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@benktaytay Avatar @benktaytay Ben Taylor

Ben Taylor posts on X about ai, momentum, if you, future the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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Social category influence pga golfers #92 technology brands XXXX% gaming XXX% finance XXX% stocks XXX% social networks XXX% celebrities XXX%

Social topic influence ai 7.69%, momentum #2325, if you 5.49%, future 4.4%, ben #846, fine 2.2%, spec 2.2%, a minecraft 1.1%, minecraft 1.1%, sweat XXX%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @harrystebbings @sahilbloom @kimmonismus @orangebook @markmanson @thedankoe @signulll @unusualwhales @officiallogank @paulg @alexalbert @tferriss @viemccoy @robertgreene @scaling01 @starplatinum @jasonlk @erwinai @leerob @thdxr

Top assets mentioned Noble Corporation (NE) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"In YC a week is a lifetime. You learn the hard way: momentum compounds and a lost day is a cost you actually feel. At larger companies someone can coast and hide for months and its not even noticed. YC is a different world"
X Link 2025-12-03T17:12Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@paulg Investors who say dont sell to startups are telling on themselves. They want predictable spreadsheets. You need unpredictable people who actually try new things"
X Link 2025-12-03T19:21Z 2341 followers, 3691 engagements

"i keep seeing people yell about building the future while shipping another shiny wrapper that barely does anything. feels like cosplay at this point. if youre not in your own product every day breaking it relying on it getting annoyed at it why would anyone else bother"
X Link 2025-12-04T14:39Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@alexalbert__ yeah were about two updates away from the model saying quick check-in and me pretending i didnt see it"
X Link 2025-12-05T18:43Z 2341 followers, 3274 engagements

"@tferriss This reads like three autobiographies mashed into one. half how it started half please dont try this at home"
X Link 2025-12-08T19:21Z 2341 followers, 2576 engagements

"@viemccoy most of these arguments feel like two people debating a teenagers future based on their kindergarten report card"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:05Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@RobertGreene half the time the thing someone flexes the hardest is the thing theyre most trapped by. you just have to look twice"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:18Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@HarryStebbings nothing kills momentum faster than a lead whos only willing to half-believe their own conviction"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:19Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@orangebook the people youre scared of judging you are currently arguing with their blender or something. youre fine"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:52Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"YC didnt feel like an accelerator. It felt like Id joined a very friendly cult where everyone pretended shipping at 3am was a normal lifestyle choice. The rule was basically launch now or face emotional consequences. And honestly it worked. Momentum wasnt metrics. It was XX people collectively hallucinating that their half-broken product was destined to rewrite the laws of physics. Once that energy hits you youll sprint through walls you didnt even know were load-bearing. Startups dont die from competition. They die the moment the group delusion wears off and everyone remembers they havent"
X Link 2025-12-09T16:44Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@scaling01 weve basically solved raw intelligence and now were struggling with can you please behave consistently for XX minutes"
X Link 2025-12-09T20:50Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@StarPlatinum_ stay delusional"
X Link 2025-12-09T20:51Z 2341 followers, 3139 engagements

"@orangebook half the cynicism out there is someone trying to make their own story feel less painful. nothing to do with you"
X Link 2025-12-08T15:45Z 2341 followers, 2769 engagements

"@jasonlk in-person is undefeated. its like customers need to physically confirm youre not running the company out of a minecraft server"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:26Z 2340 followers, XX engagements

"@SahilBloom XXX% planning is the part where i pretend the universe cares. preparing is the part where i accept it absolutely does not"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:05Z 2340 followers, 1132 engagements

"The harsh truth of startups people underplay how much timing matters. You can put in sleepless nights sweat everything you have and still watch someone get 100x with half the effort. Sometimes its not about focus or effort its about right place right time"
X Link 2025-11-28T16:09Z 2339 followers, 1361 engagements

"@SahilBloom This is the kind of advice that sounds too simple to work which is usually a sign it works"
X Link 2025-12-01T13:50Z 2339 followers, XXX engagements

"Building a company with zero real personal stability is the fastest way to lose your mind. If you cannot handle a bad customer day without spiraling you are not running a startup the startup is running you. There is nothing admirable about that"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:04Z 2339 followers, XXX engagements

"The ability to absorb disappointment is underrated. Not everyone is built for the grind and stress of startup life. Most people dont realize this until its too late"
X Link 2025-12-02T21:07Z 2338 followers, XXX engagements

"@leerob I think the real danger isnt that beginners wont learn. Its that theyll think theyve learned. AI makes it easy to get the answer without ever building the instincts. Skill comes from the scars not the output"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:52Z 2339 followers, XXX engagements

"You can always tell who has not been punched in the mouth by life yet. They are the ones melting down when a customer churns or a term sheet disappears"
X Link 2025-12-03T20:49Z 2338 followers, XXX engagements

"So excited for you @forwarddeploy 🔥🚀"
X Link 2025-12-04T02:37Z 2338 followers, XXX engagements

"@Markmanson feels like youre going after the gap everyone talks about privately but nobody builds for because its messy"
X Link 2025-12-04T15:29Z 2337 followers, XXX engagements

