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aidan
@aidanmantine
cofounder @flappyairplanes | prev: @thielfellowship @neuralink
san francisco 🌉
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Jan 28
    There might be fast takeoff at SFO, but people are forgetting about it in AI. We're building Flapping Airplanes to train models radically differently and fly over the data wall. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on soon.
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    Flapping Airplanes
    @flappyairplanes
    Jan 28
    Announcing Flapping Airplanes! We’ve raised $180M from GV, Sequoia, and Index to assemble a new guard in AI: one that imagines a world where models can think at human level without ingesting half the internet.
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Apr 22, 2025
    ah yes, my favorite primary key FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME for a city of 800,000
    the library system says you cannot have two patrons with the same name...
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Apr 1, 2025
    at the @AnthropicAI hackathon this weekend, built a model which can hide (and decode) hidden messages in its logprobs. output for "tell me a story"
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Jun 4, 2025
    Yesterday was my last day at Neuralink—I've quit on the best of terms to go pursue some problems that are personally incredibly exciting to me. At the same time: I'm super optimistic for the future of the company. There has never been a better time to join the incredible team. <3
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    Neuralink
    @neuralink
    Jun 2, 2025
    We’re excited to announce our $650M Series E fundraising with participation from key investors including ARK Invest, DFJ Growth, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Lightspeed, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, amongst others. We’re building
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Apr 22, 2025
    Replying to @aidanmantine
    all our doge boys should've stayed home
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Apr 22, 2025
    Replying to @AvpElk
    yeah, this is decently likely -- but optically at least extremely funny (and my respect for government database systems is low enough that i would not be surprised)
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Jan 17, 2025
    come work with the team! one of the coolest projects i've ever contributed to.
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    Neuralink
    @neuralink
    Jan 17, 2025
    🧵Deep learning simulation of brain activity
    00:00
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Feb 12, 2025
    who wore it better? - the book of changes - google deepmind
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    May 27, 2025
    check it out!
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    TBPN
    @tbpn
    May 27, 2025
    Morning. Here are our guest call-ins today: - @altcap (Altimeter Capital) - @AJ_Piplica + @Zsshore (Hermeus) - @zebulgar + @EnduroSat (Founders Fund) Thiel Fellow lightning round (@thielfellowship): - @CarloWKobe (Fizz) - @thewildstevenp (Orbit) - @Eliasfiz (Canopy Labs) -
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Sep 23, 2024
    Implemented conway's game of life in excel with @kognise7 <3 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Jun 28, 2025
    putting all my chips on the table!
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Sep 1, 2025
    something is eating at my connection speeds
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Aug 14, 2025
    alas poor yorick, i knew him well
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    aidan
    @aidanmantine
    Jun 18, 2025
    there's only one ASI i'm scared of
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