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Kyle Widrick retweeted
John Tenet, Co-Founder and CEO at @ChaosDefense, joined @KyleWidrick on @RunRatePodcast to talk about CHAOS’s mission and the company's impact on the changing landscape of defense technology.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/noFekpeg_Dw?si=W2v7…
At @PariPassuVP , there are 3 things we consistently look for when evaluating consumer brands:
1. Product vision that genuinely changes consumer behavior:
- Not incremental. Not slightly better branding. Truly differentiated products with a roadmap that has the potential to reshape the category over time.
2. Operational execution:
- Vision without execution rarely scales. The best founders know how to build systems, teams, supply chains, and organizations that can absorb growth without breaking the brand.
3. Distribution, awareness, and organic consumer pull:
- This one matters more than ever in today’s environment. The brands that become lasting category leaders create momentum consumers want to participate in - not just marketing consumers are targeted with.
That combination is incredibly rare.
Which is why we got excited about The Coconut Cult .
What stood out wasn’t just the cult-like demand. It was the trifecta.
A genuinely disruptive product vision in a massive wellness category.
A proven operator in @arijraz , who previously helped scale Once Upon a Farm into one of the defining modern CPG brands. Investing alongside our friend and partner Filipp Chebotarev.
+++ a level of consumer awareness and organic demand that most brands spend tens of millions trying to manufacture - achieved with little to no paid marketing.
(Bonus points: kids love it!)
In an AI-driven world where execution is becoming increasingly commoditized, authentic consumer connection and brand momentum matter more than ever.
The brands that win long term are the ones that can scale all three simultaneously:
product, execution, and consumer obsession.
What consumer brands do you think have executed this trifecta best over the last decade?
Run Rate is live.
When I planned 2026, I wanted to build something front-facing. Something fun. With friends.
Most podcasts talk about success.
Very few get into how it actually happens.
The messy middle.
The unseen reps.
The quiet decisions that compound.
That’s Run Rate.
We break down how high performers think, prepare, and execute — across business, investing, media, sport.
No highlight reels. No hindsight narratives.
Just real process.
Ep 1 is with Hank Medina — the voice behind @litcapital.
Started it at 3am after a night out.
Forgot about it the next day.
Built it into one of the most influential brands in finance.
Never bought a single follower.
We get into:
-Why niche > broad
-Anonymity as a strategic advantage
-How media actually compounds (and where it breaks)
-Why venture today is “a lot of vibes”
-Why AI might be a bubble (and closer to popping than people think)
If you’re building, investing, or just want to get sharper — this is for you.
Watch here: youtu.be/rK34K2DXrN0
Kyle Widrick retweeted
In case anyone was wondering, this was the real motive behind today’s press conference.
Mayor Mamdani promised a laundry list of “free” giveaways to buy votes, with no plan to pay for them. Now that the math doesn’t work, instead of owning the fact that he misled New Yorkers, he’s blaming me.
Let’s be clear: I left him over $8 BILLION in reserves.
This is the same Mamdani who spent years attacking me for not spending enough during the migrant crisis.
The only reason those reserves exist is because I ignored him and his socialist comrades who demanded we blow billions more with no guardrails.
“Free” isn’t free. It’s just a bill someone else has to pay.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
A lesson I wish I learned earlier: Clarity isn’t found in thinking. It’s found in doing. This is why there are so many smart people that never accomplish anything. The world belongs to the people who never let thinking get in the way of doing. Move. Fail. Adapt. Repeat.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
We just raised $60 million for Blueprint.
To bring my longevity protocol to you.
Our society has made us unwell…metabolically, mentally, spiritually. We’re addicted. Social media, porn, nicotine, junk food, fast food, smartphones, streaming, energy drinks, and gambling. Each perfectly engineered to keep us in their grip.
Years ago, I was owned by these systems. They wrecked me, and my health. I wish there had been someone in my life helping me break free. Blueprint will be that system. Collectively, we will claw our power back. Blueprint will take better care of people than they can themselves. Better than the healthcare system does. Better than our societal norms allow.
We will be your home for health.
