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Cofounder of aldastra.com. Former Head of R&D at Sogody. Research Fellow. Onto SOTA. Culture, code and literacy. Helping SMEs get paid with paystorm.ai.
Tirana Slush’D delivered. Honest talks with investors, startups, and founders sharpened how we tell the PayStorm story, and why it matters.
Heard it more than once: clear pitch that stood out. That took the pressure off immensely.
Next stop: Slush 2025, Helsinki.
Heard it more than once: clear pitch that stood out. That took the pressure off immensely.
Next stop: Slush 2025, Helsinki.
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Tirana Slush’D delivered. Honest talks with investors, startups, and founders sharpened how we tell the PayStorm story, and why it matters.
Heard it more than once: clear pitch that stood out. That took the pressure off immensely.
Next stop: Slush 2025, Helsinki.
Heard it more than once: clear pitch that stood out. That took the pressure off immensely.
Next stop: Slush 2025, Helsinki.
Yesterday's Walid sharpened our pitch and pushed us to think bigger.
Late invoices don't need to take this much time and money. Now they won't.
Tomorrow: Tirana Slush'd. Then Slush Helsinki.
Big thanks to the teams and everyone who believes in us.
Late invoices don't need to take this much time and money. Now they won't.
Tomorrow: Tirana Slush'd. Then Slush Helsinki.
Big thanks to the teams and everyone who believes in us.
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Yesterday's Walid sharpened our pitch and pushed us to think bigger.
Late invoices don't need to take this much time and money. Now they won't.
Tomorrow: Tirana Slush'd. Then Slush Helsinki.
Big thanks to the teams and everyone who believes in us.
Late invoices don't need to take this much time and money. Now they won't.
Tomorrow: Tirana Slush'd. Then Slush Helsinki.
Big thanks to the teams and everyone who believes in us.
What does ARC even mean?
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
What does ARC even mean?
I was talking to a business owner last week and they said something that stuck with me:
"My business is making money. But I'm running out of cash."
Turns out? They're not alone. 22% of UK businesses are in exactly that position right now.
"My business is making money. But I'm running out of cash."
Turns out? They're not alone. 22% of UK businesses are in exactly that position right now.
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I was talking to a business owner last week and they said something that stuck with me:
"My business is making money. But I'm running out of cash."
Turns out? They're not alone. 22% of UK businesses are in exactly that position right now.
"My business is making money. But I'm running out of cash."
Turns out? They're not alone. 22% of UK businesses are in exactly that position right now.
Faster code generators and a generation of slower thinkers
Last week, OpenAI launched GPT-5 Codex, built specifically to challenge GitHub Copilot and Cursor AI. This isn't just another coding assistant - it's a direct attack on Microsoft's developer tools empire.
Last week, OpenAI launched GPT-5 Codex, built specifically to challenge GitHub Copilot and Cursor AI. This isn't just another coding assistant - it's a direct attack on Microsoft's developer tools empire.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Faster code generators and a generation of slower thinkers
Last week, OpenAI launched GPT-5 Codex, built specifically to challenge GitHub Copilot and Cursor AI. This isn't just another coding assistant - it's a direct attack on Microsoft's developer tools empire.
Last week, OpenAI launched GPT-5 Codex, built specifically to challenge GitHub Copilot and Cursor AI. This isn't just another coding assistant - it's a direct attack on Microsoft's developer tools empire.
AI is changing the career ladder, especially junior roles.
Stanford researchers put hard numbers on what managers suspected: employment for 22-25 year olds in AI-exposed roles dropped 13% since 2022. Older workers in those same jobs grew 6-12%.
Stanford researchers put hard numbers on what managers suspected: employment for 22-25 year olds in AI-exposed roles dropped 13% since 2022. Older workers in those same jobs grew 6-12%.
September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
AI is changing the career ladder, especially junior roles.
Stanford researchers put hard numbers on what managers suspected: employment for 22-25 year olds in AI-exposed roles dropped 13% since 2022. Older workers in those same jobs grew 6-12%.
Stanford researchers put hard numbers on what managers suspected: employment for 22-25 year olds in AI-exposed roles dropped 13% since 2022. Older workers in those same jobs grew 6-12%.
OpenAI discovered why ChatGPT lies to you and hallucinates
OpenAI published research explaining why AI confidently states false information even when it has access to correct data.
The answer is simple: AI gets rewarded for guessing instead of saying "I don't know."
OpenAI published research explaining why AI confidently states false information even when it has access to correct data.
The answer is simple: AI gets rewarded for guessing instead of saying "I don't know."
September 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
OpenAI discovered why ChatGPT lies to you and hallucinates
OpenAI published research explaining why AI confidently states false information even when it has access to correct data.
The answer is simple: AI gets rewarded for guessing instead of saying "I don't know."
OpenAI published research explaining why AI confidently states false information even when it has access to correct data.
The answer is simple: AI gets rewarded for guessing instead of saying "I don't know."
