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Joey DeBruin
@joey #629
Founder @ roboagencies.com — helping people get products built 10X cheaper via AI superteams
Previously founder @withBackdrop (acquired by Seed Club)
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Is it possible to get a proper mission-style burrito in LA? Every time I'm back in SF I think "why can't we have this."
What happens when AI makes software 100X cheaper to build?
Been thinking about some non-obvious implications:
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/what-happens-when-software-gets-100x
Been thinking about some non-obvious implications:
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/what-happens-when-software-gets-100x
Today we’re launching Robodocs — an AI assistant that turns your Google Drive into a Github profile.
It tracks and analyzes your writing, and gives you a Claude agent that automatically has access to your docs.
Oh, and we built it in a week…
It tracks and analyzes your writing, and gives you a Claude agent that automatically has access to your docs.
Oh, and we built it in a week…
I would like to:
- take a sample of ~100 memecoins launched in the past few months
- look at all of the wallets that profited from them
- rank those wallets by some quality metrics
- follow all of the best wallets on @interface
@wijuwiju.eth @annoushka.eth is this a solved problem?
- take a sample of ~100 memecoins launched in the past few months
- look at all of the wallets that profited from them
- rank those wallets by some quality metrics
- follow all of the best wallets on @interface
@wijuwiju.eth @annoushka.eth is this a solved problem?
Man, I published that article a few hours too soon haha https://x.com/joey_debruin/status/1864081668555854115?s=46&t=LZRARbhav7m9fci_bpGTfQ
Hey founders, what do you do when someone promising emails you about a job, or you meet them IRL, but you aren't hiring at the moment?
Does anyone maintain an effective talent radar in a way that's simple enough to actually stick to for stuff like this?
Does anyone maintain an effective talent radar in a way that's simple enough to actually stick to for stuff like this?
Does something like Composer for memecoins exist?
- Community can create strategies (set of rules)
- User can adopt a strategy (stake money on it)
- Platform/protocol makes trades following the strategy
Alternately, are there any good "hire a degen as a service" marketplaces?
- Community can create strategies (set of rules)
- User can adopt a strategy (stake money on it)
- Platform/protocol makes trades following the strategy
Alternately, are there any good "hire a degen as a service" marketplaces?
Spoiler alert: hiring interns to post unhinged content isn't going to be a sustainable marketing strategy for startups.
New post on why companies should stop trying to beat creators at their own game and instead do what they do best — build products 🚀
New post on why companies should stop trying to beat creators at their own game and instead do what they do best — build products 🚀
The ability for small crypto apps to generate revenue quickly makes it such an interesting space to build an AI-enabled product studio.
We've seen what happens as the cost of creating memecoins goes down by 100X — memeapps are next.
The other related opportunity is for chains/ecosystems to think about devrel differently. Instead of building for developers, they will create building blocks for roboagencies and AI-enabled studios/teams that want to launch an app a week.
The natural endpoint of course is for ecosystems to create their own version of Replit Agent and basically allow people to spin up new apps from a prompt, but creating quality products in that method is a ways off even for products outside of crypto.
We've seen what happens as the cost of creating memecoins goes down by 100X — memeapps are next.
The other related opportunity is for chains/ecosystems to think about devrel differently. Instead of building for developers, they will create building blocks for roboagencies and AI-enabled studios/teams that want to launch an app a week.
The natural endpoint of course is for ecosystems to create their own version of Replit Agent and basically allow people to spin up new apps from a prompt, but creating quality products in that method is a ways off even for products outside of crypto.
If you're a founder of a venture backed company and you have a killer idea for a lead-gen product that would go viral, we'll build it for you for a stupidly low price or even for free.
Want to create a few cool case studies of what we @ Robo can do before🎄
DMs open.
Want to create a few cool case studies of what we @ Robo can do before🎄
DMs open.
The next Bell Labs won't need a cash cow. It'll need a distribution cow.
Just published "The New Moonshots" on why AI means innovation hubs will come from lean teams with great distribution, not deep pockets.
Unlike cash, which gets spent, distribution compounds.
Also included:
- why having a lot of excess cash might actually be a hindrance
- my prediction on the market demand for "internal indiehackers"
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/the-new-moonshots
Just published "The New Moonshots" on why AI means innovation hubs will come from lean teams with great distribution, not deep pockets.
Unlike cash, which gets spent, distribution compounds.
