Daron Yondem
@daron.me
Tech Lead at Microsoft | Applied AI Expert | Ex-CTO of SaaS Startups
🚀 Apparently TSA missed the “3-oz limit on AI models” in my carry-on. #dadjoke #staywithme
Thirty days after joining AWS, OpenAI’s brand-new open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, just landed in Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker. Total coincidence…
Thirty days after joining AWS, OpenAI’s brand-new open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, just landed in Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker. Total coincidence…
August 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚀 Apparently TSA missed the “3-oz limit on AI models” in my carry-on. #dadjoke #staywithme
Thirty days after joining AWS, OpenAI’s brand-new open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, just landed in Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker. Total coincidence…
Thirty days after joining AWS, OpenAI’s brand-new open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, just landed in Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker. Total coincidence…
Finished the San Francisco Marathon, and set a new PR:4 h 20 m! 🎉
Two years ago I stood on these same streets with a race bib and a busted leg, watching everyone else start while I sat on the sidelines. It hurt 😞 literally and figuratively. I’d trained, I’d planned, and life still said “not today.”
Two years ago I stood on these same streets with a race bib and a busted leg, watching everyone else start while I sat on the sidelines. It hurt 😞 literally and figuratively. I’d trained, I’d planned, and life still said “not today.”
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Finished the San Francisco Marathon, and set a new PR:4 h 20 m! 🎉
Two years ago I stood on these same streets with a race bib and a busted leg, watching everyone else start while I sat on the sidelines. It hurt 😞 literally and figuratively. I’d trained, I’d planned, and life still said “not today.”
Two years ago I stood on these same streets with a race bib and a busted leg, watching everyone else start while I sat on the sidelines. It hurt 😞 literally and figuratively. I’d trained, I’d planned, and life still said “not today.”
💡 Bigger isn’t always better: why I’m reaching for smaller models in my everyday work
When I first got access to O3, its raw power blew me away, I honestly thought I’d never settle for anything less.
When I first got access to O3, its raw power blew me away, I honestly thought I’d never settle for anything less.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
💡 Bigger isn’t always better: why I’m reaching for smaller models in my everyday work
When I first got access to O3, its raw power blew me away, I honestly thought I’d never settle for anything less.
When I first got access to O3, its raw power blew me away, I honestly thought I’d never settle for anything less.
On Saturday, August 16 I’m trading weekend plans for something way more fun: the DeepSeek Demystified Summit, a one-day, all-access dive into the open-source LLM that’s making waves across cost, performance, and reasoning.
Why I’m excited:
Why I’m excited:
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On Saturday, August 16 I’m trading weekend plans for something way more fun: the DeepSeek Demystified Summit, a one-day, all-access dive into the open-source LLM that’s making waves across cost, performance, and reasoning.
Why I’m excited:
Why I’m excited:
Text-diffusion LLMs just graduated from lab demo to production reality. Let me show you why that matters… 👇
Inception Labs’ brand-new Mercury chat model streams ≈708 tokens /sec on ONE H100, \~7× faster than GPT-4-class “speed” variants on identical hardware. ⚡️
Inception Labs’ brand-new Mercury chat model streams ≈708 tokens /sec on ONE H100, \~7× faster than GPT-4-class “speed” variants on identical hardware. ⚡️
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Text-diffusion LLMs just graduated from lab demo to production reality. Let me show you why that matters… 👇
Inception Labs’ brand-new Mercury chat model streams ≈708 tokens /sec on ONE H100, \~7× faster than GPT-4-class “speed” variants on identical hardware. ⚡️
Inception Labs’ brand-new Mercury chat model streams ≈708 tokens /sec on ONE H100, \~7× faster than GPT-4-class “speed” variants on identical hardware. ⚡️
🤯 What if your Transformer paid attention to triangles instead of lines?
Those extra corners buy you token efficiency and a steeper scaling curve.
Those extra corners buy you token efficiency and a steeper scaling curve.
