The @firstofkind Season 3 debut is fast becoming our most listened to episode, featuring @rauchg of @vercel
One Stroke Dragon on Podcasts: sole.io/S3E01a
One Stroke Dragon on Podcasts: sole.io/S3E01a
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What happens when your next customer is someone’s agent? @rauchg dives into agentic economies, one of my favorite new topics, in our @firstofkind convo. Full episode below.
First of Kind: The @rauchg interview
Season 3 starts now. I sat down with Guillermo in San Francisco to talk about layout shift, random acts of AI, and a dragon painted in a single stroke.
00:00 Human Effort Is Still Underrated
00:44 Chief Executive, Chief Designer
02:33 Two Bets: Software and English
05:15 Gmail Was My Siren Call
11:06 Exposure Hours
14:49 Layout Shift / One Stroke Dragon
17:10 No Random Acts of AI
25:17 Can Agents Have Taste?
30:15 Software Factories and Manufacturing Agent Customers
34:59 Everything Is Communication
38:04 A New American Story
41:52 Lifemaxxing
Guillermo Rauch is the founder and CEO of @vercel. Growing up in Argentina, he taught himself English in order to teach himself programming, then went on to create @nextjs and other foundational technology for the real-time web.
In our conversation, Guillermo explains why he designed Vercel’s first command line before writing any code, why layout shift erodes trust, and why his company won’t commit any “random acts of AI.”
G is not just a chief executive. He’s a chief designer.
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Guillermo Rauch: One Stroke Dragon
First of Kind, S3:E01 @firstofkind
Hosted by @soleio and produced with @room3nyc
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One Stroke Dragon
What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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Earlier this week, we announced our Series E. These are my thoughts on how we got here, and where we go next.
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“I always tell people: a hyperlink will travel the world.”
@rauchg on the enduring value of the web’s most fundamental unit in the season debut of @firstofkind — available now on 𝕏, YouTube and wherever you enjoy premium podcasts.
@rauchg on the enduring value of the web’s most fundamental unit in the season debut of @firstofkind — available now on 𝕏, YouTube and wherever you enjoy premium podcasts.
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Your government is shippin! 🚢
See the latest releases for America.gov at america.gov/releases
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A lot of small details are going into making our @bot s feel more polished and personable.
Big shoutout to @benjitaylor + @kenneth_kuh
Big shoutout to @benjitaylor + @kenneth_kuh
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As each of our incredible sponsors demonstrate in their own products:
“The beauty of an agent is that it can explore the world on your behalf.” @rauchg
“The beauty of an agent is that it can explore the world on your behalf.” @rauchg
What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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Enjoy a weekend listen of our season debut wherever you enjoy premium podcasts.
One Stroke Dragon
@rauchg × @soleio
First of Kind S3 E01
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One Stroke Dragon
@rauchg × @soleio
First of Kind S3 E01
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“The beauty of an agent is that it can explore the world on your behalf.” @rauchg on the Ralph Wiggum loop, and why the @vercel founder gives agents exit criteria instead of instructions.
Watch his full @firstofkind episode below.
Watch his full @firstofkind episode below.
What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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What advice does @rauchg have for ambitious young entrepreneurs in the age of AI? Watch the full @firstofkind episode below for a treasure trove of hard earned wisdom from the @vercel founder and CEO.
What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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Thrilled to welcome Jeff and the Chroma team to Replit!
They’re pioneers in AI. They were building RAG before it was even a thing!
At Replit, they’ll help solve one of the hardest problems in AI: giving agents the context and memory they need to do real work.
Massive step toward the self-driving company.
They’re pioneers in AI. They were building RAG before it was even a thing!
At Replit, they’ll help solve one of the hardest problems in AI: giving agents the context and memory they need to do real work.
Massive step toward the self-driving company.
Chroma is joining Replit!
Together, we will build the context layer for the self-driving company.
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I'm hiring at @perplexity_ai and looking for someone with a very particular set of skills. the ideal candidate...