Also included:
- why having a lot of excess cash might actually be a hindrance
- my prediction on the market demand for "internal indiehackers"
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/the-new-moonshots
Last week, I talked to two founders — one that spent $200k to get an MVP built in 8 months, and another that got a similarly sized MVP built for $10k in 20 days thanks to AI.
I wrote about why I think the majority of venture-backed MVPs will be built by centaur agencies by 2027.
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/centaur-agencies-are-coming-for-your
I wrote about why I think the majority of venture-backed MVPs will be built by centaur agencies by 2027.
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/centaur-agencies-are-coming-for-your
Now that the dust has settled on the news, I wrote down a few reflections on selling Build.
Including how most people had no idea we ran a monthly hackathon/accelerator with thousands of builders almost entirely automated via AI, with one employee half time per week.
Including how most people had no idea we ran a monthly hackathon/accelerator with thousands of builders almost entirely automated via AI, with one employee half time per week.
Its official - Build has been acquired by Seed Club!
I’m really proud of our team and the Build community, and we couldn’t have found a better partner to make it even better 🚀
I’m really proud of our team and the Build community, and we couldn’t have found a better partner to make it even better 🚀
testing things out here! great to see the v5 launch in Build
https://frametra.in/f/c1eu6hx54at7pk5x8jpvfgzl
https://frametra.in/f/c1eu6hx54at7pk5x8jpvfgzl
just created this masterpiece on Medicicam featuring @peacenode.eth, @jess, @richie and @joey
https://forage.xyz/medicicam/p/01J47B9K75SV85K01FMW426Q5M?referrerAddress=0x4bBb9Ec87f5f274F1e342ef12A9491D681274aDd
https://forage.xyz/medicicam/p/01J47B9K75SV85K01FMW426Q5M?referrerAddress=0x4bBb9Ec87f5f274F1e342ef12A9491D681274aDd
Build now has close to 10k builders and 50+ partners, and we'd love to support projects that help make it better, including:
- better ways to find and get up and running with partners
- tools to create/discover demos
- better versions of "request for projects"
- better ways to find and get up and running with partners
- tools to create/discover demos
- better versions of "request for projects"
One thing we’ve learned from Build is that even the best infra companies see huge dropoff from awareness to adoption.
Published a new article on “Invisible builders” and why the reason for churn is much simpler than what many people think (hint: it’s not PMF).
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/inaction-is-the-real-competition
Published a new article on “Invisible builders” and why the reason for churn is much simpler than what many people think (hint: it’s not PMF).
https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/inaction-is-the-real-competition
Pumped to have @limes.eth back for v5 and to help launch WannaBet!
I've already created a bet there that we can launch >420 projects in v5 (thanks @ting for the push to be bold) so plz help me win by inviting your builder friends to v5 in a week as well :)
I've already created a bet there that we can launch >420 projects in v5 (thanks @ting for the push to be bold) so plz help me win by inviting your builder friends to v5 in a week as well :)
I'm testing out a cool new onchain project that's going to launch during Build v5 🤫 and I need someone to take the other side of this bet with me for 1 USDC:
">300 projects will submit a launch in Build v5"
Who's up to take the other side? Just drop/send me your ENS.
">300 projects will submit a launch in Build v5"
Who's up to take the other side? Just drop/send me your ENS.
Serious question — what makes a scenecoin's price go up?
Yes, speculation, but the tipping mechanic (while great for adoption) will generally create downward pressure on prices, which creates some potential FUD. What pushes in the other direction?
@joshcrnls have you written something snappy on this?
Yes, speculation, but the tipping mechanic (while great for adoption) will generally create downward pressure on prices, which creates some potential FUD. What pushes in the other direction?
@joshcrnls have you written something snappy on this?
There are close to 50 partners supporting builders in Build v5 🤯
Here's a roundup of some of the grants, credits, and other opportunities for builders https://paragraph.xyz/@backdrop/our-v5-partners
We've also grown our network of accelerators and other funding sources where we send top projects 🤝
Here's a roundup of some of the grants, credits, and other opportunities for builders https://paragraph.xyz/@backdrop/our-v5-partners
We've also grown our network of accelerators and other funding sources where we send top projects 🤝
Two of the big limiting factors we see for builders are:
- having an idea for something that solves a real problem
- getting paid
@bountycaster addresses both, and I’m pumped to announce that they’ll be joining v5 as a partner.
$175k in open bounties, and more coming soon 👀
- having an idea for something that solves a real problem
- getting paid
@bountycaster addresses both, and I’m pumped to announce that they’ll be joining v5 as a partner.
$175k in open bounties, and more coming soon 👀