Blueprint will help you feel clear-headed and vibrant. You will become more jacked and beautiful with our presence in your life. There’s nothing better than feeling your best.
Some of the world’s most powerful people are backing Blueprint.
Talent are pivoting their careers to join our team. They rightly see that Blueprint is in the right place, at the right time, for the global emergence of the new macro trend of health, anti-aging and Don’t Die.
In this post I’ll cover:
+ Who’s investing
+ What Blueprint will be
+ Who’s joining
+ Open positions
+ How to get early access
The next era of human is here.
[WHO’S INVESTING]
This remarkable group of people are Blueprint investors. They are backing the next great frontier: human longevity.
+ Akshay Bd
+ Alex Hormozi
+ Amanda Cassatt
+ Andrej Karpathy
+ Ari Emanuel
+ Balaji Srinivasan
+ Bill Lee
+ Brad Keywell
+ Brian & Veronica Grazer
+ Bryan Meehan
+ Cameron Winklevoss
+ Carter Reum
+ Chris Hollod
+ Dan Manges
+ Dave Morin
+ Don Wilson
+ Drew Houston
+ Emmett Shear
+ Eric Demuth
+ Fareed Adib
+ Generational Family Office
+ Jason Fried
+ Jay Shetty
+ Joe Gebbia
+ Joe Lonsdale
+ John Carmack
+ Joshua Kushner
+ Kamal Ravikant
+ Karim Beguir
+ Kevin Hartz
+ Kim Kardashian
+ Kyle Widrick
+ Logan Paul
+ Michael Cao
+ Michael Kives
+ Naval Ravikant
+ NIV
+ Olaf Carlson-Wee
+ Paris Hilton
+ Pippa Lamb
+ Saquon Barkley
+ Ken Katz
+ Seth Bannon
+ Shayne Coplan
+ Steve Aoki
+ Steven Bartlett
+ Suna Said
+ Tyler Winklevoss
+ Winnie Liu
+ Wojciech Zaremba
[TEAM]
Defeating death would be humanity’s greatest accomplishment. Big things are happening right now in our small corner of the galaxy. We see the consequence of this moment and are working to positively influence the future of intelligent existence. We believe that product is philosophy and companies can influence the world.
Join if you love to work insanely hard and also get eight hours of sleep.
Joining our team as CEO is Gyre Renwick. He was previously President of Modern Health and before that an executive at Google Health and Lyft Healthcare. Gyre builds complex health systems into growth engines.
In this next chapter, I am doubling down on Blueprint and Don’t Die. I’m all in. Gyre will run the business and I will focus on vision, strategy, and birthing Don’t Die into the world.
Blueprint is the practical manifestation of Don’t Die. They are the same thing. I will continue to juggle many full-time jobs: rejuvenation athlete, Blueprint vision, leading the Don’t Die moral philosophy and ideology, building a global community, and content creation. Ultimately, both Blueprint & Don’t Die ladder up to the same thing, answering the question: ‘what does humanity do as we give birth to super intelligence?’.
Kate Tolo (co-founder), Gyre, and I will be in lockstep building this mission together.
Roles we are filling now:
+ Chief Technology Officer
+ Chief Product Officer
+ Chief Medical Officer
+ Chief Marketing Officer
+ Engineers of all types
+ See all open roles
Refer your most talented friends. If you don’t see a job fit, still email us.
[BLUEPRINT VISION]
We’re making my protocol accessible to everyone. To replicate everything including the measurements, protocols, therapies - and make it easy and accessible for others to do in a community. For your family and friends to do this too.
Many think that the world’s most powerful people have their health figured out. The truth is, most everyone is floundering. Luxury concierge services often do little for wealthy people as the biggest gains are not in expensive therapies but daily habits. We will help you build life foundations, starting with the basics and graduating to advanced therapies.
Our goal is to be more effective in helping you achieve your health goals than any health system or concierge in the world.
Blueprint will build around:
+ your preferences
+ your budget
+ your preexisting conditions
+ your prior results
+ your prescriptions
+ your level of effort
It’s health within context.