• eats, sleeps, and breathes native mobile apps (esp iOS) and probably preordered the Duo
• has strong visual/animation chops and a knack for bringing brands to life in product
• is very comfortable prototyping on device, vibing out some SwiftUI in Xcode, and putting up their own PRs
if that sounds like you, DM me a video of something you've built in the last six months (either on the clock or on the side), specifically on/for mobile, that you're super proud of. and if it sounds like someone you know, tag them in the replies!
• eats, sleeps, and breathes native mobile apps (esp iOS) and probably preordered the Duo
• has strong visual/animation chops and a knack for bringing brands to life in product
• is very comfortable prototyping on device, vibing out some SwiftUI in Xcode, and putting up their own PRs
if that sounds like you, DM me a video of something you've built in the last six months (either on the clock or on the side), specifically on/for mobile, that you're super proud of. and if it sounds like someone you know, tag them in the replies!
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Julie Zhuo (delphi.ai/juliezhuo) started at Facebook as an intern. She left after more than a decade to build her own company.
Today, Meta acquired it.
Ask @joulee what she learned along the way on Delphi.
Today, Meta acquired it.
Ask @joulee what she learned along the way on Delphi.
Today, we're announcing that Sundial has been acquired by @Meta!
Chandra Narayanan and I are joining along with some other incredible members of our team.
Nearly six years ago, Chandra and I started Sundial with two core beliefs: 1) better decisions come from using data well, and 2) great things come from working on hard problems with people you like.
Sundial automated away many of the obstacles involved in getting to meaningful analysis (Cleaning data! Creating semantic layers! Writing SQL! Storytelling!), and we were proud to support some of the fastest-growing AI companies from OpenAI to Gamma.
We started before the AI wave and rebuilt ourselves to be AI-native. We raised our first round when interest rates were near zero, and our Series A when they were the highest in two decades. We watched customers hyperscale and then close shop, new grads grow into leaders, and software development change completely.
Entrepreneurship has been my dream since college, when I first took a class on start-ups (shoutout Mayfield Fellows!). I wish I'd been brave enough sooner because there’s no better way to learn how the world works and who you really are than betting on yourself to launch a business.
Meta is my former home and where I learned product and design. It's also one of the most analytically rigorous places on the planet. So many of Sundial's values came from there: questioning assumptions, diagnosing with data, owning the user’s experience. I'm thrilled to bring what we've learned to the place where it all started and continue our mission of improving the quality and velocity of business decisions with people we like.
To Team Sundial past and present, THANK YOU thank you thank you. You created that special feeling within our team, and I bask in the memories of having walked those lush miles and eaten those breakfast dosas with you.
To our investors and supporters especially @dpatil, David Fischer + the whole 01A advisors team, @mvernal, @sequoia: how did we get so lucky to have your counsel and support? And to my beloved @mikesego and kiddos: I could not have made it without you.
These have been some of the hardest, most humbling, and most alive years of my life. I hope I'm wiser for it and will have many chances to pay it forward!
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“You’re only as good as your next game. You’re only as good as your next day.”
@rauchg on setting the daily standard. Watch his full conversation with @soleio below.
@rauchg on setting the daily standard. Watch his full conversation with @soleio below.
What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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I’d much rather you watch @firstofkind episodes since we put SO much effort into filming them… but this feeling of getting in the car and seeing our podcast alongside others I enjoy never gets old.
Artwork by @oliverhamrin @haris_chc
Artwork by @oliverhamrin @haris_chc
What can a dragon painted in one stroke teach us about software?
Season 3, Episode 1 drops today:
One Stroke Dragon with @rauchg of @vercel is now available on 𝕏 and YouTube
Sponsored by @framer @noondesign @bot @tryramp @vercel @meetgranola @profound
Hosted by @soleio and YC
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here's our ship of the day! getting more useful, truly everyday.
saving to vault makes @bot better at things like payments, shopping, and getting into your work tools.
👏 to @parkersmith & @pengzheng_ for this one!!
saving to vault makes @bot better at things like payments, shopping, and getting into your work tools.
👏 to @parkersmith & @pengzheng_ for this one!!
Grok Bot can now save your logins, cards, and contact information.
Add them once, and Bot securely remembers them for the future.
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