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Jensen Huang once admitted that when NVIDIA unveiled its first AI supercomputer, nobody wanted it. Not a single purchase order.
Except for Elon Musk.
"He goes, 'You know what? I have a company that could really use this.'"
But then came the twist: it was a nonprofit😂😂 The machine cost $300,000, and Jensen thought the odds of getting paid were "approximately zero." He delivered it anyway, driving it to San Francisco himself in 2016 to a room full of researchers who turned out to be OpenAI.
Elon saw the value of AI computing when the whole world couldn't understand it. He's done it again and again, spotting the future years before everyone else, then backing it with action instead of words.
Jensen Huang told the story of how Elon Musk became NVIDIA’s very first customer for their powerful AI supercomputer
“When I announced this thing, nobody in the world wanted it. I had no purchase orders, not one. Nobody wanted to buy it. Nobody wanted to be part of it.
Except for Elon.
He was at the event, and we were doing a fireside chat about the future of self-driving cars. I think it's like 2016, maybe 2015. And he goes, 'You know what? I have a company that could really use this.'
I said, 'Wow, my first customer.' And so I was pretty excited about it.
And he goes, 'Yeah, we have this company. It's a nonprofit company.'
And all the blood drained out of my face. I just spent a few billion dollars building this thing. It cost $300,000. And the chances of a nonprofit being able to pay for this thing is approximately zero.
And he goes, 'You know, this is an AI company. And it's a nonprofit. And we could really use one of these supercomputers.'
And so I picked it up. I built the first one for ourselves. We're using it inside the company. I boxed one up. I drove it up to San Francisco, and I delivered it to Elon in 2016. A bunch of researchers were there. And I walk up to the second floor, where they were all kind of in a room that's smaller than your place here. And that place turned out to have been OpenAI.”
Francisco retweeted
The actual facts about SpaceX in Ukraine:
- SpaceX is a private company with zero obligation to help Ukraine, yet it stepped up when governments dragged their feet.
- Starlink and Starshield are not the same. Starshield is under U.S. government control. That is who made last night’s call.
- Ukraine accounts for only a micro fraction of SpaceX’s revenue, while the company bears the risks of operating amid Russian attacks and geopolitical pressure. The financial return hardly justifies the exposure. SpaceX helps because it chooses to. Starshield access, meanwhile, is up to the US government.
- SpaceX has every right to set limits on how its technology is used. They own it and bear consequences for it. This is while they actively collaborate to take down Russian access to Starlink that threatens to collapse Ukraine.
- Throwing tantrums over not getting all your demands, including offensive use, or simply because Elon disagrees with you, while SpaceX risks its assets to help, says plenty about your character.
- Demanding a company be nationalized so you can just take its product is the loudest confession that you cannot build anything. You can only steal.
- Europeans should try to build their own. As a space fan, I'd celebrate it.
- I don't care about the politics. But attacking the company that stepped up when it had no obligation to help is pathetic.
The truth is, without Starlink saving Ukrainian communication in the early days, their reality would have severly looked very different today, and they should be grateful.
Francisco retweeted
Si cobrás suscripciones en LATAM, podrías estar perdiendo revenue por esta razón:
Cada año, cerca del 30% de las tarjetas de un portfolio cambia de número, de vencimiento o se cierra. Es un dato de Visa, no una estimación nuestra.
Las redes tienen un mecanismo para avisarle al negocio los datos nuevos del plástico. Pero solo funciona si el issuer está adherido y el adquirente lo soporta.
En nuestra región eso no está garantizado. La cobertura varía caso por caso según el país, el adquirente, la red y, sobre todo, el issuer. Las marcas locales y buena parte del débito quedan afuera.
Y cuando no hay cobertura para el caso, un cliente que no se quería dar de baja deja de pagar. En tu dashboard aparece como churn.
En Rebill detectamos estos casos y notificamos automáticamente al cliente por email y WhatsApp para que actualice su tarjeta y siga con su suscripción. Funciona en todos los países, con o sin cobertura del issuer.
Francisco retweeted
Today is a special day for me.
I've made $3M with my 36 startups.
Solo.
85% margin.
Bootstrapped.
It took 10 years, and I loved every second of it.
After failing as an entrepreneur for 5 years, I got a job in 2021.
That's when I discovered @levelsio's journey and decided to try again.
"If he can do it, maybe I can too?"
So I started building tiny startups and writing about it.
2021 and 2022 were quiet, but I was having fun.
Everything changed in 2023 when I launched ShipFast and made my first million.
