Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, in conversation with a16z’s Bob Swan, explains how AI copilots are keeping developers longer in a flow state and why AI copilots more broadly could be the start of an industrial revolution for knowledge work. [00:59] Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So once I made the decision to move ahead on the launch of Crafty CTO , I wanted to get on with it. I started out skeptical of ChatGPT , the “word AI,” and its Large Language Model (LLM) brethren. ChatGPT seemed like yet another in a long line of amusing tech novelties dating back to the Sound Blaster talking parrot.

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

Willison is prolific, to no small degree, because he’s skilled at applying tools like ChatGPT.) When the jungle tears itself down and builds itself into something new. One of my CS professors was Roger Schank, who just passed away in January. There’s an applicable concept from James S.A. When the rules of the game change.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

John Gruber chimed in shortly after with a nice follow up, “ Bing, the Most Exciting Product in Tech ,” that calls out further commentary by New York Times columnist Kevin Roose.) Alarm over AI isn’t something new. Ray Kurweil ’s book, “ The Singularity is Near ,” was published in 2005.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2025

AI User Adoption Is Literally Unprecedented We know this, but still, the numbers do sort of blow your mind: ChatGPT: 0 to 800MM weekly users in 17 months (vs. Netflix’s 10+ years to 100MM) Time to 100MM users: ChatGPT (2 months), TikTok (9 months), Instagram (2.5 The Scary Part: Energy consumption is exploding.

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Crafty CTO

MAY 28, 2023

Working With My ChatGPT Intern I set a record yesterday in terms of the most hours co-developing with ChatGPT (GPT-4 default model mostly). To enable a) and b), I expanded my blog, Crafty’s Illustrated, to support four new microblogging content types (like this one!). May 29, 2023 #

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Crafty CTO

JUNE 28, 2023

A tremendous outpouring of innovation followed, with just days between major developments (see The Timeline for the full breakdown). Many of the new ideas are from ordinary people. Nonetheless, the community immediately understood the significance of what they had been given. many of which build on each other.

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 23, 2024

Better Idea: AWS Systems Manager Session Manager Our development partner suggested a better solution, AWS Systems Manager Session Manager , which enables tunneled sessions into the AWS environment and leverages AWS IAM to manage access. In other words, a whole new set of systems just to get secure, compliant SSH.

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Crafty CTO

MARCH 17, 2023

I’ve been trying to write a comprehensive, buttoned-up “AI Update,” covering all this month’s AI developments. But nearly every day, there’s been something new that’s at least important and sometimes game-changing. We can ask GPT-4 itself: What is the cutoff date of your training data?

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D). In typical market conditions, new customers may be clamoring for new features.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

and a New Era in Sales Tech Last week, we unveiled Operator , the first company incubated within GTMfund, alongside the announcement of a $3.6 The Co-Founders brought in an insanely talented team: Pleasant Middelhof , (COO), Jeremy Jonas (CTO), and Carl Gunderson (Software Engineer). Interested to learn more, click here.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

If you missed GTM 134, check it out here: Build your AI Outbound Machine with ChatGPT | Jordan Crawford Highlights: 05:03 When to hire your first sales reps. You know, you mentioned people that are constantly having new contextual experiences, high intensity, high in curiosity, like. 13:17 Characteristics of top early-stage sales reps.

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