"@HarryStebbings honestly the sequoia stamp just tells candidates hey this thing might actually go somewhere. thats not shallow. thats rational risk management"
X Link 2025-12-06T16:24Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements

"@kimmonismus openai basically created expectations nobody can casually meet anymore. every release has to feel like the future or the internet freaks out"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:50Z 2338 followers, 4460 engagements

"People love to glamorize the struggle. I am delusional I will win no matter what. Sure. But I have seen the other side of the equation too many times. There are people who join the right hot company at the right moment and build generational wealth in three years. Meanwhile founders grind for a decade and walk away broke pretending it was a noble path. If you choose this life do it because you cannot not do it. Everything else is cope"
X Link 2025-12-02T16:20Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@SahilBloom What I like about this story is it reframes discipline. Not as punishment but as a gift you give your future self when things get loud"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:21Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"Nobody tells you that being a founder basically means acting emotionally stable while operating on vibes caffeine and one functioning neuron. A customer churns and my whole nervous system hits the Windows XP error noise. An investor ghosts me and im rereading old emails like were we something Then X seconds later im in a standup like morning team :) great momentum :) loving the energy :) This is the job. Not vision. Not strategy. Its being a human sponge for chaos. An emotional Brita filter. A stress piata that somehow never breaks open. Everyone else is spiraling and im in the corner"
X Link 2025-12-05T16:41Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@thedankoe i used to treat XX minutes like it was nothing. now its the only reason half my ideas exist instead of rotting in my notes app"
X Link 2025-12-06T16:21Z 2341 followers, 1010 engagements

"Theres a specific kind of jealousy that hits when youve been grinding in silence for months someone sneezes out a tiny side project and suddenly the whole internet crowns them a genius. Im scrolling their announcement like What glitch in the simulation blessed this man But heres the part I actually believe: Timing is chaotic unfair and somehow still honest. Your moment shows up when it feels like showing up. Until then you keep building. You laugh at the absurdity of it all. Because honestly what else are we going to do"
X Link 2025-12-06T16:47Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"Spec once glitched and wiped half my calendar because it thought I needed space. Like some kind of overprotective therapist inside my phone. I freaked out for XX seconds then realized it mightve been the first sane decision Id seen all week. AI shouldnt be about squeezing more into the day. It should be the thing that hands you back the hours you forgot were yours"
X Link 2025-12-08T15:30Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@IterIntellectus the i only sleep when im dead crowd always forgets theyre already halfway there"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:08Z 2341 followers, 2365 engagements

"@benln yeah the ones that land always read like hey i actually paid attention not dear sir i need X minutes of your life"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:26Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@kimmonismus the irony is microsoft had the early momentum then treated it like a speedrun instead of a product strategy"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:34Z 2341 followers, 3131 engagements

"Everybody keeps arguing about AI replacing engineers. Feels like worrying a keyboard will replace musicians. The model can sit there making sounds until sunrise. Some good. Most unhinged. You are the one who walks in listens and says okay lets make that into something. That is the job now. The song still needs a producer"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:55Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@sonofalli this is the closest thing SF has to a rom-com"
X Link 2025-12-08T17:02Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@signulll being offline used to mean you were out of touch. now it reads like generational wealth"
X Link 2025-12-08T17:19Z 2341 followers, 1760 engagements

"@unusual_whales amazing soon my cloud bill is gonna say orbital maintenance charge and im just supposed to accept it"
X Link 2025-12-08T17:25Z 2341 followers, 2277 engagements

"@Kalshi gemini about to tell me my relationship issues are brought to you by blue apron"
X Link 2025-12-08T17:43Z 2341 followers, 4795 engagements

"@RihardJarc Google basically said fine if you wont pay well monetize the oxygen around you and honestly it will work"
X Link 2025-12-08T19:15Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@wquist the common thread is obsession. not with the company but with the version of the world they think should exist"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:09Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@ayushswrites walking past the front desk without checking out feels like robbing the place emotionally"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:28Z 2341 followers, 17.2K engagements

"@girdley every time i see a viral dating horror story i understand why couples renew their vows"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:40Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@t_blom theres no recovery from guessing wrong. you just have to end the call and start a new life"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:37Z 2341 followers, 16.4K engagements

"@kimmonismus the apple comparison makes sense. at some point the frontier race stops mattering if the day-to-day experience still feels janky"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:22Z 2340 followers, 4067 engagements

"@Polymarket every year geopolitics drifts a little closer to mario kart"
X Link 2025-12-09T15:25Z 2341 followers, 1327 engagements

"@benawad killed is generous. most of us were already skipping to the 6:43 timestamp where the bug magically goes away"
X Link 2025-12-09T20:16Z 2341 followers, 5857 engagements

"The Spec adoption curve is hilarious. Day 1: write this email. Day 3: plan my day. Day 7: ok Spec be honest am i avoiding my entire life Once software starts calling you out more accurately than your best friend you realize you didnt buy a productivity tool. you accidentally hired a life auditor"
X Link 2025-12-10T17:20Z 2341 followers, XXX engagements