Building something people finally paid for and enjoyed made me so happy.
My first 5 years of failures taught me not to get emotionally attached to a project, because everything goes to 0 eventually.
So I just kept shipping.
It's 2026, and I've launched 36 startups.
50% never made money.
Only 11% made decent money.
Back in 2016, when I started, I believed I would make it.
If I had known it would take 7 years of failure, I probably would never have started.
That's why I'm stupidly optimistic.
I don't think in years. I don't dream big.
I think in weeks. I build tiny projects fast. And I quit even faster.
That's how I wake up happy, enjoy the journey, and eventually build life-changing projects.
If you've been following the journey, thank you. You've given my posts a sense of purpose, which has kept me going, and I'm very grateful for this. ❤️
Francisco retweeted
Aprobada la reforma laboral, ahora el Gobierno debería encarar una reforma tributaria histórica que termine con el laberinto fiscal que asfixia a quien produce.
En Argentina hay mas de 150 impuestos. Un verdadero infierno fiscal en medio de una maraña absolutamente delirante que revienta a empresarios y trabajadores.
No alcanza con modernizar las leyes del trabajo si el Estado sigue quedándose con una parte desmedida de la facturación antes de que una empresa pueda siquiera pagar los sueldos o reinvertir.
El modelo a seguir es la simplicidad, y Paraguay es el ejemplo más cercano y exitoso.
Hace años adoptaron el esquema del "triple 10" (10% de IVA, 10% de Impuesto a la Renta Empresarial y 10% de Renta Personal) y han logrado niveles de inversión y estabilidad que Argentina no conoce hace décadas.
Mientras allá el sistema invita a la formalidad porque es fácil de entender y pagar, acá el sistema expulsa al contribuyente hacia la informalidad por su complejidad asfixiante.
Uno de los mayores obstáculos para cualquier plan de crecimiento es el peso de las provincias.
Los hijos de puta de los Gobernadores atentan contra el desarrollo nacional en pos de proteger sus cajas ni hacer el mínimo esfuerzo para bajar el gasto público.
Bajo el concepto de "tasas" o el nefasto Impuesto a los Ingresos Brutos, las jurisdicciones provinciales aplican una doble o triple imposición sobre la misma actividad.
Ingresos Brutos es, probablemente, el impuesto más distorsivo de nuestra economía: se cobra en cada etapa de la cadena productiva, acumulando costos invisibles que terminan inflando los precios que paga el consumidor final.
Argentina necesita una reingeniería total que elimine estos impuestos en cascada y unifique criterios.
Si no se limita el poder de las provincias para inventar gravámenes sobre la facturación bruta, la reforma laboral será apenas un parche en un sistema que sigue diseñado para recaudar sobre el stock y no para fomentar el flujo de riqueza
Francisco retweeted
Ora siempre por la alineación. Para estar en el lugar correcto, en el momento correcto, con las personas adecuadas que te ayudarán a alcanzar tu destino.
Francisco retweeted
🇬🇪Georgia is becoming a major business hub.
The country’s economy doubled in 5 years and is growing by 8% a year.
International tech companies pay 0% corporate tax and just 5% on dividends and salaries.
Georgia is seriously underrated as a place to visit and do business.
Francisco retweeted
Los estoicos recomendaban la visualización negativa (premeditatio malorum).
Seneca, el autor principal del concepto. Aconsejaba meditar regularmente sobre el exilio, la pobreza y la muerte. Decía que el dolor golpea más fuerte a quien no lo espera.
Acá el Licha lo explica en acción.
Francisco retweeted
Desregular la actividad profesional.
O el título es habilitante o no. Los Colegios profesionales tienen que ser optativos. Que laburen y ofrezcan contraprestaciones de valor si quieren afiliados. No queremos ser más prisioneros de kiosquitos al pedo manejados por ladrones.
Francisco retweeted
Otra típica noche de la Era Riquelme.
Un equipo al borde del papelón y solo tirando centros en un partido importante.
La gente dormida mientras la 12 canta canciones en loop.
Un DT insólito.
Y de yapa el árbitro jugando en contra.
En fin, una noche Riquelmista.
Francisco retweeted
Hace 30 años, el market cap de Microsoft era de 62000 millones y el de Exxon de 56000 millones de USD. Hoy hablamos de Nvidia 5,5 trillones, y de Facebook 1,5 trillones, y las tres que se vienen ahora OpenAI, Anthropic y SpaceX entre 1 y 2 trillones cada una. Y todos los Bitcoin del mundo son una masa monetaria de 1,5 trillones.
