Elijah Kurien
@ElijahKurien
Incoming MTS @yutori_ai | se @uwaterloo
After 3 months of living in SF, I was sick of the prestige and virtual signalling. So, I moved to St. Louis to work for @GenCybernetics to simply focus and learn voraciously. On Comparison (8/3/24) I've come to the realization that I am an incredibly insecure person. I…
my best pieces of writing are written on airplanes surprisingly
Subtle foreshadowing
background coding agents should build themselves
Behind every cracked SF startup is @donaldjewkes or @richardzphotoz
Klay Thompson once went 0/11 in an elimination game. But don't let this distract you from the fact that @chamath went 0/12 on SPAC deals in the last 5 years
For those that watch the @theallinpod, you may remember that my most obvious trade idea heading into Jan was long the S&P Index and short the Mag7. Aka the “Mean Reversion Index Trade” Turned out to be free money. Very rare that the market gives you these kinds of fat pitches.
Both execs were married. Coldplay really decided to drop 4 singles last night
Yesterday, we had a chance to talk about RL and what we're building at @Osmosis_AI at the Vercel HQ! Thanks for the invite @rauchg!
san francisco needs more fun so i’m hosting the first ever manhunt/tag next sunday (july 27) pull up for an amazing time comment or dm me for the invite link!!
Windsurf might be the Bonnie Blue of startups
Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf. The acquisition includes Windsurf’s IP, product, trademark and brand, and strong business. Above all, it includes Windsurf’s world-class people, whom we’re privileged to welcome to our team. We are also honoring…
Someone told me that the only difference between a founder and a founding engineer is their confidence in their own ability to execute.
the biggest thing i’ve learned from being a founding engineer in the past is that i can’t be a founding engineer. like bro you’re getting 0.5% equity and working as hard as the founders and it’s not even your idea. this has resulted in some pretty bad financial decisions btw…
I feel like some venture fund should’ve read through their investor updates and realized that Soham was working for half their portfolio
putting my EEG to the best use. insanely cracked project
my first hardware project! mind controlled robot (ft. my dad)
Life Update! Joining at @yutori_ai as a Member of Technical Staff Intern this Fall to work on Scouts!
We're excited to launch Scouts — always-on AI agents that monitor the web for anything you care about.
Big if true
Datacurve AI (YC W24) — Premium curated coding data for applications and LLMs. ~$9M ARR in 13 months. Founders are only ~20. Congrats on $14M Series A at $150M led by @chemistry_fund.
>be you >grind leetcode >wonder "what if i just built..." >apply to grants.afore.vc >build cool shit, no regrets
Only YC founders will drop a $12M on a domain but spend $23 and a bag of chips on the web developer
just bought the domain icon .com for $12M as a serial entrepreneur AMA
Insane work @sherjilozair + team
Today I'm launching my new company @GeneralAgentsCo and our first product. Introducing Ace: The First Realtime Computer Autopilot Ace is not a chatbot. Ace performs tasks for you. On your computer. Using your mouse and keyboard. At superhuman speeds!