Barackface: 9: Renee Good

The Convergence Age: Ten Forces Reshaping Humanity’s Future
Liquid Computing: The Future of Human-Tech Symbiosis
Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation AI And Robotics Break Capitalism
Musk’s Management
Corporate Culture/ Operating System: Greatness
CEO Functions

Congrats.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 9, 2026

Billionaire Anduril Founder @PalmerLuckey on Why He Only Flies Coach:

“I don’t fly private and I do fly coach.”

“[Anduril] only covers coach travel for employees… because we have so much travel at the company.”

“If I’m going to ask my employees to do it, I need to do it too.… https://t.co/2jk9nrN092 pic.twitter.com/uBnNi0a3EO
— Anduril Appreciator (@A1Anduril) January 9, 2026

If you don't shamelessly promote your work, every day for the next 2-3 years, you will get stuck doing someone else's work until you realize that nobody is going to pay you if they have no idea who you are.
— DAN KOE (@thedankoe) January 9, 2026

One of the bigger shifts for me with Claude Code over the past few months has been shutting down that initial dismissal I have when a task feels "not worth my time"

Like I'll think "it would be nice to rename all my screenshots with what's actually in them" and immediately move…
— Alex Albert (@alexalbert__) January 9, 2026

Everything is sales.

We almost sold Ridge once.
We needed a banker.

We interviewed a bunch-
Boutique firms like Sage.
Big firms like Goldman.
Mid market firms like Jeffries.

But there is one bank who was pushing hard to own LA-
Moelis.

Moelis was on a tear-
they were trying…
— Sean Frank (@Seanfrank) January 9, 2026

The longer I'm on X,
the more I realize:

small accounts are the most interesting ones.

- Still in the trenches.
- Humble as hell.
- Inspired.
- Authentic.
- Trying to make their way.

If you're a small account,
don't hesitate to reach out and connect.
— Tomas (@evolvee33) January 9, 2026

"We raised over 18% of all U.S. VC dollars in 2025" holy smokes! That's another $350M a year in mgmt fees, I think A16z is now over $1 billion per year in mgmt fee income, an amazing business, congrats! Prob no so great for LPs but if OAI is worth $10trn in 5 years I'm wrong https://t.co/15J76dT5zQ
— Miles Dieffenbach (@Curiousjorge65) January 9, 2026

Fully 35% of all the capital in the market is now managed by 3 venture funds. Here's what I think this means -

1. Returns will go up for the mega funds and for boutique firms. Founders can either choose to have an ATM machine stitched to their back or seasoned operators locked…
— Ben Braverman (@braveben) January 9, 2026

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