12 Aug 2026
Signal Headquarters
Vol. I
No. 196

The discourse · 12 August 2026

11 Aug

Ryan Greenblatt predicts that AI misalignment will become really concerning in about three years from now.

11 Aug

Zuckerberg's support for open AI models is strategically motivated by Meta being behind in AI, consistent with the pattern that companies open-source when behind and close when ahead.

Jason Calacanis
11 Aug

Public SaaS companies that hit their plan are destroying equity value because multiple compression outstrips revenue growth, inverting the traditional venture logic that plan execution builds value.

11 Aug

If the Sun became a black hole, Earth would still orbit it rather than being sucked in, contradicting the common belief that black holes gravitationally consume everything nearby.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
10 Aug

Launching something new requires deliberately creating tension rather than relieving it.

10 Aug

Zero yield is Bitcoin, not Ethereum; a Bitcoiner mindset correctly applied to Ethereum's structure means conservative yield (e.g., 2%), not zero yield.

Ryan Sean Adams
10 Aug

Kavak bet on building superhuman agents that outperform the best human ever hired on every relevant dimension, including conversion, lifetime value, and customer experience.

Carlos García
9 Aug

The standard recruiting funnel is a 'funnel of doom': if you reach out to 100 people, the 20% who reply are not the top 20% but just whoever responded on a given day.

Adam Ward