The “optional” phase of AI in Europe ends in 3 days
Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models have already kicked in as of August 2, 2025, moving talk of transparency and oversight into enforceable requirements.
Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models have already kicked in as of August 2, 2025, moving talk of transparency and oversight into enforceable requirements.
September 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The “optional” phase of AI in Europe ends in 3 days
Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models have already kicked in as of August 2, 2025, moving talk of transparency and oversight into enforceable requirements.
Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models have already kicked in as of August 2, 2025, moving talk of transparency and oversight into enforceable requirements.
The next bottleneck might be electricity
Today’s signal is hard to miss: utilities are staring at nearly 400 gigawatts of new data center power requests, more than half of America’s peak demand, much of it tied to AI. Many of these sites may never be built, but there is a queue.
Today’s signal is hard to miss: utilities are staring at nearly 400 gigawatts of new data center power requests, more than half of America’s peak demand, much of it tied to AI. Many of these sites may never be built, but there is a queue.
September 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The next bottleneck might be electricity
Today’s signal is hard to miss: utilities are staring at nearly 400 gigawatts of new data center power requests, more than half of America’s peak demand, much of it tied to AI. Many of these sites may never be built, but there is a queue.
Today’s signal is hard to miss: utilities are staring at nearly 400 gigawatts of new data center power requests, more than half of America’s peak demand, much of it tied to AI. Many of these sites may never be built, but there is a queue.
OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman just warned investors about AI.
Two days ago, he told reporters "investors as a whole are overexcited about AI."
Tech stocks immediately crashed. Nvidia dropped 3.5%. Palantir fell 10%.
But isn't he the main reason behind this overexcitement?
Two days ago, he told reporters "investors as a whole are overexcited about AI."
Tech stocks immediately crashed. Nvidia dropped 3.5%. Palantir fell 10%.
But isn't he the main reason behind this overexcitement?
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman just warned investors about AI.
Two days ago, he told reporters "investors as a whole are overexcited about AI."
Tech stocks immediately crashed. Nvidia dropped 3.5%. Palantir fell 10%.
But isn't he the main reason behind this overexcitement?
Two days ago, he told reporters "investors as a whole are overexcited about AI."
Tech stocks immediately crashed. Nvidia dropped 3.5%. Palantir fell 10%.
But isn't he the main reason behind this overexcitement?
Every time OpenAI releases a new model.
August 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Every time OpenAI releases a new model.
Google just committed $1B to universities, but not out of kindness.
Last Wednesday, Google announced a three-year plan to provide AI training and tools to over 100 US colleges and universities.
This is not just corporate philanthropy. This is strategic workforce development.
Last Wednesday, Google announced a three-year plan to provide AI training and tools to over 100 US colleges and universities.
This is not just corporate philanthropy. This is strategic workforce development.
August 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Google just committed $1B to universities, but not out of kindness.
Last Wednesday, Google announced a three-year plan to provide AI training and tools to over 100 US colleges and universities.
This is not just corporate philanthropy. This is strategic workforce development.
Last Wednesday, Google announced a three-year plan to provide AI training and tools to over 100 US colleges and universities.
This is not just corporate philanthropy. This is strategic workforce development.
Is anyone still hiring people to log company expenses?
August 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Is anyone still hiring people to log company expenses?
ChatGPT 5 has a hidden mode problem.
I spent days testing it against Claude Code and o3 on complex data problems.
Without thinking mode, ChatGPT-5 performed worse than both competitors.
With thinking mode enabled, it suddenly became the top performer.
1/3
I spent days testing it against Claude Code and o3 on complex data problems.
Without thinking mode, ChatGPT-5 performed worse than both competitors.
With thinking mode enabled, it suddenly became the top performer.
1/3
August 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
ChatGPT 5 has a hidden mode problem.
I spent days testing it against Claude Code and o3 on complex data problems.
Without thinking mode, ChatGPT-5 performed worse than both competitors.
With thinking mode enabled, it suddenly became the top performer.
1/3
I spent days testing it against Claude Code and o3 on complex data problems.
Without thinking mode, ChatGPT-5 performed worse than both competitors.
With thinking mode enabled, it suddenly became the top performer.
1/3
You can modify, commercialize, and deploy them without paying OpenAI or asking permission.
The specs: 120b runs on a high-end computer with a good GPU. 20b needs just 16GB memory and can run on a phone. Both use mixture-of-experts so they activate fewer parameters than their total size suggests.
The specs: 120b runs on a high-end computer with a good GPU. 20b needs just 16GB memory and can run on a phone. Both use mixture-of-experts so they activate fewer parameters than their total size suggests.
August 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
You can modify, commercialize, and deploy them without paying OpenAI or asking permission.
The specs: 120b runs on a high-end computer with a good GPU. 20b needs just 16GB memory and can run on a phone. Both use mixture-of-experts so they activate fewer parameters than their total size suggests.
The specs: 120b runs on a high-end computer with a good GPU. 20b needs just 16GB memory and can run on a phone. Both use mixture-of-experts so they activate fewer parameters than their total size suggests.
