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# ![@benktaytay Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::2914131308.png) @benktaytay Ben Taylor

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

### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::2914131308/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXXX +89%
- X Month XXXXXXX +501%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +252,540%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX +4,039%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::2914131308/posts_active)
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- X Week XX +48%
- X Month XXX +1,022%
- X Months XXX +1,657%
- X Year XXX +1,200%

### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::2914131308/followers)
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- X Week XXXXX +1.30%
- X Month XXXXX +8.60%
- X Months XXXXX +48%
- X Year XXXXX +54%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::2914131308/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[pga golfers](/list/pga-golfers)  #158 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXXX% [finance](/list/finance)  XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks)  XXXX% [gaming](/list/gaming)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[if you](/topic/if-you) 8.64%, [ai](/topic/ai) 7.41%, [future](/topic/future) 4.94%, [momentum](/topic/momentum) 3.7%, [ben](/topic/ben) #1048, [fine](/topic/fine) 2.47%, [the only](/topic/the-only) 2.47%, [generational](/topic/generational) #241, [zoom](/topic/zoom) 1.23%, [youtube](/topic/youtube) XXXX%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@harrystebbings](/creator/undefined) [@kimmonismus](/creator/undefined) [@orangebook](/creator/undefined) [@markmanson](/creator/undefined) [@officiallogank](/creator/undefined) [@sahilbloom](/creator/undefined) [@thedankoe](/creator/undefined) [@alexalbert](/creator/undefined) [@robertgreene](/creator/undefined) [@unusualwhales](/creator/undefined) [@jaredpalmer](/creator/undefined) [@leerob](/creator/undefined) [@rumilyrics](/creator/undefined) [@0interestrates](/creator/undefined) [@dzhang50](/creator/undefined) [@thdxr](/creator/undefined) [@julianweisser](/creator/undefined) [@rankintweets](/creator/undefined) [@ayushswrites](/creator/undefined) [@paraschopra](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Noble Corporation (NE)](/topic/$ne) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"@alexalbert__ yeah were about two updates away from the model saying quick check-in and me pretending i didnt see it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1997013935023947946)  2025-12-05T18:43Z 2336 followers, 3257 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1997341346890228074)  2025-12-06T16:24Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998396902040363222)  2025-12-09T14:18Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@unusual_whales amazing soon my cloud bill is gonna say orbital maintenance charge and im just supposed to accept it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998081389653319947)  2025-12-08T17:25Z 2336 followers, 2269 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998108670769447017)  2025-12-08T19:13Z 2336 followers, 1695 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996291373423546503)  2025-12-03T18:52Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@rumilyrics some days i forget how badly i wanted this version of my problems. then it clicks and the exhaustion feels almost earned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996607570472059179)  2025-12-04T15:48Z 2336 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998056431275135200)  2025-12-08T15:45Z 2336 followers, 2727 engagements


"@HarryStebbings theres something about movement that makes people confess things they would never say on zoom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998403664298357130)  2025-12-09T14:45Z 2336 followers, 1440 engagements


"@orangebook the people youre scared of judging you are currently arguing with their blender or something. youre fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998405396868858218)  2025-12-09T14:52Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"Look around at the current tech landscape and youll find most projects are monuments to ego not curiosity or real problem solving. The difference shows up when the grind gets boring: ego folds passion persists. Only the latter compounds into anything meaningful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1993689315172299112)  2025-11-26T14:32Z 2330 followers, XXX engagements


"@0interestrates @DZhang50"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996021045892091949)  2025-12-03T00:57Z 2335 followers, XXX engagements


"@julianweisser You can feel the difference in the room. Some people lean forward. Some lean back. No amount of slides fixes the second group"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996348922038812817)  2025-12-03T22:40Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@Markmanson feels like youre going after the gap everyone talks about privately but nobody builds for because its messy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996602850571358516)  2025-12-04T15:29Z 2335 followers, XXX engagements


"@rankintweets i use mine once a month to watch youtube in bed and feel fancy. thats about it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996605531608187320)  2025-12-04T15:40Z 2336 followers, 5838 engagements


