoping not to get crushed by the big guys.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Throwing the most epic hackathon: It's going to be small, intimate, and entirely focused on what's possible with the latest AI breakthroughs. Who should we invite? (1/n)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Prediction: in the next 5 years, DAOs will kill VC. (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

What a night. The founder of YouTube, Twitch, React, GraphQL, and Firebase were all at HF0 for dinner tn and the conversations just ended an hour ago. SF is back.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Behind the scenes at the demo day everyone has been talking about @HF0Residency Getting so many incredible last minute applications for the next batch that we extended the deadline to Sunday midnight PST. Apply now:

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Last two hours of my 20s

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

If you've ever wondered what it's like being a founder in HF0, @byjmitch made an incredible documentary short on demo day from the founders' perspective.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

4 years

@shl I still remember the first time we met. It was my first trip to SV. You told me that there are a million reasons any startup should fail and if I shit on startups I'll be right often but never successful. I took that to heart. Thank you.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

8 years

You can't put a price on community.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

6 months

The community in SF rn is incredible.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

I envision a world where people can just build shit and not have to worry about anything else. Hackathons give that to you for a weekend but I’ve spent the past ten years of my life thinking about how to extend that. And I think we’ve finally cracked it with HF0.👇🏽 (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

GPT4 watch party at HF0

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 months

It's Demo Day. And everyone's been asking why the top repeat founders in the world are joining HF0. The truth is that there's a missing institution for people who want to birth their life's work. And HF0 is just the start. On this pod, I lay out our vision for the future.

Patrick OShaughnessy

@patrick_oshag

2 months

Imagine spending 3 months doing nothing but building the thing you are most passionate about…no distractions of any kind, and everything in life taken care of for you while you create something new. This idea exists now. @davefontenot , @EmilyatHF0c , and their partners built…

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

I couldn't be more proud to share that construction has officially begun on the Miami Institute of Technology. (1/7)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

People keep asking me if we only back AI startups. And I tell them “no, we only back AI hackers.” So what is an AI Hacker? (1/5)

Rise of the AI Hacker

People keep asking me if we only back AI startups…

medium.com

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 months

This guy is unstoppable. Started HF0 with $1M annualized revenue. Broke $3M by demo day. Ask him where he's at now 🚀

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@proptechceo

3 months

We've raised a $7.5M Seed Round for Thanks to all of our backers and supporters. 2024 is going to be a huge year 🚀

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

You learn nothing by talking. Listen.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

Just got GPT5 access. Holy fucking shit. Reply with your GitHub if you want to come try it out.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 months

Who’s building interesting stuff using LLMs/RAG over large public company data sets (SEC filings, earnings calls, press releases, etc.)?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

Emily is the heart and soul of HF0 and one of my closest friends in the world. People often ask if we were worry about people copying HF0, and I always tell them: “no, they don’t have Emily.”

Emily Liu

@EmilyatHF0

9 months

Hello world 👋 I’m Emily, one of the co-founders of HF0. And this is the one and only tweet I’m ever going to make. 👇

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

Honestly, it’s the strongest convergence I’ve ever felt in my life. Kind of crazy not to be here rn.

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@sama

9 months

the startup gravity well of the bay area feels the strongest it’s been since the very early 2010s

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 months

Just went to city hall and it took < 10 minutes to vote. If you live in SF, you can actually meaningfully impact the trajectory of the city by voting today. Haven’t felt so inspired to vote in years. Thank you for running @Mtclai 🙏🏽

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@Mtclai

2 months

voice is back today! i had to say this: the margin for victory for the last seat on the DCCC in 2012 was 32 votes (!!). with two days until the election can you text 3 friends about me and @SFDemsForChange ?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Who are the best coaches for startup founders?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Rollcall. Who's coming to Miami Hack Week? We're doing something p epic.👇🏽(1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

6 months

Sam Altman 2024?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 years

Who's the smartest college student you know looking to intern for a fast moving startup this semester? (paid)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Huge thank you to all the friends who had my back and supported with this🙏🏽 Since we launched HF0 a week ago, 40k+ people have seen the video and hundreds have already applied. We started interviewing founders last night and are blown away by the quality.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

11 months

So proud of every team that’s been a part of this journey so far! Still just the start 🚀

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

SF is so alive ☀️

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

This is kind of legendary. Founders take note.