OpenAI released two models you can actually own. Both do o3-level reasoning, and one can run on your smartphone. Here's how you can use them.
After six years of closed models, OpenAI just dropped gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b under Apache 2.0 license.
After six years of closed models, OpenAI just dropped gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b under Apache 2.0 license.
August 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
OpenAI released two models you can actually own. Both do o3-level reasoning, and one can run on your smartphone. Here's how you can use them.
After six years of closed models, OpenAI just dropped gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b under Apache 2.0 license.
After six years of closed models, OpenAI just dropped gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b under Apache 2.0 license.
When they're like "show us what you're working on?" Raincheck?
August 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When they're like "show us what you're working on?" Raincheck?
This breaks the old rule that more hours equals more output.
Remote workers spend 4.5 hours daily in focused work. Office workers manage 3.7 hours. That extra focus time adds up to 4+ hours of productive work per week.
Remote workers spend 4.5 hours daily in focused work. Office workers manage 3.7 hours. That extra focus time adds up to 4+ hours of productive work per week.
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This breaks the old rule that more hours equals more output.
Remote workers spend 4.5 hours daily in focused work. Office workers manage 3.7 hours. That extra focus time adds up to 4+ hours of productive work per week.
Remote workers spend 4.5 hours daily in focused work. Office workers manage 3.7 hours. That extra focus time adds up to 4+ hours of productive work per week.
People are working less and somehow getting more done
The numbers from 50,000 workers tell an interesting story.
Average workday dropped by 36 minutes compared to pre-remote work. Yet productivity increased by 2%. Workers now end their day at 4:39 PM instead of 5:21 PM.
The numbers from 50,000 workers tell an interesting story.
Average workday dropped by 36 minutes compared to pre-remote work. Yet productivity increased by 2%. Workers now end their day at 4:39 PM instead of 5:21 PM.
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
People are working less and somehow getting more done
The numbers from 50,000 workers tell an interesting story.
Average workday dropped by 36 minutes compared to pre-remote work. Yet productivity increased by 2%. Workers now end their day at 4:39 PM instead of 5:21 PM.
The numbers from 50,000 workers tell an interesting story.
Average workday dropped by 36 minutes compared to pre-remote work. Yet productivity increased by 2%. Workers now end their day at 4:39 PM instead of 5:21 PM.
OpenAI skipped the official examiners. Ignored the marking guidelines. Didn't wait the requested week before announcing. And we still don't know if they used one model or six models working together.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
OpenAI skipped the official examiners. Ignored the marking guidelines. Didn't wait the requested week before announcing. And we still don't know if they used one model or six models working together.
Every AI company lies differently. OpenAI claimed they won gold at the International Math Olympiad this weekend. Big news, right? First AI to ever do it.
Then DeepMind said they got gold too.
Except neither actually participated in the official competition.
Then DeepMind said they got gold too.
Except neither actually participated in the official competition.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Every AI company lies differently. OpenAI claimed they won gold at the International Math Olympiad this weekend. Big news, right? First AI to ever do it.
Then DeepMind said they got gold too.
Except neither actually participated in the official competition.
Then DeepMind said they got gold too.
Except neither actually participated in the official competition.
We've come a long way, haven't we.
July 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We've come a long way, haven't we.
Windsurf, where founders abandoned their own company. Here's what happened.
The Windsurf story ended last week when Cognition Labs bought what was left.
The Windsurf story ended last week when Cognition Labs bought what was left.
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Windsurf, where founders abandoned their own company. Here's what happened.
The Windsurf story ended last week when Cognition Labs bought what was left.
The Windsurf story ended last week when Cognition Labs bought what was left.
Knowledge has lost its price, probably.
Once you've seen bread double in price every week, you stop trusting price tags fast.
I feel that same shock whenever ChatGPT spits out an answer. Ideas that took years to learn now arrive for free, in seconds.
Once you've seen bread double in price every week, you stop trusting price tags fast.
I feel that same shock whenever ChatGPT spits out an answer. Ideas that took years to learn now arrive for free, in seconds.
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Knowledge has lost its price, probably.
Once you've seen bread double in price every week, you stop trusting price tags fast.
I feel that same shock whenever ChatGPT spits out an answer. Ideas that took years to learn now arrive for free, in seconds.
Once you've seen bread double in price every week, you stop trusting price tags fast.
I feel that same shock whenever ChatGPT spits out an answer. Ideas that took years to learn now arrive for free, in seconds.
GPT-5 drops in weeks. This is the iPhone-2007 Summer for AI.
We’re moving from the Blackberry era to the final form factor, and one of the biggest releases is rumoured in July.
We’re moving from the Blackberry era to the final form factor, and one of the biggest releases is rumoured in July.
July 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
GPT-5 drops in weeks. This is the iPhone-2007 Summer for AI.
We’re moving from the Blackberry era to the final form factor, and one of the biggest releases is rumoured in July.
We’re moving from the Blackberry era to the final form factor, and one of the biggest releases is rumoured in July.