Austen Allred

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CEO @GauntletAI: Free AI training + high-paying jobs for the smartest engineers. Will tweet as I wish and suffer the consequences. Accelerando: @kellyclaudeai

Austin, TX gauntletai.com/austen Joined December 2010

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Austen Allred @Austen 17h

Let your engineers train in with us in Austin!

Nov 30 - Dec 11.

On the team plan, they apply AI engineering skills to a project your company chooses, with an assigned mentor.

Learn more about the Austin program.

Austen Allred @Austen 3h

This is 100% a post-“doing a big deal with the department of war” answer.

Zero percent chance that would have been the answer three years ago.

sachin. Verified account @sachin2 2d

“Claude can help US kill more people more quickly ?”

Host: “With the help of LLMs, the US military has gone from hitting 1,000 targets a day to 5,000. That means Claude can help kill more people more quickly. Are you comfortable with that?”

Dario Amodei: “I am supportive of the US being more effective militarily. Having that ability be stronger doesn’t cause wars. It deters wars.”

“Do you want this country to be a more powerful actor on the world stage? I do. I’m a patriot.”

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Austen Allred @Austen 5h

The last 24h of AI, for builders:

• "This codebase is yours" makes Fable 5.2 refactor, not duplicate
• Amazon cut classification costs 98% dropping the LLM
• Same H100: $2.69 or $12.29/hr
• Fireworks breach hit Notion: rotate creds

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Austen Allred @Austen 16h

I don’t think everyone intends for these articles to be hilarious but they are.

“They keep on demanding to know what we’re doing all day for our high salary and benefits, are they allowed to do that?”

Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie 20h

NEW for @washingtonsun: Federal workers in a government tech office are once again being mandated to send in updates about what they do, giving some flashbacks to the infamous “five things” emails Elon Musk required at the height of DOGE.

washingtonsun.com/agencies/some-…
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Austen Allred @Austen 19h

All I have to say is I’m very proud with my investor track record when I look at this page

Juampi Verified account @juampitech 22h

Which YC batch made the biggest company?

The most valuable AI startup from every @ycombinator batch:

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