# ![@thekevinqi Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1954651032148979712.png) @thekevinqi Kevin Qi

Kevin Qi posts on X about ai, kalshi, in the, money the most. They currently have [---] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1954651032148979712/interactions)
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- [--] Week [------] +36%
- [--] Month [-------] +614%
- [--] Months [-------] +62,691%

### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1954651032148979712/posts_active)
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- [--] Week [--] +14%
- [--] Month [---] +81%
- [--] Months [---] +17,050%

### Followers: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::1954651032148979712/followers)
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- [--] Week [---] +4.30%
- [--] Month [---] +19%
- [--] Months [---] +3,129%

### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1954651032148979712/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  16% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  11% [stocks](/list/stocks)  4% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  3% [countries](/list/countries)  3% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  1% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  1%

**Social topic influence**
[ai](/topic/ai) 7%, [kalshi](/topic/kalshi) #346, [in the](/topic/in-the) 4%, [money](/topic/money) 4%, [windsurf](/topic/windsurf) 3%, [at least](/topic/at-least) 3%, [llm](/topic/llm) 3%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 3%, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 2%, [bit](/topic/bit) 2%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@kalshi](/creator/undefined) [@ahmadafterhours](/creator/undefined) [@devinbuild](/creator/undefined) [@dhanushnehru](/creator/undefined) [@hackerrank](/creator/undefined) [@leetcode](/creator/undefined) [@mannupaaji](/creator/undefined) [@arjuns_chauhan](/creator/undefined) [@pcshipp](/creator/undefined) [@shaig](/creator/undefined) [@fazlerocks](/creator/undefined) [@dagreenhermit](/creator/undefined) [@windsurf](/creator/undefined) [@braelynai](/creator/undefined) [@ismaelfi](/creator/undefined) [@dwlz](/creator/undefined) [@charleskirkfan](/creator/undefined) [@michael11106713](/creator/undefined) [@da_green_hermit](/creator/undefined) [@thegreatbonnie](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK)](/topic/$shak) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [IBM (IBM)](/topic/ibm)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@The_GreatBonnie Last I heard they own WindSurf. I think their product is doing good in the B2B market so no need to get twitter viral all the time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019581765514670564)  2026-02-06T01:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@baltic_dan Aren't [--] year olds a bit older than zoomers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019957861191958996)  2026-02-07T02:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@krugermacro It does seem to be giving non-technical folk the ability to get a prototype into the app store for their entrepreneurial dreams when in the past it might've costed 10s of thousands of dollars to outsource"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020287129297764505)  2026-02-08T00:02Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@T3chFalcon Very poor UX. Lotta of non-technical folk gonna be looking at it and not knowing what half the stuff means"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020333306215297413)  2026-02-08T03:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Day [---] of building AI Event Coordination 🚀 📧 Migrated our email automation from Google Sheets to Brevo at this stage we need a real CRM. 🧭 Also calling an end to this daily series. Its not performing the way it was a few months ago. Still building. Just changing how I share the journey. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020334795541127542 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020334795541127542"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020334795541127542)  2026-02-08T03:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Ive been on the side of hiring for engineers at Amazon and thats not the case. In order to hire you need consensus from 6-7 people. Its hard to use nepotism in that case. If they dont get the job they simply werent the best candidate from the interviews. Most people I interviewed failed the coding portion. And I did around [--] interviews when I was at the company. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020588724631773494 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020588724631773494"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020588724631773494)  2026-02-08T20:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LeboChampu @Nithya_Shrii At big tech you do. Otherwise there is not way to figure out who is the best since there isnt enough data collected off just 2-3 interviews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020588934674403814)  2026-02-08T20:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Igger286007 @BarefootStudent My point is that from my experience the top American CS students from any background are usually getting jobs without much difficulty at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020589531746205884)  2026-02-08T20:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@marclou Are you handling the currency conversion in-house or using a 3rd party integration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020590102372921407)  2026-02-08T20:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Param_eth Why would someone by this when they can probably use their own Open Claw setup to vibe code it for less than $100"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020596667523768703)  2026-02-08T20:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@pcshipp All of these jobs. If something as hard as coding can be easily replaced what else is safe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020704291418509517)  2026-02-09T03:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@theo How do you know who is AI and who isn't Soon we might require biometric proof on who is human"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020711070684590144)  2026-02-09T04:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@ahmadafterhours this is a cloud based platform that you own. What do you think of Clawd bot taking control of people's computers and allow them to accomplish the same things without middle men involved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020910843253096528)  2026-02-09T17:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"You still need a way to fundamentally cut the candidate pool down. My startup posted a job last year and we immediately got almost [----] candidates. Now imagine getting 10K or 100K candidates for [--] position. How can you manually review everybody fairly Unfortunately you probably cannot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020911245008961902)  2026-02-09T17:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"YC application submitted Perhaps the 4th time is the charm. Wish us luck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021010037334999368)  2026-02-09T23:55Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Devinbuild @AforeVC The run a similar program as YC where they invest around 500k preseed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021286980202500298)  2026-02-10T18:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@whoistife_x