CO2 emissions projected to fall slightly in 2026.
This is based on the preliminary estimates from the Global Carbon Project, published today.
Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are projected to fall in 2026.View quoted post on X
Gustaf Alströmer
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general partner @ycombinator. previously product @airbnb
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I'm speaking at Vapicon next Thursday on the future of Voice panel. Code ALSTROMER50 for 50% off: vapi.ai/vapicon-2026
See you there!
See you there!
vapi.ai VapiCon 2026 Join VapiCon 2026, the annual conference for voice AI developers, innovators, and industry leaders. Explore technical sessions, workshops, demos, networking, and the latest advancements in voice AI. @gustaf (Y Combinator) sees voice agents land across wildly different categories, and he’s watched voice companies go from demo to multiple rounds. At VapiCon he’ll share what YC is seeing: how fast these companies grow, how pricing has shifted in 12 months, and why the biggest opportunity is still ahead.
Future of Voice panel, Nov 12. Code ALSTROMER50 for 50% off: vapi.ai/vapicon-2026View quoted post on X
Thank you @yatshitcray. Great write-up. You are the real deal.
Joe Gebbia and Elon Musk brought me into OPM to modernize a federal retirement system buried under 400 million pieces of paper and decades of bureaucracy.View quoted post on X
I spent a year working alongside career civil servants, learning their processes and systems. I quickly discovered how agencies get locked into contracts for egregiously outdated software. In order for retirement processing to be better, we needed to rebuild it from the ground up, with a system the agency could own and operate itself.
OPM Director @skupor gave us room to challenge old assumptions, make decisions, and execute.
In just a few months, we rolled out the Online Retirement Application government-wide, eliminating recurring vendor fees and giving retiring federal employees a faster, easier way to start their retirement - digitally, for the first time ever.
I trained the in-house team to maintain and operate the system themselves, and we celebrated our wins together.
And then I left. That’s how modernization should work.
There are still so many outdated systems that desperately need modernization. Yet everywhere you look, agencies are stuck with aging vendor-built software where contractors charge millions and take weeks just to change a button.
Reimagining how government works takes more than Claude subscriptions. It takes the vision to rethink old processes, the experience to build something better, and the resolve to see things through.
That’s why I’m taking what I learned at OPM and setting out to do it again across the federal government with my new company, GovMaxxing.
I’m bringing together the best talent I’ve worked with in Silicon Valley: proven builders who’ve shipped products millions of Americans use every day and can’t wait to bring that same world-class execution to government.
We have no interest in becoming another contractor collecting checks indefinitely to maintain software that should belong to the American people.
We want to come in, solve the problem, train federal employees, and equip our institutions to own their solutions, leaving them more capable long after we’re gone, with something they’re proud to stand behind.
GovMaxxing maximizes what government is capable of. And then leaves.
govmaxxing.com
I’m proud to be a longtime backer of @GrowSF.
If you moved to San Francisco recently, it’s hard to appreciate how messy the city was six or seven years ago.
SF is still far from perfect. But local politics is hard, and this city has come a long way.
If you moved to San Francisco recently, it’s hard to appreciate how messy the city was six or seven years ago.
SF is still far from perfect. But local politics is hard, and this city has come a long way.
The story of Broccoli is very close to me and it feels special to see them announce their Series A & B with Khosla Ventures today. I've known AJ and Adi since interviewing them for the W22 batch. They applied with something very different but were extremely resilient and never gave up. Broccoli was born when they arrived to SF in the spring of 2024. Here is their story:
Broccoli has raised our Series A and Series B, both led by @khoslaventures with @ycombinator
Home services deserves tech that works as hard as its people. We're just getting started 🥦🥦🥦
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