
Dad, Entrepreneur, Investor, Amateur tennis 🎾 player Founder @Pixelmatters_ & @PixelVentures_ & @joinUpsideClub 💸 €30M in sales over the past 12y
Portugal 🇵🇹
Joined July 2009
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12 anos depois de ter trabalhado com o @miguel_milhao na @prozisofficial, é dia de contar a história desse capítulo do meu percurso. 💪
Sai hoje à noite o "meu" episódio do podcast CdK. Conversa longa, honesta, e acima de tudo...super divertida! 😀
Obrigado @miguel_milhao uma vez mais pelo convite, foi top!
André Oliveira retweeted
Any form of security through obscurity is fully over. This barely worked as a method with humans, but just simply is over in a world of autonomous systems that will look through every crevice and try every permutation of attack possible.
As a result, years and years of legacy enterprise infrastructure will need to be upgraded, security practices modernized, data pipelines cleaned up, access controls better managed, and much more. Agents will help on the defensive side because they can both accelerate this work and equally simulate the risk vectors.
But there’s a long road ahead to prepare for this future. This is also partially why diffusion timelines will take longer than some realize.
André Oliveira retweeted
🚨 THE INTERNET IS FACING ONE OF THE WORST WAVES OF CYBERSECURITY THREATS EVER.
More than 20 major cyber incidents and security warnings have been reported in recent days, affecting banks, governments, cloud platforms and widely used software.
And some of the details are shocking.
1. PHP, used by a huge part of the web, had 2 critical flaws (CVSS 9.2) that let attackers run code remotely
2. Governments in 9+ countries took websites offline as a precaution, including France, the Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the UK
3. eMudhra, a certificate authority, had the keys of 8 certificates exposed. One key was the number 4
4. Railway says hackers may have accessed decrypted customer secrets
5. Zeabur was breached, with 321,810 accounts affected, and is shutting down
6. Japan's Onamae Desktop Cloud stopped up to 26,739 servers after malware was found
7. LiteLLM, a popular AI library, was poisoned and stole cloud and AI keys
8. OVHcloud's CLI tool was backdoored
9. GitLab disclosed a CVSS 10 flaw that lets attackers take over servers without logging in
10. State Bank of India confirmed 3,897 customer records on the dark web
11. Data of California students was stolen from ETS, with the intruder inside for about 4 months
12. Bullhorn took its platform offline after a cyber incident
13. Palo Alto firewalls are still being exploited by ransomware groups Qilin and Inc
14. Researchers say AI agents were used to target 400+ banks and payment companies in Latin America
15. Axios reports US banks are finding unauthorized AI agents inside customer accounts
16. Reuters reports one hacker used AI agents to break into 100+ company websites, including Deere
André Oliveira retweeted
as bad as things have gotten in the past 4 days, they are going to get a lot worse before they get better. security leaders, never let a crisis go to waste: please go to your boards and ask for help right now. not for ai, for the basics. (we need to hold on for ~18 months.)
Habitação é o tema do momento. 🏠
O @Rodrigopessoaj, que é uma máquina, está por sua própria iniciativa a tentar contribuir de forma concreta para a resolução deste problema, com o seu projeto Arvilea.
O objetivo é construir o máximo de casas a preços acessíveis, com a ambição de chegar a 1.000 casas em 5 anos.
Quer fazer T2 com Jardim a ~240.000€ a 45 minutos de Lisboa. Brutal.
Para atingir este objetivo e materializar este projeto, o Rodrigo está no terreno, a fazer coisas, enquanto tenta levantar o capital para fazer isto acontecer.
Segundo sei, tem sido desafiante. E como não seria de admirar, apoio ou interesse público é perto de zero. 🤷♂️
Para resolver este problema da habitação - que existe e é obviamente um assunto sério - precisamos de mais Rodrigos e menos "acampadas".
Quem tiver interesse em investir e contribuir ativamente para a resolução do problema da habitação, fale com ele.
A few months ago, I posted something about @Pixelmatters_ CEO transition, and someone asked me:
What's the emotional impact of no longer being the CEO of the company you started? 🤯
I can only speak about my experience. So, please take it with a grain of salt.
My thoughts... 🧠
1️⃣ The transition from me being at the center of everything to becoming close to irrelevant happened much faster than I anticipated. I think this is due to a combination of factors, namely the outstanding work @bmfteixeira is doing but also the disruptive changes that AI is forcing every company to go through.
2️⃣ It takes a while to adapt yourself to a slower daily rythm. Not sure if I'll ever adapt to it, honestly. 😀
3️⃣ A slower day-to-day made me realize that I'll work... forever! People say that "To stop is to die" and it really is. A balance between high-intensity work and time for your stuff is clearly the sweet spot.
4️⃣ Also takes a while to adapt to an open calendar. You get so used to not having time nor being the owner of your own time that it's strange when you have it back. And of course, hard to decide what to do with it, which is one of those luxury problems to have! 😂
5️⃣ You get to do much less decisions, but the ones you make — often strategic — are both more impactful but also more long-term. So there's a delay until results come up. Gotta be patient!
6️⃣ It's phenomenal to see the culture you've helped to create and shape from the outside, especially when it actually sticks together even when you're not really around. Gives me a big feeling of accomplishment.
7️⃣ Overall, it's a step I'm increasingly proud of having made and don't regret at all. If anyone is wondering about doing it or not, feel free to send me a DM.