As you get better at working out it becomes and energizer like caffeine instead of something that drains you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021308843762860301)  2026-02-10T19:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@WrightFlow_AI @Devinbuild Other than the tech enthusiasts I don't see you typical old age grandma being able to set it up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021399092300218726)  2026-02-11T01:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@bensig Are you now spending $200 on Claude Like your AI spend was constant and you just switching providers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021706743747682815)  2026-02-11T22:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@mark_k @steipete Jumping over the wall more like it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021717347393056858)  2026-02-11T22:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ibuildthecloud You arent doing it right if at least 10x gain is not achieved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021717485540491430)  2026-02-11T22:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Dhanush_Nehru @hackerrank @LeetCode People used to memorize patterns Not derive them from base math"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021717684837048503)  2026-02-11T22:47Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@shaig We tried Hubspot ourselves last year and went back to using spreadsheets around a week into our first month. HupSpot's UI and UX are so hard I couldn't even find a button to save a new lead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021818175923306725)  2026-02-12T05:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@RashiShrivast18 Why wouldn't they pay creators if they are so flush with cash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021818891467731454)  2026-02-12T05:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@pcshipp AI that hires UGC creators and manages them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021820803638079657)  2026-02-12T05:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@jonathanbfine Don't LLMs also write words really well too Plus I thought an AI generated musician was on the bill board charts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021821507568345474)  2026-02-12T05:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Kalshi young people don't drink. instead they smoke stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021822543414370566)  2026-02-12T05:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@mannupaaji Cursor $20 tier ain't like it used to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021824993261207758)  2026-02-12T05:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Kalshi There is hiring just in fields that people don't want to work in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021825284601741775)  2026-02-12T05:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@fazlerocks @shaig I think as software companies get larger they need to add more features to justify engineering spend. which ends up making the UX harder to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021992845125845485)  2026-02-12T17:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ahmadafterhours what's the context window size that you are using"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022033906879594568)  2026-02-12T19:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@zerohedge will they be a trillion dollar startup like spaceX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022035288982532329)  2026-02-12T19:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@da_green_hermit @mannupaaji @windsurf Really They don't care if you constantly shove 10M tokens into each request and literally use up 100s of dollars for $20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022043362346643551)  2026-02-12T20:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@da_green_hermit @mannupaaji @windsurf Thats good to know thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022068635674759218)  2026-02-12T22:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Who is still playing Clash of Clans in 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022132307671576693)  2026-02-13T02:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@feelzyou It can keep you alive but it cannot solve problems of self and problems of the heart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022133861770236352)  2026-02-13T02:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@CreeCoder I thought after the Twitter takeover headcount went down to like 1-2K according to the biography by walter issacson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022134002220773419)  2026-02-13T02:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@painkillerbill Shake Shack is expensive as hell in Japan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022135412765208804)  2026-02-13T02:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@braelyn_ai Do you also consider every other city in America irrelevant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022154271651934662)  2026-02-13T03:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@SwiftYouTube_ Multi-tasking. The knowledge intake from audio books or podcasts gotta come during the busy day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022157154564943955)  2026-02-13T03:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@parthsareen Great to see hackathon culture still happening [--] years later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022157264388600248)  2026-02-13T03:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Founders how are you preparing for future LLM token cost increases It might cost $200 to vibe code an app today but what about a future where it costs $20000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022158140717085016)  2026-02-13T03:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@mf_tomb @braelyn_ai Arguably middle America is more mainstream than expensive coastal cities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022169205131616658)  2026-02-13T04:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@trikcode Its the same as being boss of real engineer and telling them to produce shit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022366306763178125)  2026-02-13T17:44Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheGeorgePu When you gamble you aren't guaranteed to win every single time. These employees new the risk and they wouldn't be complaining had their options actually gone 10x in value"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022414205069176959)  2026-02-13T20:54Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@feifei_qiu The reason why it's not outcome based is because the "guarantee" is something that people aren't confident in achieving yet. But as soon as that is plausible and proven I'm saying this hypothetical SAAS will be very profitable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022418037778059639)  2026-02-13T21:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"0 [---] followers in [--] months. All from building @usefesta in public. The internet rewards consistency"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022447228393304110)  2026-02-13T23:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@GodsBurnt but the distribution isn't constant. Some people work [--] hours a week and cannot afford necessities whilst others can afford it [--] or 20x