Brianne Kimmel
@briannekimmel
book worm, decent cook, tech optimist
It’s easier than ever to raise venture capital and harder than ever… If you’re an experienced operator leaving a credible AI company, then capital is bending in your favor If you’re building outside of AI, then there is almost no urgency to fund your work
At this point, every AI company is committed to the bit.
Scoop: Boris Cherny and Cat Wu are back at Anthropic, two weeks after joining Cursor. 🤯🤯🤯 theinformation.com/briefings/anth…
Polaroid is the anthesis of AI Slop The lowest tech camera with an immediate, tangible memory that doesn’t get lost in your iPhone camera roll. Polaroid's market size in 2024 was valued at approximately $2.93 billion and expected to hit $5 billion by 2030.
This is how you play the game!
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…
Why they got the robot dressed like Adam Sandler
This robot being tested in China runs frighteningly well 😬
We're going to sublease our current office space in the center of Hayes Valley. It's a beautiful, two floor spot, at about 2900 sqft in total, with room for about 20 desks. If you're interested, please DM!
Substack is quickly becoming my favorite social network. It’s a great way to connect over ideas and the feed is much more curated. 👏 @cjgbest, @hamishmckenzie
There is something so endearing about someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.
Think @briannekimmel nailed it with this substack.com/app-link/post?… Dupe “isn’t killing premium brands—it’s forcing them to justify their premiums” 🎯 thank you for the shout out Brianne!
It’s an exciting time for consumer companies because you can own the end-to-end experience in weeks, not years. This type of thinking works for financial services, healthcare, all aspects of daily life.
Our expectations from software have been blunted because traditional software has been pretty limited. Time to shake that off. No I don't just want a wine inventory app. I want an app that can keep track of my collection, read reviews from the web, help with meal pairing,…
I would LOVE to get this up to 50/50, can you please mention a female founder or early startup employee that I can invite to future events 🙏
Learning something new is honestly my favorite love language
it's very attractive when your partner can educate you on topics you lack knowledge on. it's a different kind of intimacy
My weekly newsletter going out tomorrow: - France banned fast fashion ads - Phia changing how we shop - Everyone *still* hates Meghan Markle - Dupe Culture > Full-priced designer goods substack.com/@brianne
This is completely unrelated to anything tech related, but my friends have decided my birthday cake this year will be a wheel of triple cream Brie with candles in it and naturally I’m elated.
I love when people talk about personal productivity, atomic habits, high output, etc. The single best decision I've made is getting a dog. There's nothing I love more than banging away on my computer with my dog at my feet.
Looking for a fractional brand designer, not agency, who has previous venture-backed startup experience. Please DM me your portfolio.
New configurator, fully built on data binding in @rive_app - set any values (even from external data), calculate the final price, and test image binding (early access) Currently exploring ways to export all configured data, so it can be integrated wherever you need to receive or…
We need to see more of this in work tools 🙂
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