Equity inclusion

ensuring AI is accessible and benefits all of humanity is the challenge of this century

There’s a fundamental problem with global wealth creation: - Capital markets overwhelming benefit the rich - Working income growth is massively outpaced by capital income - Most people are unable to or priced out from participating in the best financial markets Everyone should have the same opportunities. It shouldn’t be determined by where you're from or how much money you have. The solution: tokenization, to unlock truly global markets for everyone.

I still don’t think the San Francisco real estate market has fully priced in That the *average* stock compensation for OpenAI employees is $1.5MM *per year*

Big Tech’s quiet crisis: no exits, no upward mobility

SFUSD’s school lottery was supposed to end segregation. Instead it created more segregation, drove 4,000 families out, is bankrupted the district—and they still won’t repeal it. Wildest discovery: You can trace it to SFUSD racism (excluding Chinese American kids from certain SF schools in 1993)

HubSpot (@HubSpot) went public at $800M. Today that's a pre-seed territory. Nicolas Sharp (@nicolasosharp), Founder & CEO of Attio (@attio), on why secondaries became a standard: "Private companies are staying private longer. That 800 million valuation these days could be very early in a company's life cycle. In many cases like Stripe (@stripe), an IPO doesn't even seem like it's on the horizon." Employees need liquidity. Big tech has always had it. "You need a mechanism to compete against big tech that obviously has very liquid stock. It's sort of a necessity."

Anthropic is partnering with @CodePath, the US's largest collegiate computer science program, to bring Claude and Claude Code to 20,000+ students at community colleges, state schools, and HBCUs. Read more: https://anthropic.com/news/anthropic-cod…

talent is unevenly distributed, but AI code gen tools are also unevenly distributed! wait until there's access for everyone... software explosion the way we've had an explosion in video, photo, text creation

Earvin "Magic" Johnson and a16z's Chris Lyons sat down for a conversation on Magic's 30 year journey from athlete to billionaire businessman, including what Magic learned from Michael Ovitz, Magic's investments in Silicon Valley and sports, why athletes should take equity over endorsements, and more. 00:00 Introduction 05:09 How Michael Ovitz became Magic's first business mentor 07:42 The art of deal making and building a Rolodex 17:30 Magic's first Silicon Valley investment: Skydio 27:00 Building a team: Get people smarter than you 29:48 The one that got away: Nike stock in 1979 37:36 Why AI is changing everything 44:36 Sports ownership: Dodgers, Commanders, Sparks, and LAFC @MagicJohnson @ChrisLyons

Introducing ElevenLabs for Government - a dedicated initiative to help public sector organizations deliver always-on services, expand equitable access, and strengthen crisis response.

Nearly 40% of Stanford undergrads now claim a disability, vs 4% at community colleges. The problem isn’t 18-year-olds gaming incentives. It’s elites building a world where honesty is for suckers. Cluely is not everything. Bring back integrity. garryslist.org Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future When 38% of students at America's most elite university claim disability status, the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed.

To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, we're making Lovable completely free to use for the day, powered by @AnthropicAI. That day we're also hosting a global build day through SheBuilds, where anyone can build with us. Community-led events are happening around the world with experienced builders on hand to help you ship. Every participant also gets $100 in Claude API credits and $250 in Stripe fee credits. See more: http://shebuilds.lovable.app

Just met a “cofounder” of a pre seed company that already has a board with investors, a legal team and 16 employees. Pre-product. The cofounder owns 2% pre dilution.

The rising tide of AI floats all boats. We just aren’t all in boats.

We should stop categorizing people as “technical” and “non-technical”

America’s Dirty Secret: Safety Under Luxury Beliefs Becomes a Luxury Good If safety is something you purchase—guards, gates, cameras—you’ve already conceded that public order has failed. But it shouldn't be like that. https://garryslist.org/posts/america-s-d…