over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022451290840928757)  2026-02-13T23:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@TechCrunch are they getting courted by VC money instead I've heard being an AI researcher nowadays is like being an NBA free agent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022454939889603011)  2026-02-13T23:36Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Founders do you apply to YC every cycle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021428184714182782)  2026-02-11T03:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Most founders think ads dont work. Reality: you just didnt spend enough to find the format. $5K is the entry fee for creative discovery in consumer. Anything less = random noise. Are you planning for that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021823908047917397)  2026-02-12T05:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Talked to a few consumer founders ahead of us. Consensus: 💸 $5K minimum to find a working paid ad format 📉 Anything less is just sampling error Paid isnt about ROI at first. Its about creative iteration. Curious how others budget this early"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021824189527695499)  2026-02-12T05:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"The grass is always greener. When I was working the 9-5 I think a lotta folks dream about escape. But perhaps it also works vice-versa. Honest question Do you ever regret leaving 9-5 Honest question Do you ever regret leaving 9-5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2021824806774354111)  2026-02-12T05:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@unusual_whales Which college campuses are they talking about Cause I'm pretty sure this isn't the case at Harvard etc unless you are disabled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022042760224895060)  2026-02-12T20:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Good thing I bought my Tesla shares when it was $50. One day $TSLA will offer dividends and initiate share buybacks. https://t.co/LC3G8UWUxV One day $TSLA will offer dividends and initiate share buybacks. https://t.co/LC3G8UWUxV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022156594122031488)  2026-02-13T03:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Your 20s pass by in a blink of an eye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022177644788543635)  2026-02-13T05:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Celebrating [---] followers on Valentines day Over the past [--] months this has been my playbook for growing on X consistently. [--]. Reply to around 40-60 posts a day first. (popular posts that are gaining traction 100K or more views already) [--]. Concoct 3-5 posts for Communities (Build in Public Startups Software Engineering) and post those after the replies. [--]. Have some on-going series like Y-combinator rejection transparency Day X of building in public etc. [--]. Always reply to comments and start having conversations with people on here if they DM. [--]. For posts that you really want to go viral DM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022727891654697401)  2026-02-14T17:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@eliana_jordan In the age of LLMs I think free-trials are necessary to hook the user into a paying subscription. I think a free tier supported by ad revenue is out of the window tho because of the increased dependency costs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023141266465378788)  2026-02-15T21:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Kalshi Only [--] IPO away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023143286140260414)  2026-02-15T21:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Does anybody still use google search when looking for syntax or best practices information while developing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023194122878931450)  2026-02-16T00:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@rhodarun Is the employment market just shedding headcount and not creating any new ones to replace the lost ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019581614205133117)  2026-02-06T01:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Dhanush_Nehru @hackerrank @LeetCode I mean like when learning the concept for the first time. It's better to learn from first principles than to just memorize a formula that your teacher gives you. One of the best classes I ever took didn't give you the formulas until you derive it on your own intuition first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022729035613376964)  2026-02-14T17:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Your response inherently validates the main purpose of giving our LeetCode HARD questions during the interview. The goal is to filter the applicant pool for the top of the top intelligence. Top companies would rather hire an einstein level talent than a hard worker who is just a bit above average. You want innately talented people. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022730886412656836 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022730886412656836"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022730886412656836)  2026-02-14T17:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@arjuns_chauhan @Dhanush_Nehru @hackerrank @LeetCode They should just replace leetcode hards with an even harder test like Olympiad math. Then rote memorization wouldnt work anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022741506038337859)  2026-02-14T18:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@redaction what about the people who serve you coffee at the coffee shops or food at the restaurants"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022842633941356715)  2026-02-15T01:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@thdxr IBM is and has been a dinosaur company. Not surprising at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022842740283773052)  2026-02-15T01:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@garrytan LLM + while (condition) loop crazy how this is something new"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022844725653364859)  2026-02-15T01:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@boxmining I never got why you even needed any hardware specs if the LLM computation is happening on the cloud anyways"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022845309362020697)  2026-02-15T01:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Bitcoin_Teddy Fancy coffee at home equivalent to the $8 price tag is also expensive. First off a basic level expresso machine is like $700 at least. And then good beans go for 20-30 dollars a bag"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023141789671342557)  2026-02-15T21:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Bhavani_00007 I use Vanilla CSS. How come that's not an option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023142936121430307)  2026-02-15T21:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@1Umairshaikh as soon as money exchanges hands you are actually able to call yourself a real business prior to that it's just a hobby"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023189528840966266)  2026-02-16T00:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Kalshi Does anybody know the root cause of the job growth slow down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023191295309836512)  2026-02-16T00:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ismael_fi Good luck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023531765223354491)  