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@Austen

10 months

Incredible

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

@WillManidis

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

We work with @minney_cat to get every HF0 founder an O1. Highly recommend!

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@minney_cat

1 month

Introducing @lighthouseincus to accelerate US immigration For the past 2 years, I've worked on getting US work visas like the O1, EB1 faster, simpler. I've done it for dozens of today's best and brightest pioneers. To apply in days not months, find us at

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Missed AI Hack Week and want to see the demos? RT if you think we should run it back.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

SF is back with a vengeance.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 months

We need an intern for the next week. Requirements: - is technical - has a car - in the bay area - willing to do whatever it takes to win

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Jan 23-30th 🌴 Mark your calendar 🗓 Miami Hack Week 2.0 Let’s go 🚀

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

26 days

Are you an engineer who wants to do product instead of writing code all day? hmu if you live or willing to live in nyc or miami.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

I love community.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 months

Anyone know any warehouses with extra space in SF? Have a crazy hard tech team that I don't want to lose to the gundo.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

what's the point of having a friend in san francisco, if they don't upvote you on product hunt

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Rollcall. Who's coming to #MiamiTechWeek ? Everyone's been asking what's going on next week so @jdanjohnson threw this together: 📅

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

We just finished making decisions for this upcoming HF0 batch. Reading the applications left me feeling inspired for the future we will all experience. It was the strongest application pool I've ever reviewed. (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

I envision a world where people can just build shit and not have to worry about anything else. Hackathons give that to you for a weekend but I’ve spent the past ten years of my life thinking about how to extend that. And I think we’ve finally cracked it with HF0. (2/5)

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@davefontenot

2 years

@WillManidis There’s a parallel in terms of the way people call tech an “industry.” Tech isn’t an industry; it’s a tool that gives leverage in every industry. Not using it has adverse selection in the same way that not learning tech skills (eng, design, video) as a college student does.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Final Application Deadline for HF0 tn at midnight PST. Apply now:

Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

GPT4 launched yesterday. Today, HF0 launches: (1/n)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

6 months

who are the best seed firms who lead rounds?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

If you're in Miami, we have a chef cooking a big paella at HF0 tn for our weekly community hack night dinner. Come thru!

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

5 months

Legends. In ten years, we will look back at this photo and wonder how these founders were all living in the same place at the same time.

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@escliu

5 months

crewwwwww

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

Final chance to apply to HF0:

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

In town for Miami Tech Week? We're hosting another big community paella tn at HF0!

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

We’ve hit pmf with repeat founders in their late 20s / early 30s who want to take the biggest swing of their life before they have kids. If that’s you, then there’s no better community to be a part of than @HF0Residency . (2/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

Context: I sleep like a baby on flights but the flight is too short (only ~4.5 hrs of sleep rn)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

If you're an investor and want to meet the HF0 teams, DM me. We are designing some incredible, very human experiences to get to know the founders 😊

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

A bird told me that @lucy_guo (founder, HF0) and @thatguybg (founder, @launchhouse ) will be doing a fireside on hacker residencies at the annex at 4pm today: 215 NW 24th St, Miami, FL 33127, USA It's gonna be 🔥

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 years

Can we normalize giving men flowers 💐

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 years

Rollcall. Who's going to be @MiamiHackWeek ?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Which startups have the best engineering culture? (ex: stripe)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Today is the last day to apply to HF0: If there's a founder you believe in, tell them to apply right away and shoot me a note. We start interviews tomorrow and invest $250k uncapped in every team who joins the residency. (1/11)

Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Applications for next HF0 batch open today: It’s a twelve week residency for ten of the top engineer founders in the world. (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

10 months

We're getting flooded with applications rn and only have a few early interview slots left. If there's someone you feel really strongly about, please let us know right away. No way we will be able to get through all these applications before Friday.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 months

Did Claude just surpass GPT4!?

Introducing the next generation of Claude \ Anthropic

Today, we're announcing the Claude 3 model family, which sets new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. The family includes three state-of-the-art models in ascending order of...

www.anthropic.com

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

6 months

if you’re building on top of openai, now might be a good time to implement i don’t think it would be unreasonable to expect and plan for openai outages this week

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

26 days

Honestly can’t wait to get back to SF

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

Blows my mind how many engineers join "startups" that aren't growing when, just by DMing me, they could join a 🚀 that's breaking out.