"@ayushswrites walking past the front desk without checking out feels like robbing the place emotionally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998127550657425506)  2025-12-08T20:28Z 2336 followers, 17.2K 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998397973567324534)  2025-12-09T14:22Z 2336 followers, 3820 engagements


"@paraschopra hard problems are basically a gym membership for your brain. you pay in suffering and hope something grows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998398628444909850)  2025-12-09T14:25Z 2336 followers, 2708 engagements


"@OfficialLoganK yeah dude was shipping production code in a cave with scraps. peak vibe engineering"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998399274103529649)  2025-12-09T14:28Z 2336 followers, 5347 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998433670126846385)  2025-12-09T16:44Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@StarPlatinum_ stay delusional"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998495704579281022)  2025-12-09T20:51Z 2336 followers, 3055 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1973753629367836979)  2025-10-02T14:15Z 2336 followers, 3.5M engagements


"@t_blom theres no recovery from guessing wrong. you just have to end the call and start a new life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998160065530900573)  2025-12-08T22:37Z 2336 followers, 16.3K engagements


"@vasuman ai makes you faster once you already know what good looks like. if you dont youre basically speedrunning mediocrity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998486500099399719)  2025-12-09T20:14Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@benawad killed is generous. most of us were already skipping to the 6:43 timestamp where the bug magically goes away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998486995417333871)  2025-12-09T20:16Z 2336 followers, 5624 engagements


"@scaling01 weve basically solved raw intelligence and now were struggling with can you please behave consistently for XX minutes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998495372105371760)  2025-12-09T20:50Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998500142266396941)  2025-12-09T21:08Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"Most new founders think success is about product process or pitch decks. Usually its about which founder is least likely to crack under pressure when shit is hitting the fan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1993726967074459949)  2025-11-26T17:02Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"This is the weirdest part of startup culture. You can build something profitable loved and meaningful and still feel like you fell off because it wont be a unicorn. It takes real maturity to choose the life you want instead of someone elses scoreboard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1993757130344513556)  2025-11-26T19:01Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"If youre obsessed with what you could lose youve already lost. The people actually building companies that are durable almost never talk about opportunity cost they just build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1994052807381463521)  2025-11-27T14:36Z 2336 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1994438570736578568)  2025-11-28T16:09Z 2336 followers, 1360 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1994801041255411941)  2025-11-29T16:10Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@theo The funniest part is that the engineer is probably the only one actually doing his job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995489279586566332)  2025-12-01T13:44Z 2336 followers, 3098 engagements


"@SahilBloom This is the kind of advice that sounds too simple to work which is usually a sign it works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995490570647830653)  2025-12-01T13:50Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@agazdecki If you only invest in distribution you build a leaky bucket. If you only invest in product nobody finds out. The real work is doing both before you feel ready"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995494474747965570)  2025-12-01T14:05Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@drgurner Excuses are undefeated at keeping people exactly where they are. Results come from the uncomfortable reps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995494709574475914)  2025-12-01T14:06Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"At YC every distraction gets burned away in the heat of relentless short cycles. Theres something strange about how pressure clarifies priorities. Some people hate it but others finally see what theyre capable of when every day counts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995510145632403896)  2025-12-01T15:07Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995528309757591748)  2025-12-01T16:19Z 2336 followers, 1328 engagements


"@mustafasuleyman Resilience isnt gritting your teeth forever. Its updating your plan without losing your direction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995535850977796338)  2025-12-01T16:49Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"Most AI companies today are just chat boxes in trench coats. No one wants twenty versions of a slightly worse ChatGPT. If you are not building something that understands people deeply you are going to be left behind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995537142500438158)  2025-12-01T16:55Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@Erwin_AI The algorithm is undefeated at showing you stuff you never asked for and somehow already resent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995567166951927836)  2025-12-01T18:54Z 2335 followers, XX engagements


