Max Levchin

Max Levchin

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И чтец, и жнец, и на дуде игрец. Affirm, Glow, SciFi.

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Intruduce: /inˈtro͞odo͞os/ (verb): to send or receive an (email) introduction to an unsuspecting third party without securing their permission. Ex: I got intruduced to their sales guy, and now the %$&* is flooding my inbox.

Some financial products are built on betting that you won't actually pay your bills. Late fees, compounding interest, minimum payments — profit margins found in the fine print. We built Affirm the other way around. We only win when our customers win. Great to sit down with @Zaid Admani to dig into why that matters. Tune in below. twitter.com/mlevchin/status/20...

The wave of security exploits we are going to see in the age of AI-coded AI bots + people giving AI bots full rights to run code on their machines is going to be quite something, I suspect. It will be OK soon (AI security audits will help) but expect a rough start, IMHO. YMMV.

The facts on SEIU’s proposed wealth tax: these ideas have failed everywhere they’ve been tried, drive people, investment, and jobs out of state, and risk blowing an even bigger hole in California’s budget. We need policies that grow opportunity—not chase success away.

A newly proposed "wealth tax" is already causing an exodus from California. It turns out successful individuals would rather not have the government seize their assets simply to create a bigger pot of money for fraud, waste, and corruption.

If you're an engineer, 2026 is the year when you return to the fundamentals. Unix, CLIs, tests & types, markdown. Great and accessible documentation. Did I say markdown. There'll be lots of markdown. You can now 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚕 -𝙷 '𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝:𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝/𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗' the @vercel docs: Which agents like Claude Code do by default, saving lots of data transfer and tokens in the process:

The best strategy to dismantle Silicon Valley and kill the great American golden goose is to tax unrealized gains says @bhorowitz — and he’s right.

a16z's @bhorowitz says the California wealth tax is the "best strategy" to dismantle Silicon Valley that he's ever seen. "It's been so hard to break the Silicon Valley network effect, but this is the best strategy I've seen." "Norway has an unrealized capital gains tax.

Thank you and Tracy for having me. I’m a big fan of Odd Lots, so this is a personal milestone of sorts — getting my own cameo in a favorite TV show sort of thing :) Really enjoyed it!

In @DavidSacks we have a highly successful, tech-savvy, value creation-focused leader with great many proven talents advising our policy-setting leaders -- for free. No need for NYT to thank him, but trying to frame up a conspiracy where there isn't one... is just in poor taste. Thank you David, for your service. twitter.com/mlevchin/status/19...

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