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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/@cyberboy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cyberboy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.catboy.agency/@house" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>house</span></a></span> was that rabid fox marc andreessen?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/patrickmchenry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patrickmchenry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>El Salvador's Nayib Bukele shown here with Nerd Reich broligarchs Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz from crypto focused venture capital firm <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a>.</p><p>More on Bukele's connections to crypto: <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114207719623689935" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/114207719623689935</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerdreich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KilmarAbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KilmarAbregoGarcia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbregoGarcia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkState</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>A16Z: AI Avatars</p><p><a href="https://a16z.com/ai-avatars/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a16z.com/ai-avatars/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/A16Z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A16Z</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avatars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avatars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avatars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avatars</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>I’ve been talking about the connections between the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> family and some of the sketchiest characters in the crypto industry (esp. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a> co-founder <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BrockPierce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrockPierce</span></a>) for years so I was glad to see <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UdiLevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UdiLevy</span></a>, the former head of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mossad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mossad</span></a>'s economic unit <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tzalsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tzalsel</span></a>, starting to ask the same questions of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Qatargate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qatargate</span></a>.</p><p>Among other things Netanyahu's niece is a part owner of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bancor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bancor</span></a>, a defi lending platform that imploded in 2022 in hilarious fashion.</p><p>Re: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AryehDeri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AryehDeri</span></a>, the man who triggered the mass protests in Israel in 2023, Deri was seen at the groundbreaking for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BrixSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrixSoftware</span></a>, major vendor for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CrossRiverBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrossRiverBank</span></a>, the single largest purveyor of covid relief fraud in the US. CRB received massive investment from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a>, both before and after a massive “investment” from a Malaysian police chief who somehow had hundreds of millions of dollars to invest after he “investigated” the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/1MDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1MDB</span></a> fraud.</p><p>more: <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/eric-adams-yet-another-crypto-success" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/eri</span><span class="invisible">c-adams-yet-another-crypto-success</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead<br>Good news for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Andreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andreessen</span></a> (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a>) and accelerationists is they backed Trump and he won. Andreessen is advising. Venture Capitalist David Sacks is <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> “czar.” Musk and his posse are doing the slashing and burning themselves. Tegulation on AI and everything else they didn’t like is in process of being removed, administration is working on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/taxcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxcuts</span></a> that will benefit them all. <br><a href="https://www.404media.co/big-tech-backed-trump-for-acceleration-they-got-a-decel-president-instead/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/big-tech-backed-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-for-acceleration-they-got-a-decel-president-instead/</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering – Source: www.securityweek.com <a href="https://ciso2ciso.com/serial-entrepreneurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering-source-www-securityweek-com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ciso2ciso.com/serial-entrepren</span><span class="invisible">eurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering-source-www-securityweek-com/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/rssfeedpostgeneratorecho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rssfeedpostgeneratorecho</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a>&amp;IdentityTheft <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AndreesenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndreesenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/CyberSecurityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurityNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AdaptiveSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdaptiveSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/securityweekcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>securityweekcom</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/securityweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>securityweek</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/deepfakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepfakes</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/serial-entrepreneurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">securityweek.com/serial-entrep</span><span class="invisible">reneurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a>&amp;IdentityTheft <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AndreesenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndreesenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AdaptiveSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdaptiveSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/deepfakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepfakes</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/serial-entrepreneurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">securityweek.com/serial-entrep</span><span class="invisible">reneurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a>&amp;IdentityTheft <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AndreesenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndreesenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AdaptiveSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdaptiveSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/deepfakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepfakes</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a></p>
Habr<p>[Перевод] Дикое прошлое и возможное будущее игр в мессенджерах</p><p>Путь от MSN Messenger до Hamster Kombat в Telegram . Мессенджеры становятся новым фронтиром игровой индустрии, где вирусное распространение, мгновенный доступ и социальные механики открывают уникальные возможности для разработчиков. Простая игра в WeChat достигла 100 миллионов ежедневных пользователей всего за несколько недель. Из статьи вы узнаете, как развитие веб-технологий и интеграция криптовалют меняют правила игры на этом быстрорастущем рынке.</p><p><a href="https://habr.com/ru/articles/896014/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">habr.com/ru/articles/896014/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zhub.link/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegram</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/ton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ton</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>искусственный_интеллект</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/telegram_bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegram_bots</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>приложения</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>игры</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a></p>
Habr<p>[Перевод] Vibe coding, мысли и прогнозы от Andreessen Horowitz</p><p>Для создания полноценного приложения вам больше не понадобятся навыки программирования? "Вайб-кодинг" уже превращает идеи в работающие продукты за считанные часы. Например, симулятор полета всего за 3000+ промптов, где не написано ни строчки кода вручную. Статья о том, как ИИ-генерация кода трансформирует программирование и кто будет создавать софт завтрашнего дня.</p><p><a href="https://habr.com/ru/articles/894242/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">habr.com/ru/articles/894242/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zhub.link/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vibecoding</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/cursor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursor</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/bolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bolt</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/lovable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovable</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gpt</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D0%B8%D0%B8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ии</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>софт</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>разработка</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>another day, another AI scam backed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a>. </p><p>&gt; "TechCrunch learned that multiple companies with logos on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/11x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11x</span></a>'s website were not actual customers and that at least one is threatening legal action over it.”</p><p>When a company lies about something so public and so easily verifiable it begs the question: what else are they lying about?</p><p>Andreessen is running <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>. These are the kind of people who run the US government now.</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/a16z-and-benchmark-backed-11x-has-been-claiming-customers-it-doesnt-have/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/a16z</span><span class="invisible">-and-benchmark-backed-11x-has-been-claiming-customers-it-doesnt-have/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elevenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elevenX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AndreessenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndreessenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
