Andy

Beyond Data Moats: The Rise of "Service-as-Software" The shift from selling tools to selling outcomes—and why the "Barbell Strategy" is the new mandate for investors.

It's getting harder to ignore this drum beat.
weshine.substack.com/p/beyond-dat...

Best use of AI in business:
Zain- Coding Agents
Sreekanth- Human Collaboration
Naveen- Deep Research to Prometheus
Jay- Service as a Software solutions
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#MLCommons #Endpoints2025 #NeurIPS2025

"The move to AI on the edge will be driven by robotics." Naveen Rao w/ Unconventional AI
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Microsoft M12
Scaling AI is all about the:
Tokens per dollar per Watt curve.
Right now the biggest bottleneck is memory and next is energy.

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#MLCommons #Endpoints2025 #NeurIPS2025

Microsoft M12
AI is so disruptive and evolving in a way that's so different than we thought it would it requires us to think about the future differently.
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#MLCommons #Endpoints2025 #NeurIPS2025

Related to my post this morning:
www.linkedin.com/posts/leanst...

With a much different view... Here's what Microsoft's M12 is most interested in investing in:

Currently, SaaS companies spend around 30% of top line revenue on sales and marketing.
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One of the first examples I've seen of a potential data co-operative network infrastructure from Luis Oala Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer w/ Brickroad brickroadapp.com

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The AI Economy:

Luis Oala Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer w/ Brickroad brickroadapp.com

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Getting into Agentic capabilities w/
Deepak Nathani- @dnathani.bsky.social
My question:
Are you seeing any personal AI solutions that would allow greater control over our information instead of giving it all to a foundation model LLM?
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Next up:
Sean McGregor - Agentic Workstream Lead
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Seems like @datascienceall1.bsky.social and @mlcommons.org should be working more closely together.
@dkanter.bsky.social
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Looking forward to getting
@dkanter.bsky.social w/ @mlcommoms.org view on the velocity of LLM model releases.

TLDR: The pace is incredible and only increasing.
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Kicking things off at @mlcommoms.org Endpoints. Big thanks to @qualcomm.bsky.social for hosting!
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The Agentic Endgame: Shifting an Investment Thesis for the AI Platform Era The tectonic plates of enterprise software are officially shifting. We are moving decisively out of the SaaS/Cloud Infrastructure era and into the Agentic AI Platform era.

What I'm Looking for in an AI Startup :
I often get asked what am I currently looking for in a startup to invest in. Here's what's currently most exciting to me.
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#seedstrapping #agentic #appliedAI #indiehacker #solopreneur

Hanging out at MLCommons Endpoints for the day. Taking a deep dive into the world of machine learning.
www.eventbrite.com/e/mlcommons-...

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🐝 BeeAI Platform has a new name, Agent Stack! 🐝
Same mission: deploy and share agents with open infrastructure, free from framework or vendor lock-in. New name, same buzz.

Read more:
🔗 beeai.dev/blog/introdu...

We're happy to start the conversation early. Let us know what you think about the potential of Seed Strapping your bootstrapped company.

Come join the conversation at San Diego's first Seed Strapping Conference.
#seedstrapping #agentic #appliedAI #indiehacker #solopreneur

I can't wait to see what the San Diego startup community will be doing in the next couple of years. There are so many new opportunities for us to work together. #seedstrapping #agentic

Thanks for the community support Neal Bloom and Fred Grier. Just imagine having the opportunity to celebrate thousands of $20- $30m companies in additions to our stable of unicorns.

LLCs are better for Bootstrappers! #seedstrapping #funding
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Why are founders REJECTING venture capital? In this video, I explore how venture capital has fundamentally changed. After decades of fueling tech innovation, the entire model is being questioned. Is this just another boom-bust cycle, or is…

Jay x.com/interview_qu... does a great job of outlining how we got here and where we're going with venture capital. The model needs to evolve and opportunities need to be aligned for founders building great companies. #seedstrapping #funding #bootstrapper
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQLd...

Books for Bootstrapped B2B SaaS Founders — MicroConf Explore our curated list of top books for bootstrapped B2B SaaS founders at MicroConf. Discover insightful resources packed with strategies, tips, and lessons from successful entrepreneurs. Improve your B2B SaaS startup's growth, marketing, product development, and customer acquisition today!

What books do #SaaS founders read to get ahead? We collected our faves: https://microconf.com/books

New funding opportunity for the bootstrapper, seed strapping, indie hacker, solopreneur with an opportunity that current revenue can't cover.

How Ambitious Entrepreneurs Can Use AI to Scale Their Startups Ambitious entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to AI to drive growth, innovation, and efficiency. They have used AI to compete with major players, showing that small teams can achieve outsized…

HBR calls you Ambitious Entrepreneurs. We know it's bootstrapped founders of seed strapping companies.

Today for the first time I felt a different vibe at @Starbucks. Something seems to be working.

BUYBACK VENTURES

We have an opportunity seed-strappinh founders to not take the venture route at all. Buyback.vc

BUYBACK VENTURES

The current venture model will need to adapt. We've just released a program to address this. Buyback.vc

Alternatives to VC Funding by Andy on Surf Surf - Alternatives to VC Funding

I'm trying to get more useful content over on Bluesky. @andywhite.me Let's start with some information on alternatives to Venture Capital.