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Joe Benso retweeted
Ox Alpha is free via Nous Portal for a limited time. We have capacity for 1 quadrillion tokens per day.
Let the tokens flow at portal.nousresearch.com
Joe Benso retweeted
I’m officially calling this the Gauntlet Loop.
The agent (not you!!) breaks the goal into parts, gives each part a specialist builder and a ruthless blind critic sub-agent, with a mandate to only pass if the generated artifact is better than some real-world equivalent.
Prompt:
I want you to build a first-person shooter at the level of the most recent Call of Duty games. It should be utterly perfect, visually beautiful, with every single thing done at AAA quality—from textures to physics to anything you could think of.
Fan out sub-agents and have sub-agents tackle each one individually so that the game is utterly perfect. You should /loop on each item and have a separate sub-agent check it visually to ensure it looks triple A. That separate sub-agent should be a really harsh critic, and if it doesn't look triple A, it should keep going.
Don't stop until each sub-agent is utterly wowed with the quality when compared with the actual Call of Duty game. It should literally compare them side by side blind and say which one looks better. Do this in ThreeJS. /loop until it's utterly perfect. Fan out sub-agents and ultracode.
Joe Benso retweeted
Opus 4.8 is live in Claude Code today.
A few things worth knowing: 🧵
Introducing Claude Opus 4.8: it builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.
Available today at the same price.
ALT Benchmark table showing how Claude Opus 4.8 compares to its predecessor and to other models on tests of coding, agentic skills, reasoning, and practical knowledge work tasks.
Joe Benso retweeted
Introducing GPT-5.5
A new class of intelligence for real work and powering agents, built to understand complex goals, use tools, check its work, and carry more tasks through to completion. It marks a new way of getting computer work done.
Now available in ChatGPT and Codex.
Joe Benso retweeted
Five Years of Bored Ape Yacht Club
A note to The Best Club on the Internet,
Five years is a long time on the internet. It’s long enough to understand what makes something different, and to recognize when it becomes part of people’s lives in a real way.
The Bored Ape Yacht Club has always been more than something you scroll past. It’s something people step into, build with, and carry with them. That’s what makes this a Club.
Like @mfigge said recently, the Club should live in your world, not just your timeline. That's where we're headed.
Here's what that looks like right now.
We recently rolled out the new bayc.com - a fresh look, member profiles and directory, an updated store.bayc.com, and more coming soon. It’s a step toward making the Club feel more tangible, more connected, and easier to immerse in.
IRL is the Alpha
Over the last few weeks, Apes have been mobilizing across the globe through regional meetups, bringing local chapters together in ways that actually matter.
We spent 4/20 weekend with Snoop and Dr. Bombay, giving a group of Apes a member-only moment you can’t replicate online.
These moments pull people closer together, create and strengthen real bonds, and push the energy of the Club forward.
We say Bored Ape, You say Yacht Club
We’ve also been thinking about what it actually means to be a Yacht Club - not just the name, but the feeling behind it. That’s starting to take shape. From here on out, you’ll see it show up more clearly in our apparel, our collaborations, and an aesthetic that finally does the Yacht Club name justice.
Five years in, and we’re not slowing down.
There’s more to share, but for now… thanks for being an Ape. Thanks for being in the Club.
Nice idea Greg 👍
Let’s go! botsunbound.com
THE CLEAREST PATH TO A $10M+ SOFTWARE EXIT in 2 YEARS (with AI and agents)
building an agency right now is one of the most interesting business moves
the productized agency had its moment in 2022. it collapsed because scaling humans is a nightmare. inconsistent output, people quitting, margins getting crushed. most of the founders (and creators) who tried it got burned and moved on
but the thesis was right. the labor problem is just solved now with AI, claude code, openclaw etc.
here's the actual playbook i'd run today:
pick one painful deliverable for one specific buyer. like SEO content for e-commerce brands doing $1M+ but not "marketing."
or like ad creatives for DTC brands spending $50k/month on meta. one thing. one customer. that's it
then you build the AI workflow behind it.
you're selling an outcome on a monthly retainer. $3-5k/month. 80%+ margins because your cost is compute and a few hours of QA
"BuT tHaT'S nOt a BiG bUsInnesS"
okay but you're still swinging for the fences
because the agency IS the research and development for your agent SaaS
every client is paying you to figure out what to automate. you're learning what breaks, what scales, what customers actually want.
by month 4 you know exactly what to productize. you build the software on top of the workflow you've already proven works and already have customers paying for
agency funds the agent SaaS. SaaS scales without the agency overhead. the clients become your first software customers
now let's talk about what this actually looks like financially
year 1: 10 clients at $4k/month. $480k revenue. 2 people. maybe $80k in costs including compute, tools, one part time VA. you're taking home $400k between two people while building the software in the background
year 2: you launch the software. your 10 agency clients are the first to convert. they already trust you. they've seen the output. you charge $800/month for the software version. now you have recurring software revenue AND the agency still running
year 3: agency is winding down or running on autopilot. software has 200 customers at $800/month. that's $1.9M ARR. 2-3 person team. 85% margins. you are now a very attractive acquisition target
the exit math is interesting. SaaS at $1.9M ARR with strong retention trades at 5-8x revenue. that's a $10-15M exit for something two people built in 3 years starting with zero VC
CAVEAT:
Startups are hard. A lot needs to go right.
But from a framework perspective, I think this probably the lowest risk, highest reward option for lots of of folks
and most of the businesses cost $0 to start
basically
this is the most capital efficient path to a software exit that exists right now
happy building
Joe Benso retweeted
I am in this movie, arguing that all of this technology is good, actually
This is an awkward transition time, but if we get it right-- and it's within our power-- on the other side is unimaginable abundance and time to pursue what really matters to us
We need to accelerate, but we need to accelerate effectively
Comes out next month in theaters!
Joe Benso retweeted
Since this post has escaped containment and is attracting the anti-AI crowd, now seems like good time to share -
I wrote an essay on Creative Machines. Originally I started it to clarify my own thinking on what to build, but it blew up into a thesis on the role of AI in the creative process.
jakemclain.com/writings/crea…
Vibe Check: OpenAI drops a NEW CODEX APP—a command center for agents xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1OwxWeNBE…
Love all the leveling up this week everywhere. What’s the next big announcement to look for?
Introducing the Codex app—a powerful command center for building with agents.
Now available on macOS.
openai.com/codex/
Things are about to get interesting