2026-02-16T22:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"We just rebranded our entire company for $3000. $1200 UX designer $1800 2D motion designer $0 dev (built it myself) Most startups dont need more capital. They need access to better talent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023573269740130764)  2026-02-17T01:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Left an explosive Amazon career to build AI in the real world. I ship a lot and train hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2017036196401062069)  2026-01-30T00:44Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"I asked Grok to make a line chart of my growth and this is what is produced. Not really descriptive IMO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022438400310046756)  2026-02-13T22:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I think you really need to have a passion to stick with something for decades and get hella good at it. Are you building for the money or because you love it Are you building for the money or because you love it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022451788616433705)  2026-02-13T23:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I hit [---] followers after [--] months of consistent posting. This is what I did to grow. [--]. Reply between 40-60 times a day on posts with 100K views+. [--]. Purchase Premium+ [--]. Concoct [--] - [--] posts a day by trying to copy viral formats or tweeting about trending topics. [--]. Engage with all replies. [--]. Start long term series in communities like Build in Public. (Day X of building Y etc)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022842108541878383)  2026-02-15T01:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Builders are you still working on Valentine's Day If so why or why not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2022847340046880928)  2026-02-15T01:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Founders. Do you work [--] days a week or do you have a designated break day where your phone is on Do Not Disturb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023192154773102891)  2026-02-16T00:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"It feels like if I dont start using OpenClaw I will fall behind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023503059922657534)  2026-02-16T21:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Which one do you like more Pull-ups or Chin-ups"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2023573959539621934)  2026-02-17T01:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Kalshi They can count robots in their statistics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019240933834072487)  2026-02-05T02:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@shreyshahi people who got in early prob have their shares priced at [--] cents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019241517337178251)  2026-02-05T02:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Big tech. Small tech. Startups. Engineering headcount is being cut everywhere. What are you doing right now to prepare for potential layoffs https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019242865918963733 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019242865918963733"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019242865918963733)  2026-02-05T02:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@aryanlabde Even worse if draining 10s of thousands of dollars with no ROI at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019461946559336906)  2026-02-05T17:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@dionizije_fa @GJarrosson I was quoted 12K for a [--] second video. This is from a firm that I got introduced to via word of mouth from a YC founder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019522004169462237)  2026-02-05T21:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Codie_Sanchez for business owners it's favorable to scoop up the talent that wouldn't otherwise have worked for them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019581930933744010)  2026-02-06T01:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@KobeissiLetter Are trillion dollar companies really what we should be normalizing Like there has to be some kind of limit to Market Cap grounded in reality. After all human population itself is capped so eventually you run out of consumers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019582165256933533)  2026-02-06T01:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Dividend_Dollar Big tech is safe in the long term because they are a monopoly that stifles innovation. Startups will never be able to compete because as soon as they start showing some promise Big Tech can just buy them. Or brain drain by hiring all their key employees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019585210405323003)  2026-02-06T01:33Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Geiger_Capital lmao. A multi-trillion dollar market cap is a far way from 0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019585897809998041)  2026-02-06T01:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@dwlz what do you mean by long tail are you talking about the select few enthusiasts who may want to try new softwares all the time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019587310007026160)  2026-02-06T01:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@dwlz oh I get what you mean now. You saying that the demand for software to solve niche problems will continue to grow because in the past perhaps it was too expensive to build for these small niches. I would consider any market under 100M ARR niche"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019588560257708369)  2026-02-06T01:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@corbin_braun who pays for the compute is there some kind of charity I don't know of giving free servers to the open source community"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019590038330208501)  2026-02-06T01:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@mrmikeMTL not getting sick is easy. just live like a hermit and have no contact with the outside world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019917704149258406)  2026-02-06T23:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@a16z If Pinterest is so popular why is there stock doing so bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019958141249790315)  2026-02-07T02:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@metapreston The Claude Code example doesn't make sense since Anthropic has all the power in this equation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2019974396614488513)  2026-02-07T03:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@mykola Depends on the country you live in. But if you are unemployed and you really cannot find a job because nobody will hire you the government gives you free health insurance and at least some money to survive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020286390202929376)  2026-02-07T23:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ismael_fi @FazierHQ congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020549139323387984)  2026-02-08T17:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@conor_ai I agree. It's very hard to trust a robot to swipe your credit card for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thekevinqi/status/2020599227265777922)  2026-02-08T20:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

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