PUPUWEB Blog<p>Sources reveal that 11x, an AI-powered sales automation startup backed by a16z &amp; Benchmark, has been misrepresenting its customer base &amp; financial performance. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SalesAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalesAutomation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StartupNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartupNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Benchmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benchmark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEthics</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>New paper from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yale</span></a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> blames the 2023 banking crisis on (you guessed it) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> and Nerd Reich <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCs</span></a>.</p><p>&gt; "A clearer commonality between the six banks [that failed], the paper argues, is their exposure to risky depositor bases that other banks shied away from: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> firms and [tech] venture capitalists."</p><p>* American Banker: <a href="https://www.americanbanker.com/news/new-paper-hangs-march-2023-failures-on-business-model-risks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbanker.com/news/new-pa</span><span class="invisible">per-hangs-march-2023-failures-on-business-model-risks</span></a><br>* Paper: <a href="https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/working-papers/2025/2025-04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chicagofed.org/publications/wo</span><span class="invisible">rking-papers/2025/2025-04</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SiliconValleyCalif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValleyCalif</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SVB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SVB</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBNY</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignatureBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignatureBank</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstRepublic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NerdReich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finreg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Silvergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Silvergate</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Good clip going through <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> bro <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a>'s absurd lies regarding <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/debanking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debanking</span></a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> as he attempts to convince <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeRogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeRogan</span></a> that financial regulation should be abolished.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FML74J7HZJs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=FML74J7HZJ</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RohitChopra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RohitChopra</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RyanGrim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanGrim</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DropsiteNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DropsiteNews</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeRogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeRogan</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDIC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethWarren</span></a></p>
Sanjaymenon<p>Welcome to LLMflation – LLM inference cost is going down fast</p><p><a href="https://a16z.com/llmflation-llm-inference-cost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">a16z.com/llmflation-llm-infere</span><span class="invisible">nce-cost</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a></p>
CartyBoston<p>Has anyone thought through some sort of "egg sharing" play? Are the boys over at <a href="https://mastodon.roundpond.net/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> already on it?</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>shocking allegations that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Passes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passes</span></a>, a social media platform run by Thiel Fellow <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LucyGuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucyGuo</span></a> and funded by crypto bros, was basically <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlyFans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyFans</span></a> but (wink wink) for minors...</p><p>Financial backers included <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JakePaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JakePaul</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ParisHilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParisHilton</span></a>, as well as multiple bros who are attending the White House Crypto Summit on Friday,(e.g. "crypto czar" <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DavidSacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSacks</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CraftVentures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CraftVentures</span></a> and Kyle Samani's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MulticoinCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MulticoinCapital</span></a>).</p><p>Xitter post by a founder who objected to her own company being acquired by such a deeply amoral organization: <a href="https://x.com/jasminericegirl/status/1895947481764286567" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/jasminericegirl/status/1</span><span class="invisible">895947481764286567</span></a></p><p>(Lucy Guo was also a Forbes 30 Under 30 person... lol)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LucyGuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucyGuo</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KyleSamani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyleSamani</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CSAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSAM</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>tfw <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a> keeps making great points:</p><p>&gt; "Remember, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> and all these guys came out of graduate schools [and] they didn't have any money. The people that invest - it's all pension fund money. So it's Oregon State Pension Fund, it's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalPERS</span></a>, it's Alabama Teachers Fund. All of their money: this is the Greek tragedy part of this. The American working class and middle class have essentially, through their hard work and savings, paid for their own destruction. Your greatest strength was turned against you. Your ability to be a good householder, your ability to actually have something, your ability to pay your taxes on a regular basis and have a little something put away, that's what the venture capitalists and the hedge funds use to ship the jobs overseas and destroy, not only your own economics and your personal life but to make sure that your children and grandchildren essentially live like serfs"<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fpoT7EWVzejpSlBgRHioq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/6fpoT</span><span class="invisible">7EWVzejpSlBgRHioq</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NerdReich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Former chair of the US House Financial Services Committee <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PatrickMcHenry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickMcHenry</span></a> just got hired by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchy</span></a> revolving door so bright you gotta wear shades.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerdReich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenHorowitz</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finreg</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>the meeting logs of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DavidSacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSacks</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a>'s "Crypto Task Force" that is I guess now running american financial regulation via the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> contain many incredible things, but only a single meeting with anyone trying to advocate for the public interest (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BetterMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetterMarkets</span></a>, who deserve a lot of credit for trying).</p><p>* SEC page: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/about/crypto-task-force/crypto-task-force-meeting-logs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sec.gov/about/crypto-task-forc</span><span class="invisible">e/crypto-task-force-meeting-logs</span></a><br>* archived meeting notes: <a href="https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/app?q=%2Btag%3A%22crypto%20task%20force%22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legacy.www.documentcloud.org/a</span><span class="invisible">pp?q=%2Btag%3A%22crypto%20task%20force%22</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MSTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSTR</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MicroStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zerohash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zerohash</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Robinhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robinhood</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HOOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HOOD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/defi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/michaelSaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michaelSaylor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerdreich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finreg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CryptoTaskForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoTaskForce</span></a></p>