July 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🤯 What if your Transformer paid attention to triangles instead of lines?
Those extra corners buy you token efficiency and a steeper scaling curve.
Those extra corners buy you token efficiency and a steeper scaling curve.
Just wrapped up my first week with the Bevel Health app, and I’m honestly blown away. 📱✨
June 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Just wrapped up my first week with the Bevel Health app, and I’m honestly blown away. 📱✨
🚀 Counting down to European AI and Cloud Summit next week!
I’m excited to head to Düsseldorf for the European AI & Cloud Summit (26-28 May) where I’ll be taking the stage to share some fresh insights on Multi-Agent AI Workflows.
I’m excited to head to Düsseldorf for the European AI & Cloud Summit (26-28 May) where I’ll be taking the stage to share some fresh insights on Multi-Agent AI Workflows.
May 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚀 Counting down to European AI and Cloud Summit next week!
I’m excited to head to Düsseldorf for the European AI & Cloud Summit (26-28 May) where I’ll be taking the stage to share some fresh insights on Multi-Agent AI Workflows.
I’m excited to head to Düsseldorf for the European AI & Cloud Summit (26-28 May) where I’ll be taking the stage to share some fresh insights on Multi-Agent AI Workflows.
🤯 What if AI agents could sense when they’re out of their depth—pausing to reflect or fetch knowledge before acting? Meet “KnowSelf,” a new paradigm for LLM agents. Thread below 👇
April 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🤯 What if AI agents could sense when they’re out of their depth—pausing to reflect or fetch knowledge before acting? Meet “KnowSelf,” a new paradigm for LLM agents. Thread below 👇
🚀 Large language models excel at facts, but can they craft plans for brand-new tasks? Introducing Analogy-Augmented Generation (AAG)! #AIResearch #LLM
April 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚀 Large language models excel at facts, but can they craft plans for brand-new tasks? Introducing Analogy-Augmented Generation (AAG)! #AIResearch #LLM
🚀 OpenAI just launched GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano – a new family of models with stellar performance upgrades. Available now via API only, not in ChatGPT yet! #ArtificialIntelligence #GPT4.1
April 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚀 OpenAI just launched GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano – a new family of models with stellar performance upgrades. Available now via API only, not in ChatGPT yet! #ArtificialIntelligence #GPT4.1
🧬 Google DeepMind's TxGemma doesn't just predict drug molecules—it EXPLAINS why they might work! This could unlock a major bottleneck in AI-powered drug discovery. #AIinHealthcare #DrugDiscovery
April 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🧬 Google DeepMind's TxGemma doesn't just predict drug molecules—it EXPLAINS why they might work! This could unlock a major bottleneck in AI-powered drug discovery. #AIinHealthcare #DrugDiscovery
After nearly 3 years away from racing due to injuries, I'm finally back on the course — and it feels amazing! 😊
Ran my first 10K since the break and finished 12th out of 300 in my age group. Not a bad comeback! 🏃♂️💨
Ran my first 10K since the break and finished 12th out of 300 in my age group. Not a bad comeback! 🏃♂️💨
April 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
After nearly 3 years away from racing due to injuries, I'm finally back on the course — and it feels amazing! 😊
Ran my first 10K since the break and finished 12th out of 300 in my age group. Not a bad comeback! 🏃♂️💨
Ran my first 10K since the break and finished 12th out of 300 in my age group. Not a bad comeback! 🏃♂️💨
Why I Refused to Play the AI Detection Game. I walked away from a publisher over their obsession with "AI detection" thresholds. They wanted me to tweak my original work to dodge some arbitrary % limit. I’d rather focus on quality than dance for a tool.
April 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why I Refused to Play the AI Detection Game. I walked away from a publisher over their obsession with "AI detection" thresholds. They wanted me to tweak my original work to dodge some arbitrary % limit. I’d rather focus on quality than dance for a tool.