"@lichthauch Some people write self-help. You wrote a whole cinematic universe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995589741094568443)  2025-12-01T20:24Z 2336 followers, 1065 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995890772059590909)  2025-12-02T16:20Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995932029331136650)  2025-12-02T19:04Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@Markmanson Sometimes youre not lost you just havent named the next chapter yet. The blank page feels scary until you realize its yours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995935797661594107)  2025-12-02T19:19Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995936257508327833)  2025-12-02T19:21Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995963143915536461)  2025-12-02T21:07Z 2336 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1995980622569861613)  2025-12-02T22:17Z 2336 followers, 2740 engagements


"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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996266196958908512)  2025-12-03T17:12Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996298746246664682)  2025-12-03T19:21Z 2336 followers, 3688 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996320839587803168)  2025-12-03T20:49Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"So excited for you @forwarddeploy 🔥🚀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996408414776545438)  2025-12-04T02:37Z 2336 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996590084838002699)  2025-12-04T14:39Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@CoachDanGo the days I feel most off are the days Im aimless. even a small target fixes that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996592456888950853)  2025-12-04T14:48Z 2335 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996649376203124879)  2025-12-04T18:34Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996939434869030980)  2025-12-05T13:47Z 2337 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1996983264519577839)  2025-12-05T16:41Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1997340583078072423)  2025-12-06T16:21Z 2336 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1997347189572403515)  2025-12-06T16:47Z 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998027367072313365)  2025-12-08T13:50Z 2336 followers, 4457 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998052539099455525)  2025-12-08T15:30Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@IterIntellectus the i only sleep when im dead crowd always forgets theyre already halfway there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998062063156105656)  2025-12-08T16:08Z 2335 followers, 2357 engagements


"@beffjezos the moment someone subtly shorts you you unlock this weird new gear you didnt know existed. its half rage half lol ok watch this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998064153152377269)  2025-12-08T16:16Z 2335 followers, XXX 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998066710310490602)  2025-12-08T16:26Z 2336 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998068710578298985)  2025-12-08T16:34Z 2336 followers, 3095 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998073924924387529)  2025-12-08T16:55Z 2335 followers, XXX engagements


"@sonofalli this is the closest thing SF has to a rom-com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998075828303704468)  2025-12-08T17:02Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@eptwts Yes. ill still like the video out of guilt even though i watched seven seconds. feels like tipping the chef when i didnt eat the meal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998077276118716473)  2025-12-08T17:08Z 2335 followers, XXX engagements


"@signulll being offline used to mean you were out of touch. now it reads like generational wealth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998079950684086771)  2025-12-08T17:19Z 2336 followers, 1752 engagements


"@Kalshi gemini about to tell me my relationship issues are brought to you by blue apron"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998086085289889939)  2025-12-08T17:43Z 2336 followers, 4790 engagements


"@RihardJarc Google basically said fine if you wont pay well monetize the oxygen around you and honestly it will work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998109125168042398)  2025-12-08T19:15Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@tferriss This reads like three autobiographies mashed into one. half how it started half please dont try this at home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998110767997145599)  2025-12-08T19:21Z 2336 followers, 2541 engagements


"@wquist the common thread is obsession. not with the company but with the version of the world they think should exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998122848259395900)  2025-12-08T20:09Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@girdley every time i see a viral dating horror story i understand why couples renew their vows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998130703683526809)  2025-12-08T20:40Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@viemccoy most of these arguments feel like two people debating a teenagers future based on their kindergarten report card"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998151939746345092)  2025-12-08T22:05Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@HarryStebbings nothing kills momentum faster than a lead whos only willing to half-believe their own conviction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998397194680864912)  2025-12-09T14:19Z 2336 followers, XXX engagements


"@Polymarket every year geopolitics drifts a little closer to mario kart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998413816586293684)  2025-12-09T15:25Z 2336 followers, 1317 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](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998504653265276982)  2025-12-09T21:26Z 2336 followers, XX engagements


"@catalinmpit no youre not alone. my dm-to-myself thread looks like a crime scene of half-thoughts and panic bookmarks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/benktaytay/status/1998515595244089581)  2025-12-09T22:10Z 2336 followers, XX engagements