I built Blueprint to solve my own problem. My body and mind were broken, and I didn’t know who to trust to help me fix it. Everyone disagreed with everyone else. I found sanity in gathering a team of doctors and building a protocol based upon robust measurement and scientific evidence. It’s a methodical process that produces better outcomes and results in fewer mistakes and wasted time.
After my team and I built a protocol for me, my friends and family asked if they could get access too. Then their friends and family asked and I said yes again. The circle kept on expanding until we stumbled into Blueprint becoming a company.
We will tell you to do less. Most good health can be achieved with very little effort. It’s the systems, infrastructure, knowledge, and piecing through the noise that is hard.
Blueprint is Bryan Johnson’s protocol, for everyone.
What this will practically mean:
+ Blood draws
+ Food delivery
+ GLP-1s
+ Rx prescriptions
+ Free protocols
+ Toxin testing
+ At-home tests
+ Skin care & hair care
+ Nutrition & supplementation
+ Advanced therapies
And your AI health companion will make it simple.
I like to call this my Autonomous Self. In the same way you put in an address and digital navigation tells you the best way to get there, Blueprint is navigation to vibrance. Our goal is to remove the thinking and hassle for you so that you can focus on building durable life habits and achieve the best health of your life.
I love thinking about what the future will say about us. When I think from the perspective of those who exist in the year 2500, I think they’ll observe that the 2020s and 2030s was the time when humans figured out that they were the first generation who wouldn’t die.
Early access below.
What an amazing opportunity. Let’s do this together.
Bryan
Kyle Widrick retweeted
From @ericvishria on how the top AI founders are building products completely opposite of the SaaS era:
"One of the things that is really different in the AI world versus the SaaS world, is that in the SaaS world, over and over again, you had people who really understood the customer. And the problem. And then they understood a domain.
They understood what the technology was more or less capable of. But it wasn't a real question of if you could build something or not.
For example, take Salesforce, Workday, and ServiceNow. CRM existed before Salesforce. HR management existed before Workday. Same thing with ServiceNow.
So in every case, Salesforce followed Siebel. Workday followed Peoplesoft. ServiceNow followed Peregrine and Remedy, and others. So they were just kind of, cloud SaaS versions of the prior generation product.
They just understood the customers. They understood the problem. And they were just like, here's a better version. And that evolved a little bit over time in SaaS land. But that's what it is.
And so product development in that way was done by people who really understood the customer and the problems. And then just took advantage of the next wave.
And this is almost diametrically opposite of product development in the AI era. When I look at the teams that are having the most success today, they have intimate knowledge of the models. They are right on the frontier of understanding which models are better at what, and why, and when. And what they're going to be good at and what they're not going to be good at.
And what they're spending their time on, is figuring out how do I apply this capability of this model to this domain or to this user. So they're actually working inside out or technology out, versus customer problem in.
And of course, they understand the customer problem. And a lot of times they have firsthand knowledge of it. But they're really close to the metal and capability, and they're applying it. And I think this is a really different way to develop products than in SaaS.
I started my career as a product manager a long time ago, and it's almost the complete opposite of everything you learned. "Listen to the customer, understand it, then bring it back to the engineering and product teams."
If you did that right now, ask a bunch of customers what they want out of AI, and you brought it back, for the most part, it may not be possible today with today's technology. Whereas the teams that are winning right now really understand the technology and are applying it out.
And so I think this reversal matters. I think it's a big difference in terms of how companies are getting built. And maybe even the types of entrepreneurs that will be successful. I'm not sure. You're seeing some real change there.
Look at the Bret Taylor's at Sierra. That's a super, super technical founder who really gets it. Brett and Clay really get it. You look at Michael and his co-founders at Cursor. They're super technical founders and they get it.
They all really understand what these things can and can't do. And that's a pretty different dynamic relative to the way the best SaaS companies got built."
Link in bio for the full conversation going deep on the current class of startups going from zero to $100m+ in ARR within 12 months.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
And that is the Life Map!
Now, a little surprise.
I created a Life Map template that you can fill out as you go through this process.
If you want it, retweet this post & comment Life Map & i’ll DM it to you.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
The critic says to the artist, "would you like my opinion on your work?"
"Yes, " says the artist.
