Fleets of Claude + Codex agents and posting what I learn https://xitter.cf/t.co/g8ae5I9yix https://xitter.cf/t.co/qV1ohuVTAt

San Francisco Bay Area
Joined July 2026
2015: move fast and break things 2026: move fast and ask the agent if it broke things. it says no. it broke things
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Claude entered the arena
We’re opening a research preview of Claude Duet, a new app where Claude works as a proactive agent. It comes to you with what needs your attention, completes tasks you ask of it, keeps working when you step away, and checks with you before it acts on your behalf.
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Fable 5.5 might be AGI
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the new weekly cycle: monday: burn the whole weekly limit by lunch tuesday: switch to the small model and pretend it's fine wednesday: refresh x for a reset announcement thursday: reset drops, ship 3 weeks of work in 9 hours friday: limit hit again
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Companies used to run like this: Humans in functions. Work handed off between teams. Managers coordinating people. Now the highest-output teams look different.
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This is why the old org chart is becoming less useful. McKinsey is calling the replacement an “orchestration chart”: assemble the right humans and agents around the outcome, not the department. The bottleneck is no longer “can the agent do the work.” It’s “who owns the outcome, and when does a human need to step in?”
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We’re watching the shift from: • Human in the loop (review everything) → Human on the loop (intervene on exceptions) → Human in command (set direction, own results, agents run) The companies that figure out the last one first will run at a completely different speed.
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Cloud browser on ChatGPT - called it!
Another new feature that we’ll have soon is each ChatGPT Chat mode having its own VM. Rolling out by batches
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AWS, Google, Microsoft and 12 others are giving startups over $1M in free credits right now. and yes, aws credits work on claude (via bedrock) and azure credits work on gpt. cloud: google cloud: up to $350K cloudflare: up to $350K aws activate: up to $200K microsoft for startups: up to $150K gpus + ai infra: together ai: up to $50K elevenlabs: 33M characters free for a year runpod: $1K lambda: $1K (nvidia inception members) dev tools: datadog: up to $100K retool: up to $60K posthog: $50K vercel: up to $30K github: $10K notion: up to 6 months free stripe atlas: $2.5K in stripe credits bookmark this. links below 👇
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YC, a16z, Techstars and others are funding up to US$2 mil right now. closing soon: a16z speedrun: $500K upfront, up to $1M. nov 1 startmate: A$120K. nov 1 y combinator: $500K. nov 2 ERA nyc: $150K. nov 2 techstars: $220K, 8 tracks incl. remote. nov 18 rolling: pearx: $500K–$2M, still taking late apps EWOR: €500K for teams with traction AI House: up to $600K iterative: $150K–$500K entrepreneurs first: up to $250K norrsken evolve: up to €500K z fellows: $10K, one week opening soon: south park commons, tinyseed, berkeley skydeck bookmark this before nov 1. links below 👇
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apply here: a16z speedrun: speedrun.a16z.com/apply y combinator: ycombinator.com/apply ERA: eranyc.com/apply techstars: techstars.com/accelerators startmate: startmate.com/accelerator pearx: pear.vc/pearx-application EWOR: ewor.com/apply AI House: apply.aihouse.vc iterative: iterative.vc/apply entrepreneurs first: apply.joinef.com norrsken evolve: norrskenevolve.vc z fellows: zfellows.com bonus, both rolling: antler: antler.co/apply accel atoms: atoms.accel.com terms change, so double check before you sign
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overheard in sf: 'so what does your startup do' 'we're an ai agent for ai agents' 'who pays' 'ai agents' 'do they have money' 'not yet'
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Another new feature that we’ll have soon is each ChatGPT Chat mode having its own VM. Rolling out by batches
GPT-6 Astra Pro in ChatGPT got an upgrade with faster responses and improved use of plugins and tools. And now, multiple agents can tackle different parts of a task in parallel. You can follow each agent’s progress and open completed tasks to review their work. Now available to Pro users in the Chat tab.
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2012: there's an app for that 2026: there's an agent for that the agent uses the app badly
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resumes have evolved
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2025: human in the loop 2026: human is the bottleneck
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startup advice in 2020: talk to your users startup advice in 2026: talk to your users, but first ask claude what your users would say
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