I'm considering becoming a (close to) full-time Podcast Host starting 2027. 🎙️
Who should I invite for a chat? 👀
André Oliveira retweeted
Castle's High-Yield product keeps growing as we approach the Oct. 15 record date for $STRC.
Total AUM is up 115% in the past 3 weeks
We’re seeing strong momentum from Castle customers allocating capital to $STRC and choosing to convert 100% of their dividends to Bitcoin since the official rollout of the High-Yield for both Individuals and businesses.
High-Yield AUM is growing nicely !
André Oliveira retweeted
Last week in Porto some Upside founders spoke with Team Genesis from Morais Leitão, on stock options and taxation.
This kind of access used to mean knowing someone who knew someone. Upside exists to change that.
Thanks Maria Gouveia & Isabel Carneiro Kahlen 🙏
André Oliveira retweeted
What the Pixelmatters team shipped with AI last week. Side quests count too 🛠️
André Oliveira retweeted
We built Spinnable with 21 AI teammates and ONLY 5 humans
Now you can scale your team without adding headcount too!
Сomment TEAMMATE below to get 50% off on your first month.
more info 🧵👇
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Tomorrow, the @joinupsideclub hosts our 2nd Focused Session, in partnership with arguably the current best Portuguese Law Firm. 🇵🇹
The session is focused on Taxes and Stock Options, and hosted by someone who literally has been named Portugal's Tax Law Firm of the Year a couple of months ago.
And completely for free!
The value we're creating for the community & the Portuguese ecosystem is hard to grasp, but I'm sure will be noticeable in the years and decades to come.
We're playing the long game. 😎
20 seats are taken but if you want to join, we may be able to accommodate it!
luma.com/upsideclub-morais-l…
I'm getting an abnormal amount of messages & emails from both individuals - like Freelancers - but also other Agencies, offering their services.
Seems like something may be going on, and it's not just AI.
Anyone else feeling signs of a dry market?
André Oliveira retweeted
We created gyms because modern day work no longer required physical activity. Without exercise, our muscles atrophy.
I predict we’ll need gyms for our brains too, once AI starts doing our knowledge work.
André Oliveira retweeted
O comunicado de imprensa dos meus advogados, Francisco Teixeira da Mota, Luísa Teixeira da Mota, William Bourdon e Vincent Brengarth, relativamente às acções vergonhosas tomadas contra mim pelo Estado português na quarta-feira:
COMUNICADO DE IMPRENSA
Lisboa e Paris, 2 de outubro de 2026
Fim da proteção de Rui Pinto: os seus advogados apelam às autoridades portuguesas para que reconsiderem uma decisão com consequências gravíssimas
Rui Pinto, o denunciante que esteve na origem do Football Leaks, foi notificado, na passada quarta-feira, de que o programa especial de segurança de que beneficia desde agosto de 2020 terminará no próximo dia 10 de outubro. Dentro de poucos dias, sem ter sido previamente ouvido, como a lei exige, perderá a residência protegida e confidencial que lhe foi atribuída e será obrigado a encontrar, com urgência, uma nova habitação, sem qualquer garantia de que a proteção policial se mantenha.
A sua situação é agora crítica. As ameaças de que é alvo não são meramente teóricas: em abril passado, foi agredido em Lisboa. As suas revelações envolveram figuras poderosas e dotadas de vastos recursos, e muitos dos processos judiciais delas decorrentes continuam ainda em curso, como demonstra a decisão proferida há apenas alguns dias pela comissão independente da Premier League relativamente ao Manchester City. Privado abruptamente da sua residência protegida e colocado numa situação de extrema precariedade, Rui Pinto ficará agora mais vulnerável do que em qualquer outro momento desde 2020.
Rui Pinto cooperou com a justiça portuguesa, e foi precisamente essa cooperação que justificou a sua integração num programa de proteção. As suas revelações, utilizadas por numerosas autoridades judiciais, fiscais e desportivas em toda a Europa, a começar por França, contribuíram para reforçar a transparência e a integridade no futebol. Os Estados que beneficiaram da sua atuação não podem simplesmente virar as costas à pessoa que assumiu os riscos necessários para trazer estes factos à luz do dia.
Nos termos da lei, será interposto recurso administrativo desta decisão, com efeito suspensivo. Os advogados de Rui Pinto, confiando em que as autoridades portuguesas dariam a devida consideração à sua situação, solicitaram, na passada quarta-feira, ao Ministério da Justiça que reconsiderasse esta decisão, que divulgasse os elementos da reavaliação do risco em que a mesma se baseou, que o seu constituinte fosse ouvido e que garantisse, em qualquer caso, a continuidade da sua proteção. Até ao momento, não foi recebida qualquer resposta.
Esta decisão e a forma como foi tomada, não respeita, lamentavelmente, o Estado de Direito e constitui um ato de terrorismo de Estado. Não podemos aceitá-lo.
Francisco Teixeira da Mota
Luisa Teixeira da Mota
William Bourdon
Vincent Brengarth
André Oliveira retweeted
Muita gente ficou feliz com a fuga de Cristiano Ronaldo da seleção.
Duvido que alguém esteja mais feliz do que a esmagadora maioria dos outros jogadores da seleção.
André Oliveira retweeted
A take that I haven’t seen is the pressure that lands on legacy enterprises and businesses because of this launch!
Users and clients will no longer tolerate terrible interfaces if even the government pulls this type of UX.
The bar just got a lot higher on what people expect when using an online service.
Chief Design Officer @jgebbia officially unveils America.gov, the new online home for the United States of America






