"It's worthless," says the critic
The artist replies, "I know, but tell me anyway."
Kyle Widrick retweeted
Breaking News: Just now, #Hamas snipers have reportedly killed dozens of children and women on the streets, targeting those attempting to travel from north to south #Gaza and those displaying white flags as a sign of peace. Similar acts have previously been attributed to Palestinian and #Hezbollah terrorists in Syria. They do not want civilians to leave; they want to use them as human shields and kill anyone who attempts to leave. Hamas terrorists in Gaza will, as usual, blame #Israel because it is easy and there is media that accepts this propaganda.
#HamasisISIS #HamasTerrorrists
Kyle Widrick retweeted
Took my kids trick or treating in Palo Alto last night.
Here’s their haul:
▫️11 full-sized dairy and nut free candy bars
▫️2 term sheets from Sequoia and Accel
▫️$3,500 in OpenAI credits
▫️4 offers to “help review their YC apps”
▫️6 VCs who provided nothing but just said “let me know how I can be helpful”
▫️1 internship offer from Anthropic
▫️7 offers to “jump on the pod”
This place is the worst
Kyle Widrick retweeted
I am pro-Palestinian. Some might be surprised by this due to my recent advocacy on @X for Israel, but you shouldn’t be.
I am anti-terrorist, not anti-Palestinian. It is not inconsistent to be pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian. And my pro-Palestinian viewpoint is not a new one. My pro-Palestinian perspective began more than 30 years ago when I was introduced to the Palestinian community and their plight in the early 1990s.
I have invested millions in helping promote Palestinian economic development and peaceful coexistence. We would do a lot more if we could be confident that the funds would be used productively.
The crisis in Gaza is largely due to a failure of leadership. The Palestinians elected Hamas in 2006 after Israel withdrew and evicted 9,000 of its own citizens from their Gazan homes. Israel withdrew from Gaza for peace. It was a small scale test of a two-state solution.
Rather than building the Singapore of the Middle East over the last 18 years, Hamas diverted funding to build tunnels, rockets and munitions to wage terror and war in an effort to eliminate Israel and kill Jews.
Like the Israelis, the vast majority of Palestinians want peace. They want opportunities for employment so they can earn a living wage to support and educate their families so the next generation can build a better life.
They want peace, beauty, happiness, health and prosperity as we all do. All of that would have been possible with Gazan leadership which focused on economic development rather than terrorism. Israel and (most of) the world wanted the Gazan experiment to succeed.
Israel simply wanted peace. Israel built a fence and created checkpoints to protect its citizens from suicide bombers and other forms of terror. The Egyptians built a concrete wall at their border with Gaza for the same reasons. The need for a fence and checkpoints is made self-evident by the catastrophic impact on Israel when the fence was breached on Oct. 7th.
Hamas is in the business of terrorism. Hamas makes money with grift, corruption, and funding from Israel’s enemies who support Hamas to achieve their own anti-Israel objectives. Hamas and those that support it don’t care about the Palestinians. The Palestinians are simply a tool to implement their anti-Israel and/or anti-Jew objectives.
Like other businesses, Hamas has a corporate hierarchy where those at the top make thousands of times more than the ‘workers’ at the bottom. Hamas’ leaders have put aside hundreds of millions and even billions for themselves.
Hamas uses their ‘culture’ of terrorism, cash, and other incentives to motivate young, brainwashed —often from youth—, radicalised militants to implement death, torture and destruction. Their ‘success’ at terrorism attracts more funding, amplifies Israel’s response, and the cycle continues.
Hamas does not care about the Palestinian people. Hamas knew with certainty how Israel would respond to the torture, rape, beheading, and slaughter of Israeli women, children, seniors and infants on Oct. 7th.
Hamas’ plan was to hide out in their tunnels and headquarters built under major hospitals, limit evacuations so that Palestinian citizens are exposed to the inevitable Israeli military response, and then rally the world against Israel in a globally coordinated response as innocent civilians die.
Israel has no choice but to destroy Hamas. It cannot allow its survival, as Hamas’ existence remains an existential threat. If ISIS invaded our southern border, we would do the same. We would warn civilians to evacuate and then we would go in and destroy the terrorists. We wouldn’t cease fire until they were obliterated.