What if neural networks were a Wonderland, and we're all just curious Alices trying to make sense of it? Just finished Scardapane's brilliant 'Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland' and I'm still processing how elegantly it demystifies the rabbit hole of neural networks.
April 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What if neural networks were a Wonderland, and we're all just curious Alices trying to make sense of it? Just finished Scardapane's brilliant 'Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland' and I'm still processing how elegantly it demystifies the rabbit hole of neural networks.
Netflix is revolutionizing recommendation systems by applying Large Language Model (LLM) principles at scale. Their foundation model processes hundreds of billions of user interactions—comparable to the token volume in ChatGPT. #AIforRecommendation #FoundationModels
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Netflix is revolutionizing recommendation systems by applying Large Language Model (LLM) principles at scale. Their foundation model processes hundreds of billions of user interactions—comparable to the token volume in ChatGPT. #AIforRecommendation #FoundationModels
The last time I took the Scrum Master I exam was back in 2012 😊 Yesterday, I figured I’d give it a shot—and I passed Scrum Master II ! Turns out, I really didn’t need to wait this long. The questions were solid. I’d say anyone with 3–5 years of Scrum experience should be able to pass pretty easily.
April 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The last time I took the Scrum Master I exam was back in 2012 😊 Yesterday, I figured I’d give it a shot—and I passed Scrum Master II ! Turns out, I really didn’t need to wait this long. The questions were solid. I’d say anyone with 3–5 years of Scrum experience should be able to pass pretty easily.
Not every AI problem needs a multi-agent system. Most don’t. Chasing complexity too early wastes time & burns trust. #CTO #GenAI #MultiAgentSystems
April 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Not every AI problem needs a multi-agent system. Most don’t. Chasing complexity too early wastes time & burns trust. #CTO #GenAI #MultiAgentSystems
🤯 72% of professors fear AI lets students skip thinking. But Claude for Education’s new Learning Mode flips the script—designed to spark learning, not shortcut it. #AIinEducation #EdTech
April 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🤯 72% of professors fear AI lets students skip thinking. But Claude for Education’s new Learning Mode flips the script—designed to spark learning, not shortcut it. #AIinEducation #EdTech
🚀 BREAKING: A paralyzed woman speaks again after 18 years—using only her thoughts! 🧠✨ Her own voice, powered by a brain implant & AI, communicates in real-time. Not sci-fi, but science. 👇
April 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚀 BREAKING: A paralyzed woman speaks again after 18 years—using only her thoughts! 🧠✨ Her own voice, powered by a brain implant & AI, communicates in real-time. Not sci-fi, but science. 👇
🚨 Big news in mental health: An AI therapist achieved human-level therapeutic alliance in half the time, reducing depression by 51%, anxiety by 31%, and eating disorder concerns by 19% in a groundbreaking clinical trial. 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨 Big news in mental health: An AI therapist achieved human-level therapeutic alliance in half the time, reducing depression by 51%, anxiety by 31%, and eating disorder concerns by 19% in a groundbreaking clinical trial. 🧵
🧠 Can an 8B open-source model outperform GPT-4 in collaborative tasks? Turns out—it can. But only with the right training recipe. 👇
March 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🧠 Can an 8B open-source model outperform GPT-4 in collaborative tasks? Turns out—it can. But only with the right training recipe. 👇
🚀 MCP: The Protocol Poised to Revolutionize AI Tool Integration
Imagine a world where AI agents autonomously select and sequence tools without manual coding. That’s the promise of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a new foundation for AI workflows.
Imagine a world where AI agents autonomously select and sequence tools without manual coding. That’s the promise of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a new foundation for AI workflows.
March 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚀 MCP: The Protocol Poised to Revolutionize AI Tool Integration
Imagine a world where AI agents autonomously select and sequence tools without manual coding. That’s the promise of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a new foundation for AI workflows.
Imagine a world where AI agents autonomously select and sequence tools without manual coding. That’s the promise of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a new foundation for AI workflows.