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I’m excited to share I’ve joined the Startups team at @OpenAI to create new field programs to support our startup ecosystem.
It was one of the highlights of my career working at @coinbase and supporting builders on @base and creating our accelerator program, Base Batches. Thank you to @sarahzorah @jessepollak for taking a bet on me and hiring me after I had to sunset my startup. You both gave me a home after one of the most professionally difficult decisions I’ve ever had to make. And @XenBH for being in the trenches with me, and being a great manager and friend.
It’s been a journey. I have been in crypto for 11 years - joining @Consensys in 2015, building, launching, and operating Virtue poker for many years, and watching Ethereum create and define a multi-trillion dollar industry.
I look forward to this new challenge - it’s already been humbling being surrounded by such talented people and founders.
Shoot me a DM if you’re building an AI-native startup - I’d love to learn more about your company. I’m also happy to be a springboard to talk through hurdles you need to overcome.
It was one of the highlights of my career working at @coinbase and supporting builders on @base and creating our accelerator program, Base Batches. Thank you to @sarahzorah @jessepollak for taking a bet on me and hiring me after I had to sunset my startup. You both gave me a home after one of the most professionally difficult decisions I’ve ever had to make. And @XenBH for being in the trenches with me, and being a great manager and friend.
It’s been a journey. I have been in crypto for 11 years - joining @Consensys in 2015, building, launching, and operating Virtue poker for many years, and watching Ethereum create and define a multi-trillion dollar industry.
I look forward to this new challenge - it’s already been humbling being surrounded by such talented people and founders.
Shoot me a DM if you’re building an AI-native startup - I’d love to learn more about your company. I’m also happy to be a springboard to talk through hurdles you need to overcome.
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Ryan Gittleson retweeted
GPT-6 is here. What will you build with it?
We’re bringing GPT-6 hackathons to San Francisco and New York City for developers, technical founders, and product builders.
🌉 SF: Sept 8
🗽 NYC: Sept 10
We’re bringing GPT-6 hackathons to San Francisco and New York City for developers, technical founders, and product builders.
🌉 SF: Sept 8
🗽 NYC: Sept 10
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Ryan Gittleson retweeted
6 months ago, @BlockRunAI was one question:
what if AI agents could pay for exactly what they use — per request, in real time?
The answer so far: 12M+ transactions in the last 30 days, settled in @USDC on @base.
Grateful for the devs who shipped with us, the community that partners betting on agent-native payments.
We set out to build the rails for the Inference Economy. Six months in, they're carrying real traffic.
Onward.
what if AI agents could pay for exactly what they use — per request, in real time?
The answer so far: 12M+ transactions in the last 30 days, settled in @USDC on @base.
Grateful for the devs who shipped with us, the community that partners betting on agent-native payments.
We set out to build the rails for the Inference Economy. Six months in, they're carrying real traffic.
Onward.
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This is why I joined @coinbase. One of the only companies whose job postings actually had listed "ex-founders" as a desirable experience
The first version of your startup is rarely the right one. And the first startup you build might not be the one that hits
So for founders out there who haven't made it yet: keep going
The first version of your startup is rarely the right one. And the first startup you build might not be the one that hits
So for founders out there who haven't made it yet: keep going
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Being a founder means being constantly on a roller coaster. But while you are on the ride the most important thing is to remember that you are betting on yourself, and to maintain your confidence and have a fighters mentality
@base Batches founders showcased that at Demo Day
@base Batches founders showcased that at Demo Day
One of the toughest parts of being a founder is putting your ideas into the world, seeing if anyone cares (usually they don't - or worse, are rooting against you), and then seeing if you can actually pull it off (usually way more setbacks along the way than you thought!).
You hick skin and find a way to ignore the haters
(2) still take advice from people who have your best interests at heart
(3) have the wisdom to know the difference
Then move from one setback to the next with no loss of enthusiasm for longer than you thought. Be borderline delusional, get after it every day for a decade, and turn out to be right. Finally, when your tenth or hundredth approach to a problem doesn't work, just keep coming up with more ideas.
Had a great day at Base Batches yesterday, meeting founders building on @base and hearing about the latest onchain innovations. Shout out to all the founders!
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A huge amount of effort goes into producing Base Batches Demo Day
S.O. to all of our mentors, partners, xfn people across @base …and to the teams in the cohort:
Today is your day! Can’t wait to see you all crush
S.O. to all of our mentors, partners, xfn people across @base …and to the teams in the cohort:
Today is your day! Can’t wait to see you all crush
Demo Day has arrived for builders on Base
7 weeks of preparation comes down to 2 minutes, as 12 teams from Base Batches 003 take center stage
All getting to present to investors in SF
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This is the type of person the student track for @base batches was built for
Can’t wait to see where this leads
GL!
Can’t wait to see where this leads
GL!
Will I succeed, Base Batches Edition?
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Ryan Gittleson retweeted
Demo Day is almost here.
One more day til @base Batches 003 @virtuals_io Robotics Track Demo Day at @ns.
Meet the 10 finalists shaping the future of robotics and autonomous agents (in no particular order):
-Strike Robot @StrikeRobot_ai
-Shadow Combat League @shadowcleague
-Inverted Lambda @InvLambda
-Axis Robotics @axisrobotics
-Vader @Vader_AI_
-Sentience AI @createsentience
-Vitrorobot @vitrobotcontact
-Lakshita
-Residux
One more day til @base Batches 003 @virtuals_io Robotics Track Demo Day at @ns.
Meet the 10 finalists shaping the future of robotics and autonomous agents (in no particular order):
-Strike Robot @StrikeRobot_ai
-Shadow Combat League @shadowcleague
-Inverted Lambda @InvLambda
-Axis Robotics @axisrobotics
-Vader @Vader_AI_
-Sentience AI @createsentience
-Vitrorobot @vitrobotcontact
-Lakshita
-Residux
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Ryan Gittleson retweeted
Accepted into Base Batches?
Batches builders get access to 100K+ in perks and credits from @CoinbaseBiz, @CoinbaseDev, @nansen_ai, @AirfoilStudio, @AskVenice, @getfailsafe, and @awscloud.
Huge thanks to these partners for supporting the next wave of Base builders.
Batches builders get access to 100K+ in perks and credits from @CoinbaseBiz, @CoinbaseDev, @nansen_ai, @AirfoilStudio, @AskVenice, @getfailsafe, and @awscloud.
Huge thanks to these partners for supporting the next wave of Base builders.
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Ryan Gittleson retweeted
Today's the last chance for students to submit projects to Base Batches
Winners will get to fly to San Francisco to pitch live on May 19th at Demo Day!
Winners will get to fly to San Francisco to pitch live on May 19th at Demo Day!
students, today is the last day to submit projects to Base Batches 003
we are flying the winners to SF to pitch live on May 19th in front of @base, @coinbase, and our VC partners
the only question is
will you be one of them?
applications due by midnight ↓
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