I spent 48 hours in SF hanging out with billionaires, data labs and AI founders and execs running $1B to $100B companies. My observations:

kept by eddie oct 15

The author’s 48‑hour SF trip revealed that AI‑driven agents, data brokers, and harness‑centric startups are reshaping software value, retention challenges, and distribution battles.

How to become a 10x ramble-coder - Moe Khalil
The article explains how voice‑based rambling with LLMs captures richer context and emotions than typed prompts, offering practical tips for solo and multi‑person sessions to improve AI-assisted coding.
also on Wispr Flow, #ai-agents, #developer-tools
Amical launches open-source, privacy-focused AI dictation app
Amical is a local-first, MIT-licensed dictation app that uses Whisper and open-source LLMs for privacy-preserving, context-aware speech-to-text on Mac and Windows.
also on Wispr Flow, #developer-tools
The Tragedy of the Agentic Commons
Simulations show AI agents improve matching market efficiency through better preference elicitation, but full adoption creates congestion that only a pricing mechanism can resolve.
also on GPT, #ai-agents
I Tried to Trick Pangram. I Lost. - by Brandon Sovran
Brandon Sovran tried multiple methods to make AI-generated text appear human to Pangram detector, but every attempt was still flagged as 100% AI.
also on GPT, #developer-tools
GPT-6-Astra Can Do Ambitious Things - by Zvi Mowshowitz
Zvi Mowshowitz argues that GPT-6‑Astra delivers a major leap in reasoning and tool use, outperforming prior models on many benchmarks while cautioning against premature AGI claims.
also on Astra, #ai-agents, #developer-tools