blader's profile picture. 🏗️ Love to build (@runwayco @sandboxvr @zynga) people love
💸 Investor @amplitude_hq @mercury @owner @elevenlabsio @meetgamma @sfcompute @turingcom++

Siqi Chen

@blader

🏗️ Love to build (@runwayco @sandboxvr @zynga) people love 💸 Investor @amplitude_hq @mercury @owner @elevenlabsio @meetgamma @sfcompute @turingcom++

ปักหมุด

we spent the last four years reimagining what finance can be, unburdened by what has been. runway makes clear the significance of the passage of time in the context of all in which your business lives and what came before you. this is the result 👇


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Larry Page: “Elon is one of the people who genuinely understands physics and applies it.” Sergey Brin: “Elon is someone who thinks extremely deeply about hard technical problems.” Eric Schmidt: “Elon is extremely smart. He thinks about problems at a fundamental physics level.”…

AOC: "Elon Musk is one of the most unintelligent billionaires I’ve ever met or seen."



Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Ben Horowitz on the 1 reason founders fail as CEO The a16z co-founder is asked for the #1 reason founders fail in the CEO role, to which he replies: “I would say the big thing is a lack of decision — hesitation . . . You can be really smart, but if you wait too long before you…


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

we spent the last four years reimagining what finance can be, unburdened by what has been. runway makes clear the significance of the passage of time in the context of all in which your business lives and what came before you. this is the result 👇


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

New post: Thoughts on AI progress (Dec 2025) 1. What are we scaling?

dwarkesh_sp's tweet image. New post: Thoughts on AI progress (Dec 2025)

1. What are we scaling?

Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Enterprises, it's time to burn the boats..

nikunj's tweet image. Enterprises, it's time to burn the boats..
nikunj's tweet image. Enterprises, it's time to burn the boats..

Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Social media tends to frame AI debate into two caricatures: (A) Skeptics who think LLMs are doomed and AI is a bunch of hype. (B) Fanatics who think we have all the ingredients and superintelligence is imminent. But if you read what leading researchers actually say (beyond the…

One point I made that didn’t come across: - Scaling the current thing will keep leading to improvements. In particular, it won’t stall. - But something important will continue to be missing.



Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

No one gives a fuck about Asian representation. Don’t be a victim @SimuLiu. Produce your own movies, make your own money, create your own art, and become undeniable. This is America. Go forge your own destiny.

Simu Liu says Asian representation in Hollywood remains "f*cking appalling." “Put some Asians in literally anything right now. The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f*cking appalling. Studios think we are risky... No Asian actor has ever lost a studio even…

Variety's tweet image. Simu Liu says Asian representation in Hollywood remains "f*cking appalling."

“Put some Asians in literally anything right now. The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f*cking appalling. Studios think we are risky... No Asian actor has ever lost a studio even…


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

“Geniuses only.” Nivi: To me, the missing ingredient in most people’s recruiting is intolerance. You should really just treat every employee in the company, including yourself, as an enemy agent that’s trying to destroy the company by bringing mediocre talent into the business.…


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

To my younger self, 14 things I wish I understood before starting a company (chronological advice): 1. Find your obsession. If it doesn't feel like your life's work, don't do it. Tinker until you find a problem, concept or product that you are obsessed with. Don't raise capital…


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Nvidia was worth nothing in public markets on 4 different occasions. Most people follow momentum. Great leaders can lead an organization based on conviction from their vision of the future alone.

Jensen Huang on how to maintain conviction in the early days of a startup Nvidia almost failed several times in the company’s early history. Jensen is asked how he maintained conviction during the times when it looked like the company would fail, to which he responds: “You have…



congratulations to lambda on their series e! (not an investor but is a fantastic runway customer!)

Lambda has raised over $1.5B in equity to build superintelligence cloud infrastructure. TWG Global, USIT, and existing investors led the Series E round to position Lambda to execute on its mission to give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, One GPU. Press…



re: gemini 3 for the past 4 years i've had the plurality of our liquid net worth in NVDA about a month ago i sold it all and rotated into GOOG take from that what you will


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Brian Armstrong tells the founding story of Coinbase: “Nothing was working” After quitting his job in 2012 and joining Y Combinator to build Coinbase, Brian faced setback after setback: “I was struggling to find anybody who would join my team and work with me... I almost…


Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Last night I was extremely tired and yet couldn’t fall asleep from the energy of our event, I was so stoked. Mom, I finally made it to @NYSE! Our second in person @a16z Finance Forum Demo Day event was a total blast, with 200+ CFOs and key partners joining us at the New York…

IvanoMakSF's tweet image. Last night I was extremely tired and yet couldn’t fall asleep from the energy of our event, I was so stoked. Mom, I finally made it to @NYSE! 

Our second in person @a16z Finance Forum Demo Day event was a total blast, with 200+ CFOs and key partners joining us at the New York…
IvanoMakSF's tweet image. Last night I was extremely tired and yet couldn’t fall asleep from the energy of our event, I was so stoked. Mom, I finally made it to @NYSE! 

Our second in person @a16z Finance Forum Demo Day event was a total blast, with 200+ CFOs and key partners joining us at the New York…
IvanoMakSF's tweet image. Last night I was extremely tired and yet couldn’t fall asleep from the energy of our event, I was so stoked. Mom, I finally made it to @NYSE! 

Our second in person @a16z Finance Forum Demo Day event was a total blast, with 200+ CFOs and key partners joining us at the New York…

man @a16z knows how to throw an event > at the nyse > demoing runway in front of 200 finance leaders > coffee art with the runway logo > seated runway customers next to future runway customers, so they can rave about runway to them thanks to @IvanoMakSF for setting this up

blader's tweet image. man @a16z knows how to throw an event

> at the nyse

> demoing runway in front of 200 finance leaders

> coffee art with the runway logo

> seated runway customers next to future runway customers, so they can rave about runway to them

thanks to @IvanoMakSF for setting this up
blader's tweet image. man @a16z knows how to throw an event

> at the nyse

> demoing runway in front of 200 finance leaders

> coffee art with the runway logo

> seated runway customers next to future runway customers, so they can rave about runway to them

thanks to @IvanoMakSF for setting this up
blader's tweet image. man @a16z knows how to throw an event

> at the nyse

> demoing runway in front of 200 finance leaders

> coffee art with the runway logo

> seated runway customers next to future runway customers, so they can rave about runway to them

thanks to @IvanoMakSF for setting this up

Siqi Chen รีโพสต์แล้ว

Can software train your mind as much as it manages your data? Siqi Chen (@blader), founder & CEO of Runway and board member at Sandbox, explores the philosophy of “tools for thinking”, software built not just to complete tasks, but to sharpen human reasoning. On this episode of…


Loading...

Something went wrong.


Something went wrong.