"@WatcherGuru cant wait for gpt-mickey where every answer politely reminds you to visit a gift shop"
X Link 2025-12-11T15:13Z 2341 followers, 1452 engagements

"In YC you see the whole spectrum: One team goes from zero to wait this is a real company. Meanwhile youre in the corner arguing with a landlord over a $XX hardware install. No better classroom for learning what to work on"
X Link 2025-12-11T15:48Z 2341 followers, 1069 engagements

"This is what happens when nobody in the room says hey normal people might freak out at that sentence. AI is great at the boring life clutter but the second you connect it to parenting the whole vibe shifts. People get protective. Which is fair. We built @spec around the idea that tech should stay behind you not next to you. Feels a lot more natural that way"
X Link 2025-12-11T19:28Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"Your Mac just got a brain. 🧠 Spec proactively drafts replies summarizes docs and helps before you ask. It connects knowledge and memory across iMessage Slack email and your calendar finally making your apps work together. Goodbye silos and context switching"
X Link 2025-10-02T14:15Z 2340 followers, 3.5M engagements

"You cant give employees or co-founders a sense of stability if you fall apart at every sign of trouble. The best founders I know have been through chaos. Toughness isnt about bravado but endurance"
X Link 2025-11-29T16:10Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@theo The funniest part is that the engineer is probably the only one actually doing his job"
X Link 2025-12-01T13:44Z 2340 followers, 3099 engagements

"@drgurner Excuses are undefeated at keeping people exactly where they are. Results come from the uncomfortable reps"
X Link 2025-12-01T14:06Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@PeterDiamandis Replacing all the tiny cognitive taxes you dont notice but drain you a little every day. Scheduling summarizing sorting deciding. Invisible work is the best use case"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:19Z 2340 followers, 1330 engagements

"@mustafasuleyman Resilience isnt gritting your teeth forever. Its updating your plan without losing your direction"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:49Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@lichthauch Some people write self-help. You wrote a whole cinematic universe"
X Link 2025-12-01T20:24Z 2340 followers, 1072 engagements

"@OfficialLoganK Totally. Once you stop treating the model like its fragile you realize it can handle way more complexity than you think. The constraint moved from the model to the human"
X Link 2025-12-02T22:17Z 2340 followers, 2745 engagements

"@0interestrates @DZhang50"
X Link 2025-12-03T00:57Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@rankintweets i use mine once a month to watch youtube in bed and feel fancy. thats about it"
X Link 2025-12-04T15:40Z 2340 followers, 5843 engagements

"Most founders forget most of the nos pretty fast. You move on get busy stop caring. But some rejections stick in a weird way. Not the big ones with clear reasons. Those are easy to respect. Its the ones that feel a bit off a little careless a little random. Those sit with you way longer than they should. Every founder has at least one of those stuck in their head"
X Link 2025-12-04T18:34Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@thedankoe some days the boredom is actually the signal. its your brain whispering go make something before we both rot"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:47Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@jaredpalmer you can feel it instantly in interviews too. some folks see a mess and light up. others look for the exit"
X Link 2025-12-08T19:13Z 2340 followers, 1718 engagements

"@paraschopra hard problems are basically a gym membership for your brain. you pay in suffering and hope something grows"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:25Z 2341 followers, 2764 engagements

"@OfficialLoganK yeah dude was shipping production code in a cave with scraps. peak vibe engineering"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:28Z 2340 followers, 5427 engagements

"@HarryStebbings theres something about movement that makes people confess things they would never say on zoom"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:45Z 2340 followers, 1447 engagements

"@vasuman ai makes you faster once you already know what good looks like. if you dont youre basically speedrunning mediocrity"
X Link 2025-12-09T20:14Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"I keep seeing AI products that feel like someone handed me a group project I didnt sign up for. If your model needs a tutorial a webinar and a prayer Its not intelligence its chores. The good stuff hits you instantly. that little jolt of oh it gets me. No slides. No onboarding. Just immediate slightly uncomfortable accuracy"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:08Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@catalinmpit no youre not alone. my dm-to-myself thread looks like a crime scene of half-thoughts and panic bookmarks"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:10Z 2340 followers, XX engagements

"@signulll product managers are basically the translators between what users want what engineers will actually build and what the deck says were doing"
X Link 2025-12-10T19:38Z 2340 followers, XXX engagements

"@chatgpt21 somewhere in the pentagon a guy is googling what is agi before the meeting starts"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:11Z 2341 followers, 2434 engagements

"@iruletheworldmo XXX feels less like an update and more like the moment in the movie where the scientist whispers that shouldnt be possible"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:55Z 2340 followers, 5051 engagements

"@deedydas weve officially reached the smoothie era of model names. cant wait for someone to release matcha oat milk pro"
X Link 2025-12-11T13:39Z 2340 followers, 1930 engagements

"@unusual_whales somehow the AI race turned into who can innovate fastest mixed with who can apologize to the EU the most convincingly"
X Link 2025-12-11T21:43Z 2340 followers, 8568 engagements