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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝘁) Marc Andreessen, the legendary investor and co-founder of a16z, once said: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽. he solved a very real, very underrated problem: parents needed peace. kids needed entertainment. his name? 𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐞𝐨𝐧. back in 2006, he started uploadi

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Here’s what really happened: Countries like 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 gave the world: Labour Raw materials Finished products like phones and laptops In return, t

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑. Two engineers start 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 to build electric cars. The dream? 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮

𝗔 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. → Started in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 → Acquired for $𝟑𝟐 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 → Became the 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫�

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸’𝘀 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲—𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗. A simple idea is born: Tap a button. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞. That idea? 𝐔𝐛𝐞𝐫. The m

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. Crypto was confusing. It was risky. But

meta’s out here throwing $𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐌 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐬 to poach openai talent… and sam altman’s like: “𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁.” money can’t buy mission. and definitely not AGI-grade ambition. then he straight

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗼 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝟱-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 $𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 Most founders follow the traditional pl

𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁. he just uploaded a side project on GitHub — a tool called GPT Engineer. no ads. no hype. just code. but the internet loved it. 𝟓𝟒𝐊 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 kind of love. that was