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SF
Joined April 2015
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Go check out @clawcalldev
“HUNNY MY GROK BOT CALLED OUR FAVORITE ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND MADE US RESERVATIONS” I built a Grok Bot whose only job is to pick up the phone and book you a table at restaurant. Literally make the call in a beautiful Grok voice. It is absolutely amazing! And it’s free. Try it: x.ai/bot/TIMrxLJHbEEpdr25yYg… Yesterday I told it "book Gourmet Italia in Temecula, 4 people, tonight, around 7." It found the restaurant's number on its own, asked how flexible we were on time, what name to book under, and what callback number to give. Then it read everything back and waited for my OK before it dialed. One call covers every time that works for us, so there's no back and forth. When the call ends, it tells me what happened in plain English, quotes what the restaurant actually said, and offers to put the reservation on my calendar. If I don't have a calendar connected, it hands me a file that opens right in Apple Calendar. A Proposal: Grok Phone Grok Bot needs its own phone number to make and receive calls. I connected a calling service called ClawCall, and the free tier gave me 30 calls or 30 minutes to start. I have no connection to that company. It's just what I used. Once Grok Bot has a number, it stops being something you type to and becomes something that can actually get things done in the real world. @Grok you need an old tyme phone service, buddy. I built some guardrails. It never hands over a credit card or deposit info, never leaves voicemails unless you ask, makes one call at a time, and never calls on its own. And this isn't really about restaurants. Change a few words and the same bot can: - Book a haircut, a massage, or a dentist cleaning - Get a tee time or a court reservation - Check if a hotel has a room or will let you check in early - Schedule a car service or an oil change - Call around for quotes from a plumber, an electrician, or a caterer This is one of many ways I use Grok Bot to build businesses and make life easier. The calls I used to put off for days now take me 30 seconds. I made it shareable, so you can grab "Call A Restaurant Reservation" and use it yourself. LINK: x.ai/bot/TIMrxLJHbEEpdr25yYg…
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Replying to @clawcalldev
@clawcalldev killing it like always!
Grok @Bot can call restaurants by phone and book you a table
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Such an impressive work in a short span! Amazing work @benjaminshafii @getopenwork
happy to announce that @getopenwork is now part of yc. we’re building the open-source claude cowork alternative for companies that want to run agents in production. bring your own model/provider, wire in your tools + context, and ship reusable agent setups across your org with guardrails built in. less “chat with a bot.” more deployable ai teammates your team can actually use. (DMs open if you need help deploying this in your org)
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For the first time, you don't need to think where to keep your funds before using them! With @0dotfinance, your checking account IS your saving account. Check out how you can keep earning yield on your treasury up until you spend it with your card or send funds to your supplier. Sign up here: 0.finance/
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Are you an optmisoooooor? @0dotfinance got you covered with your finances!
I pay my contractors through Claude. Watch how I scan Gmail for invoices, let @claudeai extract the details, and propose payments through @0dotfinance - all without leaving the chat.
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Love @0dotfinance and want to deposit more than $10K in your account? Watch this video to learn how to increase your deposit limits and do KYB for your business. Sign up for 0 Finance here: 0.finance/
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We are live with our insured savings product at @0dotfinance, find out how to get a starter account and deposit up to $10K in 2 minutes here. Sign up for 0 Finance here: 0.finance/
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3 down, 4th to the right. Insured high yields, at your service! @0dotfinance @benjaminshafii
Open source powers the web. We're helping power open source. Meet the Vercel OSS Program, Fall cohort.
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“DeFi keeps getting hacked” is one of the main reasons founders avoid onchain yield. But what exactly is getting hacked? And why do you hear about it so often? Let’s unpack 🧵 (1/9)
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The fear comes from real blow-ups: The DAO, bridge hacks (Ronin, Wormhole, etc.), lending/stablecoin failures, and more recent events like xUSD or Balancer. To most people this compresses into one sentence: “DeFi is unsafe.” (2/9)
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Looking to co-work with cool startups in New York. Hit me up. @0dotfinance
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✅ witnessed protest at YC "make something meaningful" (again we were not involved) ✅ @larryellison 24 hrs before he became the worlds richest
small summary of squatting @ the yc demo day yesterday to talk to customers ✅ self-made ads w/ pizzeria delfina pizza cardbox @CatalystRaghav ✅ talked w/ 5 customers ✅ people saying "respect the hustle though" when they don't want to chat ✅ lots of pictures requests because "this is so sf" ✅ police cop car chase (no we were not involved) ✅ peacock apparatus (in next reply)
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Startups shouldn't need to choose between risk and return, we provide them both!
them: how easy is it for my startup to earn 8% on my funds with 0 finance? me: It's easy. just deposit funds. them: no, but really? how does it work? me:
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I’ll be in SF from April 7 for a couple of weeks. Keen to meet builders in AI, stablecoins and fintech space. Hit me up if you are around 👋
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Time for new beginnings 🚀 October was my last month at @gnosispay. As a founding team member and Head of Product, I helped turn the vision of self-custodial banking & payments into a product being used by thousands across Europe. 🧵 on my journey and next steps (1/8)
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Initially, I helped assemble a talented team of developers from @GnosisDAO, rapidly iterating to bring our product vision to life. Within three iterations, we evolved from a hardware wallet on an optimistic rollup to transforming a @safe into an onchain bank account. We launched the MVP and showcased the first product at EthCC 2023, grabbing global headlines. techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/gn… (2/8)
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Big things coming your way from @gnosispay Upto 4% cashback 🚀
Top tier cashback program for @gnosispay on the way! Sending 0.1-100 GNO to your Gnosis Pay Safe entitles you to 1%-4% cashback (+1pp if you are an OG NFT holder).
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What do we have here? 👀 @gnosispay
Someone just put the new Gnosis Card onboarding flow on a vape, that’s crazy 😭
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This is just the start. There is much more to come in the name of disrupting the world of payments with the principles of decentralised technology 🦉 #gnosispay
Huge milestone: €1,000,000 total spent using Gnosis Cards! 🔥 We’ve built the world’s first on-chain self custodial checking account and are only just getting started… 🦉💳 Stay tuned for later, we have something in the works 👀
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Keep an eye out for an upgraded experience to get your @gnosispay card 👀
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26 hours, that's how long it is until crypto's most anticipated event! What does it mean for the ETH in your wallet? NOTHING! The merge is supposed to be a seamless transition and you don't need to do anything to prepare for it. Google "the merge" #TheMerge #Ethereum
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