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@anvishapai

2 years

Engineers - when you’re in the offer stages with a company, PLEASE ask them for core metrics like revenue and growth rate I always volunteer this but im surprised by how few ppl ask… And when you get the numbers, ask your friends / look online to see if they’re reasonable

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

Who are the most helpful small check angel investors in SV?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

Guillermo knows what’s up

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 months

Big day tomorrow.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

In the next six months, everything is going to change. Kids will grow up with AI in their pocket. The world changing companies of the future will be started. And the way humanity interacts with computers will never be the same. (2/n)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

11 months

Dug is one of the first people who believed in me when I was just a freshman at Michigan. He gave me and my cofounder @rjvir a stage to present one of our early hacks, and more than that showed me what it looks like to build community from a place of service 🙏🏽

Dug Song

@dugsong

11 months

NYT on @davefontenot , old friend who once led the largest student hackathon in the world ( @mhacks ), and his Michigan-style AI “living-learning community” / startup house in an SF mansion, @HF0Residency

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

11 months

Huge win for SF! Jane is a legend.

Jane Manchun Wong

@wongmjane

11 months

Personal news — I’ve moved to SF Bay Area 🌁 Leaving Hong Kong to embark on a new journey in tech. Let the Silicon Valley adventure begin!

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

The opportunity to work with @JamesTamplin is going to be life-changing for founders in the next HF0 batch. He’s a legend. Has the unique ability to work with founders on their startup and inner self at the same time. Final application deadline tn:

James Tamplin

@JamesTamplin

9 months

Some news! I'm joining @HF0Residency as a visiting partner from Sep 13 - Dec 6 in SF. The application deadline is tonight at midnight. (1/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 month

We have a team breaking out like crazy rn and they need an EA/Chief of Staff with incredible writing skills asap

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

3 months

Are you a talented frontend eng who wants to join a breakout AI startup? DM me your github.

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

We live with you and think through every little detail so we can free up as much of your life energy as humanly possible. We take care of everything: - housing - food - laundry - find you GPUs - and more So you can focus on one thing: building your startup. (4/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

They literally minted the first nft in space. @HardTechMiami goes hard.

Miami Hack Week

@MiamiHackWeek

2 years

And your winner of Miami Hack Week is… 🚀

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@davefontenot

2 years

I love the hacker community

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@davefontenot

2 years

I think this will eventually kill VC. Why sell your equity to a fund of LPs you don't even know, when you can sell equity to a DAO with a mission you align with and an entire army of people to support you, instead of just a few partners? (3/5)

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

2 years

who are the best early stage investors in miami?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

9 months

You've probably played around with LLMs by now but have you tried running agents? A top AI founder friend told me this morning "Agents don't work: Supervision and verification not solved" A few hours later, @Kveykva dropped Chidori. The world is about to change, rapidly.

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🦅 Exciting news! I'm unveiling Chidori - a next-gen framework for building durable AI agents, crafted during the HF0 accelerator.

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@davefontenot

2 years

If you’re in Miami, we’re having our final HF0 community dinner tn It’s quickly become the epicenter for the budding hacker community in Miami @jdanjohnson and I will be spinning b2b and we will all go out dancing after 💃🏽 DM me for detes

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

5 months

crypto winter my ass. let's get ready to launch some tokens 🚀

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@davefontenot

5 months

Frontend development will never be the same.

Coframe

@coframe_ai

5 months

Announcing Coffee: build and iterate on your UI 10x faster with AI ☕️👇

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

When @eglyman pitched us his vision for Ramp, it was counterintuitive: a credit card that convinces you to spend less money? Now, I can’t imagine using anything else. If you want to reduce spend, @tryramp right away.

Eric Glyman

@eglyman

1 year

Ramp just turned 4 years old. I’m proud to share that in ’22, @tryramp ’s revenue grew an industry leading 4X YoY. By obsessing over the value we deliver for customers we entered '23 as the industry’s fastest growing finance automation platform. Here’s how:

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

6 months

Sama 2024

Greg Brockman

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6 months

Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today. Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our investors, and all of those who have been reaching out. We too are still trying to figure out exactly…

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5 months

Considering launching the golden globes for the most epic hackathon hacks of 2023. What should we call it?

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Dave Font

@davefontenot

1 year

It’s like YC, but everyone lives together. And it’s super selective. Instead of accepting hundreds of teams, we select the best ten. (3/5)

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