The whole situation is an incredible tragedy. While I have always hoped for a viable and peaceful two-state solution, the Gaza experiment has been an abject failure. Future efforts for statehood for the Palestinians must learn from this catastrophe.
As always, I welcome your input, critiques and rebuttal.
What did I get wrong?
Kyle Widrick retweeted
My daughter got married earlier this year. I can’t sing for the life of me. I wrote what I wanted to say to her as a speech, entered it into ChatGPT, said, “Do rap lyrics for it,” it did, and then entered it into a music AI.
So I was able to blare it over the speakers, a personal rap song from me. Again, the human element was human. All of the messaging was from me. But the lyrics came from ChatGPT and the singing came from another AI. It extended my capability. It meant a lot to me.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
I have to post this again. What an incredible speech. @NYCMayor gets it.
This is the most impressive speech I have heard in many, many years. 4 minutes. Must watch. teapawt.org/TheEliKlein/status/171…
Kyle Widrick retweeted
One of the best ways to counter Hamas is to donate to organizations that support victims.
Here is a list of vetted places to donate. Some focus on Israelis, some on Palestinians. All with 97+ rating on Charity Navigator.
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Kyle Widrick retweeted
This morning, on Shabbat and a holiday, Hamas invaded Israeli territory and murdered innocent citizens including children and the elderly. Hamas has started a brutal and evil war.
We will be victorious in this war despite an unbearable price. This is a very difficult day for all of us.
Hamas wants to murder us all. This is an enemy that murders children and mothers in their homes, in their beds, an enemy that abducts the elderly, children and young women, that slaughters and massacres our citizens, including children, who simply went out to enjoy the holiday.
What happened today is unprecedented in Israel – and I will see to it that it does not happen again. The entire government is behind this decision.
The IDF will immediately use all its strength to destroy Hamas's capabilities. We will destroy them and we will forcefully avenge this dark day that they have forced on the State of Israel and its citizens. As Bialik wrote: 'Revenge for the blood of a little child has yet been devised by Satan'.
All of the places which Hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in, that wicked city, we will turn them into rubble.
I say to the residents of Gaza: Leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere.
At this hour, the IDF is clearing the terrorists out of the last communities. They are going community by community, house by house, and are restoring our control.
I embrace and send heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families whose loved ones were murdered today in cold blood and endless brutality.
We are all praying for the well-being of the wounded and all those who are being held hostage. I say to Hamas: You are responsible for their well-being. Israel will settle accounts with anyone who harms one hair on their heads.
I appeal to the residents of the south: We all stand alongside you. We are all proud of your heroism and your fighting.
To our beloved IDF soldiers, police officers and security forces personnel, remember that you are the continuation of the heroes of the Jewish people, of Joshua, Judah Maccabee and the heroes of 1948 and of all of Israel's wars. You are now fighting for the home and future of us all. We are all with you. We all love you. We all salute you.
To the medical and rescue teams, and the many volunteers who came out in force today in a long list of places, the people of Israel salute you. With your spirit, we will overcome our enemies.
Today, I spoke with US President Biden and with other world leaders in order to ensure freedom of action for Israel in the continuation of the campaign. I thank President Biden for his strong and clear words. I thank the President of France, the Prime Minister of Great Britain and many other leaders for their unreserved support for Israel.
I now appeal to all citizens of Israel:
We stand together in this campaign.
This war will take time. It will be difficult. Challenging days are ahead of us. However, I can promise one thing: With the help of G-d, the forces that we all have in common and our faith in the Eternal One of Israel, we will win.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
Have you ever wondered how you can legally spy on your competitors and know exactly how much they're doing in revenue, how much inventory they hold, and what products they're selling the most and least of?
Well you actually can, and it's pretty..
Dodd Frank co-author on board of failed signature bank.
Admin Officer at failed SVB former CFO of Lehman Brothers.
What’s next.
Kyle Widrick retweeted
Twice as many people died in Japan last year as were born. Population freefall.
Rest of the world is trending to follow.
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